donna! i really hope there are some donna-doctor moments in the next episode. but i doubt there will be
Your Favourite 'New Who' Companion
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As a curve ball for all you lot who say the obvious ones I am going to say Jackson Lake because i think he was brilliant, very clever and above all amusing to watch how he played the 'next doctor'/himself and how his character bounced off DT's Doctor.
Also I would probs second The Master if he helps out the Doctor in the second part of TEoT part 2 but I very much doubt it
Also I would probs second The Master if he helps out the Doctor in the second part of TEoT part 2 but I very much doubt it
Originally Posted by oh_mygiddy_aunt:
“As a curve ball for all you lot who say the obvious ones I am going to say Jackson Lake because i think he was brilliant, very clever and above all amusing to watch how he played the 'next doctor'/himself and how his character bounced off DT's Doctor.”
“As a curve ball for all you lot who say the obvious ones I am going to say Jackson Lake because i think he was brilliant, very clever and above all amusing to watch how he played the 'next doctor'/himself and how his character bounced off DT's Doctor.”
I'm glad you chose Jackson Lake! I didn't list him, but he was pretty amazing as the "Doctor" and I thought he and Rosita worked well together.
Donna all the way, for me. For all her complete lack of subtlety, I like a companion that can keep the Doc on his toes, and actually stop him in his tracks and tell him he's wrong.
Neither of the previous full-time companions could do that.
Neither of the previous full-time companions could do that.
I never liked Rose as I think she channelled almost everything I don't like about the ubiquitous chav. Her best episode was Idiot's Lantern where for much of it she didn't have a face so couldn't talk. Sorry just not a fan.
Martha was ok to start with and then towards the end of her run and in her odd reappearances had the worst dialogue ever to be written for anyone. So the character was kind of ruined for me. Best episodes were the Human Nature/Family of Blood doubles as it took her character somewhere else after not very long.
Donna was just the most awesome character, and even the occassional piece of utter tripe dialogue was great in the hands of Ms Tate who is an awesome actress and I hope she diversifies a bit more now.
My favourite new companion has to be Adelaide though as what a strong and awesome character Lyndsay Duncan portrayed and the awesome payoff that meeting the Doctor led her to kill herself. Wow.
Martha was ok to start with and then towards the end of her run and in her odd reappearances had the worst dialogue ever to be written for anyone. So the character was kind of ruined for me. Best episodes were the Human Nature/Family of Blood doubles as it took her character somewhere else after not very long.
Donna was just the most awesome character, and even the occassional piece of utter tripe dialogue was great in the hands of Ms Tate who is an awesome actress and I hope she diversifies a bit more now.
My favourite new companion has to be Adelaide though as what a strong and awesome character Lyndsay Duncan portrayed and the awesome payoff that meeting the Doctor led her to kill herself. Wow.
Originally Posted by xenon80:
“I never liked Rose as I think she channelled almost everything I don't like about the ubiquitous chav. Her best episode was Idiot's Lantern where for much of it she didn't have a face so couldn't talk. Sorry just not a fan.”
“I never liked Rose as I think she channelled almost everything I don't like about the ubiquitous chav. Her best episode was Idiot's Lantern where for much of it she didn't have a face so couldn't talk. Sorry just not a fan.”
Fair enough that you didn't like Rose, but she is absolutely not a chav. She is working-class. It's an entirely different thing.
It's Rose and Donna for me. I really liked Rose's joy travelling with the Doctor. When she's jumping up and down over Apple Grass and says she loves new earth beneath her feet and new sky above her, I believe her and like her for it. It's the same with Donna, when the fortune teller asks her if she wants to know if she'll be happy and she replies 'I'm happy now, thanks'. Their love for the Doctor just enhances it all.
I like Martha too, but I think her storyline revolved more around the Doctor rather than the travelling, the same with Jack, so the other two just edge it.
I like Martha too, but I think her storyline revolved more around the Doctor rather than the travelling, the same with Jack, so the other two just edge it.
oh, Jackson Lake for me.
That episode featured a totally different kind of Dr/Companion dynamic, and was such an exhilarating change from those "Earth girls" the Doctor almost invariably ends up with (that said, Donna in TURN LEFT is obviously the most heroic of all "companions" from any era.)
Re Lake, it helps that David Morrissey is, I reckon, second only to Sir Jacobi in terms of the top-calibre thesps guest0starring in 'New Who' (check out what he does with very limited screen time in new film NOWHERE BOY.)
That episode featured a totally different kind of Dr/Companion dynamic, and was such an exhilarating change from those "Earth girls" the Doctor almost invariably ends up with (that said, Donna in TURN LEFT is obviously the most heroic of all "companions" from any era.)
Re Lake, it helps that David Morrissey is, I reckon, second only to Sir Jacobi in terms of the top-calibre thesps guest0starring in 'New Who' (check out what he does with very limited screen time in new film NOWHERE BOY.)
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