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You are the Doctor or a Companion

Nerys Myk

Sgt Pepper
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Doctor Who starts a new series with a new Doctor and Companion and you are approached to play one of the parts. Would you want to be the Doctor or a Companion? What sort of Doctor/Companion would you like to be?
 
I want to be the companion who crosses the Doctor. The one who comes in with a winning smile and doting admiration of his every word, but quietly works in the background to undermine everything he does for my own agenda. I want the audience to sneer every time I appear in a scene as they scream at their hero, "DON'T TRUST HIM!"

They will cringe, gripping their remotes with white knuckles every time I hold his sonic screwdriver. They'll wail when he leaves me alone in the TARDIS. They'll know I'm up to no good whenever I sneak off by myself. I won't twirl my mustache. I won't chew the scenery (well ... maybe now and then, but just a nibble). I'll be quick with my excuses, and oh so sorry when something goes wrong. But when he nods and turns away, everyone will see my smile grow.

I know. I'm doomed to a horrible fate by such an appetite. But it will be fun while it lasts.
 
I just want a walk-on part where I get to do the "Doctor? Doctor who?" line...
 
I want to be the companion that goes off exploring on their own and meets the low-tech/religious group while the Doctor gets mixed up with the hi-tech/scientific group. Then, no doubt, I'll need to get rescued just after I've stumbled unknowingly upon the solution to the whole reason their 2 societies have become divided. Also, I'll be wearing really cool clothes.
 
I want to be the Doctor. I've still got an ambition to be 12 or 13. Sadly, you do have to be a notable actor first. Which I'm not quite. Still, watch this space.
 
Romana I's white "roller-disco" outfits should be avoided. On the other hand she wears hats very well. Something she lost as Romana II. ;)
 
The Doctor. Thinking back over the span of years, I realize that I've collected companions who have accompanied me on all sorts of adventures. But instead of a blue-box TARDIS, I have a red TARDIS, also known as a 2001 Nissan X-Terra.
 
if i was a companion, i'd be a UNIT trooper who gets dragged along with him and who has to learn to curb his instinctive need to cap every alien he encounters
 
Sadly, you do have to be a notable actor first.

Like that 26 year old girl they've got starting in the Spring.

If I were the Doctor:

- Play it for two years, with my second year being a year long single story.
- Play it like Troughton

If I were a companion:

- Come from a background where I've lost everything, so am a little headstrong and at times suicidal (in terms of entering dangerous areas).
- Betray the Doctor and become his enemy for my final story (oooooh shocking!)
 
I would be the quiet, introspective companion who will follow The Doctor hell and back just for the fun of it.

I want to be the Gene Hunt incarnation.

Or the Master.

Or the Gene Hunt incarnation *of* the Master...
Oh, dear god. This must happen.

I mean Philip Glenister as The Doctor. With Simm returning as The Master of course.
 
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