The new companion

by The_Void on Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:01 am

Male? Female? Old? Young? Gay? Alien? Naked? What actors/actresses would be good?

Personally, I think Katie McGrath would make a good companion. What about you lot?

by **Johnstone McGuckian** on Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:51 am

I can imagine that we will have a female companion. There have been very few stories without a female companion or female companion character. The Massacre and The Deadly Assassin are the only stories that springs to mind and even one of them features one at the very end. I wouldn't be suprised if we got a full time male companion too. After all, The Moff did create Captain Jack.

by **Nick Barlow** on Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:13 pm

I think it'll be a female companion, regardless of who the Doctor is, just because it otherwise it starts becoming a bit too blokeish. Plus, in the current format, I don't think more than one companion works - if you're having to feature three regulars then it cuts down the rest of the time, or one of them doesn't have much to do.

My guess (and a total guess at this point) is going to be someone who looks a bit older than the Doctor - perhaps similar to RTD's unused Penny idea.

by Frank on Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:04 pm

An older woman please. I quite like the idea of an Evelyn type. Would properly ring the changes. If Joan Sim was still alive she'd have been a good choice. Liz Smith!

by **Nick Barlow** on Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:05 pm

Thinking about it a bit, I can see Smith's Doctor being quite strange and alien in a way that's a bit reminiscent of Tom Baker, with the companion as someone who provides a bit of normality for the audience. I'm thinking someone like Maxine Peake, Claire Goose, Naomie Harris or Raquel Cassidy.

by Frank on Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:54 pm

Nick Barlow wrote:Thinking about it a bit, I can see Smith's Doctor being quite strange and alien in a way that's a bit reminiscent of Tom Baker, with the companion as someone who provides a bit of normality for the audience. I'm thinking someone like Maxine Peake, Claire Goose, Naomie Harris or Raquel Cassidy.

Maxine Peake please. She is brilliant and gets better and better in everything I see her in. Marvellous in Hancock and Joan, The Devil's Whore and Little Dorrit.

by Starfighter Pilot on Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:26 am

If we have a younger Doctor, I'd love to see an older companion. One of Samantha Bond, Claire Skinner, Julia Sawalhawalhawalhawalha or Jennifer Saunders would be amazing. Smile

by Graymalkin on Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:30 am

Starfighter Pilot wrote:If we have a younger Doctor, I'd love to see an older companion...

Is this the start of the 'Susan Kennedy for companion' campaign?

by Lucy McGough on Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:32 am

Michelle Ryan.

by **The Co=Ordinator** on Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:49 am

Chiwetel Ejiofor. Razz

by Sid Seadevil on Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:02 pm

Kate for companion!

*well, it's surely about time I either kicked around the universe on me tod for a touch - or at the very least got myself a newer model*

**naturally the above isn't meant to be taken in any way seriously...**

***...it will be though***

****scuttles off to hide the frying pan****

by **Nick Barlow** on Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:16 pm

I just had a thought, seeing her mentioned in the Guardian's TV pages today - what about Kate Ashfield?

by lucy_who on Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:28 pm

Jennifer Saunders would be AWEsome.

I still want Donna back though Sad

by 72lf on Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:12 pm

Sally Sparrow herself, Carey Mulligan, Sheridan Smith or Nora Jane Noone.

Failing that ...er, Sean Pertwee? LOL

by Aspadistra on Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:07 pm

Sid Seadevil wrote:Kate for companion!

*well, it's surely about time I either kicked around the universe on me tod for a touch - or at the very least got myself a newer model*

**naturally the above isn't meant to be taken in any way seriously...**

***...it will be though***

****scuttles off to hide the frying pan****

*shakes head in sorrow*

All I'm saying is....Kate! Start as you mean to go on, gal!

by Aspadistra on Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:09 pm

lucy_who wrote:Jennifer Saunders would be AWEsome.

Really don't fancy her, myself. Don't know why. I just never got to grips with her type of humour.

lucy_who wrote:I still want Donna back though

Oh, yes. I love Donna.

by Aspadistra on Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:10 pm

72lf wrote:Sally Sparrow herself,

I liked Sally, but we can't break up her relationship: that would be cruel.

by **Zoltar** on Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:51 pm

Aspadistra wrote:
72lf wrote:Sally Sparrow herself,

I liked Sally, but we can't break up her relationship: that would be cruel.

So bring Larry along. Wink

I just want them to pick the person (or persons, should we get two) that wows them and has chemistry with Matt. Older, younger, Venusian...I don't mind.

by millerqueen on Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:11 am

God yes, the chemistry matters far moer than demographics

by konstantin on Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:29 am

Does this mean we get a chemist as the next companion?

by **Zoltar** on Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:52 am

konstantin wrote:Does this mean we get a chemist as the next companion?

I hear they're looking for a Doctor of Philosophy in Paleobotany and Botanical Sciences actually.

by Lucy McGough on Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:37 am

I genuinely want Donna back. She was peerless.

Perhaps we should start a petition or something.

by **Nick Barlow** on Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:10 am

Another name that's just occurred to me - Lucy Liemann, who was Sam the script editor on Moving Wallpaper. She's got a good mix of bolshy assertiveness and vulnerability, and she played off Ben Miller in a way that I could see working with the Doctor.

by 72lf on Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:13 am

It was mentioned elsewhere, But Jaime Winston would be fantastic. Plus it HAS to be said I fancy the arse off her.
Bolshy with a pout to die for.
Hubba and indeed hubba.

by Sid Seadevil on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:28 pm

I nominate this little Gallic beauty...

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