Series 7 FINALLY Starts Shooting

[Sindatur]

Amy didn't get the 2011 Christmas special, though - surely that interrupts "continuously serving", leaving her tied with Rose?

Incorrect, did you not watch it all the way until the end? The Widow insists the Doctor should go home for Christmas, and he shows up at Ammy and Rory's for Christmas Dinner.

Except that Amy and Rory are no longer traveling with the Doctor at that point. Their appearance in "The Doctor, the Widow, the Missing Oxford Comma, and the Wardrobe" is the equivalent of the Doctor visiting Martha in the fourth season or any of the appearances at the end of "The End of Time Part Two" -- they're guest stars, not ongoing characters. It's possible, even likely, that they have spent more time with the Doctor than Rose did (certainly, there's a lot we haven't seen, if only to account for the time that Amy's pregnancy would have taken), but Rose likely spent more consecutive time traveling with the Doctor.

Amy and Rory are odd companions in the sense that the Doctor keeps ditching them for extended periods of time, only to come back into their lives for a new round of adventures. There's a multi-month gap between seasons five and six where they've left the TARDIS (but expect the Doctor to return at some point), and then there's another gap of unspecified time between "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" where, again, they've left the TARDIS and, again, expect the Doctor to return for them.

It's like that Amy and Rory have traveled with the Doctor for longer than Rose (certainly, there's more time than we saw on screen, if only to account for the time Amy's pregnancy would have occupied), but Rose likely traveled with the Doctor for more consecutive time.

All of this is true, which is why you can only go episodes they appeared in, since there are so many unknown factors.

Once a Companion, I think a return appearance, still counts as them being a Companion, even if they don't step foot in the TARDIS in that episode, IMHO, of course

I consider Sarahjane a Companion in her NuWho appearances, due to being Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee's Companion.

 

[Marc]

Amy didn't get the 2011 Christmas special, though - surely that interrupts "continuously serving", leaving her tied with Rose?

Incorrect, did you not watch it all the way until the end? The Widow insists the Doctor should go home for Christmas, and he shows up at Ammy and Rory's for Christmas Dinner.

Except that Amy and Rory are no longer traveling with the Doctor at that point. Their appearance in "The Doctor, the Widow, the Missing Oxford Comma, and the Wardrobe" is the equivalent of the Doctor visiting Martha in the fourth season or any of the appearances at the end of "The End of Time Part Two" -- they're guest stars, not ongoing characters. It's possible, even likely, that they have spent more time with the Doctor than Rose did (certainly, there's a lot we haven't seen, if only to account for the time that Amy's pregnancy would have taken), but Rose likely spent more consecutive time traveling with the Doctor.

Amy and Rory are odd companions in the sense that the Doctor keeps ditching them for extended periods of time, only to come back into their lives for a new round of adventures. There's a multi-month gap between seasons five and six where they've left the TARDIS (but expect the Doctor to return at some point), and then there's another gap of unspecified time between "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" where, again, they've left the TARDIS and, again, expect the Doctor to return for them.

It's like that Amy and Rory have traveled with the Doctor for longer than Rose (certainly, there's more time than we saw on screen, if only to account for the time Amy's pregnancy would have occupied), but Rose likely traveled with the Doctor for more consecutive time.

has it ever been implied on screen that the doctor has left his companions somewhere, go off in the TARDIS and had new adventures, new companions before poping back to where he left the old ones?

 

[CaptainMatt]

Not in the old series, as far as memory serves. Once a companion was out, they were out.

 

[Trubinator]

Incorrect, did you not watch it all the way until the end? The Widow insists the Doctor should go home for Christmas, and he shows up at Ammy and Rory's for Christmas Dinner.

Except that Amy and Rory are no longer traveling with the Doctor at that point. Their appearance in "The Doctor, the Widow, the Missing Oxford Comma, and the Wardrobe" is the equivalent of the Doctor visiting Martha in the fourth season or any of the appearances at the end of "The End of Time Part Two" -- they're guest stars, not ongoing characters. It's possible, even likely, that they have spent more time with the Doctor than Rose did (certainly, there's a lot we haven't seen, if only to account for the time that Amy's pregnancy would have taken), but Rose likely spent more consecutive time traveling with the Doctor.

Amy and Rory are odd companions in the sense that the Doctor keeps ditching them for extended periods of time, only to come back into their lives for a new round of adventures. There's a multi-month gap between seasons five and six where they've left the TARDIS (but expect the Doctor to return at some point), and then there's another gap of unspecified time between "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" where, again, they've left the TARDIS and, again, expect the Doctor to return for them.

It's like that Amy and Rory have traveled with the Doctor for longer than Rose (certainly, there's more time than we saw on screen, if only to account for the time Amy's pregnancy would have occupied), but Rose likely traveled with the Doctor for more consecutive time.

has it ever been implied on screen that the doctor has left his companions somewhere, go off in the TARDIS and had new adventures, new companions before poping back to where he left the old ones?

All excellent points. I think it's fair to say that Amy has been the only nuWho companion to be with the same Doctor for more than a season though. And she will probably overtake Rose in terms of her overall episode count. If we include the 2011 Xmas special, she currently has 31 appearances.

