I loved Rose and subscribed to the theory that nobody could take her place. I didn't really take to Martha (although watching Series 3 back again for the umpteenth time I think she was OK) but with Donna, she was brilliant as the Doctors Companion; I'd even rate her higher than Rose. Anyone else agree?

I rate Martha higher than Rose personally. I liked Rose, but by the end of series 2 I was definitely ready to see her go. Martha, I just liked from the start. I always thought she got a hard time from SOME of the fans that wouldn't accept someone other than Rose as companion.

But yes, I agree that Donna is the best of the three. Captain Jack, who is classes as a companion comes in very close behind Donna though.

Out of the 4 though, I really do hope we see some more of Jack during Moffat's reign.

Donna is without doubt my favourite companion, just fantastic, although I've got a very soft spot for Rose too.

I could never connect with Martha, although she did grow on me through series 3. Her return in series 4 killed her for me again, unfortunately.

Jack is a bit "meh" for me.

A poll, perhaps?

Agree!

It's between Martha and Donna for me, can't choose! I really loved Rose but all the grinning and overly annoying love of the doctor irritated the hell out of me by the end!

I'll go against everyone elses opinions and say that Martha is my favourite, although Donna was a close second. Rose became far too gurningly annoying and selfish. I think Martha's my favourite because her story is probably the most fascinating - Donna and Rose travelled with the Doc because they needed too, Martha didn't.

There are reasons as well but I'm too tired to list them at the moment.

Yep,has to be Donna for me. Rose became clingy, needy and a little selfish. Martha was OK and, in my opinion, not as bad as some people make out. Donna was the friend The Doctor needed: no romantic fussiness, no gooey eyed lovey doveyness, they were just mates.

I don't think I need to say who do I? Do I?


Oh Okay.........



Its Donna Noble


I love her character, her personality, her story, her grandad, her chemistry with the Doctor, and well she is the super temp from Chiswick!!!!!!!

And I love Martha too...and Jack...more or less equally....
And Rose....well I like her still, and she was the first companion....so has a place in my heart.....

I could never take Donna seriously , her facial expressions always led me to think her next line would be .....

Doctor :- " quick Donna , into the Tardis , the Daleks are here "

Donna :- " "Look at my face, is my face bovvered ? Face ? Bovvered ? "

Rose and the Doctor are a perfect match


others will no doubt disagree

Did you climb inside my head and make my post for me?

Totally agree. 100%

I liked Donna more because she was independent, and wasn't all 'lovey dubby'

Donna is my favourite by far. I really like Martha too though and I loved Rose in the first series but I went right off her in the second. She got very annoying.

Donna was so much fun and Catherine and David were brilliant together. Her ending was heartbreaking.

Yeah, Donna's my favourite of the new lot. I wasn't too keen on the idea of bringing her back full time, wasn't sure how much Catherine would have been able to reign it in, but she did great in the end. More than anything I'm glad we had the chance to experience a full time companion without that romantic edge to it, whether it was shared or rebuffed. The unrequited love Martha held was a bit of a setback for her (but I did find her walking away moment at the end of the third series great for her character). With Donna, it certainly made me feel there was a bit more independence from the Doctor, I found the library two parter great for this, we had her own little romantic strand in the artificial reality and of course River Song for the Doctor. That's not to say Rose was always a barrier for romantic interest for the Doctor, there was of course "The Girl in the Fireplace" but I can't exactly picture how she might have placed in a more profound love interest like River.

More than anything, I just enjoyed the general atmosphere aboard the TARDIS with Donna. The "matey" relationship they had, the joyous attitude Donna had about travelling without the romantic undertones, the slightly different approach they had with her family (especially Wilf who was amazing) and also, the way that Donna seemed to be able to step back with ease when it came to returning characters or one offs who joined in. River, Jenny, Martha and the slew of old faces that returned toward the end of the series.... Donna seemed to be very accomodating toward them all, something I couldn't imagine Rose being.

I did really enjoy Martha too to be honest, people always tend to knock her and accuse Freema of being wooden...which I thinks pretty unfair. I honestly don't think you could knock her for much of series three and think there's moments where she did brilliantly (Human Nature/Family of Blood and the finale in particular). Admittedly, her series four appearances gave us a pretty different Martha, but she had some pretty shoddy dialogue and functional scenes so there wasn't much room for anything beyond clunky lines and dialogue.

Rose...well like most, I enjoyed her in series one but as time went on, I think too much fell upon her, she became too much of a focus. I'm also not keen on these recurrent farewells for her. It's a science fiction show, anything is possible, but her farewells have always been so final and although her series two farewell to the Doctor was cut short, after series four there's really little else for the pair of them to say to each other.

