10 Genius Decisions By Doctor Who Companions

[@JimMeans1]

Donna Noble owned the head of UNIT in "The Sontaran Strategem". "You lot, with your stormtroopers and your sonics, rubbish!" She figured out there was something wrong with the employees at ATMOS, when she noticed an empty folder for "Sick Days". "No hangovers, no man-flu, no sneaking little shopping trips, no one ever gets sick here!" Donna Noble, Supertemp!

[@redhood7650]

Yeah the sontarans and they're baked potato heads were stupid enough to not think of that

[@hermiona1147]

I feel like that doesnt really qualify. She discovered that fact, not decided it.

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

@@hermiona1147 She “decided” to check HR instead of the work area like UNIT and the Doctor did, a decision that provided more important discovery opportunities.

[@hermiona1147]

@@ErzengelDesLichtes okay fair enough

[@Lightdevildarkangel]

I think what made her my favorite companion (other than her snarkiness/sarcasm and lack of wanting to "be with" the Doctor, simply be with him as a real friend and desire to travel) it's the fact that she was one of the MOST ordinary and (in her eyes) useless person. She did things in a very simplistic and human way, something that I think many characters lose as they travel with the Doctor (or never had)- and certainly one of the Doctor's biggest weaknesses. Donna thinks and acts like a human, even if she is in the past where her abilities would be seen as too advanced: considering a woman of non-royal status who can read, write, think for herself, and is older than many of the companions. She grounds the Doctor in a way that some companions don't really seem to do without judging or hating him in the end. She is also shown to be a vital person for the Doctor after he begins to spiral and continues to be a reminder to him of what he CAN do. For me the line: "Not everyone, just someone" is exactly what the Doctor tries to do from then on (before he sort of had the attitude of all or nothing and would destroy himself for not "succeeding").

[@sodengames5669]

If you ask me the smartest decision by a companion is when Martha decided to leave the Doctor. Allowing her to be the only new companion to be alright after leaving the Doc.

[@FamGuy1000000]

# justiceformartha

[@blobfish5730]

Basically all classic companions left that way, so should they all be on there?

[@AcetylsaliciIique]

Well, "Martha is alright" is very arguable. It depends on how much you care for the Doctor's conclusion of "turning her into a soldier", and how much that's a bad thing. The last time we see her, she's still on a battlefield with random af Mickey. I really don't think she got the best deal.

[@marishka270290]

Totally agree

[@justanotherpat]

Yess!!! I wished it was mentioned

[@avemariahackett9405]

Martha Jones. She walked the Earth alone for one year to save everyone. During that time, she had to make many solo decisions (read "The Story of Martha") on her own. While it was a mission instigated by The Doctor, she unselfishly put herself in danger. Then, in the end, decided to leave him to heal her family. Genius.

[@FamGuy1000000]

# justiceformartha

[@redhood7650]

Don't forget she joined Torchwood

[@abigailxmary]

@@redhood7650 she joined UNIT, she was a temporary member of Torchwood...

[@redhood7650]

@@abigailxmary oh yeah forget that it was temporary sometimes

[@DoctorWhoKage]

@@redhood7650 but didn't she eventually decide to go freelance with Mickey Smith when the 10th Doctor was about to regenerate?

[@hermiona1147]

Now for the contrast: 10 dumbest companion's decisions

[@ewanayres9576]

Seasons 12 and 13 enter the chat

[@Midsomnyx]

Poor Clara, unlike the previous times her incarnations died, she failed to actually save the Doctor which was the whole reason she did it. Can't even think of a companion that had a more pointless death, and they tried to make it look so dramatic.

[@oceans5011]

@Midsomnyx I’m still not over it, Clara deserved better 😭😭

[@lynbaker7780]

Ewan Ayres Or don’t because they don’t do anything at all. They just follow her along and look stupid. Of course, she would have to do something important to let them do anything.

[@bjehulk]

That one dude from Season 1 that got a hole in his skull

[@TheTeamAka]

You know what, Im really happy that this is a channel now.

