#Steven Vicki Barbara Ian and Susan

[sandymybeloved]

they remembered Sara Kingdom and Katarina, but not Leela??!! the disrespect

[headcanonsandmore]

Doctor Who companions summarised in ten words or less (classic edition)

Susan Foreman: Gallifreyan teenager abandoned on post-apocolyptic earth because love.

Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright: Married schoolteachers educate grumpy alien about morality.

Vicki Pallister: New granddaughter acquired!

Steven Taylor: Future Blue Peter presenter enjoys double act with adoptive sisters.

Katarina: She's lovely- oh, wait, now she's dead.

Sara Kingdom: She's cool- oh, wait, now she's dead.

Dodo Chaplet: Northerner loses accent due to BBC classism, more at ten.

Ben Jackson and Polly Wright: Opposites attract couple near-immediately overshadowed by new companion.

Jamie McCrimmon: Himbo highlander as gay as sixties television will allow.

Victoria Waterfield: Nineteenth century teenager has worst week of her life.

Zoe Heriot: Master martial artist knows one (1) throw.

Liz Shaw: Scientist is too competent for this nonsense.

Jo Grant: Cinnimon roll has no self-preservation instinct.

Sarah-Jane Smith: Feminist journalist surrounded by idiotic military men.

Harry Sullivan: Otherwise-sensible medical professional becomes world's biggest imbecile.

Leela of the Sevateem: Knife lady kicks ass, takes names.

K9: Robotic dog malfunctions for ninety minutes.

Romana: Sheltered Gallifreyan has surprisingly good fashion.

Adric: Math kid go boom!

Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa Of Traken: Hypercompetent space girlfriends have unintentional homoerotic subtext.

Vislor Turlough: Universes most incompetent assassin accidentally becomes friends with intended target.

Kamelion: BBC producer gets tricked into buying cursed prop.

Peri Brown: Dubiously-accented botanist struggles with sexism and BBC wardrobe department.

Mel Bush: Health nut weaponises volume of scream.

Ace McShane: Awesome butch bisexual pyromaniac hits things with baseball bat.

[whiloww]

[georgiacooked]

Last night I finally finished all the Classic Companions in my Doctor Who series. Decided to put them all together to see how they looked, and I rather like it! A future poster, maybe?

(Before anyone asks about Liz, she's on the as-yet-unfinished UNIT poster. I haven't forgotten her. Please, I've had so many people ask me about Liz)

[doctorwhogirlie]

The First Doctor's Companions

[idkaguyorsomething]

The first few seasons were wild. Couldn’t fit all the good stuff in here, but here’s some of the highlights. ¡Please reblog and explain your pick in the tags!

[cringecompanionapologist]

Saw One of These for Masters, Made One for Classic Companions

Good night to unearthly children, science and history teachers, plucky space orphans, crashed spaceship pilots, Dodos, sailors who just want to get back to work, dolly rocker duchesses, Jacobite pipers, Victorian maidens with anxiety, girl geniuses in sparkly outfits, scientists who are too good for this shit, cute blonde girls with hidden spy talents, determined journalists, imbeciles (affectionate), warrior women, gorgeous Time Ladies, boys who can make things out of numbers, space princesses whose planets got nuked, Australian flight attendants, exiled space princes pretending to be schoolboys, American(?) girls who never asked for this, 80s fitness enthusiasts, and girls who invent bombs for fun. 

[lifeaspect]

Feel free to reply with your reasoning!

[dw-tma]

The Magnus Archive wiki describes the Slaughter as

“The fear of pure, unpredictable, unmotivated violence. The fear of pain coming at sudden, random moments. Manifests as people driven "mad with Slaughter," soldiers, music that either induces Slaughter or warns that Slaughter is coming. Often manifests in imagery of war or murder, and can appear wild like a frenzied killer or calm and regimented like soldiers firing on the battlefield.”

