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Doctor Who Series 8- Time for a new male companion?
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is it just me or would anyone like to see a new male companion join Clara and the doctor in series 8
i think the doctor works much better with two companions rather then one and it be nice to see a strong male companion rather then the formula of the doctor and the new girl
any thoughts?
i think the doctor works much better with two companions rather then one and it be nice to see a strong male companion rather then the formula of the doctor and the new girl
any thoughts?
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It would be nice to have a random male who has no connection with Clara .
Though to be fair. It would also be nice to see Clara and the doctor interact properly now. As we only got to see that in the season finale
Normally filming would be in advanced stages by now for a spring start of the next series...
It would seem that nothing is planned til much later in the year for filming, making it likely that Autumn next year is the air dates
Personally I sense we're just going to get three specials next year and the show may well have a new production team and cast beyond that - or even rested altogether :eek::eek:
Also, Clara is great companion and she shouldn't be removed.
Providing Smith is indeed in for S8.
Also, I want to get back into companion overlap. Every time since the revival, when a companion leaves, the Doctors ends up alone until the new one showd up. I think it would be nice when it comes time for Clara to leave, he won't be by himself.
And an alien. I'd love it if he were an alien since there are no alien New Companions. At the least not a modern-day human. Someone the audience can't really relate to at first.
It feels somewhat empty as well, but maybe that's me. The lack of a team in the TARDIS I don't think works for me. In my opinion Rose worked best when she was with both Doc9 and Jack - on her own didn't quite ever work for me.
The same can be said for Doc10 when he was with both Martha and Jack and then Martha and Donna - it just felt more rounded.
11 certainly worked best with both Amy and Rory for me as all three characters (and actors) bounced well off one another - it just worked as there was that added something to it all - I can't quite pinpoint what was so good about it, but it was just great to watch.
I have been quite critical over Matt and Jenna as a pairing (the latter getting most of the criticism of the two), but even if S8 gives Jenna a lot more proper conversation onscreen time with Matt, somehow I still don't think it will work for me. A male character, the sort of inbetween of Rory and Jack, would balance things out nicely for me.
We've already had the male/female companion on more than one occasion (and with Rory, it was for over two years). But outside of River's occasional visits, we've never had a female/female companion dynamic.
(And I can't really count Martha's return in season 4, as she and Donna were separated for the majority of Martha's 3-episode 'visit')
Agreed on all accounts, especially the BIB. I was disappointed when Victorian Clara didn't get to travel with The Doctor full-time. Instead we got another modern-day companion. A formula I'm tiring of, personally.
I know the idea behind it is to create a regular character the audience can relate to, but with intelligent writing and characterisation this could still be achieved with a companion of another era.
For the record I would also like to see an overseas companion. That's something else that hasn't been done yet in Nu-Who.
An alien companion would be nice, but at least we have Vastra and Strax for now.
I used to like Jaime.
since they decided he can regenerate into any age they decided to make his companions more interested in the doctor instead of the male compnaions. romana is still the hottest one yet, and tom baker liked her so much he married her in real life !
perhasp it is the producers attempts to keep a large female following in haivng likable young doctors who have love interests.
Perosnally i agree time for a change for the doctor and his companions. time for the doctor to age again and for him to have a male companion.
But an alien one would be cool too..... perhaps get strax to travel as a companion....
What would make sense is perhaps bringing in someone who is in trouble and they need to protect. That fits with both the Doctor and Clara's instincts to help those in trouble. Someone from the past would be good or an alien. Certainly doesn't have to be a child. It'd also give the Doctor and Clara something to work on together which would be nice after this year and you could do the oft suggested story where the 'companion' turns out to be secretly a villain.
I would seriously love him to return...i mean he was trustworthy enough to be brought back in 2011 at the "doctors murder scene" in TIA...so I had hoped that we would see him again...it would work well with the Silence storyline perhaps in series 8 if the Moff is considering post-50th to bring everything to a tie together perhaps?
Plus it would be an obvious zero love interest for Clara....and also it wont affect the dynamic too much because Canton had teamed up withthe Doctor in a pretty prominant storyline himself too...Vs the Silence, Vs the g.i/Whispermen at Trenzalore....it would be a cool Team TARDIS!
I doubt if many of the classic series companions were under 40, or even 30. A few maybe. I don't think that would work well unless you had an older Doctor. It would feel odd to have a companion older than the Doctor.
I'd disagree that the companion needs to be human and of our time for us to relate to them. As long as they experience human emotions, we can relate.
I don't know what some posters see in Canton. I found him a very dull character.
If we want to bring back one-off characters as companions, there's Nancy, Sally Sparrow, Jackson Lake, Lady Christina de Souza and any number of others, all better than Canton.
Yes, I would like the series to go back to an older Doctor too, once Smith is ready to leave. Somebody in the 35 to 45 age range, ideally.