#ben marwood

[companion-showdown]

Showdown 2k24 Nominations!

alright, redoing this post now that I can give a concrete start date of Monday the 15th of January!

Nominations for the tournament are open up until the start date, and you can submit anyone who could reasonable be considered a companion, either by sending me an ask or by filling out

this form.

If you make your nomination via the form you can also submit some propaganda to go alongside the poll. Anyone who was considered a regular at any point in the last year will automatically be included, as well as anyone who was in the original tournament (+/- a couple I might miss or misremember as being a regular because I don't have old lists anywhere). The exception to this is last years winner, Rose Tyler, she will not be getting a place in the main tournament, however after the final I will run a poll to see if our new winner can beat her. (oh and also maybe I'll leave the TARDIS out but not fully decided yet)

The tournament is going to be run in the same way I did @adventure-showdown, meaning I'll keep companions from different periods of the show and different mediums segregated at first so the nicher ones don't immediately get knocked out, and slowly get mingled together. The exact details are going to depend on just how may characters get included.

Errm yeah, so go wild, nominate whoever you like (as long as they are a companion). If they are from teh TV show they have to be on this list to qualify, and for EU companions I'm going with them needing a TARDIS wiki page, and also I will give them a quick proof read to make sure they pass, the bar is low but it is there

if you want to submit an alternate version of the character sorry but main version only unless you can give a really good reason, eg regenerations of a time lord

also, if they are primarily from another franchise that'll be a no

The full list of contestents is under the cut and will be updated as nominations come in. Its sorted by medium and then to be alphabetical by first name. if an eu companion exists in multiple mediums i just sort of picked one or I put them under the other category, people who exist in real life are also sorted into their own category. There are some characters under Classic Who/NuWho who were not companions on TV but were in the EU. Companions who's names are in green have had propaganda submitted for them, if they're not in green then they don't, and just because someone has propaganda doesn't mean i wont accept more

Classic Who

Ace McShane

Adric

Barbara Wright

Ben Jackson

The Brigadier

Chang Lee

Dodo Chaplet

Grace Holloway

Harry Sullivan

Ian Chesterton

Jamie McCrimmon

Jo Grant

K9

Kamelion

Katarina

Leela

Liz Shaw

Mags

Mel Bush

Mike Yates

Nyssa

Peri Brown

Polly Wright

Romana I

Romana II

Sabalom Glitz

Sara Kingdom

Sarah-Jane Smith

Sergeant Benton

Steven Taylor

Susan Foreman

Tegan Jovanka

Turlough

Vicki Pallister

Victoria Waterfield

Zoe Heriot

NuWho

Adam Mitchell

Amy Pond

Bill Potts

Canton Everett Delaware III

Clara Oswald

Dan Lewis

Donna Noble

Graham O'Brien

Grant Gordon aka the Ghost

Handles

Inston-Vee Vindor

Jack Harkness

Karvanista

Kate Stewart

Martha Jones

Mickey Smith

Missy

Nardole

River Song

Rory Williams

Rose Noble

Ruby Sunday

Ryan Sinclair

Wilfred Mott

Yasmin Khan

Audio

Alex Campbell

Anya Kingdom

Bliss

C'rizz

Cass Fermazzi

Charley Pollard

Cousin Eliza: Christine Summerfield: Horus

Dalek Test Subject 2

Erimem

Evelyn Smythe

Helen Sinclair

Hex Schofield

Iris Wildthyme

Liv Chenka

Lucie Miller

Mark Seven

Molly O'Sullivan

Narvin

Oliver Harper

Sheena (The Starship of Theseus)

Tania Bell

Novels

Anji Kapoor

Anna (Good Companions)

Badger

Barusa

Bernice Summerfield

Business woman (Time on a Vine)

Catherine “Cat” Broome

Chris Cwej - have propaganda but in conjunction with another contestant

Cinder

Claudia Marwood

Compassion

Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)

