Subject: Of course he will, he's male and this is Moffat. =] (nm)
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Posted on: 2014-02-27 11:30:00 UTC
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Calling all Whovians! by
on 2014-02-27 07:36:00 UTC
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The BBC has announced that a new companion will be joining the Doctor in the TARDIS.
Thoughts on the Coal Hill Companion?
Personally, I'm hoping that he won't be there to tie a romantic loose end with Clara. Don't muck around with the affairs of the heart, Moffat: it's worked for the previous 40 years of Doctor Who.
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What's wrong with a romantic companion by
on 2014-02-28 01:34:00 UTC
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I mean I've heard good things about Jack Harkness and I really liked Rory Willams. Rory was still an action guy even if he was married to Amy. Being in a romantic relanship shouldn't effect how badass you are for either gender.
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Well... by
on 2014-02-28 02:03:00 UTC
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You see, there's a difference between a character that has a romantic relationship and a character that only exists for a relationship.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with romance, but if a character's only purpose for a relationship,there are some problems. -
Point taken by
on 2014-02-28 17:10:00 UTC
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I'm just peeved with what's been happening in another fandom. I should have taken my anger out over here. Sorry
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It's alright. (nm) by
on 2014-02-28 22:06:00 UTC
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Re: Calling all Whovians! by
on 2014-02-27 12:58:00 UTC
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Oh, please let there be less romance subplot this time around. Donna was awesome because she just wanted to go around and sass at the entire galaxy. And also had a character besides 'spunky girl.'
Speaking of female characters, can we please have Jenny come back? I loved her. -
While you're here, by
on 2014-02-28 20:15:00 UTC
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I was rereading one of your missions recently to refresh myself on some matters of continuity, and I was wondering something. Near the beginning, Theia is in what appears to be some sort of testing range with someone named Anne, while someone named Caroline is appraising Ari's magic in the same area. Who are Anne and Caroline? Or more on point, what do they do, where are these magical tests taking place, and had you or the people that you cowrote with mentioned them prior to that appearance? Theia mentions that she talked to Anne at some point in the past, suggesting some familiarity with the RC 97 team, but I looked through all of your other missions and couldn't see either mentioned. Also, I can't place what their Department duties would be based only on this appearance, and that ambiguity is going to bug me if I don't figure this out.
Oh, and on a note related to one of your other missions, you might want to set the Google Docs for Overpowered and the Triggerhappy to Published mode. Some of the comments are still visible.
Now, for a last-ditch effort to contribute to the original topic: hooray, someone else remembers that Jenny exists! I seriously thought that she was going to have some sort of role in the story before the Time Lords were inevitably written back into the show, probably after the loss of the Master made the Doctor the last known Gallifrey-born Time Lord yet again. I'm not really sure why she wasn't, actually, since Steven Moffat was the one who petitioned the writing team to have Jenny saved from death in the first place, and as the current showrunner, he'd have plenty of opportunity to bring her back. But she was never mentioned again, and now the Time Lords are formally no longer extinct, which makes that plot setup seem like a bit of a waste. Unless she helps the Doctor bring the Time Lords back, of course. That could be fun.
(squints at the Doctor Who wiki) Wait, did you mean Jenny Flint, the distinctly-not-a-cloned-Time-Lord human from Series Six onward? You might have, and since I barely know anything about her, that would make the previous paragraph a little embarrassing. -
Hear, hear. by
on 2014-02-28 04:49:00 UTC
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Donna Noble was probably the New Who companion who was the most human. And that's why I love her. She is so human.
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^Spoilers for next series. by
on 2014-02-27 09:20:00 UTC
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Now that's out of the way...
I think (hope? Let's be optimistic and say think) he won't just be a romantic wossname. That's pretty much the only intercompanion interaction we've seen since the TV Movie, so I think it's time they tried something new.
The main exception to this is Jack and Martha in The Sound of Drums - they had a good setup, and I say that as someone who generally found Martha incredibly boring.
However...
'It's worked for the previous 40 years'? Well... except that Ben and Polly - companions of the First Doctor - were romantically involved. And, well... looking over the Doctor's female companions (from the TV series), Susan, Barbara, Vicki, Polly, Jo, and Leela all left to get married (and Victoria to get adopted) - mostly to someone they'd only met that story. Honestly, I prefer the ones who have long-term relationships, rather than 'I have exchanged five lines of dialogue with you! Let's tie the knot!' (Hi, Susan!).
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Hmm. by
on 2014-02-27 12:32:00 UTC
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It does seem like most companions have been reduced to 'sass on legs', doesn't it? Still, it's an improvement over the screaming/fainting/generally helpless companions of the earlier episodes. *looks accusingly at Barbara and Susan* At least Martha had what we assume to be a long-term relationship with her eventual husband off-screen.
I would say I'd like another companion like Rose, but there's one teeny problem: there's only one Rose. Though maybe that's a good thing, because there's no way I'd be able to handle a repeat of the goodbye scene. I stopped watching the show for two weeks after that.
*ahem*
Well, any way the next companion is done, I'll wait to pass judgement on them until their time with the Doctor is over. I didn't think I'd like Donna, but I grew fond of her after a while (though she was never able to replace Rose for me). I'm kind of hoping for something like whatshisface from the classic Who, the Scottish guy from medieval times. But maybe that's just me. -
I hope he has more of a use than that. by
on 2014-02-27 08:23:00 UTC
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And I really honestly hope he's treated more like a person -- that is, written more like a person -- than a set of sassy remarks with legs.
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Of course he will, he's male and this is Moffat. =] (nm) by
on 2014-02-27 11:30:00 UTC
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*Bip!* Lancashire. Sass. (nm) by
on 2014-02-27 08:45:00 UTC
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on 2014-02-27 09:07:00 UTC
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In one episode... by
on 2014-02-27 16:59:00 UTC
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...Clara was scanned by a handheld device. It said those exact words when it ID'd her.
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I'd thought you were paraphrasing, originally. by
on 2014-03-03 04:32:00 UTC
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Then I saw Journey to the Center of the Tardis yesterday, and that very scene popped up. I unleashed such a groan. On the plus side, at least that episode's version of Clara was just bland most of the time instead of grating and annoying, and the few times she tried having some "sass", her lines weren't all that bad.
Yes, I know that you said "exact words" now, but strangely, I'd had no recollection of that until rereading your post just before replying. It's odd; I usually have a very good memory for details.