Loved Claire Foy in The Promise, don't know how goos she'd be as a companion though.

Bringing Sheridan in as a companion would be cool, especially if they reference her earlier meetings with Eight (although I'm not sure how her story actually ends in the Big Finish audios)

There seem to have been trends in this. During the first six series, the Doctor virtually always had either two or three companions. With Jon Pertwee, it depends if you count the UNIT guys (I never have, so his five series were one-companion for me). Tom Baker had one companion for only a couple of series (if you count K9 as a companion, which I do, then there were at least two from his arrival). Then it was two or three companions until the Colin Baker/McCoy series.

So it's about 12 series out of 26. A minority of the time, but not that rare.

I would like some relatively unknown to be the companion and who hasn't had a previous role all the main companions (except Billie of course) have played a role before they were companions - Freema as Martha's 'cousin' end of series 2, Catherine Tate obviously Runaway Bride and Karen as a soothsayer in Pompeii episode.

I would love a Miranda/Doctor Who cross over for comic relief or something. That would be so funny to watch.

Eric Cantona is an actor now. Just shove on a wig.

Not really a previous role in Catherine's case, just an earlier appearance in the same role.

Have wanted Sheridan Smith to be the new companion for ages, can't she just play someone new, after all CB was another character Maxil, and that didn't stop him being cast as the Doctor.
Her or Anjli Mohindra, seems to be ideal as a companion, can see her as a good match with Matt Smith as well.

I always thought Sheridan Smith would make a great companion on the show, she was certainly amazing in th 8th Doctor audio stories.

Having said that I think it is time to have a strong male companion, someone for the Doctor to be best mates with, without all the romantic undertones. Perhaps a slightly older Clyde from SJA would be a good choice.

A complete unknown please!

I would hate Sheridan to do it tbh. I like her but she is way more suited to comedy than drama.
I think the female companion must be good at both comedy and particulary serious drama (particulary good at emotional scenes).

If Lacey is doing it, she must be different from Stacey I agree.

I actually prefer the doctor and female companion dynamic in most episodes, it's the dynamic that I'm used to and know. It's love having team in a few eps in a series (finale especially), but most of the others should be the doctor/female companion dynamic imo.

Those who have not seen Lacey in EE before, he is the first part of an ep which Lacey gave one amazing performance. The reason why she won over 30 awards in 6 years.

http://youtu.be/p8QQKOjNap4
This is the climax to Stacey's bipolar story btw. Lacey is the one at the beginning looking at the light.


Sorry to post an EE clip on a DW thread lol, this is solely so you can see Lacey's acting.

Ok, fair enough, but I would say that the Brigidier counted as a companion even if he didn't step into the TARDIS (I can't remember if he did or not and am too young to have seen those episodes anyway, I don't get much chance to watch the older series) which would make it a majority of the series just about or at least certainly a closer call.

For me it is more important what kind of person the companion is and then find someone who can play that role.

What I would like to see is a companion from the past especially from the recent past (1970’s or early 80’s) and see them cope with the world of the 2010’s (End of the cold war, mobile phones, laptop computers, iPads as well as aliens).

They could have so much fun with that idea.

Like I said previously, she would have to do a different part. You didn't see Bonnie Langford singing and dancing her way as Mel, she was a different, if somewhat annoying, character to those she had been in before. If she does that, I don't see a problem.

And yes, the whole of the Pertwee Era, The Doctor technically only had one companion throughout, so rare it is not!


If you don't watch Eastenders, you wouldn't know good she is would you?! I suggested you watch the poster I've highlighted below and then see what you think.

I don't think you quite understand what I was getting at. Sure she showed some versatility of character as Stacey Slater but of what I have seen of her in Eastenders (more than enough I dare say from haing to endure it) and looking at her peformance in Being Human makes me think she is incapable of playing a different role to Stacey. I don't think she has the depth to depart from the Stacey role. Doing well with one character does not make an actor - skill comes from how many different types of character they can play not how well they can play one character. But that's just my thoughts

Joanna Higson

I don't watch Being Human but I'd like to see Lacey in other things and hopefully she will be. However, you don't know for sure that she wouldn't be no good as a Companion, until you see her on the screen. Just because she made one character away from Eastenders similar to Stacey, it doesn't mean she would be elsewhere. It wouldn't be good for her as an actress to keep playing Stacey-esque type parts otherwsie she would become typecast. And I don't think if she ever appeared in Doctor Who, as a companion or guest star, she would allowed to play it like Stacey either and as a soap actress I think she would be quite keen to play a different part anyway. Lots of famous people have appeared in Doctor Who famous for playing one part and played it completely differently. Richard Wilson, for one and the actress who played Yvonne Hartman in the the last two episodes of Series 2 was completly different to her character as Chrissie Watts in Eastenders.

It just seems to me you're judging her on one solitary performance away from Eastenders. I think you need to see her in others things and then judge it. If she continues to play Staceyesque roles your point will become more valid but if she doesn't it means you're jumping the gun.

They couldn't afford her now!


[quote=Gene the Cow;49900785]Bringing Sheridan in as a companion would be cool, especially if they reference her earlier meetings with Eight (although I'm not sure how her story actually ends in the Big Finish audios)[/QUOTE]

Badly, I think.

Actually I've re-thought the Sheridan Smith thing. We haven't actually seen her, so she could appear in the television episodes.

And, yes, it would be quite good to have one Sarah-Jane's assistants "graduating" to become the doctor's companion.

Cilla Black

I think that this is a really good idea. Why do almost all companions come from earth and from present time? Well, I think that this is because they have been the viewers conduit to The Doctors life in New Who but there's no reason why a new companion couldn't some from a time in the earths past now.

If we're choosing complete fantasy companions I'd pick Daisy Lowe as I think that she and Matt make a really cute, sexy couple, but that really wouldn't be totally appropriate for the show, even if it would be fun to put Rivers nose out of joint.

You beat me tpo the punch. Mind you I would have preferred David Tennant but then he like most 900 year old men I have ever met he prefers them under 25.

Miranda Richardson - she has the perfect comedy and drama chops for the role.

She played Frankenstein's wife really well in Frankenstein's Wedding too, and she is different to Stacey.

I would hate to see Lacey as a companion. I've seen her in a couple of different things and she still plays the same character. I hate it when actors use the same face all the time and she is one of those who do. she almost sneers when she talks a lot of the time and I find it really annoying to watch

Oh and her voice drives me crazy

Lauren Crace


Worst nightmare - Katie Price

It depends on who is cast as the Doctor when the companion changes...maybe not a female at all. What about a boy? I am enjoying Rory. Or for a girl, I also like the Doc / River dynamic i.e a companion that can really hold their own with the Doc. I liked that about Donna and the girl they cast opposite 10 in the xmas special on the bus er sorry can't remember name Zoe from Eastenders...