Jo Joyner (Tanya Branning) is supposedly leaving Eastenders as was "announced" on Radio One- she was also Lynda with a y in Series One of New Who- what if she's the new companion?! Jack came back to life in Parting of the Ways, so supposedly so did everyone else on the ship thing?

^^ Other people think it too!

I agree! Nothing actully comfirmed that she died!

Hmmmm, hope she doesn't get jealous of Rose, Martha or Donna and decide to bury the Doctor!

Lets not forget!
It's a new Doctor now!

What new Doctor????????????????



Or do you mean that Lynda hasn't met the tenth Doctor?????

I ment DT Doctor!

Ohh yeah! I forgot about that but I wonder what her romantic status will be? We've had mutual love, unrequited love and mutual friendship- what about the Doctor likes her...? Or will there always be the soft-spot for Rose



(I want Rose BACK)

I don't.

I'd love Jo Joyner to become the new assistant! She could be a great ancestor of Lynda ...

...Or she could just BE Lynda

Surely the doctors cloned daughter would be a good assistant???

I wouldn't think so

To be fair you can never really tell but I beg the question why does it need to be someone we have already met(Lynda, Sally Sparrow, Jenny, River song etc etc) Why can't the Doctor just meet someone new.

Bumping into old friends all the time will make the Universe look a little bit smaller and less impressive and more importantly traveling with someone after they at first turned him down has already been done excellently with Donna do we really need to do that again.
So lets have a new companion, someone who has never met the Doctor before anyone agree??? or do you all want Jenny and Sally Sparrow?

I don't know i'm seeing scope for a real journey with Jenny with the Doctor as her mentor we would see her character develop loads I think.

The thing is if you keep changing companions the viewers would struggle to bond with the character -lets have a companion that stays a while and has a real story-I won't be at all surprised if it's Jenny -and the Doctor must surely meet River Song (maybe series 5) she seemed very important .Won't be surprised if they are the next two companions .

I'm not watching Eastenders these days really but I like Jo -would not mind seeing her back in DW .

Does that mean we get both her and Jonas Armstrong in the TARDIS?

Yeah i hope the next companion stays for at least two seasons but I hope it is someone new personally.

IMO River Song would be better used as a character who popped up from time to time in the Doctors Adventures like the Brigadier did in the Old Series.

My guess is if we see River Song she will start as a companion -then be a recurring character hopefully with stories that will develop her character and her relationship with the Doctor.I do wonder why she does not travel with the Doctor and has to check her diary when we see her in SITL if they are so close why can't she be with him? -the way she knew his face instantly also -hopefully we'll find out .

I don't personally think River Song will ever be a full time companion. I think she may travel with the Doctor for a few episodes the way Jack does from Time to Time but never as the sole companion on a full season run

But we can't tell the future so it will be interesting what happens
I also doubt Jenny will ever be a full time companion either, I think Moffat will want to make his own new companion but as I say time will tell
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Well it's just the way the character reacted to the Doctor in sitl that makes me think shes of significance...and not a friend as Jack is but a possible love interest..and would take a series as companion to start their story.But as you say we'll just have to wait and see .I'm sure if she is a companion it will be done very well and answer a lot of questions sitl/fotd left about River Song.

Well Jenny was originally going to be killed off at the end of TDD, however Moffatt asked that she was spared - so he must have something in mind.

I do quite like Jo Joyner, and thought her character in series one was a nice one, but I can't imagine them reintroducing her. As someone else suggested, they could potentially sort of reintroduce her by bringing in the ancestor or descendant of Lynda and keep the essence of the character there, but I can't really see them having the Doctor bump into an old friend again (or anyone related to them).

It would have been nice to have had Lynda continue on as a companion first time round to be honest, it's just a shame they had to 'free up' as it were, series two for Rose. I couldn't have seen Lynda carrying on into the xmas special - unless of course she was just this bewildered newcomer caught up in the whole regeneration thing (which wouldn't have really worked that well for the script), and with series two geared toward Rose's departure there probably wouldn't have been much scope to develop her. Then again, it would have been nice to have something else to that series than the Doc and Rose going around, giggling like schoolgirls for much of the time.

I think with this new series, it might be worth them bringing in at least two new companions - because I don't really want to see another one series character come in unless there's more than just the Doctor continuing on. I think the past couple of series (although good) have suffered by being too self contained overall. They seem more like sequals or seperate entities then a continuation. The big reunion of series four's closing episodes didn't really do it for me, and I didn't really see the point of it (although I'm glad it was pretty centred on Donna).

I don't know...I just think it'd be nice to see something different this time, give them time to breathe, rather than saddle the Doctor with a single companion, damned from the moment they profess either their love for the Doc or how they wish to travel with him forever. Martha's rather short tenure on the show did come as a bit of a surprise for me, what with her not being a big name or having a massively publicized departure. I did really enjoy Donna, but it was obvious CT wouldn't be sticking with the show.

I just hope they go back to the drawing board really - back to how it was with the first series, where anything could happen. A new head writer (and maybe a new Doctor) will be good for this.

To be fair that is a hopeful summation of what actually happened. Moffat read the script and mentioned in passing to RTDthat it was a very downbeat way to finish the script and that everyone would expect that to happen so to revive her would be a nice twist.

Moffat then forgot about mentioning this until RTD credited him with saving Jenny in DWM to which he showed surprise that a off hand remark would see him praised so.

Well he is a genius, and RTD knows it

Well as I recall stories are mixed about that -some say he asked some say he was indifferent .I just think Jenny is a fun young active character the kids would love -think the family audience would relate big time to Doctor 10 finally finding someone he can guide and help instead of having to lose every time -we'll just have to see.

LOL I'm quite happy Moffat's taking over, it means we can get some proper hiding behind the sofa stuff! ...Although I did think Blink was overrated