'Doctor Who's Steven Moffat: 'The companion is the main character'
Published Apr 19 2012, 17:38 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
Doctor Who exec Steven Moffat has suggested that the Time Lord's companion is the show's "main character".The showrunner told BBC America that the story of the sci-fi drama is "always the story of the companion".
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"It's always their story," said Moffat. "It was Rose Tyler's (Billie Piper) story, it's Amy Pond's (Karen Gillan) story - the story of the time they knew the Doctor and how that began, how it developed and how it ended."
He continued: "The story begins again, not so much with the new Doctor, but with the new companion. The Doctor's the hero, but they're the main character."
Moffat also described the idea of the Doctor (Matt Smith) travelling alone as "depressing" and "unhealthy".
"I thought about the Doctor travelling on his own and it always faintly depresses me," he admitted.
"I'm not sure what he does on his own but I don't think it would be healthy. He's far too old and he's seen too much."
New Doctor Who companion Jenna-Louise Coleman was unveiled to the public last month.
The Titanic actress will make her debut in the BBC drama's 2012 Christmas special.
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April 26th 2012 at 9:59pm
William McRae --- correct. Also, neither Captain Jack nor Mickey were the main companion when they appeared. It was Rose, Marther and Donna in relation to those guys. I have never considered Rory to have top billing over Amy either; certainly not in the sense of the status that Jamie had with the second Doctor. The only recent male companion to have that status might be Craig Owens because Amy was pretty much out of the picture during both of his episodes. But then, he never even saw the inside of the TARDIS.
I'm not complaining about having young, pretty women as the featured companion; not at all. It would be good to have one from a different time period or background though, in the manner of Jamie, Zoe, Nyssa, or any of several others that could be named.
April 26th 2012 at 9:51pm
I never would have guessed that with Moffats subtle writing and the way he used a story arc from all the way in 2008 as another Amy Pond focusing device -_-
April 23rd 2012 at 8:53am
Peter Guthrie - True, but Jack last half a season on "Doctor Who" and Mickey even less time (about four episodes in series two) before both were quickly shuffled off the show and again, neither of their relationships equalled the one that the Doctor shared with Rose.
Jack really came into his own when he headlined his own series in "Torchwood". Mickey unfortunately always came off as the proverbal third wheel.
April 22nd 2012 at 5:05pm
William McRae plus captain jack and mickey were male
April 22nd 2012 at 4:55pm