| Re: The Role of the Companion
I'm getting tired of all the companions falling in love with the Doctor, purely because it's annoying for the plot! I don't particularly want to see the companion keep throwing doe-eyed looks at The Doctor, I want to see them bravely tackling against evil aliens! And if the writers throw it in in order to create a more emotional side to the programme, to balance it against the action, then there are much better ways to do it, as they've already shown in the fantastic "Human Nature" and "Family of Blood". Those kinds of moments are much more moving than a companion who keeps looking off into the middle distance, sighing.
And another role for the companion: to slow The Doctor down and make him explain stuff! Otherwise, if it were just him running around by himself, he wouldn't have to explain his brilliant plans or reveal sudden moments of understanding or identify this week's brand of unusual alien to anyone. With a nonplussed companion constantly needing to ask "what?!" then The Doctor has to explain to them, and thus us, what is going on in that otherwise unfathomable Time Lord head of his! |