Jenna leaving - next compnion ?

[StCoop]

Jenna is leaving the TV show, but is Clara leaving the 12th Doctor Comic?

She will eventually. There will almost certainly be some lag, because of the comics' production times. Amy and Rory were in the comics for several months after their departure on television.

And if there's no full series next year, they'll probably give him a comics only Companion.

 

[Timewalker]

The doctor travelling with a male companion would be something new (I know he has done it before but not for extended periods) and someone from the past/future would be a change, but really they just have to have personality and not be annoying.

Not for extended periods? Jamie McCrimmon, anyone?

Sorry I thought it was fairly implicit that I was talking about the Doctor travelling solely with a male companion. Others will know better but the only occasions that come to mind are the Doctor and Adric in The Keeper of Traken (I know Nyssa was there but my understanding is that Sarah was just a guest star at the time rather than a potential new companion) or with Wilf in The End of Time. Obviously he was travelling alone Jamie at the start of Evil of the Daleks and The Wheel in space, with Adric at the start of Logopolis and with Turlough at the start of Planet of Fire, but in each case new, female, companions were introduced in those episodes.

Unless I'm missing something painfully obvious?

Okay, I wasn't thinking of Adric since he was the solo companion for all of one and a fraction stories (the last minute of Warriors' Gate, all of Keeper of Traken, and most of Logopolis).

It's too bad we didn't get to see how things could have developed with the Fifth Doctor having Turlough as his sole companion. Turlough was finally allowed to grow up in that episode and shed the cowardly schoolboy persona he'd been stuck with for so long.

The Doctor and Jamie were alone at the start of The Two Doctors; who knows how many adventures they could have had while Victoria/Zoe was off doing whatever she was doing in that story? It must've been quite a few, given that Frazier Hines had noticeably aged.

But yes, you did miss one: K-9 (honestly, is there anyone who doesn't think of K-9 as male?). K-9 was the Doctor's sole companion from the end of The Invasion of Time to the beginning of The Ribos Operation. There's a window of opportunity there to add in any number of companions.

The 8th Doctor! The Doctor as companion to himself ;-)

YES! Bring back Paul McGann!

Whoever they get, please let them speakatanormalrateofspeed.

But she does speak at a normal rate of speed.

No, she doesn't. There are far too many times when I couldn't make out what the hell she was saying, because she rattled off her lines so fast.

Somebody from Downton Abbey. Anyone except Mary, 'cause it would be a case of the universe is ending, and all she would have to say would be "Golleh."

I'd say, "What about Lady Edith?," but I've recently pencilled in Laura Carmichael on my list of possible future Doctors. The reason is that I think Edith would have worked really well against Matt Smith, but I don't see her working well against Capaldi.

If I could take a character from another television series and make that character a companion, my choices would be Sarah Bolger's Princess Mary from The Tudors or George Blagden's Athelstan from Vikings. (Lagertha would be incredible, but I don't think she'd work for more than an episode.)

What I'd absolutely love would be for Violet and Isobel to be companions. Those two are simultaneously the most lovable, cantankerous characters on the show, and they're my favorites.

I will only believe she's leaving when she is gone. Mr. Moffat is always playing this "attention via false news and rumours" game both in his scripts and outside too, in the real world.

This time it has some credibility to it, because she has nearly 3 years under her belt, almost as much as Smith when he left and there is specific talk about her next role as young Queen Elisabeth already.

Would be hilarious if she comes back at some point as the youngest incarnation of Elisabeth we have yet seen instead of Clara and they retcon her as a Clara splinter with the destiny to marry the Doctor!

Victoria.

But there is a Whovian companion connection to the young Elizabeth I. Lalla Ward played Elizabeth in the movie The Prince and the Pauper.

I would hope, if Susan were to come back, Carol Ann Ford would play the character, even if she ends up regenerating at some point (ala McCoy in the 96 movie). A proper farewell to the actress would be nice.

Agreed. And if William Russell were still alive, it could be a nice farewell to Ian, as well. It's insane that they had all that stuff going on at the school and didn't have him do a cameo.


As for Clara's coming departure... let's just say that this news makes me very happy.

 

[StCoop]

There are far too many times when I couldn't make out what the hell she was saying, because she rattled off her lines so fast.

I think it's just you, to be honest. But to be fair you probably don't hear many Lancashire accents on a daily basis.

 

[Timewalker]

There are far too many times when I couldn't make out what the hell she was saying, because she rattled off her lines so fast.

I think it's just you, to be honest. But to be fair you probably don't hear many Lancashire accents on a daily basis.

No, it wasn't just me.

 

[kirk55555]

And now it's Official.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/2a2689a8-5c52-46af-8e69-2fad42c46da3

Which for those keeping score means that every S9 related story The Mirror has published this year has turned out to be correct.

And speaking of which... don't click unless you really want to know which is her last episode.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-spoiler-alert-sidekick-6465029

I'm glad she's going, and I'm hoping that link #2 is true, too

 

[mythme]

Agreed. And if William Russell were still alive, it could be a nice farewell to Ian, as well. It's insane that they had all that stuff going on at the school and didn't have him do a cameo.

William Russel is alive....albeit he's 90

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It's been posited around here that the Doctor might not remember events from DOTD because it was 800-900 years earlier. What are the odds he would remember Ian from around 1800 years earlier?

I would have liked to see Ian during last season's visits to the school.

