The Doctor's new companion is going to be:

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2007-07-11 02:08am

Starglider wrote:Yeah, I was hoping that too when I first saw the character. Unfortunately I have to agree with Stark. She turned out to be Rose with extra angst and a light garnish of medical babble.

I haven't seen the whole of the new season, I'm in the US and we've only got the Christmas special and the first episode so far. But I'm going to give the new character a shot and not make up my mind.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2007-07-11 07:55am

Stormbringer wrote: I think the Doctor\Donna didn't work terribly well. She was so damn shrill and bossy and bitchy that she was rather hard to like. While she had a nice character moment at the end, I don't think she really clicked. Ironic considering that it was a retooled Rose/Doctor story!

Thats what I liked about the character. She starts out being very hard to like, even for the Doctor, but by the end she grows on you and you start liking her.

I guess the thing that really stood out was how different she was from Rose. Where Rose was "Save me Doctor!"; Donna was "You call this a rescue?"

I hope your right and they quickly break Martha out of the Rose role.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2007-07-11 11:18am

Macross wrote:Thats what I liked about the character. She starts out being very hard to like, even for the Doctor, but by the end she grows on you and you start liking her.

Donna might work, she might not. The problem with that is you rapidly get into Princess Leia territory where she just comes off as bitchy and ungrateful. I think Donna came off that way big time and while the character is salvagable (and to some extent was at the conclusion) I'm not entirely sure I would want to watch her for a season or more.

Macross wrote:I hope your right and they quickly break Martha out of the Rose role.

They either did or didn't at this point, seeing as how she's being replaced. There's definitely potential and it sounds like they intended to create a some what similar but still different character. Either way I'm not taking Stark's word for it.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-07-11 11:33am

Stormbringer wrote: Donna might work, she might not. The problem with that is you rapidly get into Princess Leia territory where she just comes off as bitchy and ungrateful. I think Donna came off that way big time and while the character is salvagable (and to some extent was at the conclusion) I'm not entirely sure I would want to watch her for a season or more.

It'd be interesting if the Doctor started picking people who could rescue themselves more often. Now if they can manage to do something like that with Donna. . . .

They either did or didn't at this point, seeing as how she's being replaced. There's definitely potential and it sounds like they intended to create a some what similar but still different character. Either way I'm not taking Stark's word for it.

Martha'll be returning midway through Season 4 apparently. So she's not being completely replaced. Though so far she's not quite as bad as Rose in some areas. (Admittedly I've only watched one episode with her in it).