{"id":41175,"date":"2014-02-24T05:41:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/a-new-companion-for-the-doctor.html"},"modified":"2014-02-24T05:41:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:41:22","slug":"a-new-companion-for-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/a-new-companion-for-the-doctor.html","title":{"rendered":"A new Companion for the Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"
An additional<\/i> Companion, at least, intended to be (at least on the surface) another teacher at Coal Hill School who gets swept up into the Doctor Who<\/i> adventures.<\/p>\n

I think this is a fine idea for a variety of reasons. It intentionally harkens back to the original teacher Companions of the First Doctor. More importantly, it gives Clara something to do or someone to relate to other than the Doctor, appropriate given her\u00a0shift from Eleven to Twelve. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I hope that "relation" isn't necessarily a romantic one, though. And I hope that it doesn't mean excessive attention paid to the Companions, vs. the guy the show is named after. While the Companions are there to ground the Doctor and create relatable characters for the viewer, I, at least, am there to watch the Doctor, not his sidekicks.<\/p>\n

It would be amusing, briefly, if the inevitable twist were that Danny crushed on the Doctor, instead of Clara.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Clara, is it established that her mucking about with the Doctor's timeline was focused only backward, not forward?<\/p>\n

#doctorwho<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Doctor Who TARDIS Crew<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet Danny Pink, the new companion for Series 8<\/b><\/p>\n

\/\/ bbc.co.uk\/blogs\/doctorwho\/articles\/Rising-Star-Joins-Doctor-Who-for-Peter-Capaldis-First-Series<\/a><\/p>\n

~DSD #DoctorWho<\/a> #DWSeries8<\/a> #PeterCapaldi<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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