[@danthemeegs8751]

WhoCulture ftw

[@hermiona1147]

You can never have too much DW content it is a fact

[@RobUnplanned_]

This is partly why I miss the Davies era - it is that he was so good at creating REAL people, with well thought out emotion and relationships that affected the story - like with Donna, she was someone who didn't feel special, didn't feel like she belongs anywhere, but she fought although it was terrifying to her to do what she needed to do - I miss companions like that, she was terrified, but so brave, and you felt it.

[@bjehulk]

Now each companion is a nothing beyond a

[@danthemeegs8751]

I think Davies’ decision to use typical London streets and housing estates also made his characters feel more real

[@RobUnplanned_]

@@danthemeegs8751 Yes exactly - people and some writers underestimate the power seemingly simple atmospheres/environments can add to a characters story.

[@danthemeegs8751]

@@RobUnplanned_ completely agreed!

[@thisiscerysr4515]

As much as I love David Tennant I didn't like the Davies era much . I perfered Mofatt's and that was why my recommendation for an episode a new Whoovian to start with was The Eleventh Hour.

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

what about Rory’s genius decision to grow a sick-ass ponytail?

[@orsonlepherd7064]

Ah bro you're right

[@Silver-xj6gb]

my friend. it was not sick ass. just ass.

[@Rougarou99]

They were looking for smart decisions.

[@abnormallynormal4614]

@@Rougarou99 r/wooosh

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

Opizit even Amy started to like it in the end. C’mon bro.

[@mahiyazulayha505]

When Rory sacrificed himself to create a paradox to kill the angels

[@dlopezpetroski]

that episode had me in tears

[@Midsomnyx]

Donna was the best companion, but that moment when Amy saved the starwhale was the most brilliant because the whole adventure was the Doctor trying to teach her to be a good companion, and she went so above and beyond on her first attempt.

[@johntabler349]

Plus the Doctor was trying to instruct her in a condescending way to accept his more relative moral code which she rejected in favor of human compassion and morality and taught him the lesson instead

[@Jaeden_Phoenix]

Getting a finger-snap brain exposer was easily the smartest choice made by the most intelligent companion in the show's history

[@orsonlepherd7064]

Oh yeah for sure. Definitely served many purposes.

[@blingsing5383]

I forgot all about that what an absolute madlad

[@_ra1n]

Who did that?

[@blingsing5383]

@@_ra1n i cant remember his name its been a while but he tagged along with rose and 9th after the episode dalek

[@katiebeth1636]

Wasn't his name Adam?

[@nathanevans1135]

“They can’t restore three dimensions to a door that never existed.” -Clara

[@sophiebentley7339]

I’m guessing you didn’t mention Martha cos the list would then just be that entire series 😂

[@avocadogirl6667]

No ill be honest she was me least favourite companion

[@jonathanjoestar1938]

Martha is still my favourite companion.

[@carmcakes1687]

Right?! She is totally the best, and being pared with the best Doctor too! (in my opinion)

[@OptimusGPrime]

@@avocadogirl6667 Even more than Yaz?

[@TheHufflepuffSaint]

In Turn Left; there was one small positive to the Doctor dying in the Runaway Bride. The Master was never awakened within Professor Yana and he was stuck at the end of the Universe as The Tardis would never get there for the Master to steal. And at least the Last Of Humanity didn't have to scream in the darkened burning furnaces of Utopia as they were cannibalising themselves. And Professor Lazarus wouldn't be able to build his Young Machine without the Master/Saxon's funding. I suppose there's lots of things to consider from Series 3 within Turn Left's Timeline. - The Family of Blood would've died, Nurse Redfern would've been safe along with that entire village. No death or destruction. Though Timothy would never get the heightened warrior boost from the Fobwatch. - The Ship from 42 Would've fallen into the sun. - The Angels would never be able to get at the Tardis leaving them stuck in that manor unless they got interested in Sally and just sent her back in time... - Though I do wonder how The Daleks plan would've gone in 1940s Manhattan without The Doctor intervening. I suppose Dalek Sec would've got killed regardless due to his plan of making the Human Daleks more Human but this time the Gamma Strike wouldn't have a Time Lord to get in the way making them 100% Dalek. - Finally, The Face Of Boe would die without being able to tell his secret... Though if the Tardis could never reach Utopia; Jack/FOB wouldn't have memory of it, therefore, no secret.

