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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Re: Jackie Tyler
Date: 2009-02-04 04:22 am (UTC)Re: Dr. Grace Holloway
Date: 2009-02-04 04:52 am (UTC)Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 05:01 am (UTC)Re: Martha Jones
Date: 2009-02-04 05:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-04 08:07 am (UTC)Re: Tegan
Date: 2009-02-04 08:10 am (UTC)Re: Donna Noble
Date: 2009-02-04 08:14 am (UTC)Re: Martha Jones
Date: 2009-02-04 08:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-04 11:15 am (UTC)Re: Donna Noble
Date: 2009-02-04 04:01 pm (UTC)Re: Romana II
Date: 2009-02-04 04:06 pm (UTC)I also love in the books how she becomes the president of Gallifrey! Kick all woman.
Re: Suzie Costello
Date: 2009-02-04 04:12 pm (UTC)Also, there is all this mystery left behind about her. We don't know how she came to be at Torchwood unlike all the others which we learned about in "Fragments." Also we don't really know what the hate is with her father that made her kill him. It all makes me very interested in her and makes me what to know what makes her tick!
Re: Toshiko Sato
Date: 2009-02-04 04:23 pm (UTC)I just want to give her a hug and a medal!
Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 07:57 pm (UTC)Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 08:03 pm (UTC);p
Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 08:06 pm (UTC)Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 10:16 pm (UTC)Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 10:20 pm (UTC)But I agree: the poor girl was better than that!!
Re: Victoria Waterfield
Date: 2009-02-04 10:59 pm (UTC)Isobel Watkins
Date: 2009-02-04 11:08 pm (UTC)Re: Donna Noble
Date: 2009-02-04 11:29 pm (UTC)In my personal canon, she's kicking ass on her own right now.
Jabe!
Date: 2009-02-04 11:47 pm (UTC)Re: Martha Jones
Date: 2009-02-05 12:01 am (UTC)Re: Rose Tyler
Date: 2009-02-05 12:06 am (UTC)Re: Sarah Jane Smith
Date: 2009-02-05 12:11 am (UTC)