Doctor Who: New Companion will be announced on Saturday.

[The Romulan Republic]

Well, the rapid fire speech is nothing special to those two characters. Its just a tired Moffatism.

The specific attitude you referred to... I don't know.

[jwl]

I saw this new companion and thought "oh, look, Clara's smart-assed student, Courtney, all grown up!"

One small step for a thing, one giant step for a thingy thing!"

Please spare us from more dialog like that!

The big issue I had with Donna was when they ret-conned so much in Turn Left. The Earth was at risk in Voyage of the Damned, not just London. No Donna = no Doctor (The Runaway Bride) = no Earth! Also: the presumption that the alternate girl the Racnoss Queen would have used for the particle-incubator wouldn't have been a suitable companion, even as a one-shot bit. I honestly don't feel Donna was unique.

You've got to recognise in turn left that when the trickster starts messing around with time, things don't always change the way you expect them to. When he killed Sarah Jane the Bane ended up going to another planet, it doesn't seem that unlikely that the Voyage of the Damned would have a different nuclear reactor.

[Khaat]

Except that Max's plan wasn't just "crash the Titanic into a city", but "destroy an inhabited world to bankrupt the company" (Voyage of the Damned). And Max had put a lot into the plan. Unless Max was also changed, and it's no longer just about Donna's decision, but an entirely different alternate history.

Could Rose have been wrong that it was all about Donna, and her one decision? Yes, I'd accept that.

Or the Trickster's folks could have minimized the damage caused by the Titanic, but why? If the Doctor was drowned in the Themes in The Runaway Bride, they've got the whole of time to dick with.

[NecronLord]

I saw this new companion and thought "oh, look, Clara's smart-assed student, Courtney, all grown up!"

One small step for a thing, one giant step for a thingy thing!"

Please spare us from more dialog like that!

The big issue I had with Donna was when they ret-conned so much in Turn Left. The Earth was at risk in Voyage of the Damned, not just London. No Donna = no Doctor (The Runaway Bride) = no Earth! Also: the presumption that the alternate girl the Racnoss Queen would have used for the particle-incubator wouldn't have been a suitable companion, even as a one-shot bit. I honestly don't feel Donna was unique.

I think I've seen this comparison before, and truth be told, I have a real problem with it.

Other than Moffat's general tendency to write various different characters in a gratingly similar manner (thank God he's leaving), is their any particular similarity other than the fact that they're both black?

Because when I see this, it honestly comes off as "All dem black folk are alike." I know that's probably not the intent, but it seems that, if only subconsciously, people see her and immediately think "Oh, she must be the same as that other black girl."

Novelty facial comparison site Pictriev thinks they are... from different persons. Compared to the other options:

from the same person
from nearly the same person
quite look-alike
from different persons

Far from scientific, of course. But... compuer says not.

But then, it's fooled by Superman's evil makeup and only thinks they're 80% similar. Not sure if I can think up a more objective test though.