My picks for the next companion
I don’t want Amy or Rory to leave, but eventually they will, so…here’s my picks for the person who comes after them. Because the production team have gotta know what I have to say, dur.
Anyways, you may notice that all these ladies aren’t white, because…two black companions to twenty-ish white ones isn’t a commendable ratio, let’s just say.
Angel Coulby
AKA: Gwen from Merlin
Why: She’s actually been in Doctor Who before, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene in The Girl In The Fireplace. But you’ve seen her in Merlin, right?
Look at her smile! That’s a Doctor Who smile.
Antonia Thomas
AKA: Alesha from Misfits
Why: You have got to see Misfits. It’s brilliant. And Alesha’s a wonderful character- she’s seriously tough, but also loving (see her scenes with
Simon) and she’s, dude, wouldn’t she be brilliant as a companion? She can do the running and the being-in-peril great! (Just see episode
four, series two.)
Claire Ashitey-Hope
AKA: Kee from Children Of Men
This chick is the best thing about Children Of Men -the best thing about a flick that features Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine
and Chiwetel Ejifior. She hasn’t been in much after that, which puzzles me, because she’s great.
Ellen Wong
AKA: Knives from Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Why: Okay, she isn’t British (she’s Canadian) but LOOK AT HER, she’s both utterly utterly cute and totally totally kickass.
Katie Leung
AKA: Cho Chang from Harry Potter
Why: THE SCOTTISH AGENDA. Plus she’s adorable.
Naomi Harris
AKA: Selena from 28 Days Later, Tia Dalma from Pirates Of The Carribbean
Why: She would be a literally kick-ass companion- watch her in 28 Days Later! And hey, after Pirates she’s gotta be used to greenscreen.
Meera Syal
AKA: Nasreen!
Why: Because I so wanted her to join the Doctor at some point, but now she’s lurking underground with some lizard men. Still…
January 15, 2011 @ 11:56 pm
Hurrah! Alesha/Antonia Thomas is my #1 choice for next companion too, but I had not thought of Katie Leung and NOW I WANT BOTH OH YES. (Katie Leung is the obligatory modern-day girl! Antonia Thomas is a Time Agent or a space pirate or some similar future-adventurey type!)
January 16, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
SPACE PIRATE ALESHA has got got got to happen!
January 17, 2011 @ 1:38 am
SECOND MEERA SYAL SO HARD CORE. I was thinking “She’d make an AWESOME companion” so many times through-out that two-parter. As adorable as Katie Leung was, I felt her acting was a bit weak… :( I don’t recongize the others besides Ellen Wong who CRACKED ME UP in Scott Pilgrim. We can have a Canadian companion!