Ah, I see that Davies is going for the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach that made
Journey's End so horrible. That was a truly
atrocious hour of television. The man seems to be incapable of writing a major plot-line without resorting to familiar foes or characters. Has there been a single season finale of the series where this has been the case? Clearly not.
Jade Falcon wrote:I haven't watched it since it's inception, I've caught up with some of the older ones on DVD, and I've thankfully been spared Bonnie Langford, but she is still one of the most overused and overrated companions in my opinion and Piper really doesn't add anything significant to the show. She wasn't bad, though not great at first, but I think she got worse.
Agreed. She was tolerable to a certain extent but she became increasingly overly emotional and annoying as the seasons passed. It was irritating enough that she became empowered by the time vortex in
The Parting of the Ways. Her return in
Journey's End was the icing on the cake. I can't see the appeal. She's a fucking Doctor fangirl, for crying out loud! A Time Lord groupie.
Martha was Rose-lite and Donna was self-involved to the point of absurdity (it was particularly appalling in
Turn Left when she was focusing on trivial bullshit while the world crumbled around her).
Just once I'd like to see a travelling companion who isn't lusting after or admiring of the Doctor. Like say, a grumpy geriatric or a crusty military veteran in the vein of the Brigadier. Someone who could call the Doctor out on his over the top moralising. That would be a nice catalyst for the Doctor's regeneration into Matt Smith, I think. The generic villain of the episode commits an atrocity, the Doctor refuses to kill him/her but the companion does. This leads to a major fight between the two, accidentally resulting in the Doctor's demise.