Fitz Kreiner

Guinevere Winchester

Hector (All Flesh is Grass)

Homunculette

Ikalla

Irving Braxiatel

Jack McSpringheel

Larna

Marie (Alien Bodies)

Milena

Patience

Penelope Gate

Peter Summerfield

Rosie Taylor

Roz Forrester - have propaganda but in conjunction with another contestant

Ruth Leonidas

Sam Jones

Serena

Sibling Different aka Mae

The Mortimer Family (Ida, Alan, Helen, George)

Trix MacMillan

V.M.McCrimmion

Wolsey the Cat

Zeleekhà

Comics

Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer

Angus ‘Gus’ Goodman

ARC

Chantir

Child Master (The Then and the Now)

Cindy Wu

Dave Lester

Destrii

Duh

Flanx

Fey Truscott-Sade

Frobisher

Gabby Gonzalez

Gillian & John Who

Grayla

Hattie Munroe

Izzy Sinclair

Jayne Kadett

John Jones

Josie Day

Kroton

Ly Chee the Wise

Majenta Pryce

Maxwell Edison

Olla

Rose-the-cat

Shayde

Ssard

The Squire

Weeping Angel (Origins)

Real Life

Alan Turing

Claudia Winkleman

John Lennon

Jules Verne

Mary Shelley

Peter Cushing

Other

Alison Cheney

Andy Davidson

Antimony (Death Comes to Time)

Brian the Ood

Dormouse (The Red and the Blue)

Emma (curse of fatal death)

Koschie

Romana (Battle for the Universe)

Splinx

Susan Who

Tom Campbell

[firstpersonnarrator]

More positive reviews come rolling in: The Arts Desk (X)

Withnail and I, Birmingham Rep review - Bruce Robinson’s 1987 film makes for a theatrical hit

“Robert Sheehan’s portrayal of Withnail was an absolute scream – and certainly no shallow imitation of Richard E Grant’s performance.”

Rehearsal image: @therepbirmingham IG

“All-in-all, this production of Withnail and I was a triumph and the standing ovation that the cast received was certainly well deserved. Indeed, the show proved to be far from the mistake that it could have been but a real celebration of British theatre in front of a packed audience.”

Full review (X)

Let’s put our cards firmly on the table here. I am a big fan of Bruce Robinson’s cinematic masterpiece about two out-of-work actors who live in Camden Town in 1969 and escape to the countryside for some rejuvenation, and must have seen it multiple times since it was released onto the big screen 37 years or so ago. Clearly, I’m not the only one, for Withnail and I has since achieved serious cult status – to the extent that it’s something of a surprise that it’s never been the focus of a dodgy Hollywood make-over or even been turned into a rock opera by the likes of Ben Elton.

Therefore, it was with some trepidation that I approached the initial run of a live theatre version of this classic comedy at Birmingham’s Rep. However, the fact that it had been adapted for the stage by Robinson himself and was to be directed by the great Sean Foley did offer significant hope. That said, there were still two major aspects about the production that gave a degree of concern: who was going to be cast as the self-absorbed and over-confident, yet cowardly Withnail and how was the predatory Uncle Monty and his unwanted sexual fixation on Adonis Siddique’s Marwood going to be portrayed? After all, mainstream attitudes towards the LGBT+ community have shifted considerably since the film first appeared in the late 1980s, when the Thatcher Government was still doing its damnedest to demonise gay men and lesbians with their Section 28 legislation.

I need not have worried. As Robert Sheehan’s portrayal of Withnail was an absolute scream – and certainly no shallow imitation of Richard E Grant’s performance that launched his film career and created an enduring source of comedy banter, if not a minor character-focused cult. Malcolm Sinclair’s Uncle Monty was similarly a fresh creation and considerably less flamboyant than Richard Griffith’s cinematic portrayal of the part. If anything, Sheehan was significantly more camp than Sinclair in this version.

