And thats the sad part. I really wish Moffat was out the door already - so long, see you later.
I like the idea, too. I hope she's a Muslim.
But beyond that, it will depend on the writing. So, we just have to wait and see.
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But beyond that, it will depend on the writing. So, we just have to wait and see.
Even if she isn't, I am certain the lady concerned will bring some colour into the TARDIS... Now, I don't mean that as a racial joke, far from it, but I found most Clara episodes very dull and black and white in storytelling.
Mind you, if she happens to show some Islamic belief, that would make for some fine story telling
Have we ever had any companion who was religious (in such a way that it ever got a significant mention)?
That clip was... rubbish. The new companion had an irritating voice, the personality was unoriginal (As others have pointed out, she just seems like another carbon copy of River, Amy or Clara.) and I'm rather concerned that in the final shot they neglected to put a space between "as" and "Bill".
That clip was... rubbish. The new companion had an irritating voice, the personality was unoriginal (As others have pointed out, she just seems like another carbon copy of River, Amy or Clara.) and I'm rather concerned that in the final shot they neglected to put a space between "as" and "Bill".
Katerina certainly had strong beliefs - assuming the Doctor was one of her Gods...
Rita, although not really a companion (although offered the chance), certainly had strong Islamic beliefs with asking If the fake hotel was Jahannam - 11 certainly seemed surprised but also delighted to meet a non christian
Donna must have had some Christian belief as she was married in Church
Or Billie?
Kind of disappointing to see another flip and nonplussed companion. Just cause the audience is familiar with the trappings of Who doesn't mean the characters must be as well.
Billie (Holiday) is apparently short for Elenaora? 
(Google, google...)
Billie is short for Wilhelmina, Willow or Willa, Bil, Bill, Billz, Lee, Illie.
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Billie is short for Wilhelmina, Willow or Willa, Bil, Bill, Billz, Lee, Illie.
Not really, just that she was English. As in the old army recruitment joke: "Religion? None. Ok, I'll put you down as Church of England then."
There's been nothing to show that past companions were Christians or Jews or... Occasional shouts maybe, but I use judeo-christian based shout-phrases despite being an ex-CoE atheist for 30 years.
Her husband could have been, the implication is Donna isn't religious. In Partners in Crime when she's hiding in the bathroom whispering in the phone, her mother asks why she's whispering Donna lies "I'm in church." Both her mother and Wilf are shocked to hear this. Wilf also, doesn't seem religious, when he's looking at the stain glass church window depicting the TARDIS he comments he usually doesn't bother with churches because they're too cold.
What I never understood is why were Amy and Rory married in a church? There's a priest (or minister, or reverend or whatever the proper term is) at their wedding reception, which usually means they were married by this person. I never got the impression Amy was religious, and Rory definitely wasn't. Rory's atheism was a plot point in The God Complex, it was one of the reasons the minotaur had no power over him.
You can get married in the parish church regardless, so long as you're local and pay the fees. That opens up a can of worms about the reality of Leadworth, but anyway...
Oh, and a best friend got married in church, even though she's Jewish and her husband a goth gamer...
Oh, and a best friend got married in church, even though she's Jewish and her husband a goth gamer...
Maybe, but being the brash and bossy person she is, Donna wouldn't go in a church unless she wanted to...
I have always assumed that Wilf has gone to Church, but gives him too many bad memories of Church Parades from his past. Of course, Wilf being Wilf, he may have been trying to bluff his way out of being surprised
Amy does have some religious leanings - as a child she prays to both God and Santa on a seemingly regular basis
I guess I just don't get why non-religious people would want to get married in a church, unless they think the building looks nice or something. This is actually an argument I got into with my sister when she was engaged, neither her nor her fiancée were religious, in fact my sister is incredibly critical of religion and does not understand the point of it or need for it, while her fiancée always laughed at and made fun of religious people. Yet they still wanted to get married in a church. When I asked why, their answer was "because that's where people get married." The way I see it, if neither person is religious go with a secular wedding.
Maybe it's my above mentioned she likes the nice building?
Santa Claus, yes, but that was when she was a child. I don't remember her openly worshipping any god(s). In fact, getting back to The God Complex, it was her faith in the Doctor the minotaur was feeding off, not any religious belief.
