Leaving aside for a moment the question of whether or not they'd ever do it, what do you reckon would be the up- or downsides of an alien companion?

It's been forever since we've had one onscreen, and I can't think of any that were radically alien: We've got Susan (probably), Leela (kindasortanotreally)*, Romana, Adric (distinguishable from a ( Read more... )

What it says on the box. When is something sci-fi? Science fiction comes in many flavors, and these sorts of categories are bound to have fuzzy edges even for an individual reader/viewer/writer, but if there's a cluster of items we refer to as the science fiction genre, there must be some center of gravity collecting all those points about ( Read more... )