Whovians unite!

[navybrandt he/him]

Worst companion: Zoe Heriot (2nd Doctor): She was just so stupid - especially considering she was supposed to be an advanced computer scientist from the future.
 
Worst modern companion: Clara Oswald (11th and 12th Doctors): Just haven't connected with her. Disappointed with her "big mystery."
 
This would make Clara MUCH more interesting:

Clara Oswin Oswald is very clearly the Rani. Not only is she a science genius girl with a strong love of Souffles, but she is not 'Clara Oswald.' because Clara Oswald never existed.

 

In all of her appearances so far, 'Clara' has shown a preternatural understanding of the scientific workings of advanced technology. The only other times we witness a novice display such an immediate understanding of Time Lord technology is with Professor Doctor River Song, another Time Lord.

 

'Clara' may have jumped into the Time Stream of the Doctor's and survived, but this is really hard to do. So far, 'Clara', or whatever her name is, has revealed to a Cyberman that Clara is not her name, and that there was no Clara Oswald. Either 'Clara' was lying, or she really is someone else. Most likely a Time Lord, either the Master or Rani.

Edited June 29, 2015 by navybrandt

[navybrandt he/him]

Favourite classic companion:

Sarah-Jane Smith!

of course!

She did get two spin-off shows after all.

Edited June 29, 2015 by navybrandt

[ThirdGen]

It's about time the Doctor had a non-human companion.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

It's about time the Doctor had a non-human companion.

Serious suggestion: He picks up an alien on one of the planets he visits at the beginning of the season. He or she helps the Doctor save the planet and then goes off with him to see the stars. It could even be an Earth-like planet in the sense that this companion's people don't have much in the way of space-exploring technology, giving the audience a similar yet foreign perspective on the Doctor's adventures.

Not serious suggestion: I've always thought pugs acted like tiny little aliens. If the Doctor speaks everything, he'd understand Pug.

[Kobold King he/him]

Serious suggestion: He picks up an alien on one of the planets he visits at the beginning of the season. He or she helps the Doctor save the planet and then goes off with him to see the stars. It could even be an Earth-like planet in the sense that this companion's people don't have much in the way of space-exploring technology, giving the audience a similar yet foreign perspective on the Doctor's adventures.

Not serious suggestion: I've always thought pugs acted like tiny little aliens. If the Doctor speaks everything, he'd understand Pug.

 

To cut down on the special effects budget, it could even be one of the aliens he's met that can mimic the form of a human, like a Zygon or a Krillitane. The companion could still act like a typical companion, but his/her alien nature would open the door to some fascinating storylines.

 

He's spoken to cats, horses, and tyrannosaurs before. Why not have a pug scampering around the TARDIS?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

To cut down on the special effects budget, it could even be one of the aliens he's met that can mimic the form of a human, like a Zygon or a Krillitane. The companion could still act like a typical companion, but his/her alien nature would open the door to some fascinating storylines.

He's spoken to cats, horses, and tyrannosaurs before. Why not have a pug scampering around the TARDIS?

Again, he's seen the beginning and end of the universe. He waxes nostalgic about people known only to legend. What makes twenty-first century Londoners so special?

Also to cut back on the effects budget, the Doctor could simply reply to everything the pug says.

"No, we are not going there again. Yes, I know those people all looked and sounded exactly like squeaky toys, but you nearly caused a war! *sigh* All right, we can make a quick detour to the Planet of the Coffee Shops, but you get one scone and that's it!"

And think how cute a pug would look in a replica of Tom Baker's scarf.

[+Slowswift]

...I just realized what I want.

 

I want an episode where the Doctor goes to 1950's England and convinces JRR Tolkien to write LotR.

 

[navybrandt he/him]

...I just realized what I want.

 

I want an episode where the Doctor goes to 1950's England and convinces JRR Tolkien to write LotR.

 

How about he goes to 1963 and convinces Sydney Newman to create Dr Who to convince people that he's just a fictional character when the Doctor is real!

[Kobold King he/him]

How about he goes to 1963 and convinces Sydney Newman to create Dr Who to convince people that he's just a fictional character when the Doctor is real!

 

 

And the same episode reveals Steven Moffat is a renegade Time Lord who's dedicated to killing everyone the Doctor loves.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

And the same episode reveals Steven Moffat is a renegade Time Lord who's dedicated to killing everyone the Doctor loves.

Does....does that mean Davies was someone who liked the Doctor, or the Doctor himself, willing to resort to deus ex machina if it ensured his friends were saved?

[Kobold King he/him]

Does....does that mean Davies was someone who liked the Doctor, or the Doctor himself, willing to resort to deus ex machina if it ensured his friends were saved?

