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From: "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
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Subject: Re: Favourite and Least Favourite Doctors, Companions, Anything!
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0200
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On 14.07.25, Blueshirt  <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
> Mickmane wrote:
>> On 13.07.25, Blueshirt  <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

>>> Well... if it was just the new series Doctors, then yes... it
>>> would be Eleven... mainly because I found the whole Amy (and
>>> Rory) thing tiresome by the end. From sexy kissogram girl to
>>> annoying ginger!
>>
>> I must have missed that while slogging through those seasons.

> You could hardly miss Amy! It was kind of all about her and her
> crack for a while. Spoilt bitch.

Haha. I didn't miss Amy, I missed her turning into a spoiled brat.

>> If we talk companions that turned out like the proverbial
>> fish/visitors, whatshername, the impossible girl, takes the
>> lead for me.

> Clara.

Right.

> She started off fine. But again, the more a showrunner tries
> to add depth to a companion or make them 'special' the more
> I lose interest. - And we won't mention her loser boyfriend
> Rupert either. (PTSD me bollix!)

I think I forgot Rupert. Sometimes a bad memory is an advantage? :)

>> Talking instruments (you say play, so I guess it's something
>> like that) I didn't like the 2nd's (I think it was) flute much.

> I think the British prefer the term Recorder.

I haven't been to the UK for decades. Here it's called Floete. Closer to  
flute! :)

>> Twelve's guitar was more like it! :)

> The 12th Doctor playing a riff on an electric guitar whilst
> riding on a tank was ... er, different.

I think I missed the tank, or forgot it. Wasn't that back in ancient  
Rome? How did he get a tank there?

> I liked it though, and yeah it was cool. The 12th Doctor was a breath
> of fresh air after the dullness of Eleven.

Hah.

-- 

Mickmane