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Does Amy really work as a companion ?
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Her character does not seem to have the impact of previous assistants. Maybe she's too independent to be attached to a time-traveller.
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i cant help thinking that Rory was taken onboard aswell, purely because Amy just wasnt holding up on her own.
shes OK, i like her as a companion, but shes not even in the same league as Donna Noble, for example.
I think she was pretty good myself, i enjoyed her story arc and admire the way Karen and The Moff have clearly played the long game with her characterisation.
Donna is still my favourite companion of new who.
What's even better is that Rory also seems to have a great chemistry with her and with the Doctor. All three together make a great, crackling little team and I hope they continue together for at least a couple more years.
I just can't seem to warm to her.
QFT - at least for me. I think she looks great but as a companion, she's simply not my cup of tea. Mind you, I wasn't a big Rose fan either, ... :rolleyes:
I also believe that Karen Gillan is a fantastic actress, whether people like her character or not.
i actually think you put this well, here. Amy is a challenge because she is supposed to be one. That's what I mean when i talk about the long game.
Plus i think some of her rough edges were sanded down by the events of The Big Bang, as her interactions with Rory and her happiness about her wedding indicated. Still think we have a lot to learn about Pond in series 6 as well.
As for Karen, god I'm impressed. She's done a superb job and continues to impress every time she's on screen. Her chemistry with matt is incredible but she seems to work well with everyone and is almost always doing something interesting even when just walking in the background. Hope she's around for a long time to come. And one other thing, her enthusiasm for the show is a joy to behold, her and matt are doing an incredible amount of work to promote it and I have yet to hear a bad word about either of em on that side. What more could we ask from the lead actors of this crazy little British scifi show?
Amy seems to spend most of an episode bellowing "DUCTUR!!" whereas soppy spends most of the episode whining if anyone even looks at her. Come's across as far too dense.
River Song's been great, all the way back to her first appearance in Silence in the Library - credit to Alex Kingston, she would have made a great full time companion.
Apart from that, mainly enjoying the Moffat-era so far. :cool:
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Hard to like her, and I LOVED Amelia.
While i love DOnna Noble, Amy is BY FAR! my favourite companion of the revived series, if EVER.
also really love Rory and cheered that he was in the main credits of Christmas Carol, and Alex Kingston is absolutely electric as River Song. I think this is the best lineup of actors/characters the show has had!
I don't mind her too much though, definitely don't hate her and think she's improving and much much prefer her with Rory, so hopes up for series 6!
and I absolutly adore Rory...and River...in fact the three of them with Matt is just a brilliant combination....
She is an interesting character. There seems to be a general view that we do not yet know all that there is to know about her, and I would go along with that. She is three-dimensional in that she does have her faults, but that makes her more human. I wonder how many of her detractors criticise her for not being perfect. How perfect is any of us?
I also think Karen Gillan was the perfect choice to play the character, for she has given her real depth. I will keep the Van Gogh episode on my hard disc player for a long time just so that I can watch the compassion she displays for the tortured artist. It was beautiful.
That sounds like series 2 Rose to me....;)