Women of Doctor Who celebration post
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halfamoon contribution to be a post about the women in Doctor Who – and very quickly realised that could get very long and unwieldy, because the Doctor Who universe is not only enormous (thirty seasons and counting if you stick to the TV stuff alone; there are many hundreds of novels, comics and full-cast audio dramas) but it’s also got a ton of female characters who I adore, from bit-part characters with a few lines in a single episode to companions who spent years on the TARDIS. The best way to go seemed to be a love thread/celebration thread, of a type I’ve done before for the companions. This time it’s a post about all the women of the Doctor Who universe, companions or not, from the classic series, new series, the ‘middle school’ books/audios/comics stuff, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures. It’s going to work in the same way as the post linked above: leave a comment with a character in the subject line, and people can respond with what they love about that character, their best moments or quotes, fic recs, drabbles, picspam, relevant links, or anything else. Any female character’s fine, though if it’s a minor character you might want to add the relevant episode title to the subject, especially if they share a name (I’m happy to squee over both Jenny from The Doctor’s Daughter and Jenny from Human Nature but we need to know which is which).
I’ll add a list of links to threads as they appear. I don’t want to dictate a bunch of rules for this, but it should go without saying this is meant to be a fun, positive thing on a comm that’s about celebrating women, so keep that in mind (“I love Mel, I don’t know why so many people hate her!” is a rhetorical statement, not a request for more information) and try not to passive-aggressively slam other characters while loving on your own (the difference between “Donna’s brilliant, I loved having a slightly older companion” and “Donna’s brilliant; finally, a companion who’s not a simpering schoolgirl”).
And… go!
New Who
Astrid Peth
Donna Noble
Jackie Tyler
Martha Jones
Rose Tyler
Reinette/Madame de Pompadour
Classic Who
Ace McShane
Barbara Wright
Dodo Chaplet
Jo Grant
Leela
Liz Shaw
Mel Bush
Nyssa
Peri Brown
Polly Wright
Romana I
Romana II
Susan Foreman
Tegan Jovanka
Victoria Waterfield
Zoe Heriot
Professor Amelia Rumford
Torchwood
Gwen Cooper
Suzie Costello
Toshiko Sato
SJA
Sarah Jane Smith
Maria Jackson
Rani Chandra
Non-TV media
Alison Cheney
Anji Kapoor
Benny Summerfield
Charley Pollard
Erimem
Evelyn Smythe
Izzy Sinclair
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Donna Noble
Date: 2009-02-03 02:26 pm (UTC)Re: Donna Noble
Date: 2009-02-03 03:06 pm (UTC)*hearts Donna*
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From:Charley Pollard
Date: 2009-02-03 02:35 pm (UTC)Re: Charley Pollard
Date: 2009-02-03 10:02 pm (UTC)Where do you start? She's so enthusiastic about her adventures with the oddest man she ever met. Her banter with Eight is brilliant and they're Best Friends Forever in Space. Or something. She's as straight-forward as they come and a woman of many contradictions: She shouldn't be alive, and now, she's with the wrong Doctor and keeping secrets.
Didn't we all fall in love with her along with the Doctor? The universe or Charley? Tough question.
"Charley, Charley, Charley..."
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Date: 2009-02-03 02:52 pm (UTC)Also, it's refreshing to see an academic character who can dress, even if her hemlines are a bit startling ;)
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From:Leela
Date: 2009-02-03 03:28 pm (UTC)Leela just looks incredible there, rockin' a cape on Gallifrey with her Time Lord girlfriend.
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Date: 2009-02-03 03:42 pm (UTC)And she's a fascinating character to complement the Doctor. Practical as opposed to headstrong; butt-kicking as opposed to pacifistic to a fault; wise as opposed to technical-scientific. She can detonate his technobabble with a one-liner. Gallifrey could certainly use a few more folk like her!
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From:Anjiiiii Kapoor!
Date: 2009-02-03 03:41 pm (UTC)Re: Anjiiiii Kapoor!
Date: 2009-02-03 03:44 pm (UTC)Even when she Gets It Wrong, it's for the right reasons.
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From:The Rani
Date: 2009-02-03 03:54 pm (UTC)She's near the top my list for characters I'd love to see in the new series.
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From:Peri Brown
Date: 2009-02-03 04:16 pm (UTC)Re: Peri Brown
Date: 2009-02-03 05:42 pm (UTC)Oh, and "watch it, Porky" is yayful.
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From:Melanie Bush
Date: 2009-02-03 04:18 pm (UTC)Mel always manages to grab herself a companion for a serial and rocks on with them. Her wardrobe is right out of the 80's, and in that, it is amazing. It takes a special sort of situation to make Mel really snap, but when Davros managed it, he reaped the consequences. Crowning Moment of Awesome? I think so!
When Mel departs the TARDIS, we know she'll be just fine on her own, as she's just that sort of girl.
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From:Jackie Tyler
Date: 2009-02-03 05:30 pm (UTC)Anyway, I thought Jackie was a lot of fun and a good character all throughout the series. Then I watched Love and Monsters and I really fell in love with her: when she was reminiscing about Mickey, when she said that she'd protect Rose and Doctor to the end of the Earth. I love that she got
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Date: 2009-02-03 07:13 pm (UTC)I have always loved Jackie; she's a far more complex character than people seem to think, and overriding everything is the fact she loves her daughter, and she never has cruel intentions, and she always - whether right or wrong - tries to do what she thinks is best for Rose. Their relationship, with its ups and downs and twists and turns, is one of the loveliest things the new series has done, and I'm so glad she got a happy ending, as she couldn't have deserved it more.
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Date: 2009-02-05 02:29 am (UTC)Professor Amelia Rumford
Date: 2009-02-03 06:39 pm (UTC)Professor Rumford is one of those shoulda-been-a-companion characters for me. She's smart, game for adventure, and has delightful chemistry with Four. The scene in which she straight-out asks him, "Can I ask you a personal question? ... Are you from outer space?" is one of my favorites in Doctor Who.
Not to mention that the poor woman lost her girlfriend in the course of Stones of Blood -- she should have got to travel in the TARDIS as compensation!
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