[@joelmole3157]

There's also the rest of series 4 to consider: - The Pyrovile would have conquered the Earth with ease - The Ood would still be enslaved - The war on Messaline would have continued - Agatha Christie would have likely died at Eddison Hall at the hands of the Vespiform - Unless River found another Doctor, she and the archaeologist would have been eaten by the Vashta Nerada Also for Series 3: - The Carrionites would have taken over the Earth - It's likely that the Daleks failed anyway since the reality bomb plan continued without a hitch. - Also, would the Face of Boe have sacrificed himself to save the people of New New York? He didn't for 30 years after all. - Humanity would have cannibalised themselves anyway, either as the Futurekind of as Toclafane but either way, they would be stuck at the End of the Universe and Yana would have died

[@Rougarou99]

To be fair, River wouldn’t exist without the Doctor, if the Doctor was killed in his tenth incarnation.

[@KeirArmstrong]

@@joelmole3157 For the Carrionites it was stated that they were going to send people back in time to deal with it, they just never showed us it.

[@joelmole3157]

@@Rougarou99 So the archaeologists are buggered then since Strackmann Lux would still fund the expedition and they'll all be eaten

[@theevildalek5425]

TOP 10 MISSING DOCTOR WHO STORIES PLEASE The 97 Missing Episodes need more attention and I won’t stop commenting until it happens

[@tuttiman55]

The Evil Dalek lets go

[@danieljensen2626]

IIRC none of them are missing entirely, there's audio for all of them (at least partial audio), it's the video that is "missing". And I think I've heard people are creating animated versions, which is cool because they are kinda hard to watch as audio with random stills from the set.

[@paulbeardsley4095]

@@danieljensen2626 Yes, all lost episodes are available as audio-with-commentary. Most of the ones from the Hartnell era work really well as quite often the visuals are a relatively minor part of the stories - and in some cases one's imagination fills in the gaps better than the low-budget visuals. By Troughton's era, though, the visuals play a more important role, so the stories feel a lot less like radio plays with optional visuals. They are still enjoyable, though.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

'The Boneless' is actually really underrated as a sci-fi concept. I've often hypothesised that the universe is full of life based on any element on the Periodic Table, i.e. not just carbon, and on elements humans have yet to discover. But I never considered the idea of life existing as anything other than three dimensions.

[@mryellow6918]

you cant just descover a new element like in sci fi shows

[@OptimusGPrime]

@@mryellow6918 You literally can. New elements are being discovered or created (yes, created) throughout history.

[@mryellow6918]

@@OptimusGPrime how. explain

[@matthewparker5277]

@@mryellow6918 while I don't know how we're "creating new elements" I do know that the elements we have, have been discovered from our planet and surrounding area/meteorites, the universe is quite literally larger than you can comprehend, it's likely there are millions of different elements on other planets and stars that we don't have simply because they're so far away

[@mryellow6918]

@@matthewparker5277 thats literally not how elements work. That's like saying there's a integer between 3 and 4

[@ssjduelistDD]

Really I need to rewatch new Who again until the end of Capaldi's run. I forgot how great this show could be.

[@danthemeegs8751]

currently in the middle of my semi-annual rewatch! xD

[@ashleighhaigh8795]

Why just till the end of Capaldi? Jodie’s series deserve a watch to

[@abnormallynormal4614]

@@ashleighhaigh8795 not everybody has the same opinion as you. Respect it!

[@ashleighhaigh8795]

I’m not trying to force it on the, I’m just saying series 11 and 12 deserve a watch too

[@RokuHanmar]

@@ashleighhaigh8795 Series 11 had some good ideas. We don't talk about series 12

[@assassinscreed8597]

Martha when the doctor was made human with the chameleon arch, can’t remember any significant smart ‘decisions’ but she did well in that one

[@FamGuy1000000]

# justiceformartha

[@coladict]

Some of these are not intellectual (hence not genius) decisions, but emotional: - Rose opening the TARDIS console - Rory staying to guard the Pandorica - Micky staying in the parallel universe - Donna calling on the Doctor to leave before he drowns

[@paulbeardsley4095]

Agreed. Some of these "genius" decisions are on a par with turning the water off when the bath is overflowing, or handing a tissue to someone who is crying. Good, but not really remarkable. By contrast, one time when I was driving to an airport, my car engine was overheating for unknown reasons. My wife made the brilliant decision to turn on the car's heating (even though it was a hot day). This cooled the engine enough for us to arrive safely.