 

Wait a minute. In the Fourth Doctor's era, there were two all-powerful beings called the White and Black Guardians. One was the embodiment of all things good, the other the embodiment of all things evil. One was on the side of the Doctor, and the other was dedicated to his torment and eventual destruction.

 

Realize where I'm going with this?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Wait a minute. In the Fourth Doctor's era, there were two all-powerful beings called the White and Black Guardians. One was the embodiment of all things good, the other the embodiment of all things evil. One was on the side of the Doctor, and the other was dedicated to his torment and eventual destruction.

Realize where I'm going with this?

WE KNOW WHY MOFFATT KILLED RORY!

[ThirdGen]

Wait a minute. In the Fourth Doctor's era, there were two all-powerful beings called the White and Black Guardians. One was the embodiment of all things good, the other the embodiment of all things evil. One was on the side of the Doctor, and the other was dedicated to his torment and eventual destruction.

 

Realize where I'm going with this?

 

*gasp* You are the Valeyard!

[Kobold King he/him]

*gasp* You are the Valeyard!

 

 

Objection! If I were really were an evil incarnation of the Doctor from the future, don't you think I'd be capable of far more villainous plots than going back in time and suing myself?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Objection! If I were really were an evil incarnation of the Doctor from the future, don't you think I'd be capable of far more villainous plots than going back in time and suing myself?

It does seem like a drain on the Gallifreyan legal system. Come to think of it, the Valeyard's biggest crime might have been sucking up time that should've been spent on a high-conflict child custody case.

Edited June 29, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Kobold King he/him]

It does seem like a drain on the Gallifreyan legal system. Come to think of it, the Valeyard's biggest crime might have been sucking up time that shouldbe been spent on a high-conflict child custody case.

 

 

"As prosecution, I hold the Doctor, currently in his sixth regeneration, responsible for the substantial regret and eye strain inflicted upon his future selves. He has made our scrapbooks virtually unusable, as he filled an entire section of the book with pictures of that hideous jacket."

 

"Objection! This jacket is fabulous!"

 

"I rest my case, your honor."

Edited June 29, 2015 by Kobold King

[navybrandt he/him]

I still say Clara Oswald is the Rani.

[Bort he/him]

I will say one positive thing about Clara (and Amy, although she was much better than Clara). At least they took her away from the whole Romancing the Doctor routine that we saw with Rose, Martha, and (to a lesser extent) Donna.

[Blaze1616 he/him]

I will say one positive thing about Clara (and Amy, although she was much better than Clara). At least they took her away from the whole Romancing the Doctor routine that we saw with Rose, Martha, and (to a lesser extent) Donna.

 

I never got the romancing vibe from Donna. I got the "Yeah, we're best buds. He's a dude. I'm a lady. Get over yourself" vibe, and it was awesome. The Doctor was traveling with his best friend. Not some hot young thang that would inevitably hero worship him.

[Quiver he/him]

I will say one positive thing about Clara (and Amy, although she was much better than Clara). At least they took her away from the whole Romancing the Doctor routine that we saw with Rose, Martha, and (to a lesser extent) Donna.

 

Yeah- but instead we have an episode where Vastra tried to shame Clara as being shallow because the Doctor is old now ("because Old People, Ew!"), and an episode where the Doctor tries hooking Clara up with a guy who looks like Eleven.

Not to mention how a lot of Smith's interactions with Clara seemed... shippy? I'm not sure quite what the word for it would be- and maybe it's just my own skewed interpretation of the series-  but it felt an awful lot like Moffat was trying to hint at Eleven and Clara as a couple. I definitely got more of a "Friends, just friends" vibe from Donna.

 

As for Amy... Moffat ship teased the Doctor and Amy a lot too. It kind of died down in the season seven, but... well, as awesome as the "Last Centurion" speech she gave in season six was, it was obviously trying to make the audience think that the Doctor was Melody's father. Not to mention her making Rory dress as the Raggedy Doctor when they were growing up, and her flat-out kissing him after the Angels in season five.

I liked Amy; I actually think she was one of the more interesting companions (at least in season five)- but there were a few romantic hints for her, too. It's why the idea of her, Rory and the Doctor as a "OT3" is a thing.

[Allomancy she/her]

My friend gave me tardis earrings!! >w<

[little wilson she/her]

I did this in the Guild's Whovian thread already, but I might as well do it here too.

 

Favorite Doctor: Ten, by a landslide.

 

Favorite Companion: Donna, seconded by Jack.

