You've omitted the best male companion of the lot, Ian Chesterton.
I'd like to see three companions: two women and a man.
Three companions worked well for William Hartnell (Susan/Vicki, Barbara and Ian), for Peter Davison (Tegan, Nyssa and Adric/Turlough) and, of course, having three companions worked fabulously well recently for Matt Smith (River, Amy and Rory).
Agreed. It would be interesting if they all came from different backgrounds. Two of them could be from Earth; one from the present-day and one from a different era, and the other could be from an alien planet. This would potentially create a riveting sub-plot revolving around their relationships with each other.
Alternatively, as already mentioned by merlinsmum, it would also be interesting to have two companions who are father and daughter, or mother and son, or brother and sister, ad nauseum. Again the possible sub-plots that could come out of this are endless.
As for which actress I would like to see as a future companion, Lacey Turner gets my vote too.
Three companions worked well for William Hartnell (Susan/Vicki, Barbara and Ian), for Peter Davison (Tegan, Nyssa and Adric/Turlough) and, of course, having three companions worked fabulously well recently for Matt Smith (River, Amy and Rory).
I think Three full time companions is too much, have a third companion turn up occasionally (River, Jack, Canton etc) but I think two full timers is enough.
What would be interesting is have the next companion be male and only have a second (female) companion turn up a few episodes later.
Sorry - but NO to Lacey Turner!! She would just be "Stacey" from East Enders for god's sake! (Like she was in 'Being Human' :yawn:)
I like the ideas of previous posters - and to have another male/female approach to it. The male companion being the strong/wimp...and the female being the glamorous strong/ femme fatale (delete as necessary!).
I think someone like Matt Wolfenden(David from Emmerdale) as a guy from the present, and Julia Sawahla (sp?) as a companion from the victorian days would make it more interesting! They've NEVER combined companions from different times yet!
Sorry - but NO to Lacey Turner!! She would just be "Stacey" from East Enders for god's sake! (Like she was in 'Being Human' :yawn:)
Maybe. Perhaps they could introduce her as a one-off companion to see how it went. If she did well they could always bring her back full-time like they did with Catherine Tate, if she didn't do so well they could just leave it at that. No real harm done.
I chose her purely based on her time in EE but she would of course need to take on a completely different character in DW. I haven't her in anything else so I don't know what she's like in other roles.
I like the ideas of previous posters - and to have another male/female approach to it. The male companion being the strong/wimp...and the female being the glamorous strong/ femme fatale (delete as necessary!).
I think someone like Matt Wolfenden(David from Emmerdale) as a guy from the present, and Julia Sawahla (sp?) as a companion from the victorian days would make it more interesting! They've NEVER combined companions from different times yet!
Well we have had Jack alongside most of the Tenth Doctor's companions (Jack being from the 51st century, the rest from the 21st), but we need a similar line up on a "permanent" basis. I think somebody from the Victorian era would be perfect. Also, how about a companion from a foreign country? They don't all have to be from the UK.
Two female companions both sisters the older bossy sister played by Sarah Jayne Dunn and the younger rebellious sister played by Sacha Parkinson.
Later we find out that both the sisters have a fob watch each and when they are opened it turns out that the younger sister is Romana (who was President of the High Council of the Time Lords at the beginning of the Time War) and the older sister is Susan (The Doctors granddaughter) who was Romana’s aide. This leads to a role reversal with Romana being the bossy one and Susan being somewhat rebellious.
The story is that Romana was deposed by a coup led by the recently resurrected Rassilon and they both had to fob watch themselves to hide from the Time Lords.
Personally I would like the next companion to be a man, preferably one that looks older than the Doctor. Nothing wrong with female companions of course, but it would be nice to see the Doctor having some good old male bonding again. Just think back to Jamie, Turlough, Adric , Wilf and even Rory, all of them worked really well as companions in their own ways.
But I think it's significant that whenever there has been a male companion, it's been in combination with a female companion. There's never really been any period in the show's history when there's been solely a male companion for any length of time. Of course, that doesn't mean it couldn't be tried, but I think the previous producers were wise on this. I think it would lose a lot if there were to be no female in the TARDIS.
A male companion in combination with a female, yes, great. Rory has been a terrific companion, and I think he and Amy together have been better than she'd have been on her own - but the two of them together are also better than he'd have been on his own.
Gotta say I hope they go for another (relative) unknown. Just prefer when we get someone with no famous roles behind them, it's more exciting to see what they do somehow. Certainly Karen has been a revelation (for me anyway, my opinion only etc etc) and it'd be nice to have Who be the springboard for a new wave of talent.
I think there's a lot to be said for an unknown. But if I was to pick someone well-known, I'd have to say, as I've said before on this kind of thread, Claire Foy. I think she'd be brilliant.
I prefer one interesting companion and for that person to be an unknown/relative unknown as it is a good break for whoever is that lucky person!
