Tag Archives: Companions

We’ve made it to the final Audience Identification piece: the era of the great Peter Capaldi.  Two of the seasons features Clara and his final season features Bill and Nardole, although the latter barely qualifies.  It’s also the era of … Continue reading →

We are coming to the final two parts of the Audience Identification Figure series where we look at how the companion represents the audience.  It also attempts to look at what we can learn from those companions.  Unfortunately, we’re coming … Continue reading →

Since the 1996 movie and now with the return of Doctor Who in 2005, it seems the companion is actually making a much better audience identifier.  My original concern may be forever waylaid by the creative team behind Doctor Who … Continue reading →

In the era of New Who, we don’t get much in the line of a TARDIS team like we had in the old days.  Instead, the Doctor travels with one companion most of the time.  In the Ninth Doctor’s case, … Continue reading →

Before I continue to the new series of Doctor Who (2005-present) with my audience identification articles, I needed to write a companion piece.  My bone of contention with the idea that the companion is the person for whom the audience … Continue reading →

My family and I have been watching a comedy called Psych.  For the first few seasons, it opens with a scene from the main character’s childhood in 1987.  By the 4th season, it frequently opens with scenes from 1989 and … Continue reading →

So the BBC claims we, the audience, will identify with the companion in Doctor Who, to which I say “poppycock”.  While I wish I were able to travel with the Doctor, for me, it’s more about being the Doctor.  Impossible … Continue reading →

Last week we looked at the female companions in Doctor Who and the different roles they fulfil.  Let’s take a look now at the male of the species, much rarer than their female counterparts (about 10 or 12 compared to … Continue reading →

Depending on how you count them there have been about 25 female Doctor Who companions so far, plus a whole bunch of what you might term quasi-companions.  They are all individual and fabulous in their own ways and they have … Continue reading →