I just saw this quote from
nrrrdy_grrrl about Supernatural, and realized it could also apply to Doctor Who.
Quote:
It took me a while to figure it out but the biggest difference between old and new Supernatural for me is that I miss Sam being a little brother. I miss him picking fights and being the one with a perspective from normal life, I miss the challenges that he gave Dean that came from that and Dean changing. I miss him getting rescued. I miss his sweet face from before he was all filled in and grown up.
At the time, I didn't realize how much power over the show's dynamics he had or that to balance things out there had to be a character who stood somewhat outside of the hunting world in order to anchor all that lunacy solidly into the real world. Without that, it's a lot hard to identify with all those exaggerated villains and heroics and nutty shit. I needed Sam to be a bridge between ordinary life and cyclonic spooky chaos. He was able to do that even when he was mysteriously exhibiting powers and scaring the crap out of himself.
I really DID need him to kinda be my Scully.
With all the weird and wacky things that happen in the Doctor's world, does that make it just that bit more important that the Companion remain a normal person? Someone who can provide the "real world" look at the Doctor's world? And does making the Companion "special" in some weird way, or emphasizing the oddness of the Companion's life detract from that?
Do we need a Scully to balance out the Mulder weirdness of the Doctor?
Thoughts? Opinions?