#also i hope the phrasing of support / help doesn’t bias anything or make the companion sound weak

[khrysos-karnifex]

There’s been a lot of different companion roles in doctor who so i’m curious

Doctors 9, 10, 11, and 12 all had companions who undertook massive roles, most of which directly influenced the fate of the world. Almost all of them became inhuman in one way or another. Rose became the Bad Wolf to save the doctor and leave warnings, Jack became immortal and hung around to take part in key world events + torchwood, Martha walked the earth to spread the doctor’s name, Donna saved the world during the Dalek Empire rise, Amy and Rory had the pandorica business and also created River who then went on to do as River Song does, Bill had the cyberman thing, and to even touch on Clara would eat up my word count for the foreseeable future (which i would gladly do cause i love her by restrictions are restrictions).

13 companions on the other hand are very grounded where the three of them are human and stay human and influence the doctor but not really the world. That’s not a bad thing obviously, since being there for the doctor is a pretty big role, just different to the scale of the previous companions. they also have much nicer leaving notes than companions from classic and new who alike.

I’m personally torn because i adore the drama of seeing an average person become something so much more, undergoing a transformation that shocks and awes even THE DOCTOR, of all beings. but it’s also nice to have a human who is and stays entirely human. important in the way that all humans are but nothing that causes them to single-handedly hold the universe in their timeline.