Comments on: CONFIRMED: Pearl Mackie to play new Doctor Who companion

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:56:06 +0000

Maybe the reason why we don’t have Who this year because all we seem to do is complain about every decision ever made! When people don’t appreciate what they have they end up with nothing. And for all the people with nothing but negative remarks after seeing this companion for all of two minutes just ask yourselves if you’d want to be judged so harshly after you’d only been given two minutes to reveal every quality you had? I know I wouldn’t!

By: russell

russell — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:13:11 +0000

Looking very much to seeing Pearl in action. She looks fantastic, in the images now coming to light, from the recording of the new series

By: John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:52:54 +0000

I already love her. Huge breath of fresh air

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:26:23 +0000

@Freddy Jones What are you talking about – Donna was not from a broken home – her father died! At least Rose, Martha and Donna were companions. Amy and Clara, snapped their fingers and the Doctor came running like a love sick puppy! Neither stayed in the Tardis. While we are on the subject, both Danny and Rory died, although Rory, they decided would not stay dead and turned into plastic man!
As for Amy and Clara, they were the same person by 2 different actors! Both rude! Amy, no personality, Clara bullish loud mouthed. And now Bill.. or Amy mark 3!..
I feel genuinely sorry for Pearl Mackie, who is only, according to SM, is in the Tardis because of the colour of her skin! And also, SM, who seems to have no moral scruples at all, has let it out of the bag that either PC or MS was not his first choice!

By: Freddy Jones

Freddy Jones — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:08:00 +0000

@Steve
Uhm, all of RTD’s companions were London women with broken families and a need to escape normal life.
The only one who wasn’t also a YOUNG woman, who fell in love with the Doctor, was Donna, a fact that we have to be reminded about in every episode with characters constantly mistaking them for a couple or whatever.
Rose went from normal girl with a normal life to someone fighting aliens.
Martha went from normal girl with normal life to someone fighting aliens.
Donna went from normal woman with a normal life to having magic beams that shoot from her head and… Fight aliens.
Practically identical.
Amy was a weird kid who spent most of her life being told she was wrong. She battled to find a balance between a normal life and a weird life with the Doctor, until she worked out normal life could be enjoyable too.
Clara was a pretty normal every-woman with a compulsive need to be in control of the situation. Cue the Doctor to drop her in to situations she can’t control. Oh, and let’s kill her true love and take that control away too. Clara breaks, goes nuts, dies. Even when she travelled with the Doctor she wanted a homelife because she had nothing to run from until Danny died.
And now Bill is… Well… We’ve only had two minutes of her but she’s clearly… Really, really stupid? Let’s go with that. That’s her thing.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:23:05 +0000

You can say what you like about RTD but he did try to vary his companions. We have had Amy mark 1, Amy mark 2 (also known as Clara) and now, by the initial promo, we have Amy mark 3. I continue to say Moffatt has nothing new!!

@Rob Really? And yet Jamie was a single companion for a story. Turlough was a single companion. Even David Tennant had a male companion in 2 episodes – Wilfred “Wilf” Mot. There is a lot of room on modern Who to have male only companions, it’s not the 70’s anymore!!

By: Freddy Jones

Freddy Jones — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 19:13:18 +0000

@Rob Yeah but what isn't sexist these days?

By: Alex Who?

Alex Who? — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:32:55 +0000

I think she’ll bring a really cool vibe to the show! Can’t wait till 2017!

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 14:37:12 +0000

@Valcoor That would attacked as sexist (I agree that it's not, but it would be a publicity issue). You'll never have just a male companion.

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:51:09 +0000

She’s so different than Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy, Clara — finally, a sassy, fast-talking girl in the Tardis! Not.