Of course, the eminently quotable lines from the film’s script were all in order, with many fan boys and girls in the audience mouthing them as they were spoken by the actors. The infamous “We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them here and we want them now!” even got its own cheer from a good proportion of those in the house.

While the original film has quite a small cast and all the characters, including Danny the Dealer and the imposing Presuming Ed, were represented without having to amalgamate any roles, reproducing various scenes – such as strolling or staggering over the bleak Northern countryside to and from the Crow pub – just wasn’t possible on the Rep’s stage. However, Alice Power’s excellent set – which often consisted of translucent screens and projections – more than made up for the limitations posed by an indoor theatre. Similarly, punctuating the show with a live band covering “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Sunshine of your Love” and other tunes of the time, resplendent in hippy garb and fronted by the energetic Sooz Kempner, was a genius move.

All-in-all, this production of Withnail and I was a triumph and the standing ovation that the cast received was certainly well deserved. Indeed, the show proved to be far from the mistake that it could have been but a real celebration of British theatre in front of a packed audience.

[coffeebythelitre]

It's been a while since it happend, but when watching the amazing 3rd episode of Miss Scarlet, I had to pause it to listen to a cetain song I hadn't listend to in ages, simply because the lyrics fit so well.

"Five little secrets" by Ben Marwood

The lyrics in question:

"She thinks I'm drunk but I'm not There are just so many reasons we can't get caught And the sound of the shot is the sound of her heartstrings pulling taut Oh, it's scandalous, these tales of woe These are the memories and this is how they go I don't think we're in control But it's okay 'cause no-one's going to listen to a word that you say They read your body language and think everything's okay Now the penny's dropped, the past is slain The rhythm of your pulse triggers action in your brain So even as I talk to you these memories will fade Spirited away in a slick, darn raid But I never met a man who regrets the way he felt When your eyes first met, and your heart began to melt If only your eyes replaced the fear And not the memory of the past few years"

[sabrinaandlilith]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

“Ms. Marwood is a real witch,” Ben Button, who worked at the cash registers, said.

“She’s just focused on the good of the store,” Mrs. Meeks from women’s wear said.

“She yelled at me for getting the front floors wet,” said Theo Putnam, “And it was snowing outside! What else was I supposed to do?”

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, stepping into the chaotic expanse of the store, an idea hit Sabrina like a bolt of lightning.

She was going to bring Christmas cheer to Lilith and totally de-Grinch-ify her holiday season.

read here on ao3!

[san--jose--sharpedos]

Ben Marwood's Outside There's a Curse is one of the best albums of the 21st century

[carlsonyoungs-a]

something about this scene is so hot

[woahjimmy]

and i gave the girl my body, but it still was not enough because time is an investment and you can’t compete with love. so we’ll live with these decisions, but it’s this i will impart, you can hold on once but twice will break your heart…

[rdpnda17]

the things that we see are not nearly as vital as things we don't

[thepitglasgow]

BEN MARWOOD SHARES LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘THE DEVIL MAKES WORK FOR JAZZ HANDS’

In anticipation of his upcoming UK tour with NON CANON and HELEN CHAMBERS, singer-songwriter BEN MARWOOD has shared a lyric video for slyly named single The Devil Makes Work For Jazz Hands. 

The track can be found on upcoming album Get Found, his first following a hiatus from the scene due to health complications. It’s due for release this Friday 7th April through Xtra Mile Recordings.

TOUR DATES

06.04 Brighton, UK @ Brunswick 07.04 London, UK @ Camden Monarch 08.04 Portsmouth, UK @ Southsea Sound 10.04 Bristol, UK @ Crofters Rights 11.04 Nottingham, UK @ Bodega 12.04 York, UK @ Fulford Arms 14.04 Edinburgh, UK @ Opium* 15.04 Glasgow, UK @ Hug and Pint* 16.04 Manchester, UK @ Gullivers

[notajoinerofthings]

Hi :)

thank youuu <3

waking up too early in the city feeling disconnected

i'm not from around here so i think with my mouth

yeah, i'd rather be a lover than a fighter

if it makes you less sad, i will die by your hand

he said bury me in the pantheon

songs: little changes by frank turner • surrender by the smith street band • silence by brian fallon • the boy who blocked his own shot by brand new • bury me in the pantheon by ben marwood

Send me a ‘hi’ and I will put my playlist on shuffle, write down the first line of five songs and give it to you as a poem.

