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Rally call for all the Whovians: Show your support for Sarah Jane Smith (Original Post) MattBaggins Aug 2012 OP
Done... CherokeeDem Aug 2012 #1
I am suprised that Amy Pond is in last place. MattBaggins Aug 2012 #2
Sarah Jane TheMastersNemesis Aug 2012 #4
I agree about Amy Pond... CherokeeDem Aug 2012 #5
They are picking on the redheaded stepchild Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #16
Done TheMastersNemesis Aug 2012 #3
The only role Romney would be suitable for is Cyberman muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #8
What do you mean, Leela is losing out? Archae Aug 2012 #6
Not as much as her predecessor Jo muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #9
Invalid poll - they didn't include Romana (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #7
I never liked Rose or the unseemly way the Doctor behaved with her. CBGLuthier Aug 2012 #10
Sorry To Hear About Mary Tamm TheMastersNemesis Aug 2012 #12
Mary Tamm passed away not three weeks ago... 26 July MattBaggins Aug 2012 #13
Elizabeth Sladen passed away from cancer last spring MattBaggins Aug 2012 #14
My Sarah Jane LongTomH Aug 2012 #11
Old school v New school Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #15

MattBaggins

(7,904 posts)
2. I am suprised that Amy Pond is in last place.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:13 PM
Aug 2012

It is particularly puzzling given the reasons most people disliked her; Rose Tyler should also be in last place then.

Nitwit--- Rose Tyler was even a bigger one.
Sense of entitlement--- Rose even worse
Annoying--- Rose again

I don't get it. List of character flaws that leave Amy in last place, yet people vote for the companion who had the same flaws times ten.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. Sarah Jane
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:21 PM
Aug 2012

I always liked Sarah Jane. She was on with Pertwee and Tom Baker and really added to their episodes. She seemed to be a very beautiful person. It was sad to see her go during the Baker era.

As far as I am concerned all the companions added to the series in one way or another. I also like Jo who was with Pertwee before Sarah Jane.

But that is the charm of the Dr Who series it could always be refreshed in so many ways.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
5. I agree about Amy Pond...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:31 PM
Aug 2012

Was quite surprised, and there is much about her I liked...must admit, I liked Rory more. I never saw her as a nitwit, or having a sense of entitlement...annoying...definitely at times. I just didn't like the story line with the baby and who the baby turned out to be.

Rose...worn thin quickly for me....but I dearly love Donna. She was her own person, never allowed the Doctor to overshadow her and never backed down from him, yet she adored him.

No, Rose is definitely not my favorite...very annoying.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
3. Done
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:17 PM
Aug 2012

I have watched Dr Who ever since it came to PBS in Denver. I video taped every episode they played here. I could watch Dr Who for months. And I have all the new series on DVD and Blu Ray. I even met Peter Davidson at a Who convention here.

It is by far the best sci fi series in the history of television. It's format makes the stories and characters almost infinite. The genius is that every new actor who plays the Doctor brings his own interpretation. Now if the Doctor were to regenerate and be a woman, that would be interesting.

Anyway Dr Who is one place to escape in this madness of our election cycle. Mitt Romney would make a very interesting character for Dr Who to tangle with. He has many of the characteristics of Dr Who villains. Maybe Romney could be The Master. He has about as much regard for truth and good as The Master did.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
8. The only role Romney would be suitable for is Cyberman
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:52 PM
Aug 2012

The Master has panache, he has style, he has wit. Hard to think of any politician who'd fit him - Silvio Berlusconi, perhaps?

Archae

(46,335 posts)
6. What do you mean, Leela is losing out?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:41 PM
Aug 2012

Sarah was the proverbial "damsel in distress."

Leela pulled the Doctor's fat out of the fire many times.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
9. Not as much as her predecessor Jo
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:54 PM
Aug 2012

Sarah Jane was relatively independent. Leela's 'noble savage' got a bit same-y, after a while.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
10. I never liked Rose or the unseemly way the Doctor behaved with her.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:56 PM
Aug 2012

My personal favorite is the late Mary Tamm's Romana but I was watching a Sarah Jane one just yesterday. Have a Leela from Netflix for later tonight.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
12. Sorry To Hear About Mary Tamm
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:28 PM
Aug 2012

Mary Tamm was really classy in the Tom Baker Season that was all about "the key to time". I thought that it was one of the best seasons of the Baker era. She was a very classy looking companion. She was just before Lalla Ward, who Tom Baker later married.

I need an escape. All this political madness is sometimes too much. I may start watching some of this series just to blank out.

What happened to her and when? She never really participated in conventions from what I know.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
11. My Sarah Jane
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:20 PM
Aug 2012

I've loved them all; but, Sarah Jane, my Sarah Jane; you will always be most beloved of all the Doctor's companions!

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
15. Old school v New school
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:33 PM
Aug 2012

I hate to admit it but this is a tough choice for me.

Sarah got K-9.Plus she got her own show. Can't Rose have this? The poor girl has to live in an alternate universe. Seriously, hasn't she suffered enough?


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