#fifth doctor companion

[doorstovenus]

THE SILLIES!!!

[lolipopsicles]

Everyone needs some Doctor and Companions photos in their life

[gallifreyanhotfive]

You all don't know how much I desire a classic Doctor (preferably 5-8 because they're my favorites but whatever) to just...go careening into the companion support group (post PotD). Like??? TARDIS crash landing right outside?

Tegan getting interrupted mid-story by the sound of the crash and finding Five and Turlough in their little Planet of Fire vacation outfits?

Mel getting interrupted by Six and Evelyn after they've had a harrowing adventure (hot cocoa is required).

Ace getting interrupted, and it's an older Seven, who has been traveling alone for so long, who knows that he is running out of time.

And of course, a few people occasionally bringing up a crush they might have had on the Doctor and then BAM, MEET THE EIGHTH DOCTOR.

[headcanonsandmore]

One thing I would love to see in the companion support group is Yaz bringing up Tegan's "we used to be you" line and assuming that Tegan and Ace also fancied their respective Doctors.

Several minutes later, Ace is still on the floor, laughing her head off and shrieking "that's my dad!".

Meanwhile, Tegan has the most appalled and horrified look on her face.

Mel has to gently explain to Yaz that Tegan's relationship to the Doctor was more like that of a daughter-in-law, before Tegan interjects to insist that her and Nyssa were just best friends no really will you all stop saying that-*.

(*no-one believes this, least of all Tegan).

[vizzyturlough]

[cringecompanionapologist]

I love how Tales of the TARDIS has the TARDIS basically be a fix fic author with the power to make those fics canon, like

SPOILERS

"I'm going to create the scene where 5 and at least one of his companions actually talk about Adric's death and grieve properly."

"I didn't like that the Doctor had that falling out with Ace I'ma make them talk it out."

"Peri's departure was confusing so I'll create some closure. I think the Doctor needs that."

And outside of just the Doctor, TARDIS loves the companions and is like "Vicki left kind of abruptly and I miss her and Steven" and "Fuck you Time Lords I'm giving Jamie and Zoe their memories back"

I don't know enough about the Sarah Jane Adventures to talk about that last one, but the TARDIS loves Jo too. And Sarah Jane. Enough to know about this gang of kids she fought monsters with.

[stainedglassthreads]

shipsinker.com has been inaccessible for the past couple months. For those unfamiliar, that's the site of the comic artist Rich Morris, who created The Ten Doctors. Perhaps the best and most complex Doctor Who fanfic in the fandom, which beautifully interweaves all the Doctors, most companions, and a good number of aliens from the show's start to 2007--I could even class it as one of the best fanworks in general. And that's not counting other works of Rich Morris' that I'm not very familiar with.

Fortunately, parts of his website can still be accessed on Web Archive, including the page where you can download all his Doctor Who comics. I encourage any fans of the show to do so, to help preserve them, since they're just a really incredible fanwork.

You want Rose Tyler making friends with a short ex-waitress from an ice planet whose hobby involves making explosives? You want Grace Holloway to briefly mistake Time Lady Romana for a regenerated Doctor and decide that she's still down for a relationship with a female Doctor(and for Romana to later patiently explain 'I'm not the Doctor, but you shouldn't be embarrassed about that kind of mistake, and I'd be interested in doing it again with full knowledge of who we both are if you are')? You want REALLY old characters from Classic Who like Omega, Susan, and even the Meddling Monk? You want wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey shenanigans up the wazoo, and the Doctor outsmarting entities in the most unlikely, glorious ways? I invite you to check it out.

[pogpogpurin]

The fifth doctor and his ragtag group of queer (and mostly orphaned) kids

[bobcatblahs]

The Doctor needs to keep a guide book

Hi! Welcome to the TARDIS!

I can change my face.

Anyway!!!

Here’s some old pics of me.

Just so you know!

[shiveringfrogspawn]

what an apt description

[rachelbethhines]

Speed-running Doctor Who - 5th 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

Four to Doomsday - S19E2

Showcases the main tardis team and their dynamics, features a more high concept plot, and is fairly continuity lite... all you need to know going in is that Tegan really, really wants to go home... but don't worry she won't let you forget that.

Plot Important Episodes

Entrances, Exits, Enemies, Lore Drops, and Character Development

Castrovalva - S19E1 (Fifth Doctor's first story)

Kinda - S19E3 (Meet the Mara)

Black Orchid - S19E5 (Last pure historical and the last time Five will ever be happy)

Earthshock - S19E6 (Bye, bye Adric)

Time-Flight - S19E7 (Adric's actual final appearance on the show and Tegan briefly leaves the Tardis)

Arc of Infinity - S20E1 (Tegan's back and so is Omega)

Snakedance - S20E2 (The Mara returns, and more character development for Tegan)

Mawdryn Undead - S20E3 (The Black Guardian returns and employs the Doctor's newest companion, Turlough, to murder him. Also The Brigadier is back)

Terminus - S20E4 (Nyssa leaves)

Enlightenment - S20E5 (The end of the Black Guardian trilogy and character development for Turlough)

The King's Demons - S20E6 (Hello Kamelion)

The Five Doctors - S20E7 (multi-doctor story, first appearance of Rassilon, and 20th anniversary story)

Frontios - S21E3 (more character development for Turlough)

Resurrection of the Daleks - S21E3 (Tegan's last episode)

Planet of Fire - S21E4 (both Turlough's and Kamelion's final story and Peri comes aboard the Tardis)

The Caves of Androzani - S21E5 (Fifth Doctor final story)

Personal Favorite and Least Favorite Stories

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

Favorite: The Visitation - S19E4

Least Favorite: Warriors of the Deep - S21E1

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

Up Next: The Sixth Doctor

[lifeaspect]

Feel free to reply with your reasoning!

[mylifeiscomics]

What in the Phantom of the Opera is going on here?!! Somebody help me!!! I can’t watch this arch alone!! 🫣

[gallifreyanhotfive]

I think that when Donna inevitably shows up to the Companion Support Group she'll mention the Toymaker pretty quickly. It'd make sense, right? Something pretty recent for her that would provide some context as to why she has a wet cat Doctor in her house.

Anyway, she gets as far as saying the word "Toymaker" and both Tegan AND Ace start cussing up a storm.

She doesn't even get to the part where she can talk about the Master that meeting, but once she does get there, oh-ho they spend the whole session on that too.

[castrovulcant]

Can you keep it down? He's sleeping

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[vizzyturlough]

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