 

[Chaos Descending]

All excellent points. I think it's fair to say that Amy has been the only nuWho companion to be with the same Doctor for more than a season though. And she will probably overtake Rose in terms of her overall episode count. If we include the 2011 Xmas special, she currently has 31 appearances.

I had to re-read this a couple times to make sure I wasn't going stupid, as soon as I realized you said "the same Doctor", I was on board with you, and yes, you are correct.

 

[Starkers]

Not in the old series, as far as memory serves. Once a companion was out, they were out.

Tegan, although effectively she meets up with the Doctor in the very next episode it is a whole new Series and it is implied at least that a lot of time has passed.

And obviously it depends on your view of whether the Brigadier counts as a companion or not.

 

[Zeppster]

I think you gotta count the old series by stories instead of episodes since the formats were different.

Frazer Hines was in 117 episodes but that was about 20 stories. 21 if you count the Two Doctors.

Janet Fielding was in 19 stories, 65 episodes
The Brig was in 110 episodes. But around 25 stories.

Liz Sladen was in about 20 stories around 90 episodes.

 

[CaptainMatt]

Not in the old series, as far as memory serves. Once a companion was out, they were out.

Tegan, although effectively she meets up with the Doctor in the very next episode it is a whole new Series and it is implied at least that a lot of time has passed.

And obviously it depends on your view of whether the Brigadier counts as a companion or not.

Maybe so but it was never intended that she be written out for good after the events of Time-Flight. JN-T later admitted it was a publicity ploy.

 

[MacLeod]

I guess it all depends on how you view the topic at hand.

I could say that the longest serving Doctor was Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) a period of 9 years. Whilst the longest serving Doctor on screen was Tom Baker (1974-1981) a period of 7 years.

The above is based purely on first appeareance to last apperance. (old footage not withstanding)

 

[Zeppster]

If you want to go with that technicality, despite one appearance Paul McGann was also doctor at least 9 years.

 

[StCoop]

If you want to go with that technicality, despite one appearance Paul McGann was also doctor at least 9 years.

Actually he's still playing the Doctor now.

Then again so is Tom Baker, so he's the one to beat!

 

[The Wormhole]

If you want to go with that technicality, despite one appearance Paul McGann was also doctor at least 9 years.

Which makes Christopher Eccleston the Doctor with the shortest run. After all, his successor was cast one year after he was.

 

[MacLeod]

If you want to go with that technicality, despite one appearance Paul McGann was also doctor at least 9 years.

Perhaps but unlike McCoy he only appeared in the 96 TV Movie. Whilst McCoy reprised his role in that.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I think they only count the years a show is in production. So while there have been actors who have "held" the role of the Doctor longer due to it being cancelled or on hiatus, Tom Baker is still the one who has actually played the Doctor the longest as far as actual years on the air.

 

[The Wormhole]

I think they only count the years a show is in production. So while there have been actors who have "held" the role of the Doctor longer due to it being cancelled or on hiatus, Tom Baker is still the one who has actually played the Doctor the longest as far as actual years on the air.

I actually remember hearing a story about a year ago of a TV game show in Britain which asked who the actor to play the Doctor the longest was. The contestant said Sylvester McCoy and lost because the answer they were looking for was Tom Baker. After the show, the contestant challenged this pointing out that because he reprised the role in the telemovie, Sylvester McCoy's run was nine years (1987-1996), two years longer than Tom Baker's. The contestant was given another shot on the show because of this.

 

[MacLeod]

^

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Pound-Drop-couple-325k-Doctor-Who-error.html

Is the only link I can find. to back that up.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I think they only count the years a show is in production. So while there have been actors who have "held" the role of the Doctor longer due to it being cancelled or on hiatus, Tom Baker is still the one who has actually played the Doctor the longest as far as actual years on the air.

I actually remember hearing a story about a year ago of a TV game show in Britain which asked who the actor to play the Doctor the longest was. The contestant said Sylvester McCoy and lost because the answer they were looking for was Tom Baker. After the show, the contestant challenged this pointing out that because he reprised the role in the telemovie, Sylvester McCoy's run was nine years (1987-1996), two years longer than Tom Baker's. The contestant was given another shot on the show because of this.

Yeah, but that's actually including the time McCoy wasn't playing the Doctor because the show had been essentially cancelled for seven years. Put their body of actual work on the show side-by-side, though, it's not even a contest of Baker's seven seasons versus McCoy's three.

So it depends on if you're asking who was on Doctor Who the longest versus who held the role the longest. That game show went with the latter.

 

[The Wormhole]

^

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Pound-Drop-couple-325k-Doctor-Who-error.html

Is the only link I can find. to back that up.

Well, I definately mixed some of the facts up myself, but that sounds essentially like the story I was thinking of.

 

[StCoop]

Not worthy of a thread on it's own but this comment from Toby Whithouse reinforces the change of direction from the show as it's been for the past two series.

ANGLO: How much can you tell us about the episode you’ve written for the upcoming season of Who?

WHITHOUSE: Well, certainly on this series, the episodes are much more stand-alone and, in a way, more distinct from each other. You’ll have episodes, but they’ll be much more of a specific genre. And the next week will be a different genre.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophen...e-on-cast-changes-for-being-human-doctor-who/

 

[Mitty]

So, have I missed a leak of who will be playing the new companion? I'm hoping for John Leeson ;-)