I miss the old Companions. I do. I want Martha (especially) back on my screen. I want her back in my life. I want Donna and her mix of cynicism and idealism back. I really did enjoy the unexpected and glorious combinations of characters that we saw - and here, my academic field comes into play, because I really saw them as the ensemble cast for a Jacobean play with intrigue and family upset and revenge and despair - because they were so human and real.
That said, I have high hopes for Amy Pond. I liked how angry she was with the Doctor, and how she thought she would, and did, lie to him. Play him at his own game. I liked how she had friendships and relationships outside her family, that we saw her interact with people who were not related to her and who were not the Doctor. I also think that, maybe, her prior knowledge of the Doctor might bring another element to the Doctor/Companion relationship. She's been let down by him before, even if she claims to be over it, so maybe she won't stand for him and his waverings as much as some of the Companions have done.
That said, I have high hopes for Amy Pond. I liked how angry she was with the Doctor, and how she thought she would, and did, lie to him. Play him at his own game. I liked how she had friendships and relationships outside her family, that we saw her interact with people who were not related to her and who were not the Doctor. I also think that, maybe, her prior knowledge of the Doctor might bring another element to the Doctor/Companion relationship. She's been let down by him before, even if she claims to be over it, so maybe she won't stand for him and his waverings as much as some of the Companions have done.
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