Doctor Who: Companions' First Moments Key to Setting Up The Future

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The Doctor's relationship with their companion is the heart of Doctor Who, and their first meetings always offer a sense of what's to come.

) of his granddaughter whom he misses. Yaz' first prickly encounter with The Doctor will retroactively turn out to be a love at first sight whenmight be a progressive show as much as it could be, and it made the effort whenever possible, but for the longest time, it was incredibly sexist. The female companions before Ace were all there to follow the hero around and scream when the monsters showed up and got rescued.

Sarah Jane was played with nuance and spunk by, but she constantly had to be rescued. Even Leela had to be rescued, though she was the only companion before Ace, who rushed in after enemies and monsters to kill them. It was pretty much the companion's job to be in peril and get rescued by the hero. It was and still is the default of most male writers. You could argue it's the most basic tenet of adventure fiction, especially those written to appeal to boys and men.

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