a Doctor Who observation

[mizkit]

Okay, so I came to Doctor Who through New Who and haven’t watched any of the Old Who. I came to it with the following knowledge: The Doctor is a Time Lord who regenerates (thus allowing more than one actor to play the part) and who travels through time and space with (usually) human companions who have been caught up in his wake.

This being the sum

Comments

[pers1stence]

I think the mileage varies about how special the companions are. His first "companion" (in Old Who) was his granddaughter, and she was special but trying to be a normal girl. the companions who joined her and the Doctor were of the non-special sort, but got drug into things when they were trying to make sure Granddaughter was okay at home.....

[pers1stence]

I think I *prefer* the non-special companions, by and large. And I am not wildly in love with the Moffat/Smith era. Journey to the Centre of the Tardis was one of the first episodes (along with the Rings of Akhaten) I've really liked in quite some time. I loathed the first half of the season 7. I thought the best part of season 7 was the sketch-animation epilogue to Amy and Rory's departure -- that should have been filmed and included in the episode and I would have felt much better about the conclusion to their story arc.

[marlowe1]

One word refutation - Adric

[mizkit]

I didn't like Journey to the Centre of the Tardis at all, but a lot of people clearly did. :)

[pers1stence]

I liked seeing the interior of the TARDIS a lot; i thought the "reset button" was a cop out and deeply flawed.