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

Verily, in article <xn0p8d5gi8hb3s8002@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:

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.

 
The Doctor himself wasn't the fulcrum of the universe, either.
He knew much more than the humans, but among his own mighty
race, he was a duffer.
 
That was part of his charm. He traveled time and space, but he
was also just some guy.