[soulless-angel25]

Please reblog for a larger sample size <3 (next part will be up shortly)

[rachelbethhines]

Speed-running Doctor Who - 1st Doctor

A quick and dirty guide for those who want to get into the show, but don't want to watch everything from the beginning.

For Those Who Just Wanna Get An Idea of the Era

The Romans - S2E4

If you just want to get your toes wet and watch only one story from the era to get a feel for things, then The Romans is fairly continuity lite and offers a good look at what defines the First Doctor's era. Plus it's only four parts and all of the episodes exist.

Plot Important Episodes

Entrances, Exits, Enemies, Lore Drops, and Character Development (missing episodes will have a * next to it. You will have to find recons and animated versions to watch instead)

An Unearthly Child - S1E1 (Very First Episode, Introduces The First Doctor, Susan, the Tardis, Ian, and Barbara)

The Daleks - S1E2 (First appearance of the Doctor's arch enemies)

The Edge of Destruction - S1E3 (character development for the tardis team and first hints that the Tardis is alive)

The Aztecs - S1E6 (character development for Barbara and the rules of time travel are defined... which the Doctor continues to break form here on after. Also introduces the Doctor's first onscreen love interest)

The Sensorites - S1E7 (character development for Susan and lore drops regarding the Doctor's home planet and people)

The Dalek Invasion of Earth - S2E2 (Return of the Daleks and Susan's last episode)

The Rescue - S2E3 (introduces Vicki)

The Web Planet - S2E5 (the Animus is the Great Intelligence, Change My Mind!)

The Chase - S2E8 (Barbara and Ian leave, and we meet Steven)

The Time Meddler - S2E9 (We meet another of the Doctor's race for the first time, and he may or may not be The Master)

Mission to the Unknown - S3E2 * (first Doctor lite episode and a prologue to The Dalek Masterplan)

The Myth Makers - S3E3 * (Vicki leaves and Katarina comes aboard)

The Daleks' Master Plan - S3E4 * (Katarina's only full story. The Doctor also meets Bret Von and his sister Sara Kingdom. One of whom may or may not be a reincarnation of a future companion. The return of both the Daleks and the Meddler)

The Massacre - S3E5 * (Character Development for Steven and Dodo is introduced at the end)

The Ark - S3E6 (Dodo's first full story... plus it actually exists)

The Celestial Toymaker - S3E7 * (the first appearance of the Toymaker)

The Savages - S3E9 * (Steven leaves)

The War Machines - S3E10 (Dodo's last story, and we meet Ben and Polly. The first time the Doctor works with the military)

The Smugglers - S4E1 * (the conclusion of One's character arc)

The Tenth Planet - S4E2 * (the first appearance of the Cybermen and the First Doctor's last story)

Personal Favorite and Least Favorite Stories

Because one man's trash is another man's treasure and vice versa

Favorite: Marco Polo - S1E4*

Least Favorite: The Gunfighters - S3E8

(disclaimer: no spin-offs or extended universe stuff was considered when making this list)

Up next: The Second Doctor

[ermdoctorwho]

AI Gender Swapping Companions in Doctor Who from 1963 to 2023 Pt.1 : Classic Who

Susan Foreman (i really don't see it) :

Ian Curling-Chatter-Chubbing-Chesterton (personally I just see the surprise, that's all) :

Barbara Wright (uhh maybe the shape of the face ?)

Vicki (looks like a male greta thunberg)

Steven Taylor (omg looks like a 2014-fied version of River Pond)

Katarina (awww babyface)

Dodo Chaplet (looks like a youtuber in 2007)

Polly Wright (is that polly's grandchild ??)