 

[kirk55555]

I don't buy him not remembering. He's a time lord, his memory isn't like a humans. He remembered Sarah Jane and Jo Grant after hundreds of years, I don't think he actually forgets people like his companions regardless of his age. He might get a bit confused, but its all still in his head, even if he sometimes needs to sort things out. I'm sure he remembers Ian, and everyone else who he traveled with for any significant amount of time, or who were memorable for other reasons (like Sarah Kingdom, who he didn't know long but who died very memorably right near him).

 

[Allyn Gibson]

And if there's no full series next year, they'll probably give him a comics only Companion.

Good point. DWM gave the tenth Doctor a new companion with Majenta during the Specials Year. IDW gave him new companions in Emily and Matthew. DWM and Titan would probably do the same this time around.

 

[Saul]

But yes, you did miss one: K-9 (honestly, is there anyone who doesn't think of K-9 as male?). K-9 was the Doctor's sole companion from the end of The Invasion of Time to the beginning of The Ribos Operation. There's a window of opportunity there to add in any number of companions.

YES! Bring back Paul McGann!

Yes! Yes! Do it!

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

But yes, you did miss one: K-9 (honestly, is there anyone who doesn't think of K-9 as male?). K-9 was the Doctor's sole companion from the end of The Invasion of Time to the beginning of The Ribos Operation. There's a window of opportunity there to add in any number of companions.

I think of him as a tin dog. Only call him him, because the Doctor does.

YES! Bring back Paul McGann!

The TARDIS would have such a fit over that!

This time it has some credibility to it, because she has nearly 3 years under her belt, almost as much as Smith when he left and there is specific talk about her next role as young Queen Elisabeth already.

Would be hilarious if she comes back at some point as the youngest incarnation of Elisabeth we have yet seen instead of Clara and they retcon her as a Clara splinter with the destiny to marry the Doctor!

Victoria.

But there is a Whovian companion connection to the young Elizabeth I. Lalla Ward played Elizabeth in the movie The Prince and the Pauper.

Oh, right. Sorry, got my queens mixed up there.

 

[StCoop]

I'll say this; when I were a lad Companion departures didn't rate front page headlines in Variety, the Hollywood Reporter et al. Page 16 of The Croydon Advertiser was probably the most you could hope for.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

It's been posited around here that the Doctor might not remember events from DOTD because it was 800-900 years earlier. What are the odds he would remember Ian from around 1800 years earlier?

You're seriously suggesting that he'd forget his first human companions, who were also his granddaughter's teachers, who were also there with him when the latter departed, an who, by and large, inspired him to continue on travelling?

In fact, I'd go as far as to say that Ian is the most important companion the Doctor's ever had. I genuinely believe that the "action man" aspect of all his future incarnations is directly inspired by this guy.

I would have liked to see Ian during last season's visits to the school.

Absolutely. Or, moreover, a cameo in Day of the Doctor.

Seriously, its bad enough the show didn't bring back the Brigadier... but Ian Chesterton? Even worse.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I would have liked to see Ian during last season's visits to the school.

Absolutely. Or, moreover, a cameo in Day of the Doctor.

Seriously, its bad enough the show didn't bring back the Brigadier... but Ian Chesterton? Even worse.

I agree, it would have been nice to see Ian during "Day of the Doctor." However, I have to wonder if William Russell's advanced age was an issue.

I don't know if productions have to insure actors in the UK as they do in the US. There are cases where actors weren't able to work because they couldn't be insured. A great example is Robert Downey, Jr., whose drug issues made him uninsurable. Another example is Deforest Kelley, who couldn't participate in Star Trek Generations because of his frailty. If there's a similar situation in the UK, it's entirely possible that it would have cost the production too much to insure Russell for even a walk-on cameo.

 

[chelly]

But wouldn't he be the same as Tom Baker? Quick google search tells me Russel is 10 years older then Tom.

 

[Timewalker]

It's been posited around here that the Doctor might not remember events from DOTD because it was 800-900 years earlier. What are the odds he would remember Ian from around 1800 years earlier?

I would have liked to see Ian during last season's visits to the school.

If Methos (5000+ years old in the Highlander TV series) can remember his time as one of the Four Horsemen in ancient Sumeria, why can't the Doctor remember his first human friend from less than 2000 years previously?

 

[Timewalker]

But wouldn't he be the same as Tom Baker? Quick google search tells me Russel is 10 years older then Tom.

It's one thing to do the 50th anniversary without one of the original companions. It's quite another to do it without the oldest-surviving actor who played the Doctor.

 

[chelly]

It would have been nice to see Ian back at the school where it started. I wonder if we will see him this year. Or is Clara going to forget that she has a day job.

 

[sttngfan1701d]

If Methos (5000+ years old in the Highlander TV series) can remember his time as one of the Four Horsemen in ancient Sumeria, why can't the Doctor remember his first human friend from less than 2000 years previously?

Because the Doctor has ADHD? And has walked the universe from one end of it the the other countless times?

Methos couldn't remember his actual age, but he was still just an earthbound guy. The Doctor's brain and life just works on a totally different level.

Like others have said, it's probably still in his head. He just needs time to sort it out amongst everything else in there.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It's been posited around here that the Doctor might not remember events from DOTD because it was 800-900 years earlier. What are the odds he would remember Ian from around 1800 years earlier?

You're seriously suggesting that he'd forget his first human companions, who were also his granddaughter's teachers, who were also there with him when the latter departed, an who, by and large, inspired him to continue on travelling?

I'm not suggesting anything one way or another. It has been discussed in other threads that I'm too lazy to go and find right now.

The Doctor forgot about the SS Madame de Pompadour while running around the SS Marie Antoinette..."something seems familiar about this".