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"Requirement" should not be synonymous with "sufficient."
I think that the requirement is that the Doctor invites them to join him on his/her adventures. Like I would count Kylie as a companion but she dies so very quickly.
Yeah, no. I don't count companions who weren't around for at least a couple of stories. Adam is my baseline. He's definitely NOT someone I count, and anyone who had less of a right than him is even more out. At least he was (more or less) invited in and was in more than one story.
I am in agreement with G.B., I think there's a very fine line in Who between 'companion' and 'recurring character'. Take The Brigadier, for instance: appeared in several seasons, alongside several Doctors, and is someone I think the Doctor would consider a good friend. But was he a companion? How much did he really travel with the Doctor, versus calling the Doctor in when UNIT needed outside expertise (five rounds rapid wasn't cutting it) ?
I consider the Brig a companion. Same with Benton and Yates, even if Yates never traveled in the TARDIS on TV.
For me, I'd consider the Brig a special case, but Benton and Yates are definitely NOT companions (in my rubric).
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Its a OK verison, but clearly a remix of the older verisons, but it feels kind of underwheming, makes me wonder who doing the music for this new era of Doctor Who, last I checked Murray Gold stopped doing Doctor Who and in the few eps of Jode's era I watched, the music was forgettable and very genetic/bland, while with Murray you had some great pieces like these:
Murray Gold was brought back when RTD came back to be showrunner starting with these anniversary specials.
Sadly the MTG crew doesn’t agree.
I’m not familiar enough with the Brigadier to judge, but with the amount he’s referred to in NuWho era shows it does feel like a slight against him.
So some big things with the Magic the Gathering decks they just came out with.
1) River Song, like the Brigadier doesn’t get the Doctors Companion ability
2) She’s only included in the Deck with 12, 13, and the Fugitive Doctor. When most of her time in the series was with 11 that feels wrong.
3) likewise with Clara and Kate Stewart.
4) Where the heck is Captain Jack! The Face of Boe doesn’t count!
1) River Song, like the Brigadier doesn’t get the Doctors Companion ability
2) She’s only included in the Deck with 12, 13, and the Fugitive Doctor. When most of her time in the series was with 11 that feels wrong.
3) likewise with Clara and Kate Stewart.
4) Where the heck is Captain Jack! The Face of Boe doesn’t count!
Captain Jack might be off limits given how John Barrowman ran afoul of the Me Too movement.
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