The Old Blue Box

Okay, so I was trying to do my 'ten favourite companions' and I just couldn't. So I decided to do 'my favourite companion for each Doctor', which turned out to be a lot easier. I should say that I haven't done Doctors 6 or 8 , because I only know one companion for each of them (I don't count whatever the kid is called in The Movie, otherwise he'd probably be my answer for 8...).

But for the others? Well...

1
Susan (I'm not good on Doctor 1 companions, but Susan is definitely less annoying than Barbara and Ian; I don't know enough about the others to comment. Also, I love the trailer when she's at school and saying things like “well, yes, this works with Earth gravity, but what about planets with something else?” and the other kids AND the teacher are looking at her as if she's totally bonkers.)


2
Zoe (She can do fantastic mathematic things, break computers, and subdue a superhero with her martial arts. I mean – who needs more?!)


3
Jo (She is so sweet, yet cunning enough to Get Stuff Done, and conducts a love affair by going out to find a giant maggot)

4
Leela (Says what she thinks, and is quite matter-of-fact, whether about sensing danger or about having killed people. One of the few people who doesn't consider what anyone else is thinking of her, but just what she's thinking of them.)

(I felt that I couldn't count K9 as a companion, either, FTR.)

5
Turlough (“But is it imperative that we die?” I love him. Such a relief to have a companion who isn't Virtuous and Death Defying all the time, but has a sincere sense of self-preservation. Yet will, in fact, sacrifice himself if he thinks that it will help; he just isn't prepared to do it for no good reason.)


7
Ace (Who is, in fact, ace. She carries nitro-glycerine, demands of a dalek “who are you calling small?”, and refuses to go with the Doctor because she wants to look after a baby.)

9
Captain Jack (Partly because my son has such a crush on him)

10
Donna (Oh, in so many ways. She doesn't fancy the Doctor, which after Rose and Martha was a BIG relief. She tells him what she thinks and if the Doctor says something stupid [“Hang on!”] gives the obvious answer in the tone of voice anyone'd be thinking it [“I AM!”]. And yet – and yet – is kind. She cries over the Oods, is nice to Miss Evangelista, and is the only new!Who companion immediately to be lovely towards another companion.)

11
Rory (He does that swishy-sword thing with a MOP, has the “yours is bigger than mine” conversation with the doctor, and is basically a Really Lovely Person who you feel has got accidentally swept up into crazy!Who-land by Amy.)