[chaseyou-dream-ina-dream]

I was tagged by the wonderful @applejuiceinthehall (srs, if you’re not following her why tf not she’s cool)

Rules - Raiding your Spotify playlist, put your entire library on shuffle and post the first ten songs, then tag 10 people

As you all know and hate, I’m chatty so I’ll probably put like my fave line or comment about it too so #sozboutthelongpost

1. Blue In The Dark - Bearings.

✨Take my heart and make it feel, take my soul and make it real. I was bright yeah, I was pale and blue, starry eyed by every thought of you✨ 🥺

2. Tell Avril Lavigne I Never Wanted To Be Her Stupid Boyfriend Anyway - Ben Marwood.

Oooft, from back when I was getting into UK indie/folk, I first heard this in 2013, haven’t listened to it in ages and still remember every word

3. Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance.

A hold out from my emo days, I was never massively into them, but “I am not afraid to walk this world alone” always gets me, cmon.

4. Vacation Town - The Front Bottoms.

“I can only express my love when I’m fucked up or far, far away. Physically another continent, emotionally another headspace, mentally I’m not even here.”

5. I Am Disappeared - Frank Turner (live).

This is the song that solidified my love for Frank Turner and 8 years on it still hits as hard as the first time. “And on the worst days, when it feels like life weighs 10,000 tons... I could get up, shower and in half an hour I’d be gone... And come morning, I am disappeared.”

6. Green Light - Lorde.

The piano buildup in the prechorus, do I even need to say anything else??? A banger and one of the only songs that can make me dance sober

7. Back With You - SUGR?.

Honestly I’ve been on such a SUGR? kick lately, he’s just so good. Check him out honestly just pls. “I know you take me for a goddamned fool, you think I’m foolish now just wait til I’m back with you.”

8. I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don’t Wanna Die Anymore - Waterparks.

Just a quick lil two minute bop, that is honestly the best thing to listen to when you’re sad about a breakup.

9. A Soulmate Who Wasn’t Meant To Be - Jess Benko.

Lmaoooo this one is just straight up heartbreaking. “Stranger, that’s all I see when I look into your eyes. A soulmate who wasn’t meant to be. Stranger, who knows all my secrets, can pull me apart and break my heart.”

10. Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis.

Honestly, just a really chill bop.

So, sorry about that! But yeah, check out SUGR? bc Steve Suptic is so fucking good and deserves all the love oh my god

Now, enjoy @heavy-hearts-and-open-minds, @abbysdogcollar, @fluxuater, @thelastluke, @screamingbloodymurder, @gospelofwitches, @yourviolentlackofvirtue, @even-the-reaper-cries

[companion-showdown]

Let Companion Showdown 2k24 commence!

it is time to choose a new favourite companion, and whittle 166 contestants down to just one. There will be 16 polls posted every day except Friday, until there are too few contestants to achieve that (and slightly more in the group stage)

the submission form for contestant propaganda is still open, you can find it here

so without further ado, how far will your favourite make it?

Group Stage!

