Doctor Who Meme - Day 20 – The Character Who Is Most Like You

[redfiona99]

There's actually remarkably few female biologists in Doctor Who, certainly few that aren't evil mad scientists, and I am not evil. This is even more clear with the companions/assistants, where I've got a choice between Liz Shaw, Nyssa and Martha. And on the topic of the last two ladies, like all biologists, I am most definitely not a medic (never have I been so upset about a character's actual occupation as when it turned out that Owen the Slappable in Torchwood was actually a medic). Which leaves me with Liz. Which isn't too bad, even if she's mostly a physicist, and I am barely a biophysicist.

It's actually an interesting point, because I understand why people get annoyed that a lot of the companions are not brainiacs, that they tend to be the heart of the team, but, for writing/story-telling purposes, it's a lot easier when you have it structured as the person doing the telling and the person being told (see also, Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings), and while it's undoubtedly possible to split these roles, it's difficult. That, to me, was one of the advantages of the shorter but more of them nature of the Old Who Serials, because you could split the Doctor and his companion(s) up, and then give everyone something to do.




Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 - Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 - Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 - Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 - Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Thing Is, Who Is My Family's Fandom
Day 07 - Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 - A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 - A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 - Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - Plenty of Planets Have A North
Day 13 - Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 - The Villain Who Scared You The Most
Day 15 - Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 - Your Favorite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 - A Piece of Who-Related Fan Art
Day 18 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - The Daleks
Day 19 - The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most

Day 21 – Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 – A Who-Related Fan-Site
Day 23 – A Who-Related YouTube Video
Day 24 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 25 – Favorite Who Actor
Day 26 – Favorite Who Actress
Day 27 – An Episode You Wish Hadn’t Been Made
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Comments

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Liz Shaw was the first Companion I saw and I bonded to her instantly. I was so disappointed when she left that I had an unreasonable hatred of Jo Grant for years! (Whenever we played Doctor Who in the back yard, I always played Liz.)

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I was always the Daleks or the Seadevils. I'm not sure that's a good sign.