 

Least-Favorite Companion: Martha. The reason for this is due somewhat to the current conversation about the romantic vibes in some of the companions, but my supreme dislike for Martha is a little deeper than that. Rose and Ten were perfect for each other, and that relationship ended so abruptly that the Doctor never got closure. Then Martha comes along and knows almost right from the start that the Doctor fell in love with the last girl. She's intellectually aware that he's not in a place to have a relationship with anyone, yet when she ends up falling for him, she blames him for not returning her feelings, and spends the entire season pining for him. She refuses to accept her own responsibility for her heartache, and that is a trait that drives me utterly insane with supposedly intelligent females (both real and fictional). Season 3 has a lot of solid episodes, but for me, they're polluted by Martha. The only episode from Season 3 I can stand to watch multiple times is Blink, and that's not just because it's a great episode: it's because there's so little of Martha.

 

Favorite/Scariest Monster: The Silence--at least in the beginning. I pride myself on my memory, so something that makes me forget about them is rather disturbing to me. Plus, the tally marks were an additional creepy factor, in that they'd just appear out of nowhere. As the The Silence were developed more, they lost their scare--which is the same with the Weeping Angels, sadly. But I liked the way they started.

 

Favorite Episode: There are a lot of episodes I love, most of which have been said already (Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances). My favorite episode fits into my favorite story arc, which is the back half of Season 4. I adore everything from Midnight through to the end of the season, when he regenerates. My favorite episode is The Waters of Mars, because in my opinion, that episode is the climax of all the Doctor's development that entire season, and everything after that is the falling action until he regenerates. And the way he changes in that episode is just phenomenal. Knowing that the mission is doomed and feeling like he can't do anything to stop it, and then going "No! This isn't happening!" where he fights back against time and all it's taken from him, and he actually feels a taste of success before he realizes that it's all for naught. He can't change time. Not really. It was brilliantly, masterfully done.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Heh. Funny story about Waters of Mars. 

 

Back when I watched it, I was the only Whovian in my house. I hadn't watched it at night or anything, but I'd still had trouble sleeping the night before. It was summer, and in Arizona, the only really sensible thing to do outside in summer is go for a dip in the pool. That's what my family decided to do, and I went with them. 

 

At some point, they all decided to take mouthfuls of water and spit it out, making their best "fountain in a park" poses. "Come on," they told me, "join us!" 

 

"No…no thanks," I said from the opposite end of the pool. "I'll just….go inside and….check on the dogs." 

[+Slowswift]

Favorite Episode: There are a lot of episodes I love, most of which have been said already (Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances). My favorite episode fits into my favorite story arc, which is the back half of Season 4. I adore everything from Midnight through to the end of the season, when he regenerates. My favorite episode is The Waters of Mars, because in my opinion, that episode is the climax of all the Doctor's development that entire season, and everything after that is the falling action until he regenerates. And the way he changes in that episode is just phenomenal. Knowing that the mission is doomed and feeling like he can't do anything to stop it, and then going "No! This isn't happening!" where he fights back against time and all it's taken from him, and he actually feels a taste of success before he realizes that it's all for naught. He can't change time. Not really. It was brilliantly, masterfully done.

 

Heh. Funny story about Waters of Mars. 

 

Back when I watched it, I was the only Whovian in my house. I hadn't watched it at night or anything, but I'd still had trouble sleeping the night before. It was summer, and in Arizona, the only really sensible thing to do outside in summer is go for a dip in the pool. That's what my family decided to do, and I went with them. 

 

At some point, they all decided to take mouthfuls of water and spit it out, making their best "fountain in a park" poses. "Come on," they told me, "join us!" 

 

"No…no thanks," I said from the opposite end of the pool. "I'll just….go inside and….check on the dogs." 

 

Yeeeah... I can't stand that episode. The Flood was just creepy.

 

Did I ever tell y'all about the time I about had a heart attack because of a Doctor Who episode? We had recently watched "Girl in the Fireplace" (which is a favorite of mine), and at some point after the episode, we were sitting around the table. We had borrowed a game from a friend. This game was one with those timer things, and it decided to go off inside the box. So, what do you get when you add a house with no audible clocks, someone who has just watched a creepy Who episode, and a mysterious ticking noise coming from no discernible location?

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Yeeeah... I can't stand that episode. The Flood was just creepy.

 

Did I ever tell y'all about the time I about had a heart attack because of a Doctor Who episode? We had recently watched "Girl in the Fireplace" (which is a favorite of mine), and at some point after the episode, we were sitting around the table. We had borrowed a game from a friend. This game was one with those timer things, and it decided to go off inside the box. So, what do you get when you add a house with no audible clocks, someone who has just watched a creepy Who episode, and a mysterious ticking noise coming from no discernible location?

 

 

A mysterious ticking noise? 

 

 

I wound up watching most of the creepiest episodes during a week when I had the house to myself. "Girl in the Fireplace" stuck with me for a while after I watched it—even though there was no ticking noise. Just the pugs. Which I hugged very closely all night.