Day 2

Group 1

Sarah-Jane Smith

Harry Sullivan

Leela

K9

Group 2

Romana I

Romana II

Adric

Nyssa

Tegan Jovanka

Group 3

Kamelion

Turlough

Peri Brown

Mel Bush

Group 4

Sabalom Glitz

Ace McShane

Mags

Chang Lee

Grace Holloway

Group 5

Missy

Bill Potts

Nardole

Grant Gordon aka the Ghost

Group 6

Yasmin Khan

Graham O'Brien

Ryan Sinclair

Dan Lewis

Group 7

Karvanista

Inston-Vee Vindor

Rose Noble

Ruby Sunday

Group 8

Erimem

Hex Schofield

Alex Campbell

Molly O'Sullivan

Group 9

Iris Wildthyme

Evelyn Smythe

Charley Pollard

Narvin

Group 10

C'rizz

Helen Sinclair

Liv Chenka

Lucie Miller

Cousin Eliza

Group 11

Compassion

Homunculette

Trix MacMillan

Marie (Alien Bodies)

Rosie Taylor

Group 12

Jack McSpringheel

Peter Summerfield

Ruth Leonidas

Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)

Sibling Different aka Mae

Group 13

Hector (All Flesh is Grass)

Ikalla

Cinder

Anna (Good Companions)

Barusa

Group 14

Guinevere Winchester

Larna

Patience

Penelope Gate

V.M.McCrimmion

Group 15

Cindy Wu

Falanx

Gabby Gonzales

Grayla

Group 16

Jayne Kadett

Majenta Pryce

Rose-the-cat

Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer

ARC

Group 17

Child Master (The Then and the Now)

John Jones

Hattie Munroe

Weeping Angel (Origins)

The Squire

Group 18

Andy Davidson

Antimony (Death Comes to Time)

Brian the Ood

Dormouse (The Red and the Blue)

Group 19

Koschie

Romana (Battle for the Universe)

Splinx

day 1 under the cut

Day 1

Group 1

Susan Foreman

Barbara Wright

Ian Chesterton

Katarina

Group 2

Vicki Pallister

Steven Taylor

Dodo Chaplet

Sara Kingdom

Group 3

Ben Jackson

Polly Wright

Jamie McCrimmon

Zoe Heriot

Victoria Waterfield

Group 4

The Brigadier

Sergeant Benton

Liz Shaw

Jo Grant

Mike Yates

Group 5

Donna Noble

Jack Harkness

Adam Mitchell

Martha Jones

TARDIS

Group 6

Mickey Smith

Wilfred Mott

River Song

Amy Pond

Rory Williams

Group 7

Canton Everett Delaware III

Clara Oswald

Kate Stewart

Handles

Group 8

Oliver Harper

Cass Fermazzi

Dalek test subject 2

Bliss

Group 9

Sheena (The Starship of Theseus)

Tania Bell

Anya Kingdom

Mark Seven

Group 10

The Mortimer Family (Ida, Alan, Helen, George)

Serena

Milena

Business woman (Time on a Vine)

Group 11

Badger

Cat Broome

Chris Cwej

Roz Forrester

Group 12

Wolsey the Cat

Zeleekhà

Anji Kapoor

Claudia Marwood

Group 13

Bernice Summerfield

Fitz Kreiner

Sam Jones

Irving Braxiatel

Group 14

Gillian & John Who

Frobisher

Izzy Sinclair

Josie Day

Group 15

Duh

Dave Lester

Angus ‘Gus’ Goodman

Maxwell Edison

Group 16

Ly Chee the Wise

Olla

Chantir

Destrii

Group 17

Fey Truscott-Sade

Kroton

Ssard

Shayde

Group 18

Alison Cheney

Emma (Curse of Fatal Death)

Susan Who

Tom Campbell

Group 19

Alan Turing

Claudia Winkleman

Jules Verne

Mary Shelley

Peter Cushing

John Lennon

links to previous tournaments

[healthier-happier-mee]

But it isn't the size of the man in the fight it's the size of the fight in the man.

Ben Marwood - Demons

[stencilmag]

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[san--jose--sharpedos]

Singalong by Ben Marwood is just pure dopamine injected directly into the brain

[goddamnitmoriarty]

post gig blues are disgusting. somebody shoot me in the face.