I wonder... (What?) Shh, I'm wondering.

[chicafrom3]

You know what I want Doctor Who to go back to? Overlapping Companions.

In the new series, we've had Companion teams sometimes - Rose & Adam, Rose & Jack, Rose & Mickey, Rose & Sarah Jane, Martha & Jack, Donna & Martha, Donna & Martha & Jenny - but there's never any overlap. There's never been anything like 'Babs & Ian join the Doctor and Susan, they have adventures, Susan leaves, the Doctor & Babs & Ian have adventures, Vicki joins the Doctor & Babs & Ian, they have adventures, Babs & Ian leave, the Doctor & Vicki have adventures, Steven joins, etc.' Instead, we have Rose joins the Doctor, maybe there is a temporary Companion B who leaves after an episode or two, Rose leaves the Doctor, the Doctor emos about being lonely, Martha joins the Doctor. That's all we've gotten from the new series (with, obv, names swapped out regularly).

It's always last one in, first one out. And that's not an inherently bad formula, but it's gotten very repetitive. Bring back overlapping Companions! Just to break it up.

It would also mean we'd have to have more Team TARDIS groups, but that has nothing to do with my wanting it, noooo.


(Also, I was rewatching The War Games today, and hee. Remember when the sonic screwdriver did stuff like drive screws?)


(ALSO also, but completely unrelated, have some Animorphs-related YAY)

Comments

[londonesque.livejournal.com]

Yes, I totally agree!

[geeky-ginger.livejournal.com]

Ya know...I don't mind the idea of doubling up on Companions...I just want him to have a Male companion eventually...I'd like to see the dynamics of that.

And Duuuuude! I freaking loved Animorphs! Could you imagine the awesomeness if they did the show now? The special effects would be amazing!

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

I would definitely love to see overlapping companions, and... you know, more than one companion on the TARDIS at a time in general.

Though to be fair, I get why they didn't do it with Ten, because his relationships with people are such that... he doesn't work well with more than one person on his TARDIS at a time, at least for any extended period of time. (And if I were more awake right now, I would probably TL;DR in your post about why he doesn't, but, uh... Just consider yourself lucky. XD)

I am still holding out hope that River will show up several times a season for a while. Travelling on the TARDIS long-term (with or without another companion there) seems unlikely, but if she's not in and out on a fairly regular basis, I will be so disappointed.

[shobogan.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE OF THIS IDEA. You get so many more dynamics that way, and you get to see different sides of the characters who stay through some changes. Tegan is different with Nyssa than Turlough is different WITHOUT Tegan etc.

...Is it bad that my first thought re:Animorphs was "I CAN MAKE NEW TOBIAS ICONS"? > >

[astropixie.livejournal.com]

It surprises me that it hasn't been done in a while. Every screenwriter knows that scenes have way more possibilities when there are three characters involved and not just two. I would love to see Doctor + male companion + female companion.

I suppose I'll have to add that to the list of "things I want but will not get from Doctor Who." (You probably don't want to know what else is on this list.)

And Animorphs YAY! I have almost all of the old ones. Because I'm a nerd like that.