Doctor Who announces new companion
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Agonus,
Posted on: 2012-03-21 09:45 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Hope there will be a scene where he introduces her to his mother-in-law Amy. 
However reading the story from The Guardian I guessing not.
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You know everyones always talking about Amy as the girl who waits, and that Rory is such a bad a$$. But folks seem to forget that his father in law is a Nurse. And that Rory is theoretically older than the doctor by a good thousand years, if we count the alternate timeline.
So in this series we had the girl who waited, times nurse, and times doctor. Sounds like a time lord hospital.
On topic I still like Martha as a compainion best. Witty smart and able to keep up with the doctor in his manic moments.
Now we aren't ready quite yet to let the catgirls out of the bag.... (quote from ex libris)
So much for the punters' hopes that Sophie Myles was coming back.
Not being a watcher of Emmerdale or Waterloo Road, I suppose I'll have to wait for the inevitable career highlights clips to be posted on Youtube by fans. Naturally there will be a massive clash in the comments section between those who think she'll be perfect and those who think she'll be terrible.
My prediction: Her role as a companion will be in the footsteps of Jo Grant (in a similar way that Ace was for Amy Pond).
New companions are like new Doctors; they get horribly criticised at first and then people can't live without them. I've seen too many now to do that...I look forward to the new dynamic, myself.
I keep waiting to see another Sarah Jane/Three and Four chemistry, or Ace/Seven....just that great spark between the actors.
S.
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I will admit I did like when Karen Gillan did that squeel......dunno why, just did....
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If they ever decide to bring back a previous character as the Doctor's new companion, I wouldn't mind seeing more of Michelle Ryan who played Lady Christina de Souza in the episode "Planet of the Dead".
I want more Liz 10.
She's a regenerated Susan Foreman.
/Nods.
Actually, I have no idea.
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Nope, saw the whole character arc and I still loathe the screeching harpy that is Donna Noble.
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Originally Posted by SuperOz
New companions are like new Doctors; they get horribly criticised at first and then people can't live without them. ...
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Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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Hated Donna at the beginning, loved her by the end
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Originally Posted by Agonus
Nope, saw the whole character arc and I still loathe the screeching harpy that is Donna Noble.
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Originally Posted by Agonus
Nope, saw the whole character arc and I still loathe the screeching harpy that is Donna Noble.
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Donna was a fresh change from the luv struck companions of Rose and Martha. She played it more like an annoying sister or work colleague than infatuated school girl.
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"Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl."
Random, baseless speculation: she's the daughter of the Doctor and the TARDIS.
'I don't like the look of it at all,' said the King: 'however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.'
'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.
'Don't be impertinent,' said the King, 'and don't look at me like that!' He got behind Alice as he spoke.
'A cat may look at a king,' said Alice.
I demand the return of Romana!
It's 106 miles to Grandville, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing faceless helmets
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"Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters."
Fingers crossed for a companion who isn't from contemporary 21st-century Earth for a change. It used to be the Doctor would have some variety about where he picked up his TARDIS crew. New Who prefers to pick clear audience stand-ins.
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Never before Donna did any companion really make that big a difference to me. I like some more than others, sure, but they really didn't make or break the show. |
Originally Posted by Agonus
Nope, saw the whole character arc and I still loathe the screeching harpy that is Donna Noble.
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Donna broke the show. I put up with her for a while, but eventually dropped the show until she was gone. I watch the show to be entertained, not annoyed.
Too many alts to list.
Funny, I still think Donna was the best companion since Sarah Jane.
Rose started ok but the whole love storyline drove me to distraction by the end.
Martha was even worse, again a great character but the unrequited love thing was even worse.
Donna actually challenged the Doctor, rather than just simpered over him, and loved just travelling with him, seeing the universe as a friend.
Saying that, love Amy and Rory, especially the king of the badasses 
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Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
Fingers crossed for a companion who isn't from contemporary 21st-century Earth for a change. It used to be the Doctor would have some variety about where he picked up his TARDIS crew. New Who prefers to pick clear audience stand-ins.
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Romana
Jenny
Susan Foreman
Hey maybe we'll get lucky and the Doctor will regen as a female, then we'll get a run of some male companions instead of easy Earth girls.
Jack Harkness
Maybe a return of beloved K-9
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I'm not that versed on WhoLore and have thusly wondered about that. There some weird rule/canon somewhere that the Doctor -has- to be male?
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
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Hey maybe we'll get lucky and the Doctor will regen as a female, then we'll get a run of some male companions instead of easy Earth girls. ... |
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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First thing the current regeneration did was touch his hear and scream "I'm a girl!" before going to his adam's apple and confirming otherwise. Maybe it was a thrown in joke, but at least there's precedent it can happen.
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Originally Posted by Agonus
I'm not that versed on WhoLore and have thusly wondered about that. There some weird rule/canon somewhere that the Doctor -has- to be male?
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Oh how I pray for Captain Jack to return even if only for an episode or so he was my favorite companion. Also I hope Torchwood starts up again soon they take to long of breaks.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Romana
Jenny Susan Foreman Hey maybe we'll get lucky and the Doctor will regen as a female, then we'll get a run of some male companions instead of easy Earth girls. Jack Harkness Maybe a return of beloved K-9 |
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She was no Tegan Jovanka.
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Originally Posted by docbuzzard
Donna broke the show. I put up with her for a while, but eventually dropped the show until she was gone. I watch the show to be entertained, not annoyed.
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'I don't like the look of it at all,' said the King: 'however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.'
'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.
'Don't be impertinent,' said the King, 'and don't look at me like that!' He got behind Alice as he spoke.
'A cat may look at a king,' said Alice.
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Oh, dear lord, I hated Teagan. I *so* wanted the Doctor to accidentally stop, yell "Here's heathrow, out'ya go!" and shove her into a black hole or something. |
Originally Posted by Aneko
She was no Tegan Jovanka.
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Donna, honestly, I felt was a welcome break. Took a bit to warm to her, admittedly.
As far as our new Companion (and I keep flashing back to Earth: Final Conflict when I say that,) they're going to have a tough act to follow.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Oh, dear lord, I hated Teagan. I *so* wanted the Doctor to accidentally stop, yell "Here's heathrow, out'ya go!" and shove her into a black hole or something.
Donna, honestly, I felt was a welcome break. Took a bit to warm to her, admittedly. As far as our new Companion (and I keep flashing back to Earth: Final Conflict when I say that,) they're going to have a tough act to follow. |
Tegan wasn't that bad, I quite liked her.
EG she wasn't The Langford (M'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'l)
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/ The Actress' name is Jenna Louise Coleman. No word on the name of the companion yet. Feel free to speculate. Oh and there are some spoilers further down the page.
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