[@salawinborn7246]

I know it isn't as important as saving the Doctor or Earth but I do love/respect Martha's decision to leave the Doctor. It was for her own sanity and heart. I would've liked to have more adventures with her as the companion but I completely understand why she left.

[@truediva18]

Mickey was accused of attacking Rose. When she ran off with the Doctor, there was an investigation into her disappearance. He was the lead suspect.

[@paulbeardsley4095]

It never seemed to occur to anybody that it might have been an Auton...

[@lidge1994]

Let's not forget, Mickey also married Martha, two characters who only got stronger and more independent after leaving the Doctor, which would be a pretty good thing to have in common.

[@thisiscerysr4515]

There are others from Clara you missed and 1 from Amy . -Amy remembering the Doctor bought him back into existence in The Big Bang - Clara saving The Doctor multiple times after jumping into his time stream in The Name of The Doctor - Clara pleading with the Time Lords to help The Doctor (which they did by giving him a new regeneration cycle) in The Time of The Doctor . BTW I know the Clara ones are kinda spoiled now by Chris Chibnall's Timeless Child so don't worry about pointing that out . Imagine how the s7 end events would have turned out with no Clara . I would have loved to have seen an episode about that .

[@NirateGoel]

Did Clara make that choice to jump into the timestream or did she just do what had already been done? She knew that the doctor had met her before, so she knew she had been split. She always did it, it's a bit of a bootstrap paradox.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

You don't really decide to remember something. If you don't believe me, try this challenge. What did you have for dinner on this day 10 years ago?

[@wackywaa1458]

Imo Jamie is the best Companion. He is the only companion who stuck with their Doctor for all his era bar The 2nd Doctors First Story. Unless you count Rose and 9 but that only lasted for 1 series

[@ljllob4740]

Jamie one of the goats

[@joshuacurphey3242]

Yeah, the only times something like this has come close was with Tegan with the Fifth Doctor and appeared in all of his stories save for Planet of Fire (if her cameo appearance in The Caves of Androzani is counted) and with Rose and the Ninth Doctor (even though like you said, it was only for a series).

[@saxsan4191]

@@joshuacurphey3242 Peri was in every Colin baker story

[@lel7841]

Sarah Jane Smith ftw. She even got her own spin off. I'm pretty she's also been a companion to the most Dr's. Her actress was simply a lovely person as well. RIP

[@JonathanFalconeryt]

Do you know what I just love the editing of these videos. Clear and entertaining.

[@jenjenln]

I love Rose, but Donna was awesome :)

[@aashutoshjain1625]

U forget to add Clara jumping into doctor timeline to save him from all death

[@NirateGoel]

But did she really decide it or is it another example of a bootstrap paradox, where she only did it because she knew she had done it.

[@johntabler349]

Does anyone really understand how that works?

[@OverWims]

8:00 Not Scotland though, they have their own...

[@denajahardemon9079]

Good for them

[@MontytheHorse]

Well, wanted our own, if I remember the dialogue. :-D

[@YoSoyDavidGalleta]

I love Rich lusting after 10 like that :p

[@danthemeegs8751]

can't blame him :p

[@Wizard0fDogs]

It’s really cool to even think about what would happen if the Doctor never met any of his companions. It gives some perspective of how the companions impact the show and proves that the Doctor needs them. For example, if the Doctor hadn’t met Martha he would’ve died on the moon without her to resuscitate him.

[@NirateGoel]

Assuming he ever went to the moon. The doctor not doing one thing makes waves thoughout everything.

[@adamburke4738]

And these smart decisions are why the current companions haven't got much remembrance, because they are mostly just there.

