I also don't like the recent trend of Companions bringing along companions. Rose and Mickey, Amy and Rory.
Well, look at the first show: the only reason Barbara and Ian were along was because they were Susan's teachers, who were concerned about her living conditions. The Formula in the Classic Doctor was often two or more travelers.
And I don't know if it is fair to say the only reason that Rory and Mickey were along was because of their girlfriends, especially as neither woman seemed to want their boyfriends on the TARDIS. And sorry bit I'm cringing at the suggestion that the Doctor is unfairly victimized by having more than one person on the TRADIS.
Rose didn't invite Mickey, in fact from she reacted pretty negatively when Mickey asked the Doctor if he could come, and the Doctor, encouraged by Sarah Jane--not Rose at all, said yes. Mickey only asked Rose because she looked extremely unhappy when the Doctor said yes. And it shouldn't have been a surprise that the Doctor wanted Mickey along, because as Nine the Doctor invited Mickey without Rose's knowledge but for Rose' sake--because of the danger. What is nasty about it, is that the Doctor was deliberately setting Mickey up for a fall--he said he was bringing him along for a laugh, and he meant it. We find Rose and the Doctor two episodes later laughing at Mickey who has his hand on the button, because the Doctor told him to hold it to make him foolish.
And I haven't seen Vampires in Venice for a while, but if I recall the The Doctor sought out Rory and invited him along after Amy got all hot to trot. But in this case The Doctor wanted Amy to represent what a fine man she had, and wanted Rory to see that although life with him was exciting and fun, he wasn't offering Amy "real life" as he was.
I do agree that it is not necessary to have the female characters crawl all over the Doctor to make him look more appealling, but Davies and Moffat don't seem to know any other way to make a man sexually appealing other than have women fawn all over him. In fact review Moffat's criterea for Companions: paraphrased: a young woman who would fall in love with the Doctor.
Well, look at the first show: the only reason Barbara and Ian were along was because they were Susan's teachers, who were concerned about her living conditions. The Formula in the Classic Doctor was often two or more travelers.
And I don't know if it is fair to say the only reason that Rory and Mickey were along was because of their girlfriends, especially as neither woman seemed to want their boyfriends on the TARDIS. And sorry bit I'm cringing at the suggestion that the Doctor is unfairly victimized by having more than one person on the TRADIS.
Rose didn't invite Mickey, in fact from she reacted pretty negatively when Mickey asked the Doctor if he could come, and the Doctor, encouraged by Sarah Jane--not Rose at all, said yes. Mickey only asked Rose because she looked extremely unhappy when the Doctor said yes. And it shouldn't have been a surprise that the Doctor wanted Mickey along, because as Nine the Doctor invited Mickey without Rose's knowledge but for Rose' sake--because of the danger. What is nasty about it, is that the Doctor was deliberately setting Mickey up for a fall--he said he was bringing him along for a laugh, and he meant it. We find Rose and the Doctor two episodes later laughing at Mickey who has his hand on the button, because the Doctor told him to hold it to make him foolish.
And I haven't seen Vampires in Venice for a while, but if I recall the The Doctor sought out Rory and invited him along after Amy got all hot to trot. But in this case The Doctor wanted Amy to represent what a fine man she had, and wanted Rory to see that although life with him was exciting and fun, he wasn't offering Amy "real life" as he was.
I do agree that it is not necessary to have the female characters crawl all over the Doctor to make him look more appealling, but Davies and Moffat don't seem to know any other way to make a man sexually appealing other than have women fawn all over him. In fact review Moffat's criterea for Companions: paraphrased: a young woman who would fall in love with the Doctor.
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