Yeah, there's no doubt that it's a bit off-putting to have Doctor swan around with companions that are so obviously young women. But I suppose that's part of the allure of the new series' writing: there's a strong focus on the travels as a sort of bildungsroman for these women.
This focus leands extra weight to the best of the new series episodes (like "Quiet Dead", "School Reunion", "The Girl In The Fireplace").
It's probably an artefact of being so far in the past, and me being so young at that point, but I don't remember the "young woman as companion" theme being so pronounced in the Who series that I grew up watching...
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Date: 2007-04-13 12:41 (UTC)Yeah, there's no doubt that it's a bit off-putting to have Doctor swan around with companions that are so obviously young women. But I suppose that's part of the allure of the new series' writing: there's a strong focus on the travels as a sort of bildungsroman for these women.
This focus leands extra weight to the best of the new series episodes (like "Quiet Dead", "School Reunion", "The Girl In The Fireplace").
It's probably an artefact of being so far in the past, and me being so young at that point, but I don't remember the "young woman as companion" theme being so pronounced in the Who series that I grew up watching...