Ben Jackson (spinoff Jodie Whittaker)

Jamie McCrimmon (it took me 7 tries bc ai thought he was a woman but i mean Jamie is literally a barbie girl)

Victoria Waterfield (gives off vibes of side character that 20 year old niche Tumblr girls are obsessed with in a 2012 BBC historical show)

Zoe Heriot (NPCs literally I prefer Queen Zoe)

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (NAH THAT'S JUST MY AUNT ELISAH 💀💀💀)

Liz Shaw (any londoner NPC)

Jo Grant (GAH THAT'S KING ARTHUR FROM BBC MERLIN)

Mike Yates (gives off vibes of a music teacher)

John Benton (basically female Mike Yates's sister)

Sarah-Jane Smith (any bass player from the 90s as a matured grown up in 2013)

Harry Sullivan (this woman could've been the mother who lost her son in a 2015 BBC original reality tv detective show)

Leela (nah this guy give so much gay jungle boy from the edwardian era which is sooo fitting with Leela)

obviously we can't do much gender swapping K-9

Romana I (bro is probably the underrated hero who died in a heroic death from a supernatural drama from 2018)

Romana II (any guy who would sit across you in a library, but without the round glasses)

Adric (she looks like the indigenous version of Dora)

Nyssa (I can finally clearly see how it's just the characer gender-swapped !!!)

Tegan Jovanka (an NPC tbh I prefer slay Queen Tegan)

Vislor Turlough (why does she seem healthier than male Turlough tho ??)

We can't really gender-swap Kamelion either

Peri Brown (I CAN SEE FEMALE PERI IN MALE PERI AM I DELULU)

Melanie Bush (male mel is wayyyy younger than female mel that's for sure)

Ace McShane (Bro looks like a side-character teacher in a teacher's life)

Grace Holloway (is bro in a viking netflix "documentary" ??)

IF THIS POST IS SUCCESSFUL, I'LL DO NEW WHO :)

[headcanonsandmore]

Doctor Who drinking game (First Doctor's era edition)

Take a drink every time...

The Doctor gets Ian's name wrong

Ian and Barbara look like they're going to kiss

Susan is written to be a young child despite being a teenager

The Doctor refers to someone as "my dear", "my child" or "my boy".

Barbara gets flirted with by a supporting character

Someone sprains their ankle

Ian and Barbara stand right next to each other for no reason

The Doctor huffs about something

Vicki is baffled by twentieth century culture

Steven and Vicki act like an older brother looking after his little sister

Barbara gets annoyed at Vicki assuming she was a primary school teacher

Steven accidentally calls the Doctor "Doc"

Ian and Barbara are unable to keep their hands off each other

Steven is baffled by Dodo

Dodo's accent randomly changes

Steven tries to stop Dodo causing chaos

Ian and Barbara flirt with each other

Katarina and Sara Kingdom's episodes are missing

At least one character is put under mind control

Ben Jackson looks adorably short next to Polly

Something goes wrong with the TARDIS

Ben calls Polly "duchess"

The Doctor says "hmm"

Ian and Barbara act like a married couple

[whiloww]

First and Fifth Doctor companions as “Things to Never Say to Someone Who Just Came Out” by the Onion

[v-thinks-on]

What's this!? The Doctor has changed into someone else?? I can only imagine what audiences thought was going on when the First Doctor regenerated, but for me this bittersweet end of an era means it's time for the long-awaited ranking of my favorite companions!

Vicki - A girl from the distant future with a sense of adventure to match the Doctor's

Barbara - A teacher from the present day (1963), never confrontational, but secretly the only competent one

Ian - He tries... he runs into danger and always has the worst hiding spots, but he means well and his relationship with Barbara is surprisingly sweet

Dodo - A girl from the present day (1965) with the best fashion sense and unfailing humor, shame she didn't get to do much

Susan - The Doctor's granddaughter, which is fascinating in itself, if only they'd explored it more, she absolutely deserves revenge for being abandoned on a post-Dalek Invasion Earth

Ben - A young sailor from the present day (1966), with a quick wit, and always ready for action, he's surprisingly fun if a bit obnoxious

Polly - She's fun and clever and so far hasn't been able to do more than get kidnapped and be afraid, sadly

Steven - An astronaut from the distant future who spent the past several years in captivity with only a stuffed panda for company, all of which was quickly forgotten in favor of being either aggressive or condescending or both

[doctorwhogirlie]