Doctor Who poll!

[such_heights]

I think we can sum up my state of mind over the last two days (namely feverish and furious refreshing of flist and Twitter) by saying that I just popped over to who_anon for kicks. Um. Anyway, they were talking about the companion in the latest episode, and blah blah blah -- my favourite was the cries of 'elitism!', what? -- but I got to wondering about the most popular one-off companions (for a generous value of companion that includes Elton and Sally), and companions generally. Thus: Dreamwidth poll! I'd imagine we can assume spoilers for 'Planet of the Dead' in the comments.

Poll #52 Guest Companions!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 36

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Who is your favourite one-off companion?

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Elton Pope ('Love and Monsters')
2 (5.6%)

Sally Sparrow ('Blink')
16 (44.4%)

Astrid Peth ('Voyage of the Damned')
2 (5.6%)

Jackson Lake ('The Next Doctor')
8 (22.2%)

Rosita ('The Next Doctor')
3 (8.3%)

Lady Christina de Souza ('Planet of the Dead')
5 (13.9%)

Correlation? Who knows! Who is your favourite regular companion?

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Rose Tyler
6 (16.7%)

Mickey Smith
0 (0.0%)

Donna Noble
17 (47.2%)

Martha Jones
10 (27.8%)

Jack Harkness
1 (2.8%)

Sarah Jane Smith
2 (5.6%)

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This post on LiveJournal. I'll be interested to see how the results differ!

Comments

[jayeless.wordpress.com]

I had to vote for Donna, even though I like Martha as well. Really, anyone but Rose would have been a viable recipient of votes. I like Donna because she travels for the sheer joy of exploring the universe, and she's compassionate and stubborn. Rose and Martha are both in it partially (or even mostly) because they think they can have a relationship with the Doctor... and while Martha is wise enough to get out, Rose has to be imprisoned in an alternate universe to be prised from the Doctor, and even then she whines about how her life is PERMANENTLY RUINED (or something) because screw her friends and family, she wanted the Time Lord! And I was so happy that she received a sending-off which meant she could never come back... and then... she came back. Oh well.

Hmm, I hope I haven't offended anyone with my anti-Rose tirade. xD The character didn't irritate me in the beginning, at least, it was only when she got very clingy with the Doctor. I don't think Martha was ever clingy regarding the Doctor, which is why I prefer her so much. More of an independent person.

[such_heights]

Heh, no worries! Some of the character arcs the new series goes for drive me a bit crazy too.