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I love Clara, I think she's the best companion ever, but really exclusively based on her characterisation in the Capaldi era. Her bond with the Doctor is deep and meaningful in a way that isn't the typical "he's an emotionally distant brain genius, she's a sweet, empathic woman who loves him and thereby humanises him". See: Rose, Martha, Amy Pond, Clara in her first season with Eleven. Not to say Amy and Martha and Rose are bad characters - they aren't (or when they are that's not the problem with them) - but they fit into a very specific, and very cliched, mould. They're sweet girls who imbue the smart, dangerous man with a connection to his gentler side. Capaldi-era Clara isn't like that. Both she and Twelve are smart, ambitious over-achievers. They joust with each other, and Clara develops as an adventurer until she's the Doctor's peer and equal. So many previous companions have as their exit point an acknowledgement that, essentially, they can't keep up with the Doctor, that his life is too dangerous and intense and difficult for their limited human intellects, and so they've got to step back from it (or it catches them out and they wind up with some sort of tragic-ish ending, like Amy or Donna). Clara winds up with her own TARDIS and her own companion and her own adventures, and it's the perfect ending for her. She develops into someone who's symbolically equivalent to the Doctor, rather than spending a few years as his emotional foil before getting zapped by a Zygon mind beam or whatever.
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Feb 27, 2020 07:45
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Cant be the best while Donna Noble exists.
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Feb 27, 2020 08:19
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Rhyno posted:Cant be the best while Donna Noble exists.  I mean, throw Jamie into any combination modern or classic show and the show immediately gets greater, but as a solo companion Donna was the absolute best of the modern era, and right up there with Sarah Jane from the classic series.
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Feb 27, 2020 12:29
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Donna being so... Donna was one of the best parts of s4, and that series was pretty drat great.
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Donna being able to rein in the Doctor was a lot of funJerusalem posted:Anthony Ainley shows up. *fancy black car with silver trim rolls up and the window rolls down* Delgado: Get in losers, we're bringing back the Classic era
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Vinylshadow posted:Donna being able to rein in the Doctor was a lot of fun Peter Pratt *muffled screams from trunk*
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Feb 27, 2020 18:53
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https://twitter.com/juanmao1997/status/1232715989344612352 Poor 9 being completely out of the loop
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Feb 27, 2020 20:39
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Oh my God that is adorable. Also I love that at first I thought Capaldi was Pertwee (I'm sure he'd be happy too  )
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Feb 27, 2020 22:34
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https://twitter.com/juanmao1997/status/1223639743860097025 McCoy and Jodie are tied at 5'6" as being the shortest actors to play the Doctor
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Feb 27, 2020 23:50
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Vinylshadow posted:https://twitter.com/juanmao1997/status/1223639743860097025 quote:this really gorgeous fan art but i just can't stop thinking of how much i disliked the way 13 was treated in episode 5. Ruth constantly belittled and insulted 13 and i just don't like how they treated the main character like a side character. It really is super hosed up to have two Doctors where one keeps mocking and insulting the other one  
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Feb 28, 2020 01:02
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Moffat loves his cock jokes.
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Feb 28, 2020 01:11
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Ah, so these are my replacements. A dandy and a clown!
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Feb 28, 2020 01:17
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I eagerly anticipate the explanation of the other Doctor
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Edward Mass posted:I eagerly anticipate the explanation of the other Doctor I either want it next episode, or I want it never. Give me a mystery that is literally never answered, I want to see what happens.
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Feb 28, 2020 03:24
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Cleretic posted:I either want it next episode, or I want it never. Well, they never answered how the Doctor got out of a jam in Timelash!
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Feb 28, 2020 04:18
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Cleretic posted:I either want it next episode, or I want it never. Honestly a whole bunch of inexplicable poo poo should be going on all the time due to time travel wonkiness and paradoxes and changing timelines. Another, unexplained Doctor? Sure! A single scene where there are two Grahams? Will probably never be acknowledged! The universe collapsing onto itself into infinity? Hell, that’s the opening titles!
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Feb 28, 2020 04:30
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Well, there’s definitely a Christmas/new year special this year, going by what was leaked filming (unless the finale goes somewhere very interesting).
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Feb 28, 2020 04:59
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I would like to see a Hannukah special.
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Rhyno posted:I would like to see a Hannukah special. Eight mini-episodes!
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Feb 28, 2020 05:07
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Edward Mass posted:Eight mini-episodes! Mini Eight episodes!
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Feb 28, 2020 05:22
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I only just caught up to the aired episodes and have been mostly enjoying them a lot, but then catching up to this thread has been a far wilder ride because I have apparently forgotten a HUGE amount of the last few series (or, among other things, did I never actually watch Hell Bent?)
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HD DAD posted:Mini Eight episodes! So it's agreed, the lengthy time between modern seasons can be filled by The 8th Doctor Adventures. It's legally binding, BBC!
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HD DAD posted:Mini Eight episodes! That’s where the RuthDoc came from. There’s actually 2 8th Doctors. The regular height 8th we know, and Mini Eight.
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Feb 28, 2020 07:31
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Actually, there's a third one between the two. Middle Eight.
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Dabir posted:Actually, there's a third one between the two. Middle Eight. Booo hisss
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He's been missing for a fair while, so it's understandable that you'd forget about him https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1233695916974014466
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Edward Mass posted:Well, they never answered how the Doctor got out of a jam in Timelash! 
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Feb 29, 2020 19:50
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He just hung around until he got bored and wandered off to the next serial?
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Is the audio content in this bundle any good? https://www.humblebundle.com/doctor...ics_book_bundle
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That’s worth it for all those comics alone.
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For the ones I've heard, Destination Nerva is an interesting concept that doesn't really live up to its potential (it also has rough similarities to Empress of Mars from the 12th Doctor's final season), The Renaissance Man would have been a better launching point for The Fourth Doctor Adventures. UNIT: Extinction is solid if unspectacular and spends a fair bit of time trying to introduce all the new characters to go along with those that have already been seen on television. The 10th Doctor Adventure stories with Tennant and Tate are like sinking into a warm bath, it's very familiar and soothing to listen to the 10/Donna combo again. I've heard very good things about Dalek Empire but never listened to them myself. Same deal with those earlier UNIT stories, I'm surprised they didn't put up UNIT: Dominion which is excellent.
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The irony. Also, best wishes her way. https://twitter.com/caroleannford1/status/1228005916454400000
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Mar 1, 2020 13:50
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Dalek Empire is OK. Nothing too exciting, really, but it's fine.
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Having got that bundle, it's worth it for the 11th Doctor comics alone. drat were those some good 11 stories.
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Welp here we go, the last Doctor Who for awhile  The_Doctor posted:The irony. Also, best wishes her way. Oh my God I shouldn't find this as funny as I do 
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I do love Sacha Dhawans Master.
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Mar 1, 2020 19:56
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Deadly Assassin ref!
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Mar 1, 2020 20:01
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Oh god, they’re gonna kill Yaz.
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"You're the best human being I've ever met." "You're not so bad."
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