What do think? Could be fun.
Do you think there should be a historical figure as an assistant?
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They're doing that in the audios; Frankenstein author Mary Shelley will be the eighth Doctor's new companion.
Matt Smith wrote some short stories with Einstein as the Doctor's companion.
Matt Smith wrote some short stories with Einstein as the Doctor's companion.
When I saw the title of this thread, the one and only name that came to me was Leonardo da Vinci. In my mind, I imagined a young Leonardo traveling with The Doctor and he returned home and spent the rest of his life creating all these wonderful art and engineering works that we know of today.
There's two conflicting references to Leo. I remember complaining. One is obviously the many Mona Lisas, but the other escapes me at the moment...
One said he talked about powered flight with Leo in the Time meddler, Four asked if Leo would be attending the ball in the Masque of Mandragora.
the guy keeps popping up.
Something about terrible penmanship?
Or was that Shakespeare?
HG Wells had an adventure with 6.
One said he talked about powered flight with Leo in the Time meddler, Four asked if Leo would be attending the ball in the Masque of Mandragora.
the guy keeps popping up.
Something about terrible penmanship?
Or was that Shakespeare?
HG Wells had an adventure with 6.
One of the novels indicated the Eighth Doctor also travelled with Agatha Christie - not sure how that fits in with the events of The Unicorn and the Wasp, though it seems to show the Doctor had a thing for female authors!
I'm looking forward to the Mary Shelley stories. Where that came from was apparently one of the novels or audios made reference to Mary being a companion, and then they did an audio drama called The Company of Friends in which she was depicted as such, and now they've announced a "miniseries" of stories scheduled for 2012 in which Mary will be a full-out companion.
Alex
I'm looking forward to the Mary Shelley stories. Where that came from was apparently one of the novels or audios made reference to Mary being a companion, and then they did an audio drama called The Company of Friends in which she was depicted as such, and now they've announced a "miniseries" of stories scheduled for 2012 in which Mary will be a full-out companion.
Alex
Would be more fun if she brought Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron along with her. Huzzar! However, I doubt that John Keats' constitution would handle the trip.
Who knows, maybe Nixon will travel in the TARDIS this Saturday?
You just made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Nixon would certainly be an interesting idea for a companion.
Or Marilyn Monroe
Or Marilyn Monroe
If the actor route, Divine would be an hysterical combo with the 6th Doctor. Two fashion senses combined that might shatter the space-time continuum.
Some Divine for the uninitiated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMO04RvZMbE&feature=related
Some Divine for the uninitiated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMO04RvZMbE&feature=related
I guess the difficulty with a historical figure is that we probably know they'll survive their journies with the Doctor, plus we know they probably won't be gone that long. Shame they've already used Agatha Christie because that gap in her life and her loss of memory would have been brilliant to explain travelling with the Doctor (the actual explanation given in TNATW was actually quite pedestrian compared to what they could have done, IMO)
Now a non famous historical figure as a companion...I'd be all for that.
Now a non famous historical figure as a companion...I'd be all for that.
They just have to chose a figure without a grieving family or a litigious estate that the "figure" couldn't be replaced by an android after the Doctor gets them killed in some foolhardy accident.
Nixon be damned.
Take Hoover to a planet where he's allowed to crossdress in public.
Nixon be damned.
Take Hoover to a planet where he's allowed to crossdress in public.
She can keep company with the Silurian knock-offs.
Several of the script drafts for the various attempts at a Doctor Who feature film (back during the Dark Ages between the 26th series and the TV Movie) featured an "Amy" as a companion who turned out to be Amelia Earhart. She also served as the Doctor's love interest.
I've sometimes wished for Moffat to revisit "The Girl in the Fireplace" and bring Madame de Pompedour into the TARDIS.
After reading Edmund Morris' The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt a few months ago, I realized that the young TR would be brilliant as a Who companion.
In a different direction, I've thought about fictional characters... err, characters from non-Who fictions (that makes more sense) that would make interesting Who companions.
Sarah Bolger's Princess Mary from The Tudors would be absolutely fascinating as a TARDIS companion. I think Mary would have worked best with Tennant's Doctor. Or possibly Eccleston's.
Likewise, I'm convinced that Jean-Luc Picard, after he lost the Stargazer, traveled for a time with the sixth Doctor and Frobisher, though I don't expect anyone to accept this.
Hellboy would be another good TARDIS companion. Let's be honest, Hellboy's adventures are already Who-esque.
After reading Edmund Morris' The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt a few months ago, I realized that the young TR would be brilliant as a Who companion.
In a different direction, I've thought about fictional characters... err, characters from non-Who fictions (that makes more sense) that would make interesting Who companions.
Sarah Bolger's Princess Mary from The Tudors would be absolutely fascinating as a TARDIS companion. I think Mary would have worked best with Tennant's Doctor. Or possibly Eccleston's.
Likewise, I'm convinced that Jean-Luc Picard, after he lost the Stargazer, traveled for a time with the sixth Doctor and Frobisher, though I don't expect anyone to accept this.
Hellboy would be another good TARDIS companion. Let's be honest, Hellboy's adventures are already Who-esque.
"i may be a crap Navigator Doctor, but do you actually try to steer?"
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