[@thenintenbro7154]

Save Ryan but he lacks enough character development

[@danieljensen2626]

I mean, there have been a lot of bad companions over the years, counting classic Who I'd say they rank near the middle.

[@janec184]

Ten stole my heart the minute he came onto the show😅😂😄❤️

[@marishka270290]

I really like all companions of Doctor. They are so smart. But for me Bad Wolf is number one

[@thedoctor1334]

Love it when who culture is better that the official doctor who KZbin channel

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

Hello Doctor

[@thedoctor1334]

Hello other doctor

[@patchworkfellow]

_“After Rory the Roman lost control of his body...”_ 😏😏😏 _“... and fatally wounded his bride-to-be Amy...”_ 😨😨😨

[@timrob12]

6:26 - Well, this is suddenly very relevant.

[@danthemeegs8751]

“10 Doctor Who Episodes That Happened In Real Life” xD

[@BrOoKlYn-sq2bi]

Rose was so selfless and did so many things to save humanity, i will never forget her “badwolf” moment, so amazing!

[@zzakwatson9619]

If all it takes is a big yellow truck to open up the time vortex and basically become a god then why don’t really powerful villains try and take it

[@zzakwatson9619]

@Jordan P no, they haven’t, they have sometimes tried to take the tardis but never the light from the time vortex

[@ArthurMajaducon]

Martha walking the earth was the most independent companion adventures next to Sarah Jane Smith.

[@NPS2204]

So Rose Thanos snapped all the Daleks in The Parting of the ways.

[@karpad4072]

Exactly

[@steveelmy]

You did kind of forget to mention Clara becoming The Impossible Girl in "The Name Of The Doctor"? She jumped into the Doctor's Timestream/Scar and saved 12 of The Doctor's Incarnations from being wiped out by Doctor Simeon/The Great Intelligence.

[@danthemeegs8751]

she already kinda knew about that though

[@jordanandrews4983]

I've always enjoyed the moment at the end of The Time Monster in Season 9. Roger Delgado's Master has just destroyed Atlantis with the Kronos Crystal and has Jo Grant as a hostage in his TARDIS. Jo tries to sacrifice everyone by activating "Time Ram" to merge the Third Doctor's TARDIS and the Master's TARDIS together to save all of time and space from Kronos.

[@reidm.5846]

honestly please just make a list of "Top Ten Martha Jones moments", she deserves it

[@kitsukailegendary]

Aldric when he sacrifices himself to stop the cybermen. Clara sacrifices herself to the shade. Clara saving all the Doctor's. Lethbridge Stewart saving his daughter from dying after falling out of a plane due to missy and finally getting a salute from the Doctor.

[@danieljensen2626]

I feel like Bad Wolf Rose was more of a god than a super hero. She straight up erased the Daleks and brought Jack back to life then made him immortal just by thinking it. Also one of my favorite moments is in the Satan Pit when the Doctor realizes Rose is on a rocket with the literal devil, and he decides between the two his money is on Rose. And then she proves him right with some quick thinking.

[@Cowabunga2304]

Two ideas for future lists: 1) ranking all specials from worst to best 2) ranking all season finales from worst to best. Either would be nice please.

[@nicolepowell5470]

Love Donna Noble and i loved the Unicorn and the Wasp. When the doctor had been poisoned i just loved Donna and the Doctor and the give us a glue moments CAPTOWN RACES AND OH MOMMY.

[@hunorbalazs8395]

"I believe in her" should be on this list

[@Miss_Camel]

“Charming, intelligent, and oh my god let me DO YOU’ - relatable

[@kajapotato7084]

Martha was the smartest companion

[@eadaoinmurphy20]

She was proven to be as smart almost smarter than the doctor multiple times

[@lynbaker7780]

Excellent video! I would have argued the #1 until you gave your explanation. I never thought of it that way. Donna doesn’t get credit for a lot of things though. She saved the Earth in Journeys End too. Not the Doctor/Donna but Donna herself when the Doctor questioned her about the Earth when they were with the Shadow Proclamation. She thinks of both the Moon of Poosh and the bees leaving. The “ superior” thinkers in the room couldn’t think in simplistic ways.

