Doctor Who unveils new companion for 11th Time Lord (Page 1 of 2)

these guys clearly know what's what in the world

can we have a pic...?

and i see we've already seen her in Fires Of Pompeii....

nice... and i'm sure i speak for mxy on this one also... a readhead... niiice...

You have no idea! 

they'll ignore it... 1... their interaction with her was minimal [whereas gwen was a major part of the story] and the pace generally hectic...2 she was wearing that goofy make up, so recognizing, or finding some familiarity with her would seemed forced, and i like to think that Team Cardiff is better than that...

I know... and I think that Gillians character died in Fires of Pompeii

Oh, I found this:

A bit better quality...

One more

Yum.

Though hopefully she's not bloody in love with the Doctor like Rose and Martha were

As long as we see boobs...

Though this isn't Torchwood is it

Just as long as having 2 such young actors in the primary roles doesn't make it more of a "kids" show.

I realise that Dr Who is kind of a kids show, well traditionally at least but  I think the fact that the revamp (especially series 1 with christopher ecelston) had more of a mature feel was what made it so great.

Tenet could get away with it being a little less dark, I actually think the show struggled a bit when they tried to make Tenets Dr face some darker issues. I have no idea what the new kid is capable of, I've never seen him in anything, but I hope they try to take the show back more in line with Ecelstons darker themed universe.

You mean the mature feel of farting aliens (three episodes) or the cat people in the hospital, etc.? Eccleston was a more "scary" Doctor just because of how alien he looked and acted, Tennant was more of a "normal" looking guy. I wouldn't be too worried about the new series being too kid friendly. Remember, Moffat is the show runner and he has consistently given us the best episodes of every season not because they were so mature, but because they had something for everybody. Like a Pixar film, his episodes were so layered and rich that they worked on a low level for the kids and had plenty to offer to a mature audience. (Not to mention that they were always the scariest episodes of the season - "Mommy", Clockwork Men, Statues, Vashta Nerada were all very scary concepts, i.e. something that doesn't scare the kids so much as it does the adults.)

"We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go."
-- Colonel Tigh

I believe the feeling stems from the two different takes on the Doctor - Tennant's Doctor has a child-like wonder and enthusiasm to him that Eccleston didn't have. Eccleston played the Doctor more grown up and more alien, simply darker than Tennant. And while Tennant had his dark moments they were overshadowed by the goofier ones by far.

I think that when you look at the stories themselves, we've got more mature/adult material with Tennant (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, the implied cobblestone BJ in Love and Monsters, The Human Nature/Family of Blood, Blink, The Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Midnight). Now of course a lot of it is due to the fact that we had Tennant longer as the Doctor, but still. I think story-wise, if anything, the show got more adult.

Now there might be pressure for Moffat to tone it back down, but like I said - I think he's a phenomenal writer exactly because he creates several layers in his episodes where the kids just don't get some parts which can be truly unsettling for adults. But all we can do now is wait and see

"We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go."
-- Colonel Tigh

I wonder if they allowed the stories for Tenent to be darker BECAUSE he played the Doctor in a lighter manner and thus evened it out a bit... and it wasnt too scary for the kids??