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doyle_sb4 in loves_them_all

Companion Love Thread

Sep 07, 2007 17:59

Further to fantasyjax's post earlier, I got to thinking about the awesomeness of the companions and how I wished there was some sort of love-in post. So I decided I really should make that myself. I'll put the names of the companions in individual comments to this entry - feel free to reply to a companion's comment with why you love them, or a moment where ( Read more... )

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Susan Foreman doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 17:05:46 UTC

Re: Susan Foreman agapi42 September 7 2007, 17:37:07 UTC

Liking to mix with humans long before the Doctor did.

Re: Susan Foreman doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 21:57:22 UTC

As far back as Marco Polo she was inaugurating the grand companion institution of "intense bonding with a girlfriend/boyfriend of the week guest star of the same sex" - a vital skill for any TARDIS traveller.

The first shot of her dancing by herself in the classroom is beautiful and eerie - unearthly child, indeed. And her final scene where the TARDIS leaves her behind and she seems to turn from a little girl into an adult all at once, dropping her key into the dirt.

Re: Susan Foreman amaresu September 8 2007, 15:52:42 UTC

Susan was a child when the show started. Whatever her actual age she was a kid and that showed, but the Dalek Invasion of Earth really showed how much she'd grown. And she was brilliant. The way she'd argue with the Doctor and bonded with Barbara. I could go on for way too long here.

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Barbara Wright doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 17:06:09 UTC

Re: Barbara Wright bibliophile1887 September 7 2007, 17:15:33 UTC

She drives over Daleks with a truck!!

Re: Barbara Wright chicafrom3 September 7 2007, 17:20:24 UTC

Aztec goddess!

Re: Barbara Wright agapi42 September 7 2007, 17:33:14 UTC

'Accuse us? You ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us! Gratitude's the last thing you'll ever have or any sort of common sense either!"

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Ian Chesterton doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 17:06:23 UTC

Re: Ian Chesterton agapi42 September 7 2007, 17:42:25 UTC

Sheer Action Man awesomeness. For example, see The Space Museum.

Re: Ian Chesterton calapine September 7 2007, 20:58:48 UTC

Sir Ian of Jaffa!

Re: Ian Chesterton netgirl_y2k September 7 2007, 21:51:59 UTC

Managed to be quite heroic and impressive while wearing a cardigan. I'm sure this is in someway a skill.

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Vicki doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 17:06:40 UTC

Re: Vicki bibliophile1887 September 7 2007, 17:18:29 UTC

She names things ... like the monster in The Rescue, the Zarbi in Web Planet and "Chumbly" in Galaxy Four.

Re: Vicki doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 22:00:47 UTC

She's a little bundle of energy, dead excited to be off exploring and adventuring, and she works so well with One (I try not to think disturbing thoughts about how actually the age gap is centuries less than Ten and any of his companions)

Re: Vicki valentinite September 8 2007, 18:23:19 UTC

She's the first to really look at the universe with complete wide-eyed wonder. To her, the journey is just pure magic, and she transforms the Doctor from a reluctant old man into her travelling companion.

Steven Taylor doyle_sb4 September 7 2007, 17:06:56 UTC

Re: Steven Taylor bibliophile1887 September 7 2007, 17:16:13 UTC

Is the first companion to fly the TARDIS.

And is just generally AWESOME!

Re: Steven Taylor aphedas September 8 2007, 08:26:50 UTC

Is occasionally a bit pompous. Sticks up for what he believes in. In Empire of Glass spends much of it being flirted with by Christopher Marlowe.