But I could image the following making interesting companions:
Helena Bonham Carter (one of the baddies in Harry Potter)
Rachel Weisz (in Constantine)
Tilda Swinton (the angel in Constantine) - actually, I think she would make a brilliant Doctor herself!
Dominic Monaghan (Lost) or James Callis (BSG) could make potential interesting male companions too.
I am sure I would think of others if I pondered long enough...
I think there's a lot to be said for an unknown. But if I was to pick someone well-known, I'd have to say, as I've said before on this kind of thread, Claire Foy. I think she'd be brilliant.
I just had to Google who she is and I think you are right, she could make a good companion.
I prefer one interesting companion and for that person to be an unknown/relative unknown as it is a good break for whoever is that lucky person!
But I could image the following making interesting companions:
Helena Bonham Carter (one of the baddies in Harry Potter)
Rachel Weisz (in Constantine)
Tilda Swinton (the angel in Constantine) - actually, I think she would make a brilliant Doctor herself!
Dominic Monaghan (Lost) or James Callis (BSG) could make potential interesting male companions too.
I am sure I would think of others if I pondered long enough...
I think they'd all be too expensive to take regular roles in
DW. Of the regular companions, only Piper and Tate were
well-known before they were cast in Nu-Who.
I think they'd all be too expensive to take regular roles in
DW. Of the regular companions, only Piper and Tate were
well-known before they were cast in Nu-Who.
I think they'd all be too expensive to take regular roles in
DW. Of the regular companions, only Piper and Tate were
well-known before they were cast in Nu-Who.
Rachel Weisz is reportedly a DW fan, and still does UK TV
(Page Eight) so I could see her guest-starring.
I haven't seen Page Eight but if she is in this UK Show then I can't see why she couldn't be in nu Dr Who. Well, providing the filming of Page Eight doesn't coincide with nu Dr Who of course!
I know she wouldn’t do it now, but I’ve always thought that Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan) would make an excellent companion, and she has a boyfriend, so she wouldn’t be a love interest for the Doctor.
Second choice is Jenny, the Doctor’s daughter (Georgia Moffett). We last saw her take off in a spaceship, so who’s to say that she couldn’t have run into dear old dad somewhere along the way and decided to visit for while? Stranger things have happened in the Whoniverse.
As for a sole male companion, I have to agree with someone who posted above me. We have certainly had some good male companions, but I’m not sure that there has ever been a time when it was just the Doctor and a male companion. Ian always had Barbara and another woman. With Stephen there was Vicki, Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Dodo. Then we had Ben and Polly, later joined by Jamie. I don’t know about anyone else, but the idea just doesn’t appeal to me.
In fact, with the Doctor getting younger with each new regeneration, I see no need for a male companion at all. In the days of Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee, the thought that the Doctor might need some help with the heavy lifting and fighting off the worst of the baddies was OK, but none of the recent Doctors have needed that kind of help. I have always believed that Rory’s only purpose on the show was to give Amy somewhere else to shower her affections. He was the proof that she was not another Rose or Martha. This Doctor has a body young enough to do the heavy lifting and the fighting, if need be, so why else would Rory be there? Now there are rumors that Daniel Radcliff may get the part in the proposed Doctor Who movie. To many of us, he is still the 17 year old Harry Potter. Please, God, save us from such a fate, or his 13th regeneration will have us watching a middle school boy wandering the universe in the TARDIS.
You've omitted the best male companion of the lot, Ian Chesterton.
I'd like to see three companions: two women and a man.
Three companions worked well for William Hartnell (Susan/Vicki, Barbara and Ian), for Peter Davison (Tegan, Nyssa and Adric/Turlough) and, of course, having three companions worked fabulously well recently for Matt Smith (River, Amy and Rory).
I'm not sure I'd agree with that in the Peter Davison era. One had to go because they decided there were too many, and the actors themselves have said even in a four part story there isn't enough time for all the companions and The Doctor to have a lot to do. Watching Davison's first season again, I tend to agree with this.
I can't imagine how three companions and The Doctor could all have screen time with the new 45 minute format. At least one companion will end up absent for some reason. I'll admit it has worked with episodes including River, but she is only recurring.
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Agreed. It would be interesting if they all came from different backgrounds. Two of them could be from Earth; one from the present-day and one from a different era, and the other could be from an alien planet. This would potentially create a riveting sub-plot revolving around their relationships with each other.
Alternatively, as already mentioned by merlinsmum, it would also be interesting to have two companions who are father and daughter, or mother and son, or brother and sister, ad nauseum. Again the possible sub-plots that could come out of this are endless.
As for which actress I would like to see as a future companion, Lacey Turner gets my vote too.
I think Three full time companions is too much, have a third companion turn up occasionally (River, Jack, Canton etc) but I think two full timers is enough.
What would be interesting is have the next companion be male and only have a second (female) companion turn up a few episodes later.
I think Lacey Turner has quite a good chance of being the next companion. Since she left EastEnders she hasn't been doing much so I hope she is!