[@danthemeegs8751]

People often think of Donna as just “the funny one” but she does SO MUCH useful stuff

[@userbunny14]

so we are living in a Doctor Who episode... I KNEW it.

[@odinoldman1324]

In other words. "10 things that happened in Doctor Who"

[@RobUnplanned_]

I mean, I would stay with Andrew Hayden-Smith too :P

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

Martha choose to leave the TARDIS. she wasn't forced out like Rose and Donna, she wasn't killed like Amy and Clara, she was fit and fine. to give up all of space and time to care for her family, gotta call that genius right?

[@FamGuy1000000]

# justiceformartha

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

@@FamGuy1000000 yeah i'm a dumb fan girl, i like Rose and Donna, but rewatching series 3 and watching another KZbinr has turned me around on Martha. she's not my favorite but she was good

[@danthemeegs8751]

I love Martha and this is a good shout!

[@solangecharliepost9712]

@@FamGuy1000000, I don't agree with your justice for Martha thing. She wasn't really treated badly by the doctor and she left because she wanted to, because she's strong and she doesn't need the doctor to live an incredible life. She preferred to get out of the situation she was in ( being in love with the doctor) that she judged unhealthy. Martha doesn't need pity, she made a strong and independent decision.

[@livingdeadgirlss]

We gonna forget bout martha making a genius plan in “last of the time lords” to save the world by tricking the world

[@carmcakes1687]

Maybe he is but i'm not

[@ghostgang7555]

I’m obsessed with this love that you have for David, because let’s be real, we all do!

[@katiemooney4820]

Love this channel. Love Doctor who.

[@peter990099]

What about the time where Clara Oswald sacrifices her existence by entering the Doctor's timestream to undo the harm caused by the Great Intelligence. which results in the creation of numerous incarnations of Clara throughout the Doctor's history who appear to every known face of the Doctor, saving his life in numerous ways.

[@NirateGoel]

Is it a decision or a realization that it is what had always been done. She knew that the doctor met her multiple times in his past all of who died. And knew that the timestream split her. Was there ever an initial Clara to make the initial decision?

[@RedDragonForce2]

Series 1 finale really ties into the series as a whole. When Rose looked into the Time Vortex and became Bad Wolf, she superceded time itself. She broke the time lock on the Time War and connected with "The Moment" from Day of the Doctor. She asked for the Moment to show the War Doctor his future, the one where he goes on to do amazing things as well as connect to specific points in the Doctor's future to save London from the Zygons as well, using their own technology to save the Time Lords. Even if the Time Lords were massive jerks later on, Rose loved the Doctor enough to save them. She also warned the Doctor in Turn Left to return to Earth to stop the Dalek's Reality Bomb.

[@hannahkenney6846]

When I was 14 I wanted to be Rose, going on romantic adventures and finding the love of my life only for that to be taken away in tragedy now that I’m 20 I relate with Donna in my own life with my guy friends and I also find myself saying “no we’re not a couple! 😂”

[@UnderhillKoufax]

Good list, but Ace, Romana, Sarah Jane, Leela, Steven, Ian, Barbara, Tegan, Turlough, and DoctorDonna had some genius moments as well. The Brigadier blowing up the Silurian base was a tragic mistake.

[@brianartillery]

Rory, in Roman gear, vs. a shitload of Cybermen. One question, and a brilliant quip about 'blank looks'. Three words to say about that: Balls. Of. Steel. Donna, again, in 'The Fires Of Pompeii': she's the Doctor's conscience, begging him to save Caecilius and his family, despite the Doctor's objections. The Doctor had started to get a bit above himself by this stage.

[@Celtic-Firebird]

Not so much genius decisions as genius ideas but these two in The Stolen Earth are intelligent moments 1). Jack thinking of boosting the signal of the subwave network through the rift 2) Luke Smith adding the idea of using Mr Smith to get "billions of phones calling out all at once"

[@mousepie]

Mickey's whole story is really nice, I love how it concludes

[@jadianradiator2761]

2:16 Technically the tenth doctor didn't "enter the picture." As due to regeneration he technically only "entered the picture" back in the 9'th doctor Christopher Eccleston's first episode. As they're technically all the same guy.

