Woe Is Media: Five things shaking my faith in Doctor Who
This is a pretty accurate representation of how I feel, except I’m also really uncomfortable with the number of sexist remarks the Doctor slides in.
See, people always get weird on me when I say that I don’t really like the character of Clara, but this?
To call Clara a character would be generous. And wrong. She’s more of a cute girl plot point, isn’t she?Upon her arrival as Oswin in that god-awful first episode of season one (when can we stop featuring Daleks as the big bad which are then wiped out and brought back again every 2.5 episodes?), Clara had a few defining features: she was cute. She was… Spunk…y? Eh. She… wore cute clothes.Oh, and I guess she died a lot. And came back a lot. Like the Daleks. And Rory.Exactly why. I’m unable to care about her because I don’t know anything about her at all.
Yes, this. I miss when the companions had, you know, personalities. I mean Rose at least grew and changed as she traveled. Jack became a better man. Martha learned to stand up for herself and *chose* to leave because that was best for her. Donna certainly had personality in spades, and also grew. Clara and Eleven often just feels creepy to me.
I miss when the doctor chose companions because they showed themselves clever or brave, not because they were puzzles.