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The new companion "bill" is only on for one season?
posted by clockworkorange!STAFFMOD on May 5, 2017 at 9:20 PM
Then she gets the boot?
Reply by DanDare
on May 6, 2017 at 7:34 AM
New show runner, new Doctor, new everything else.
Reply by clockworkorange!
on May 6, 2017 at 8:17 AM
Nice! Feel kinda sorry for her,but oh well
Reply by DanDare
on May 6, 2017 at 8:42 AM
I guess she only had a 1 year contract anyway.
Reply by laurence01
on May 6, 2017 at 4:21 PM
I very much doubt that she will leave. If she does I think it will be the first time that the Doctor and Companion have changed at the same time, regardless of production teams.
Reply by DanDare
on May 6, 2017 at 4:48 PM
New Doctor and new companion for Matt Smith when Moffat took over.
Reply by clockworkorange!
on May 6, 2017 at 8:22 PM
Did this new companion get any exposure on tv or papers before joining?i don't remember hearing anything about her until the new season started . Unlike the previous ones
Reply by DanDare
on May 6, 2017 at 8:40 PM
The new companion was revealed during half time at football on Match of the Day.
Reply by laurence01
on May 7, 2017 at 5:24 PM
True, but that (as far as I know) is the only time in the entire history of the show.
Reply by DanDare
on May 7, 2017 at 8:02 PM
You really do not know your Doctor Who!
Doctor Number 3 had a new companion after he was forcibly regenerated.
Doctor Number 8 had a new companion for his solo outing.
Doctor Number 9 had a new companion went the show was relaunched.
Reply by laurence01
on May 8, 2017 at 6:58 PM
I do in fact know Doctor Who extremely well, the ones you have stated are obvious because they all occurred because of the show either being on hiatus or completely scrapped. They are however still exceptions to the norm. It has previously been mentioned on the now defunct IMDB boards that the program tries to avoid changing both Doctor and Companion at the same time.
Reply by PK9
on May 8, 2017 at 8:55 PM
Also with Tennant's regeneration, it wasn't as though Donna was the active companion during the changeover. She had finished her role for an entire year already while Ten ran around on his own doing specials. They brought her back for a relatively small part in EOT, but Wilf was the main companion of that episode.