tracer wrote:
Three worst companions
Mel
Sarah-Jane
Tegan J'EH-VANK-AHHH
Oh, how could you do that to Sarah Jane? What did she ever do to you except get tied up a lot, look beautiful and be mildly more intelligent that most of the other companions? She's my second favourite (favourite is Romanadvoratrelundar - doesn't matter which incarnation).
SKaVeN wrote:
He was a very endearing Doctor & really played a great part in revitalising the show. His last season (as I've already said) was superb & well crafted. He really came into his own.
Goddamn ITV and their bloody "Coronation Street". They frigging
stole the ratings from Syl!
SKaVeN wrote:
Anyway, my worst companions:
Adric (prissy little wimp)
Vicki (another squealer)
Mel (enough said already)
Tegan (could've been a nice character if that JNT didn't Kath & Kim it)
Romana I (can't act)
Liz (too smart & too dull & didn't make sense as a Dr Who companion)
I'm so glad that Adric got killed off. But, of course, JNT gave him a hero's death. For what? For being a little know-it-all prick! I liked Vicki - she was clever and well-endowed

. Mel had nice legs, so she isn't so bad. Tegan kept popping out (unfortunately not on camera), and it's more-or-less common knowledge that she never wore a bra. Romana I was smart, up herself and got stabbed nude in a freaky movie (freaky, huh?). I liked both Romanas, although Lalla Ward had much more time with us fans. I liked Liz too, because she was smart, and thought that her character could've gone somewhere if she'd stayed on. But why am I complaining? Jo replaced Liz!
SKaVeN wrote:
My best companions:
Ian (action man)
The Brigadier (ultimate straight man)
Benton (comic relief)
Barbara (great actress)
Victoria (characters from the past work better than those from the future)
Jamie (Fraser & Pat's was possibly the best chemistry the show's had)
Jo (she's a real sweetie)
Sarah Jane (good chemistry)
Harry (a fine actor)
Leela (not the perve factor as I liked the idea of a primitive companion)
Turlough (a snivelling coward & a betrayer - made a nice change)
There's also a couple that I love/hate. Zoe annoyed the sh!t out of me as she was another squealer & a smarty pants but she did add the the comedic chemistry with Pat & Fraser. And Ace is very annoying but, at the same time, a major step forward as she was assertive, tough & could look after herself (& she liked blowing things up!). But she is very much a product of her era so one has to accept her for that.
Ian is one of my favourite companions - he was the action man, he taught science, he had that whole thing going with Barbara (I heartily recommend reading the new BBC Book "The Time Travellers" which really expands on their relationship) and he was like the Doctor in so many ways.
And then there are the UNIT chaps. Straight-laced Lethbridge Stewart with the fake moustache that would
never stay in the right place, bumbling Benton and then the classic scene at the end of Episode Two of "The Three Doctors" where UNIT HQ disappears with the UNIT troops wondering what the hell was going on.
Victoria, Jamie, Zoe and Pat's Doctor - the true golden age of Doctor Who. Who can forget Victoria screaming at the sight of Yetis, or Frazer Hines' countless recollections of him and Pat pulling down either Debbie or Wendy's dresses/pants? It was terrific to have Frazer and Pat back together for "The Two Doctors", wasn't it?
Jo Grant, the mini-skirts and those boots. If you ever listen to the commentary of "The Three Doctors", you'll hear Katy bragging about how good she was at negotiating quarries with her high heels and boots. I went to the "Inside the TARDIS" tour recently and Tim Ferguson told Katy that once, at school, him and his classmates were watching an episode of Doctor Who (possibly "The Three Doctors", because I noticed a scene like this) when they were suddenly transfixed by the sight of what was up her dress!
Sarah Jane and Harry were two of the Doctor's better companions. Harry was like Ian, but with sideburns and flares. He was smart, a doctor and worked well with Tom's Doctor.
I agree about how great the idea of having a savage as a companion was. Leela worked well with the Doctor, and I loved how Phillip Hinchcliffe tried to 'smarten her up' starting with "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (which he never completed because his contract as producer ended that year). Having Leela marry a Time Lord (who would eventually become Castellan) was a great idea, though.
I always think of Turlough as a weaker version of Ian or Harry, and more disceitful and very likely to betray the Doctor. I didn't like seeing him go as he was probably the fifth Doctor's best companion.
I always liked Ace, although she was annoying at times. She was the series' first real chance to move on in the companions department, and I think they managed to pull it off (they've succeeded with Rose more recently). The Nitro-9 added to her, erm, aceness, and "Ghost Light" made her more of a companion than others in the same decade ever were.
And now onto my favourites list:
1. Romana (ah, smart, sexy in all three incarnations and should've stayed with the Doctor
forever)
2. Ian & Barbara (great couple, great future - one teaches science, the other history)
3. Sarah Jane (I just started singing the "K-9 and Co." theme, but Sarah's smart, beautiful and knows when
not to scream)
4. Turlough (so non-chalant when sabotaging the TARDIS)
5. Lethbridge Stewart and the bumbling, grumbling U.N.I.T chaps (need I say more?)
6. Susan (not really the Doctor's granddaughter and, in a way, his ancestor, but she's cool)
7. Vicki (stranded teenager who's smarter than half the Western world

)
8. Ace (street-wise kid with a mysterious past)
9. Fitz Kreiner (BBC Books - he's a great mix of the series' male companions)
10. K-9 (how can you forget him?)