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Sometimes getting married in a church shuts up parents and extended family, I've heard.
But anyway, I was thinking, it would be interesting if Bill starts out as cheerful and flippant, but after coming face to face with the daleks and other aliens comes out changed. More cynical and what not. Maybe at the end of her tenure she'd even wonder if she was really a better person for the adventures, or worse.
But anyway, I was thinking, it would be interesting if Bill starts out as cheerful and flippant, but after coming face to face with the daleks and other aliens comes out changed. More cynical and what not. Maybe at the end of her tenure she'd even wonder if she was really a better person for the adventures, or worse.
Although I'm an atheist I got married in a Methodist chapel because RevdKathy is, as the name suggests, a Methodist minister and that was expected and her preference. There's a weight to culture and tradition as far as these things go, and to some they like the look of a church wedding. It baffles me when people get their kids Christened, despite the fact they never set foot in a church themselves and don't intend to raise their kids in the church, but again this seems to be a culture and tradition thing.
As far as if she's from the 80s, she would be more likely to be Christian because most black people in Britain were Caribbean, or at least Commonwealth in origin. Islam was barely a blip on people's radar, in fact I'd think the religion that might more closely map to the current socio-political situation would be Irish-Catholic.
As far as if she's from the 80s, she would be more likely to be Christian because most black people in Britain were Caribbean, or at least Commonwealth in origin. Islam was barely a blip on people's radar, in fact I'd think the religion that might more closely map to the current socio-political situation would be Irish-Catholic.
What ever her religion, it's unlikely that Bill is going to murder the Doctor because he must be a demon from hell... Or murder him because Aliens disprove religion.
Over in Audioland the 6th Doctor was very understanding towards Mary Tudor about her small yet ongoing genocide against Protestants.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-marian-conspiracy-624
Over in Audioland the 6th Doctor was very understanding towards Mary Tudor about her small yet ongoing genocide against Protestants.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-marian-conspiracy-624
You know, being from the 80's, it would be interesting to know how she will react to Vastra/Jenny
Because they're the same gender or different species?
Both...
I'm not trying to be difficult, but historically women were more accepting of homosexuality than men, unless y'know, religion, and even more understanding about Lesbians than gay men, or at least that's what I got from living through the 1980s, I could be wrong.
Sorry to talk about audioland again, but in the 1960s there was a bloke that had been flagged a criminal and the police where circling him for acquisition, sentencing and hard labour until his soul broke, so he's about to be caught when "Oliver" runs into the First Doctor and Steven Taylor, joins the TARDIS crew, and deftly escaping the clutches of johnny law for being public enemy number 1.
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Oliver_Harper
He was only around for three adventures, but Oliver was horrified the whole time that the Doctor and Stephen would unmask and reject him as an immoral degenerate criminal homosexual, and toss him into spacejail for buggery. Stephen, an astronaut from the 22nd century laughed his ass off. "Seriously dude?! Really? You were worried about that? No one in the future cares about that anymore."
(Homosexuality between men was legalized in Britain in 1967. Before then. Prison, lots of prison. Alan Turing, the man who invented computers, was only let out out of prison after he agreed to be ritually chemically castrated by the state.)
Sorry to talk about audioland again, but in the 1960s there was a bloke that had been flagged a criminal and the police where circling him for acquisition, sentencing and hard labour until his soul broke, so he's about to be caught when "Oliver" runs into the First Doctor and Steven Taylor, joins the TARDIS crew, and deftly escaping the clutches of johnny law for being public enemy number 1.
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Oliver_Harper
He was only around for three adventures, but Oliver was horrified the whole time that the Doctor and Stephen would unmask and reject him as an immoral degenerate criminal homosexual, and toss him into spacejail for buggery. Stephen, an astronaut from the 22nd century laughed his ass off. "Seriously dude?! Really? You were worried about that? No one in the future cares about that anymore."
(Homosexuality between men was legalized in Britain in 1967. Before then. Prison, lots of prison. Alan Turing, the man who invented computers, was only let out out of prison after he agreed to be ritually chemically castrated by the state.)
True, but in the UK it was the time of Section 28...
Bill doesn't look like a Nark.