[@cobaltxiv6259]

TOP 10 ALMOST COMPANIONS People who seemed like they might join the Doctor on his travels but don’t or can’t in the end.

[@Ixegod]

Donna is my absolutely favourite

[@jsd9644]

Rose and Ace are the best companions as is Donna

[@obiwankenobi5845]

I agree on Donna and ace but i feel rose is overrated

[@wackywaa1458]

What about Jamie?

[@jsd9644]

Obi wan Kenobi I quite liked Rose’s arc in seasons 1 and 2 but the ending of doomsday was just heartbreaking

[@jsd9644]

WackyWAA ! Tbh they’re all good but in my opinion they are the best as well as Sarah Jane

[@hgwells1899]

Ace, she was a diamond. I call her that because I call a spade a spade. She was like our Queen of hearts only, two places higher. If there was a club, she'd be top of the pile. That joker she hung around with, he wasn't quite the full deck. She soon dealt with him though. Even after they eventually shuffled off together, she was still numero uno. So if I had to pick one, any one, it would be Ace. I'd let the audience see, and I'd remember. Then, when asked to confirm what I had up my sleeve, it would be her. That's the magic of Doctor Who

[@Whisper_292]

You said Donna wasn't the smartest of the companions, but she had the most common sense. And DEFINITELY the biggest balls.

[@beast0339]

5:16 I remember this episode from when I was a lad! I couldn't remember what it was! I thought it was a Matt Smith episode XD

[@corycoral7072]

The Sylrians really had glow between the original and reboot

[@AmaranthOriginal]

Martha using Archangel. While Ten gave her the idea, literally everything else was oj her. Straying alive, keeoing ahead of the enemy, and spreading the word while deceiving everyone. Martha was on uer own for a whooe year and she decided to he amazing. But Martha was always amazing, so...

[@eggeth666]

when Clara went into the doctors time line to save him

[@suzannemenuet947]

Donna is whiny and a bit of an airhead, but she's 1 of my favorite companions. Up there with Bill and Clara...yes I know Clara is a controversial one.

[@NirateGoel]

What's wrong with Clara?

[@thomasstevens2746]

Love that Donna is ok here twice

[@robertgoff6479]

Donna Noble and Mickey Smith had the best personal development arcs in the series

[@JamesMLeggatJrP2E]

Love this Channel!!

[@danthemeegs8751]

agreed! xD

[@joshuacurphey3242]

Okay, can I just say that I like the Doctor was quite shocked at Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart for what he did, but he was doing what he thought was the right thing since the Silurians started it and would've continued doing it. Also, he wasn't exactly a companion (more like quite a recurring hero) though you weren't wrong about him being the longest serving one; he'd been on the show quite a bit on and off for more than 20 years and met most of the Doctor's incarnations 1-12 (for those that don't know, the Brigadier had on-screen stories with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th Doctors, somewhat briefly met the 1st Doctor twice, met the 6th, 8th and 10th Doctors in off-screen stories and briefly encountered the 12th; 10 doctors). The award for longest-serving companion actually goes to Jamie; the 2nd Doctor was on-screen between 1966 and 1969 (3 years and 4 seasons) and Jamie appeared in all but one of the 2nd Doctor's stories. Meanwhile, his questioning Salamander (impersonating the Doctor) concerning the controls was through how he told Jamie and most probably the rest of his companions to never touch them. Although he like Brigadier Lethbridge-stewart wasn't a companion, I thought that what Sargent Benton did in not trusting that phone call he received from the Master pretending to be the Brigadier from The Time Monster was good.

[@Domisbeast]

Damn, maybe the silurians released covid-19!

[@asvarien]

I find it difficult to believe that the doctor would have just allowed himself to drown to death without Donna's intervention.

[@orbitingruby9850]

The star whale one is actually what made me love Amy so much, I love that episode and I cry every time I watch it

[@DivineDefect]

I hardly ever cry, I didn't even tear up at Tennant's "I don't want to go" which makes me feel so upset with myself, but Amy's realisation comparing the Star Whale and the Doctor's similarities made me shed a few tears, something I haven't experienced since I was a kid!

