he is such a good companion. he is shown to be smart, reliable, trustworthy, and kind. his first reaction to seeing the inside of the TARDIS in 'the three doctors' is "well it's obvious isnt it" after the doctor asks if he's going to say its bigger inside rather than outside. in 'invasion of the dinosaurs' benton was willing to let the doctor use venusian akkido on him so he could escape, /knowing/ that it would hurt. :] (@silliestcolressfan )
Peri Brown
her stepfather left her stranded on a boat after she told him she was leaving. the influence she had over kamelion. she chased the miniaturised master around his tardis and threatened him. her interactions with the rani. everything about her. (anonymous)
she has one of the best companion dialogue exchanges with the master:
Master (via Kamellion): ""You will obey me.""
Peri: ""...No.""
Master: ""I am the Master.""
Peri: ""So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown and I can shout just as loud as you can.""" (anonymous)
fivey dies saving her (anonymous)
just. this bit in mark of the rani:
The Rani: Come to me. Keep an absolutely straight line.
Peri: I don't understand
The Rani: Stop bleating and do it!
The Doctor: Keep exactly in her footsteps, Peri
[Peri stumbles into the Rani]
The Rani: Incompetent fool! You're worthless!
The Doctor: Not to me, she isn't. You'll do well to remember that!
Peri: She was going too fast.
The Rani: Can you jump without falling on your face?
Peri: Sure
The Rani: Well, copy me and you're out of danger
[They jump over one of the Rani's contraptions that turns people into trees and walk over to the Doctor and the Master]
Peri: What was that all about?
The Doctor: You wandered into a minefield of the Rani's making
Peri: A minefield? [the Doctor hums] In there? But Luke! What about Luke? Where is he?
The Doctor: He just saved your life
Peri: [looking at the tree which used to be Luke] What?
The Doctor: I'll explain later (anonymous)
the bit in mark of the rani when the doctor's attacked and she decides to throw coal everywhere
she calls the master a gangster (anonymous)
teacher!rani x student!peri experimentation kink in the rani elite (anonymous)
she's awarded an honorary degree in botany (anonymous)
toxic rani/companion yuri (anonymous)
Mel Bush
Mel is an incredibly endearing little weirdo who gets slept on way too much. She's the nicest person you'll ever meet, she's genius levels of smart, she's like a hyperactive herding dog whose self-assigned job is fixing people, she is extremely protective of her fellow companions, she is so bad at lying that the Doctor has to deceive her too in order to make any of his deception plans work. She also has some weird toxic yuri thing going on with the Rani and sometimes she is just boiling over with righteous fury and tries to blow someone up or threatens to lobotomize the villain's robot lackey. She loves life so much that she would sacrifice herself without question to save people she's just met. She is so genuine and sincere and she's not all that good at social things sometimes and prefers to work with computers that don't have messy emotions. She also did not know what counting cards actually was and has been unintentionally cheating at card games her entire life. (@melscarrotjuice )
Strax
one of the funniest characters in the show (anonymous)
"Do not attempt to escape or you will be obliterated! May I take your coat?" (anonymous)
the scene with the memory worm in the snowmen (anonymous)
Oliver Harper
Brilliant extended universe companion of the First Doctor. His story is both something that is both true to how the 60s were and yet could never have been explored by the TV series at that time. A perfect combination and a wonderful addition to the First Doctor and Steven's history. Very well played and I wish he could come back for more. (@hartnellwho / @elden-12 )
In-universe, he is the first gay companion. His hair colour is bald. Fugitive from the law due to 60s homophobia. Braver than he first appears. He deserved better. (anonymous)
Ruby Sunday: watches the man who traumatized her get a happy ending while being gaslit and abandoned by her best friend, but it's all okay in the end because she has a baby brother to take care of.
Belinda Chandra: starts off strong-willed, ready to challenge the Doctor on his bullshit, but completely loses it over the course of the series to the point where she barely blinks an eye at the man she said was "dangerous" torturing a man, then ends up locked in a box for most of the finale and eventually has her entire life rewritten to become a single mother.
The Rani: entire plan revolves around the fact that she's mad that Time Lords can't have babies anymore.
Anita: shows up six months pregnant because she was so broken-hearted by finding the Doctor with someone else that she hooked up with the first guy she met.
Kate Stewart: nearly loses her goddamn mind because her boyfriend that randomly spawned into existence died.
And people actually think that RTD would do a better job writing the 13th Doctor than Chibnall did?
these + the war between the land and sea suddenly turning Shirley into "Mrs. Bingham" (despite Shirley being a doctor), showing her hand with her ring almost as much as they showed her and the first proper one-on-one discussion we see between kate and shirley is dominated by the talk of shirley's husband? yeah RTD needs to stay away from writing women
They could've made the TARDIS disability-friendly without making the ship a Car Showroom Ramp City. You know what would've been cooler? The ship accommodating in real-time changing and shifting architecture, stairs transforming into an ramp for that particular person. The TARDIS is alive, show me that! They definitely had the Disney money to show me that. And I'm saying this as someone who is disabled in irl, I would be so touched if the TARDIS did something like this for me like all for me? Oh thank you lovely.
Yeah and it was all for nothing because they didn't make the set accessible to access LOL. As a wheelchair user it was the fucking coolest thing to see the ramp...until it became obvious they were never going to let Shirley (or anyone) use it. It became very clear that it was performative only. The TARDIS set would never actually allow a wheelchair user to be on the set, as you had to climb incredibly steep steps to get into it. Was a real shame because Shirley in the TARDIS would have been absolutely incredible.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the fact that there is a ramp to get in the TARDIS now but now we have gone 2 full seasons and NO ONE has used it. Not a single person used it, it really does feel performative. What was the point? It was a cool moment to see and it means everything to me but not seeing it being used ever just feels really frustrating. It doesn't even have to be Shirley who uses it (even tho I was soooo convinced she would at some point) I just want to see it, see someone use the ramp just one time. please.
You've laid the ground work, given us the hope that disabled people can travel with the doctor. now show us
RTD managed to 180 two season finales and try and make us believe it was always like that. Ruby being "not important" and Belinda's whole fucking reason for going home going from "i want to" to "I need to get home to my daughter" like bloody hell dude. What's the point of building a season if you just light it all on fire at the end
belinda went from badass exhausted nurse who reads people red flags like they’re written on their face to a doctor devotee forced into motherhood… okay thanks for nothing
im going to get so many unfollows but holy fuck do I despise Rose (always have). what is with the regenerating into past characters/actors. the BBC does have more than 12 talented actors. I'm so so so so sooooooooo tired of this gimmick. It worked for capalidi. was a cool thing to explore there. Now its just fucking stupid and overused
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