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

[xtricks]

Donna was, I thought, hands down the best companion I’ve seen so far. They removed the emo!UST that generated some of the words aspects of Tennant!Doctor, and made her actually useful, instead of an appendage to be mocked/rescued/emo’d over (Martha, Rose and Rose). Donna wasn’t as bright as the Doctor but she didn’t stand for being called a monkey and certainly didn’t stand for the Doctor’s whining about his hard life. She challenged his simplistic morality and was willing to take on moral responsibilities – plus she loved the traveling, not for the Doctor’s sake but for her own.

I accepted her story arc, down to the tragic end but I despised the fact that the last shot in the end of ‘Journey’s End’ was little emo!Doctor crying in the rain. The grief there wasn’t about him.

(I have to admit that I don’t much like Tennant!Doctor and I’m liking him less as time goes on)

As for Christina? I found her smug. I hate smug.

[such_heights]

Yes, Donna definitely got the best writing and concept as a companion, though I'm fonder of Martha's overall arc when you take in TW and S4. I would have been more okay with Donna's end if she'd been allowed any agency in the matter whatsoever, but -- not so much.

I seriously cannot wait for Matth Smith and Moffat to take over, I agree.

Confidence/arrogance rarely bugs me in characters, especially when it's accompanied with competence or used to show up other arrogant characters -- it's cheap writing sometimes, but I like it when characters shut the Doctor up or do things against his wishes that actually work. That plus Michelle Ryan and the fact I'm a bit into thievery at the moment thanks to Leverage made her a bit of a hit for me.