Info about the new companion *POTENTIAL SPOILERS*

[the_willows]

At the moment, this is potentially speculative, and the info comes from an as yet un-aired interview with Steven Moffat for BBC Radio 5. But, according to DoctorWhoTV, Mr Moffat has said the following about the new companion:

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[roseandheather]

I hate to put it this bluntly but - please stop being an ass. (Also, if you have to say "I'm not trying to be bitchy" you are already there.) You are not the sole audience of Doctor Who. For me the best intrigue of Who as a fandom is seeing what happens when an ordinary person encounters a time-travelling, all-but-omnisicent alien who can change history on a whim and holds the fate of entire galaxies in his hands. The fact that the companion is human and from the present day doesn't change how fantastical the stories are, and it certainly doesn't coddle the viewers. In fact, I'd argue it makes them coddled less, because in Who all these fantastical, crazy, heartbreaking, incredible things are happening to people just like us, not aliens from another world.

Does the fact that Donna is a temp from Chiswick make "The Fires of Pompeii" any less gutwrenching, or "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" any less terrifying (and, yes, uncomfortable)? Does the fact that Rose is a shopgirl from an estate make "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" any less tearjerking, or the ending any less joyous?

Think about that for a minute.

ETA: I'm also side-eyeing really hard the fact that you're so dismissive of new viewers. My first episode was "Vincent and the Doctor". I started watching this show in 2010. Sorry if that makes me less of a "true fan" than you. Are you really advocating a jump back to the '80s, where the continuity references came so fast and furious if you hadn't been watching since the beginning you were totally lost? Are you really? That's... kind of assholish, to be honest. Not everyone grew up with the show, and the idea that you don't care about all the people who aren't watching the show but maybe could with Jenna's introduction just because you want another Romana strikes me as very selfish.