You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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§ ita § - Jul 24, 2010 7:25:03 pm PDT #13803 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Has there been a full-on male companion before? I mean, not just a tag-a-long, but a proper companion?

Adric (who made an oopsie, but a heroic one, nonetheless with Doctors #4 & #5) and Turlough (always an outsider) with Five.

Does The Brigadier count?


Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2010 7:28:15 pm PDT #13804 of 30001
brillig

Harry, who hung out with Sarah and the Doctor #4.


Kathy A - Jul 24, 2010 7:52:01 pm PDT #13805 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

And don't forget Jamie, from the Second Doctor's tenure.


Strega - Jul 24, 2010 8:07:31 pm PDT #13806 of 30001

Ian was a companion from the first episode into season 2. When he was replaced by Steven.


Trudy Booth - Jul 24, 2010 10:01:30 pm PDT #13807 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Dr. Who: Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That was sublime.

From way back in the first discussion:

I absolutely adored River and Amy teaming up to destroy the fez. There's something about their dynamic together that I really like. I also have a suspicion that there is some connection between the two that will be revealed next season, but that's more a gut feeling than anything else.

Anyone else think for a second Amy Pond would wake up and find River and the Doctor as her parents?

MY TINY LITTLE DAD! That whole sequence was so wonderful.


Anne W. - Jul 25, 2010 1:34:48 am PDT #13808 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I also have a suspicion that there is some connection between the two that will be revealed next season, but that's more a gut feeling than anything else.

I have an out-there theory that River may be Rory and Amy's daughter, and that's how River knew that the Doctor would figure out who she was not too long after the wedding.


Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2010 4:34:26 am PDT #13809 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Awwwwwww

That's darling.


Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2010 4:35:11 am PDT #13810 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

If Amy Pond is the Doctor's Mother in Law that's sort of epic.


Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2010 4:42:23 am PDT #13811 of 30001
hwæt

Doctor Who finale UK discussion: Jars "Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon" Jun 26, 2010 10:14:00 am PDT


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 25, 2010 5:04:13 am PDT #13812 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

I have extreme love for that Amy-as-River's-mother theory. Although I still think that Jack is going to play a role in River's story.

They'd better have a good payoff for these 'complicated' hints, whatever it is.