[@SaintoftheHonest]

I’ve a gripe with #5 and #1 - the fact that they did the good thing doesn’t mean it was calculated at all. As was pointed out, Bill didn’t know that she was going to survive the broadcast, she didn’t know her Mother’s memory was going to help, Donna had NO clue the Doctor would die OR the consequences that would bring. Meanwhile, the Brig killing the Silurians WAS because he knew the consequences if he didn’t. Amy knew that there would be no consequences if they DID free the Star Whale.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Dude...Adric using his gold pin to kill the cybermen and sacrificing himself ...not sure of the episode but its a wel known and discussed one...

[@xxSandt21xx]

You really should start to include Big Finish in your videos. Night of the Doctor showed us that Big Finish is canon to the TV show, after all

[@ftumschk]

Nice video, but the Brigadier wasn't really a Companion with a big "C". The Companions (or "Assistants" as they used to be called) are almost always young, and usually specifically cast as a full-time character who acts as an audience-identification figure. In the Classic Era, these were the likes of Vicki, Jamie, Sarah-Jane, Ace (etc), and in the Modern Era we have Rose, Martha, Donna and so forth. The Brigadier, along with Captain Yates and Sergeant Benton, belongs in the same category as Captain Jack, River Song, Kate Stewart, Jenny, Strax and Vastra - they're recurring "guest heroes", not Companions as such.

[@julieeverett7442]

yes he was, 3rd doctor was unique as his first three years were Earth bound, he and the UNIT crew were the doctors companions as much as Jo and Sarah were , he was intergral to many of the third doctor stories, and he IS acknowledged as a companion

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

The Programme Guide, which came out during McCoy's run as the 7th Doctor, lists him as a Guest Star

[@Mandrake42]

I really felt sorry for Mickey at some points. I mean we know it already, but the Doctor can be a real jerk sometimes and Mickey copped a lot of that from him. It was good to see the writers turn him around.

[@michael12345699]

7:44 I see you, Mr. President

[@oldsport3364]

6:25 oh we could reallly use a doctor who right about now

[@alexandriahunter2125]

Let's be honest. Mickey Smith has the best character arc of any Who character.

[@danthemeegs8751]

it's definitely up there. it's also quite underrated.

[@shanejames13]

No companion is a rocket scientist! Unless you're Clara and then you can be whatever the fuck you want whenever you need to be it 😂

[@ThomasFishwick]

I'm just happy that you included Jamie. I don't care, Jamie is the one companion I want see again. He was a friend on par with the Brig and he's just been relegated to history. Not only did you include him, but an actual classic companion!

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

he did meet the Sixth Doctor

[@Swift96]

I'm not sure if River Song counts as a companion, but if she does, then I would include the time she sacrificed all of her remaining regeneration energy to save the Doctor.

[@joso7228]

Ricky/Micky was such a great character. Noel Fielding was awesome to be so weak and the butt of Tin Dog jokes for so long yet eventually grow to get his redemption.

[@emilyreich7548]

The fact Jamie made this list makes me very happy.

[@thepatriot4098]

River Amy and Rory best Family ,but Donna best companion FTW

[@Brex10]

11:00 i always find it weird that the doctor actually dies here and doesn't just regenerate.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

You should make a top 10 most Badass Doctor who companions, vid, Rory should be near the top, dude took out a entire cybership, WITH A ROMAN SWORD!!!

[@system_bug3309]

Guacamole

[@sofiah.r5534]

Ok

[@orsonlepherd7064]

M A Y O N N A I S E

[@bucky-olivia-barnes8937]

I’m sad this channel doesn’t even have 30k subscribers.

[@danthemeegs8751]

it’ll get there 👍

[@murtza_6640]

Isn’t anyone going to talk about how Russel t Davies used a similar way to fix things in 2 shows like wth. The one with rose looking into the tardis to destroy the dalek ships is similar to the scene in wizards vs aliens when Tom drinks the magic on the alien ship to destroy the ships

[@meggytari9888]

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE TO REMEMBER WIZARDS VS ALIENS! YES!!

[@murtza_6640]

@@meggytari9888 I remember it pretty well