Re: Favourite and Least Favourite Doctors, Companions, Anything!

On 2025-07-16 12:07:04 +0000, Blueshirt said:

solar penguin wrote:
 

Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

 I would have been fine with Amy if the Doctor had simply
solved her mystery as an arc -- but no, the solution has to
be that Amy is integral to the universe, has literally saved
the Doctor's life on multiple occasions throughout the
continuum, and is the one who originally inspired him to
steal the TARDIS we know.

 It was Clara who inspired him to steal that TARDIS. But apart
from that, I agree with everything you said about Amy.

 They were both part of the new-Who syndrome of the companions
being 'special'... and it all being about them. Which as it
goes on just makes good companions become annoying and for me,
devalues the role of the Doctor.
 In "Doctor Who" a companion was [generally] there for the Doctor
to explain his cleverness too, asking questions so explanations
[for the viewer] were supplied ... and needing to be rescued by
the hero of the show - The Doctor.
 Clara's storyline - like Amy's - just got worse as it went on...

Before them was Donna Noble and Rose Tyler. One partial exception was Martha Jones, who although very clever, didn't have an 'super power' storyline (that I can recall).
Part of the reason is the usual "Politically Correct" silliness ... you can't have a dumb female companion any more nor a white male being intelligent, so the roles got somewhat reversed. Notice that when Doctress Who turned up, she instead had a dim male companion (played by Bradley Walsh).