Man, sometimes I am glad I don't hang out in Who-fandom. Are people SERIOUSLY that dense? My first complaint about Amy (other than "she has the same name as me and thus makes me feel weird") was "Oh god, yet another female companion who is using the Doctor to escape adult responsibilities/is clearly sweet on the Doctor".
I'm just a mean old Anti-Rose witch, though, because I am fond of Martha and totally want River Song to be the Doctor's wife. Not a lovey-dovey wife, just a...very British "they are sensible compatible people, so they got married" wife. Both RTD and Stephen Moffat are KILLING ME with their throwaway lines and teasing comments about the nature of their relationship.
You know, there was some #wiigii! discussion of Doctor Who and the number of female companions who are basically there to be eyecandy for the dads, and... I really miss the era of companions like Jamie. The era when the companion was not expected to be female and young and a potential romantic interest for the Doctor. Does the market no longer support a companion like that, or a situation where the Doctor can travel with someone without ZOMG RELATIONSHIP stuff going on?
(I know that officially Donna was such a companion, but I felt like there was an undercurrent of tension, so I can never really GENUINELY think of her as "just friends" with the Doctor.)
Aaanyhow. Daniel and I are eagerly awaiting the release of Ironsides Dalek with Tea Tray action figure. Because, apparently, we need a toy representation of every single Dalek ever.
Thanks! And yeah, I'm on the same page there, hoo boy. It does seem like they half-heartedly tried, with Mickey, and with that guy I can't remember cause he sucked... but it would be crazy fun to have a Tiger Beat-worthy male companion for the young ladyfans, to take the sexy tension spotlight off the poor Doctor. We've had freaking tons of 'omfg I must leave my sweetie for sexy Doctor' so I'd get a kick out of the OPPOSITE for once - 'omfg I must leave the Doctor for sexy companion!' and oh how fun it would be to have the Doctor ARGHing at lovey-dovey companion team (instead of secretly knowing She Likes Me Better You Poor Sod like when Mickey/Rose came along).
Seriously, I think Jamie was the last companion who had A Thing for a fellow companion (Victoria) to the point of having anything like an issue with having to decide what to do when she left the TARDIS.
Although I sometimes joke about the giant posse that the Fifth Doctor had (although I guess technically speaking the First Doctor had a pretty big group too), I really miss companions interacting with each other, and actually caring about each other. It's funny, the closest thing we have to that is Sarah Jane Adventures! (I guess the K-9 show also has a trio of teens, but I'm not sure they have the same rapport of the SJA crew.)
I'm just a mean old Anti-Rose witch, though, because I am fond of Martha and totally want River Song to be the Doctor's wife. Not a lovey-dovey wife, just a...very British "they are sensible compatible people, so they got married" wife. Both RTD and Stephen Moffat are KILLING ME with their throwaway lines and teasing comments about the nature of their relationship.
You know, there was some #wiigii! discussion of Doctor Who and the number of female companions who are basically there to be eyecandy for the dads, and... I really miss the era of companions like Jamie. The era when the companion was not expected to be female and young and a potential romantic interest for the Doctor. Does the market no longer support a companion like that, or a situation where the Doctor can travel with someone without ZOMG RELATIONSHIP stuff going on?
(I know that officially Donna was such a companion, but I felt like there was an undercurrent of tension, so I can never really GENUINELY think of her as "just friends" with the Doctor.)
Aaanyhow. Daniel and I are eagerly awaiting the release of Ironsides Dalek with Tea Tray action figure. Because, apparently, we need a toy representation of every single Dalek ever.
(Pssst. Good luck with job search!)
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Seriously, I think Jamie was the last companion who had A Thing for a fellow companion (Victoria) to the point of having anything like an issue with having to decide what to do when she left the TARDIS.
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