Oswin or Rusty?

Zeg!!!

If someone can drink their tea of coffee in an interesting fashion, there is possibility?

I don't like to have a go, if it can be helped, but I think it has to be said, that you shouldn't be so quick to want to get rid of Clara at lightning speed. There's no definite answer at the moment as to when Jenna will be leaving the show. It could be during the next series, or maybe during the next Christmas episode. She may not decide to go until next year.

I don't want to be talking about new companions at the moment. Jenna is still in the show.

One of the things that really bug me a lot, is seeing people on DS threads trying to stick the knife in, making sure that they want a certain person from a show gone.

Could you not just wait a while, until we know when JC is leaving before creating a new thread like this, that at the moment, is pointless?

IMO, I think Clara has to be one of the most brilliant companion's DW has ever had, after Sarah Jane Smith, Rose Tyler, Leela, Romana (Lalla Ward), Tegan Jovanka, and Donna Noble.

I agree. She was the standout character in that episode and quite obvious companion material.

Osgood was as well.

When the time comes (and I'm in no hurry to see Clara leave) they both would have made good companions in terms of character and acting ability.

I also think Journey Blue and Cass would have made interesting companions.

Most of the Clara/Doctor conflicts in series 8 didn't ring true for me, so a new companion with real reasons for dramatic tension with the Doctor would be interesting.

Now that we have an older actor playing the Doctor, I think it would be a good time to bring back Jenny, the Doctor's Daughter.

There have been aspects of father/daughter in Capaldi's relationship with Clara -giving Danny Pink the fifth degree in The Caretaker to make sure he was suitable boyfriend material; trying to bring Danny back from the dead in Dark Water to stop Clara's pain.

It could be fun to see the Doctor as the stern Dad, objecting to everything that Jenny wears or complaining about her flirting too much or moaning about her gung-ho attitude.

It would provide a brand new Doctor/companion relationship.

I like that idea too depends if Georgia is available.

That would work with Peter's Doctor, yes. But only bring Jenny back, travelling WITH Clara in the Tardis, not after Clara has gone.

It would be very interesting to see, how Clara and Jenny get on, travelling with Twelve in the blue box.


It does depend on how busy Georgia is. She may not be available to reprise her role.

Saying that, she may not want to come back to Doctor Who anytime soon.

If she doesn't, and the DW production team still want the character to re-appear, then (as Jenny can regenerate), they can just recast the role. Simple as that!

I very much doubt we'll see Jenny again (on-screen anyway ... maybe in audios or comics I suspect is her future, if she has one). That ship's long since sailed. If they want to go down a parental sort of route with Peter, why not bring back his long lost granddaughter Susan? Peter himself has said he'd be keen to see her again.

I agree. I'd like to see Jenny again but don't believe we ever will.

Not sure about bringing back Susan. The reason I'd like to see Jenny back is because I think it would be fun to see Capaldi playing fussy dad to a rebellious daughter.

Nothing rebellious about Susan. She was a real goody two-shoes.

Why not a male from a different time and species? Removes the stupid sexual tension and it could be more of a stufent/teacher relationship like when Adric was with the 4th and 5th plus you could always have a second companion from the near future?

See this previous post.


The female companions are there to provide a character that the show's young female audience can identify with and/or look up to.

We've had glimpses of 12 being fussy and stroppy with Clara already anyway, tbh.

Also, I agree it'd be interesting to see a solo male companion for a short time (even if only for one or two episodes). Just to shake up the dynamics a little, have some variety. I don't think it'd be a great idea for an entire series, but could be fun for an episode or two.

There was indeed an element of father-daughter in the Doctor's relationship with Clara last year and I hope they play with that next series. They could have other characters mistake them for father-daughter. There is a similarity. It's the eyebrows.

Whilst Clara is nowhere near as big a goody-two-shoes as Susan (she lied to Danny so she could travel with the Doctor in secret, and what about her shocking treatment of the Doctor at the start of Dark Water), but I'd hardly call her rebellious.

Rebelliousness in the Doctor's Daughter would be a gung-ho attitude, always thinking she has a better plan than her Dad, always answering back, wearing inappropriate short skirts and skimpy tops and flirting with every handsome young man they encounter on their adventures.

As for the Doctor travelling with just a male companion - I don't think I would like that at all. I think we need a female influence on the Doctor. It doesn't need to be a young female; the Doctor worked well with the slightly older Donna. In fact, now that we have an older actor playing the Doctor, they may be an argument for pairing him with a slightly older companion, although you need to watch you don't alienate the show's young audience.

I think they got away with the Doctor and Donna because Tennant's Doctor was quite young and trendy, Catherine Tate probably had a big following amongst schoolkids and there was a bit of the big kid about Donna with her occasional stroppy attitude.