Doesn't have to be a chick. It's the person (or persons) that travel with them.
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
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§ ita § - Mar 19, 2006 7:07:04 am PST #7801 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DXMachina - Mar 19, 2006 7:08:16 am PST #7802 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yeah, but that would have required him to know about and explain how there were multiple Doctors, or one Doctor being reborn...
The thing is, he stopped and looked in the mirror at himself, and made a comment about how the new body wasn't too bad, except for maybe the ears.
WindSparrow - Mar 19, 2006 7:10:48 am PST #7803 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
It's funny to think of it, but it is a reasonable assumption that the Doctor was fairly new to this regeneration, given the way he checked himself out in the mirror in Rose's apartment. So most of the 9th Doctor's solo adventures in the past must have happened between the first time he invited Rose to come with him and the second time. So Clive's pictures of him were of things the Doctor had yet to do, in his own timeline. Though a case might be made that the picture of him in period costume with the family that did not go down with the Titanic might have been while he was new enough to this regeneration that he hadn't settled into his own dress-sense and was still going about in Eight's clothes.
WindSparrow - Mar 19, 2006 7:15:04 am PST #7804 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Doesn't have to be a chick. It's the person (or persons) that travel with them.
Traditionally, female companions are expected to be fairly nubile (Romana being the most mature of the lot I'm aware of) and also scream. A lot. They may or may not be more useful than any given male companion. Rose is the first human female companion that I have seen who did not scream more than I would.
Zenkitty - Mar 19, 2006 7:21:10 am PST #7805 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So why does he need Companions if all they do is scream and look appealling?
Is "expected to be nubile" in the job description?
I shouldn't be asking these questions, should I?
Tom Scola - Mar 19, 2006 7:26:04 am PST #7806 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The purpose of the companions is to say, "Doctor, what is it?" over and over again. The companions tend to have shorter runs than the Doctor (with a couple of exceptions) because the actors tend to get sick of saying their line.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2006 7:30:55 am PST #7807 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The companions are, to some degree, our PoV characters. Because otherwise the Doctor'd never have to explain his myriad mysteries.
Is "expected to be nubile" in the job description?
Have a look at the Companion companion.
askye - Mar 19, 2006 7:31:12 am PST #7808 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
The first time we meet the Doctor he's living on Earth with is granddaughter, one of her teachers (or maybe two) end up traveling with them. They end up with him different ways, going into the call box for help and seeing it's different and then things happening, or are from another planet and get caught up with the Doctor's adventures and stay.
Mikey - Mar 19, 2006 7:46:05 am PST #7809 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
So why does he need Companions if all they do is scream and look appealling?That's going to be answered in the current run, in "show, don't tell" fashion. Rose was invited, Mickey wasn't. You'll see why she was.
The purpose of the companions is to say, "Doctor, what is it?" over and over again.Not under Russell T. Davies. Rose can handle herself. She has already. And Billie Piper is wonderful in "Father's Day," a couple months down the line.
Some of us have been speculating about the current run. It's been ages since Doctor Who has been on TV on a weekly basis. We think RTD wanted to jump straight in with the current Doctor without complicating matters with a regeneration story--there's a couple generations haven't seen Doctor Who and only know the pop culture references. Same reason why past Doctors weren't mentioned by the conspiracy theorist. There will be regeneration, and more--even a Dalek or many--just not initially. I'm okay with it.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2006 7:48:40 am PST #7810 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not all companions were screamers or queriers. Rose isn't the first one to be useful.