Alpha, Tin-They’re All Dogs to Me
Hello, I'm new here, and thought I might be able to get some insight into things.
( Four, Harry, Ten, Mickey--What's Going On Here? Honey, what is this? )
( Four, Harry, Ten, Mickey--What's Going On Here? Honey, what is this? )
They Doctor despises that, and loves people who look past that, who take the risks, who expand their horizons. And you'll notice that the more Micky did that, the more the Doctor liked him. He liked Sarah Jane, Rose, Leela, and Adric right off because they almost immediately threw away their preconceptions and jumped into what was actually going on, trying to make things better when almost everyone else was sticking their head in the sand or trying to take advantage ( ... )
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They Doctor ... loves people who look past that, who take the risks, who expand their horizons. And you'll notice that the more Micky did that, the more the Doctor liked him. He liked Sarah Jane, Rose, Leela, and Adric right off because they almost immediately threw away their preconceptions ... As for the gender split -- the writers usually make the guys the staid conservative types, and the girls the open-minded intellectual adventurers.
After reading the original post I was all set to nominate Peri as a female tin dog. This comment supports that notion, I think; like Mickey, she boarded the TARDIS with all sorts of complacency and preconception, and as she traveled - spurred on, no doubt, by the Doctor regenerating into one of his most disagreeable personalities ever, if not the most - she grew in both cosmopolitanism and in his esteem.
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