I like the ideas of previous posters - and to have another male/female approach to it. The male companion being the strong/wimp...and the female being the glamorous strong/ femme fatale (delete as necessary!).
I think someone like Matt Wolfenden(David from Emmerdale) as a guy from the present, and Julia Sawahla (sp?) as a companion from the victorian days would make it more interesting! They've NEVER combined companions from different times yet!
Sounds like a crossover.
If we're going to do a crossover let's have John Simm and Keeley Hawes.
Maybe. Perhaps they could introduce her as a one-off companion to see how it went. If she did well they could always bring her back full-time like they did with Catherine Tate, if she didn't do so well they could just leave it at that. No real harm done.
I chose her purely based on her time in EE but she would of course need to take on a completely different character in DW. I haven't her in anything else so I don't know what she's like in other roles.
Well we have had Jack alongside most of the Tenth Doctor's companions (Jack being from the 51st century, the rest from the 21st), but we need a similar line up on a "permanent" basis. I think somebody from the Victorian era would be perfect.
If John Simm is The Master, would Keeley Hawes be The Rani?
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Later we find out that both the sisters have a fob watch each and when they are opened it turns out that the younger sister is Romana (who was President of the High Council of the Time Lords at the beginning of the Time War) and the older sister is Susan (The Doctors granddaughter) who was Romana’s aide. This leads to a role reversal with Romana being the bossy one and Susan being somewhat rebellious.
The story is that Romana was deposed by a coup led by the recently resurrected Rassilon and they both had to fob watch themselves to hide from the Time Lords.
But I think it's significant that whenever there has been a male companion, it's been in combination with a female companion. There's never really been any period in the show's history when there's been solely a male companion for any length of time. Of course, that doesn't mean it couldn't be tried, but I think the previous producers were wise on this. I think it would lose a lot if there were to be no female in the TARDIS.
A male companion in combination with a female, yes, great. Rory has been a terrific companion, and I think he and Amy together have been better than she'd have been on her own - but the two of them together are also better than he'd have been on his own.
I think there's a lot to be said for an unknown. But if I was to pick someone well-known, I'd have to say, as I've said before on this kind of thread, Claire Foy. I think she'd be brilliant.
But I could image the following making interesting companions:
Helena Bonham Carter (one of the baddies in Harry Potter)
Rachel Weisz (in Constantine)
Tilda Swinton (the angel in Constantine) - actually, I think she would make a brilliant Doctor herself!
Dominic Monaghan (Lost) or James Callis (BSG) could make potential interesting male companions too.
I am sure I would think of others if I pondered long enough...
I just had to Google who she is and I think you are right, she could make a good companion.
I think they'd all be too expensive to take regular roles in
DW. Of the regular companions, only Piper and Tate were
well-known before they were cast in Nu-Who.
But maybe they will do it for the love of Nu-Who
Rachel Weisz is reportedly a DW fan, and still does UK TV
(Page Eight) so I could see her guest-starring.
I haven't seen Page Eight but if she is in this UK Show then I can't see why she couldn't be in nu Dr Who. Well, providing the filming of Page Eight doesn't coincide with nu Dr Who of course!
Hmm.. a potential maybe?
Second choice is Jenny, the Doctor’s daughter (Georgia Moffett). We last saw her take off in a spaceship, so who’s to say that she couldn’t have run into dear old dad somewhere along the way and decided to visit for while? Stranger things have happened in the Whoniverse.
As for a sole male companion, I have to agree with someone who posted above me. We have certainly had some good male companions, but I’m not sure that there has ever been a time when it was just the Doctor and a male companion. Ian always had Barbara and another woman. With Stephen there was Vicki, Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Dodo. Then we had Ben and Polly, later joined by Jamie. I don’t know about anyone else, but the idea just doesn’t appeal to me.
In fact, with the Doctor getting younger with each new regeneration, I see no need for a male companion at all. In the days of Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee, the thought that the Doctor might need some help with the heavy lifting and fighting off the worst of the baddies was OK, but none of the recent Doctors have needed that kind of help. I have always believed that Rory’s only purpose on the show was to give Amy somewhere else to shower her affections. He was the proof that she was not another Rose or Martha. This Doctor has a body young enough to do the heavy lifting and the fighting, if need be, so why else would Rory be there? Now there are rumors that Daniel Radcliff may get the part in the proposed Doctor Who movie. To many of us, he is still the 17 year old Harry Potter. Please, God, save us from such a fate, or his 13th regeneration will have us watching a middle school boy wandering the universe in the TARDIS.
I'm not sure I'd agree with that in the Peter Davison era. One had to go because they decided there were too many, and the actors themselves have said even in a four part story there isn't enough time for all the companions and The Doctor to have a lot to do. Watching Davison's first season again, I tend to agree with this.
I can't imagine how three companions and The Doctor could all have screen time with the new 45 minute format. At least one companion will end up absent for some reason. I'll admit it has worked with episodes including River, but she is only recurring.