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dps:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 04 Dec 2013, 02:07 ---I would like Martha a hell of a lot more if she had not had 'med student' as one of her definable characteristics.
It's like wossisname's rifle. You don't show the rifle and then not use it.
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Yeah, just like ClassicWho companion Mel was supposed to be a computer programmer. Well, that should be a useful skill for a companion, but they never showed her doing anything with computers, so what was the point. At least we occasionally got to see Rory do nurse-like stuff.
Of course, some companions haven't had any obviously useful skills. Take Tegan--she was a stewardess. What good is that--it's not like the Doctor is going to have her make in-flight announcements aboard the Tardis. (Though it would have been funny if he'd kept her busy bringing him and the other companions tea and coffee.)
Pilchard123:
" [...] The exits are here, here and here. In the event of boarding by animate dustbins, please do not make eye contact but proceed directly to the nearest flight of stairs."
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: dps on 10 Dec 2013, 09:35 ---Yeah, just like ClassicWho companion Mel was supposed to be a computer programmer. Well, that should be a useful skill for a companion, but they never showed her doing anything with computers, so what was the point. At least we occasionally got to see Rory do nurse-like stuff.
Of course, some companions haven't had any obviously useful skills. Take Tegan--she was a stewardess. What good is that--it's not like the Doctor is going to have her make in-flight announcements aboard the Tardis. (Though it would have been funny if he'd kept her busy bringing him and the other companions tea and coffee.)
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Remember the episodes that she was in from Series 3: exactly how many of them outside of the first had situations where she as a doctor would have been needed? Not many if any. She appeared in a medical capacity during the next series and in Torchwood, so the whole "the doctor who didn't practice medicine" thing is pure garbage because she did.
And the Mel thing was probably due to needing a backstory for Mel, since she was smart and had a great memory that probably seemed like a good fit at the time. It's no different than what they did with Dodo in the 60s, but unlike Dodo it wasn't a total change for the character.
Method of Madness:
I still don't see why her being a doctor should have been a major part of her character.
Barmymoo:
Was it? It always seemed to me that a major part of her character was that she was travelling with the doctor, despite having a career she loved. It'd be a bit odd if we didn't know what someone's previous life had involved at all.
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