The Best-Worst Companions Of Doctor Who (2005-2013)

by cheeseman32 | created - 16 Jun 2013 | updated - 17 Jun 2013 | Public

My opinions on all the doctor who companions since i started watching the show as a kid in 2005. would have of course added classic companions that old fans love but i haven't seen any of them in action so cant judge. Sorry.

1. John Barrowman

Actor | Torchwood

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He returned to the UK, for a 6 month Shakespeare semester with the United States International University of San Diego, but left to star in the musical production of "Anything Goes," with Elaine Paige. He went on to star in "Miss Saigon," "...

such a cool hero, the type every man wants to be, loyal, accepting and makes every sexuality look cool in his amazing WW2 coat! Not to mention the fact that he worked amazingly with any other companion he was put in a scene with. Torchwood was amazing, or it was. RTD should never have killed owen off :P. In addition, naming series was the worst idea ever. as head writer, RTD should have just stuck to making 13 episodes series called 3, 4 and 5

2. Freema Agyeman

Actress | Doctor Who

Freema Agyeman is a British actress who is known for playing Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007-2010), Alesha Phillips in crime procedural drama Law & Order: UK (2009-2011), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015-2018), and Dr. Helen Sharpe in ...

i get that a lot of people didn't like martha but to be honest, rose did cast a big shadow and i think that the way type of acting freema put in to her character really gave the audience an exciting new character to explore, she was obviously complimented with david tennant, RTD and murray gold

3. Catherine Tate

Actress | The Catherine Tate Show

Catherine Tate is an English actress and comedian, primarily known for the role of Donna Noble in the "Doctor Who" franchise.

Tate was born as "Catherine Ford" during 1969, in Bloomsbury. Bloomsbury is a district of the London Borough of Camden, known as the home of several of London's museums, ...

more of a best mate to the doctor, she bought about a fresh new take on what it is for a human to travel through the time vortex. her quirks and sarcasm made us laugh but she was always very fast to make us cry in her finale moments (journeys end) overall a fantastic performance. all i will say is that some of series 4's episodes (Ep's 6,8,9 and 10) did not serve her well

4. Billie Piper

Actress | Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first single, "Because We ...

Rose gave really good performances in scenes where she had to portray the human element of traveling with the doctor. her character got given a lot of depth, some are critical of this but i think it gave a lot of diverse companions looking back. rose complimented both Christopher and David in their roles and im sure we all shredded a tear for rose in her finale moments of doomsday, at least her story ended well

5. Karen Gillan

Actress | Selfie

Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...

it was difficult for me to give 5th place to Amy as i was not fond of the show when Moffat took over. Matt and Karen continued to pilot the show as best they could in the new phase of DW. Their was an amazing amount of weight on both Karen and Matt's shoulders to act as rebounds from David and his groupies, considering both this and their half as good story lines, she was a brilliant companion, little bit cocky but i think that again can be traced to Moffat?

6. Elisabeth Sladen

Actress | Doctor Who

Elisabeth Sladen was born in Liverpool, England. She attended drama school for two years before joining the local repertory theatre in her home town of Liverpool. She met actor Brian Miller during her first production there and they were later married after meeting again in Manchester, three years ...

when i found out that Liz had been a companion back in the 70's i was amazed at how young she looked in school reunion. I obviously can't comment on her classical episodes, on the other hand her role in new who bought a deeper conscious to the doctor, speaking as a new fan , i enjoyed her attitude, composure and depth to the part, she was a treat for both old fans and new, loved by millions, remembered by millions more. RIP

7. Noel Clarke

Actor | Brotherhood

Noel Clarke was born in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Brotherhood (2016), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Mute (2018). He is married to Iris Da-Silva. They have two children.

Mickey is rather low on my list. I have done this because when i compare him with the other companions i think, well mickey acted with bad writing to his part in the story "rose", lets face it, no man like him would run behind a bin. even if you have just walked in the tardis....grow up RTD? my opinion of mickey was inconsistently negative from the story rose-the girl in the fire place. Mickey came to prime in the cybermen episodes, he emerged as the cool rebel we all knew he was, when he says "you stay were you are mr" to davros in journeys end, i thought *beep* YES! shame RTD never uttelised noel for torchwood, would have been epic right?

8. Arthur Darvill

Actor | Doctor Who

Thomas Arthur Darvill, known professionally as Arthur Darvill, is an English actor and musician. He is perhaps most recognized as Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor's companions in Doctor Who (2005), and as Rev. Paul Coates in Broadchurch (2013). In 2013-2014 he appeared in the lead role in ...

i wont spend to long going in to rory, im sure he has his fans for many reasons, the first being that he adds some gender diversity to the companionship of DW, the second possibly being he can switch from a nervous "human" over to a nervous "human" who punches the doctor in the face. Notice my lack of love for rory. i found his stutters and naive persona annoying, worse than Mickeys.

9. Camille Coduri

Actress | 4.3.2.1.

Camille Coduri was born on April 18, 1965 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for 4.3.2.1. (2010), A Prayer for the Dying (1987) and King Ralph (1991). She has been married to Christopher Fulford since April 1992. They have two children.

OK, not really a companion but the best of the parents?! very loyal to the doctor once she had excepted her place in her daughters life. She was given interesting stories such as army of ghosts and monsters and love. When i saw her shooting a dalek in journeys end i actually got goose bumps, as if those 2 episodes couldn't have got any better!! Great character development from RTD.

10. Jenna Coleman

Actress | Victoria

Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in 'Doctor Who' and for playing the title role in ITV's Emmy-nominated series 'Victoria'. She was most recently seen in a lead role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the dark crime drama 'The Serpent' for BBC and Netflix opposite ...

to young fans, yes she is amazing, on the other hand steven moffat so far has only used clara to please young fans, she skips arounds new planets with her little sachet as if she is a school girl, that annoying personality transpires in a lot of what she does and how she acts, i think as an actress she is brilliant and if RTD was still head writer of doctor who she could be in my top 5 however thanks to moffat, she drops to the bottom, rubbish character creation...

11. Bernard Cribbins

Actor | Frenzy

An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in several of the "Carry On" series, and also ...

from the 2007 Christmas special - the end of time, Wilfred Mott was a brilliant character, bought about some lovely age diversity and all children wanted him as a grandpa, he is obviously one of the most experienced and best actors going, collide this with the brilliant character RTD wrote for him, it's no wonder Cribbins was one of my favorites. So why have i put him at the bottom i hear you ask? because he killed the best doctor ever! :( Bernard get out



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