Donna is definately my favourite companion of the new series and she also ranks right up there with the classic series too.

I started out thinking "Catherine Tate - Doctor Who companion?? WHAT ..WHAAAT...WHAAAAATTT??!!! WTF! she'll be dreadful......"

ended up loving Donna with all my heart

her ending was

looking forward to seeing what's happened to Ms Noble

Great Minds and all that!!!!!!


And I am sure there will be others who will agree with you no doubt

Although even if you were expecting her to say something like that in a reply.....as she didn't, then technically you were watching the wrong show with her in it




Agree with nearly everything in there....beautifully put

I like all three main new series companions, but Donna is the one I liked least of them. Rose was my favourite.

Loved Rose, she was great and I always will, she has a definite place in my heart, I love Capt Jack, fantastic personality. I am always happy to see him back.

I was never very keen on Martha, maybe it was because she came straight after Rose which was unfair for her. She was quite a weak character and bringing her back for series 4 seemed pointless to me.

I actually really liked Donna in the TRB and was keen to see what they would do with the character in series 4 - I liked the dynamic between her and The Doctor and so was excited by the prospect of her as a full time companion. I wasn't disappointed, she was fab! Loved her.

I wasn't bothered by the love interest between Rose and The Doctor it was just another part of the story and I enjoyed it and just as much, I enjoyed the wonderful friendship between Donna and the Doctor, both worked well for me.

Looking back I wasn't a big fan of any of the three female companions, but without a doubt, Donna was the one I disliked the most. Can't stand Catherine Tate and couldn't stand Donna. Although, to be fair, the only thing I did like about her was that there was none of this romantic BS you got with Rose or Martha.

Of the three, Rose was my favourite but only when she was with Ecclestone.

hello dr who fans! first time writing on here so i'm a bit nervous! :P

anyway, i LOVED Donna's character! from the start i knew she'd be great as a companion...out of all my dr who-viewing friends, i was the only one that loved the chemistry between the two in 'runaway bride' and for me, the most heartbreaking moment of the entire 4 series was not when the doctor had to say goodbye to rose (twice!) but when he had to erase donna's memory at the end of series 4! for me that was the saddest, yet best moment of the show so far...it showed just how amazing russell t davies' writing is in that he could create a character that would have us all sobbing as she effectively 'died'...of course catherine tate was a large part in making all us fans love donna and i just laugh now at all the people who hated her originally because i think it was clear, by 'sontaran strategem/poison sky' just how much her and the doctor meant to each other.....and CT and bernard cribbins (that man deserves a knighthood or something, he made me sob everytime he was on the screen....SO glad he's coming back as companion in the last special ep!)

ANYWAY, as for rose, well i loved her and christopher eccleston together, and the series finale of series 1 was amazing! her and DT, well, they were clearly in love, but i think the story should have been laid to rest with series 2 (bringing her back in series 4 was a bit anticlimatic considering the 'great sacrifice' DT had to make in series 2 to let her go) as for martha, i always felt sorry for her character because although she was companion in series 3, and in EVERY episode she was saving the doctor, i don't think her character was ever given the full credit and value as a companion....the writing never seemed to fit her comfortably within the story (although 'utopia' and 'sound of drums' were amazing episodes!)

and then there's captain jack.....not a lot to say except for, OH MY GOD

btw, did anyone else hate the recent christmas episode?? apart from david morrissey (who was amazing) what the hell was the point of that ep?!

Donna was definitely the most likeable companion, but I don't enjoy many of the series 4 stories are. I think Martha got the best run of stories.

Count me as the second person giving Martha as their favourite. I don't think she was the best actress, but I do think that her character was the best, as was her story. However, depending on how you classify who is and who isn't a companion, I'd say that my favourite new series companion, by a mile, is Mickey.

oh god, yes, mickey!

is he going to be in torchwood??

I was just thinking the same, goes from Mickey the idiot to tin dog to defender of the earth. Has some pretty good one-liners too. An under-rated but great companion, the Darren Fletcher to Rose's Cristiano Ronaldo and Donna's Wayne Rooney*.



* My apologies in advance for this shameless football analogy for those not in thrall with the beautiful game.

Donna is my fave by a country mile (which thinking about it is exactly the same distance as a regular mile lol)

Never did enjoy Rose's interaction with Ten. She, IMO, was much better suited to Nine.

I liked Marths but didnt enjoy the direction they took her in with the swooning over the Doctor...Although to be honest i probably would have been 10 times worse lol