Thirty Days of Doctor Who: Day Five
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andrasteDay 05 – Your Favourite Companion
Like 'favourite quote' this is a question with no single answer. There's such a lot of them even if you're not the sort of person who counts Ssard the Ice Warrior and Mary Shelly. (Which I totally am, for the record.) With the Doctors, I genuinely love them all but can put them in some kind of order. At least you're comparing apples and apples there. With companions it's like comparatively rating oranges and wildebeest. (I will leave who is the orange and who the wildebeest as an exercise for the reader.)
So a list, in chronological order:
1. Barbara Wright
Because without her curiosity and concern about her pupil, the whole show would never have happened. More than any other person, Barbara is the one who taught the Doctor about humans and made him into the hero he is today.
2. Sarah Jane Smith
Because she's the definitive model for girl-from-contemporary-Earth companions to this day, and went on to have her very own show with her own sidekicks and her own tin dog.
3. Leela
Because she was trained to strike upwards under the breastbone when stabbing a man in the heart.
4. Romana
Both of her! Because eventually she is the Doctor, only backwards and in high heels. And with better exam results and a sense of responsibility to her planet.
5. Turlough
Because he started out as one of the most rubbish Doctor Who villains of all time (and there is such a lot of competition there) when he tried to brain the Fifth Doctor with a rock. Also because he is a ginger love god <3.
6. Evelyn Smythe
Because she is a fifty-five-year-old history professor who will NOT put up with any of the Sixth Doctor's nonsense. And he adores her for it.
7. Ace
Because she was the first companion to get an actual proper character arc, and because she considers home-made explosives necessary equipment if you're going to do the job properly.
8. Jack Harkness
Because I am allowed to be shallow if I like. (I mean, Jack is also an interesting character and stuff, but ... 'ladies? Your viewing figures just went up!')
9. Martha Jones
Because she is made of 100% pure win and SAVED THE PLANET WITH HER TALKING. Also because she has the good taste to marry Mickey.
10. Donna Noble
Supertemp! Then Tenth Doctor's platonic soul mate and truest of friends, I hope that whatever she's doing now she's getting to exercise her full capacity for awesome.
... and there we conclude for now since the newest companions are still in the TARDIS and thus exempt from consideration of their whole body of work. This list is so short and incomplete that it is missing at least another ten companions I adore, like Izzy Sinclair and Frobisher and Liz Shaw, so you can see how I could not narrow it down to just one. (The Brig is not on the list because the Bring transcends companion status.)
Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 – Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 – Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 – Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 – Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 07 – Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 – A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 – Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 13 – Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 – The Villain Who Scared You the Most
Day 15 – Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 – Your Favourite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 – A Piece of Who-Related FanArt
Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 19 – The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most
Day 20 – The Character Who Is Most Like You
Day 21 – Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 – A Who-Related Fan-Site
Day 23 – A Who-Related YouTube Video
Day 24 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 25 – Favourite Who Actor
Day 26 – Favourite Who Actress
Day 27 – An Episode You Wish Hadn’t Been Made
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Like 'favourite quote' this is a question with no single answer. There's such a lot of them even if you're not the sort of person who counts Ssard the Ice Warrior and Mary Shelly. (Which I totally am, for the record.) With the Doctors, I genuinely love them all but can put them in some kind of order. At least you're comparing apples and apples there. With companions it's like comparatively rating oranges and wildebeest. (I will leave who is the orange and who the wildebeest as an exercise for the reader.)
So a list, in chronological order:
1. Barbara Wright
Because without her curiosity and concern about her pupil, the whole show would never have happened. More than any other person, Barbara is the one who taught the Doctor about humans and made him into the hero he is today.
2. Sarah Jane Smith
Because she's the definitive model for girl-from-contemporary-Earth companions to this day, and went on to have her very own show with her own sidekicks and her own tin dog.
3. Leela
Because she was trained to strike upwards under the breastbone when stabbing a man in the heart.
4. Romana
Both of her! Because eventually she is the Doctor, only backwards and in high heels. And with better exam results and a sense of responsibility to her planet.
5. Turlough
Because he started out as one of the most rubbish Doctor Who villains of all time (and there is such a lot of competition there) when he tried to brain the Fifth Doctor with a rock. Also because he is a ginger love god <3.
6. Evelyn Smythe
Because she is a fifty-five-year-old history professor who will NOT put up with any of the Sixth Doctor's nonsense. And he adores her for it.
7. Ace
Because she was the first companion to get an actual proper character arc, and because she considers home-made explosives necessary equipment if you're going to do the job properly.
8. Jack Harkness
Because I am allowed to be shallow if I like. (I mean, Jack is also an interesting character and stuff, but ... 'ladies? Your viewing figures just went up!')
9. Martha Jones
Because she is made of 100% pure win and SAVED THE PLANET WITH HER TALKING. Also because she has the good taste to marry Mickey.
10. Donna Noble
Supertemp! Then Tenth Doctor's platonic soul mate and truest of friends, I hope that whatever she's doing now she's getting to exercise her full capacity for awesome.
... and there we conclude for now since the newest companions are still in the TARDIS and thus exempt from consideration of their whole body of work. This list is so short and incomplete that it is missing at least another ten companions I adore, like Izzy Sinclair and Frobisher and Liz Shaw, so you can see how I could not narrow it down to just one. (The Brig is not on the list because the Bring transcends companion status.)
Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 – Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 – Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 – Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 – Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 07 – Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 – A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 – Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 13 – Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 – The Villain Who Scared You the Most
Day 15 – Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 – Your Favourite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 – A Piece of Who-Related FanArt
Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 19 – The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most
Day 20 – The Character Who Is Most Like You
Day 21 – Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 – A Who-Related Fan-Site
Day 23 – A Who-Related YouTube Video
Day 24 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 25 – Favourite Who Actor
Day 26 – Favourite Who Actress
Day 27 – An Episode You Wish Hadn’t Been Made
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy