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I'm having a Companions Appreciation Day, apparently. Which basically means I'm watching companions fanvideos on youtube and crying my eyes out. I didn't plan it, but now I just can't stop. I think everyone should have a Companions Appreciation Day, every once in a while.

I just can't help it, really.They're all so beautiful and special and important. I want to grab a random Whovian and tell them that it's these people that make Doctor Who what it is. They may not always be there, they may go away or die or forget, but they do leave a mark. They need the Doctor, sure, but what does he actually do for them? He just makes them see themselves, makes them see all the wonderful, amazing potential they're not using yet. And the Doctor himself needs them so fucking much - because, as much as aliens are awesome, the companions make him human. And without human in him, what would the Doctor be? A Time Lord Victorious, once again?



(Basically, if I catch just another fan saying "oh but Donna won't ever be important again, she was special just because the Doctor said so", I'll scream. The Doctor didn't make her brave and kind and compassionate and he didn't make her brilliant, and I know I shouldn't care because she's just a character but it's all just so fucking insulting.

Also, friendly reminder that - even if she's not one of my favourite companions - Martha Jones is an intelligent, capable woman who works for UNIT and the badass who saved the world during the Year That Never Was. Actually, in a way she is not one of my favourite companions because I've always felt she didn't need the Doctor as much as the others ...

And don't get me started on Rose. And, for fuck's sake, why isn't anybody writing lenghty spin-offs about Jenny? Jenny the Doctor's Daughter, not Jenny Flint - though Jenny and Vastra are so awesome it's almost ridiculous.)




So, anyway. Have some links and cry. Crying is cool. Sometimes.



Holding Out for a Hero

You Are Perfect

You'll Be Bright

Paradise

The Doctor's Ophelia

Ophelia (not really about the companions, but it does include River and one-episode companions like Madame Pompadour, Joan and Jenny and it's wonderful)