Have you got what it takes...

...to be a companion?

In the Blink thread a lot of people are saying that Sally Sparrow would make a great companion & I must admit that I agree completely.
But what is it that makes her companion material? (other than being nice eye candy Dave;))
Is it her talent to get in to trouble?
Her ability to tackle the situation once she accepted it?
Her intelligence & ability to stand up to the Doctor? (albeit on a DVD).
Her talent to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Could you be a companion?
Can you deal with a situation when thrown in at the deep end or do you freeze?
Could you stand up to an authority figure & ask for the facts?
Would you be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

I think it was the thought of the Doctor being in the wrong place at the wrong time that prompted me to investigate places as a kid. I was & still am a bloody nosey git & will look around any old house, castle, wood or grave yard if given half a chance. I would have been in that house with Sally in the 'blink' of an eye. ;)
But would I make a good companion? I don't know really, I'd like to think so.
Would you?

I wouldn't make a good companion, I am a dull coward! Look at Turlough!!!!!

I'd make a crap companion. I'm far too bolshie & would be getting on the Doctor's tits all the time by refusing to do as i'm told. I'd probably get myself killed. :lol

I'd make a crap companion - I think I'd have been a male version of Roberta Tovey's Susan. In fact, my version of "Who's Who" pisses all over hers.

:flash

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I'd make a crap companion. I'm far too bolshie & would be getting on the Doctor's tits all the time by refusing to do as i'm told. :lol

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So you'd be Tegan then? :p

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Originally Posted by Dirk Gently

So you'd be Tegan then? :p

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:roll :clap Yeah, but with more dress sense, & less embarrassing hair.
In fact less hair, period. :lol

I'd be a rubbish companion. But I'd be a great Doctor. I'd be a mix of Tom Baker. Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. Long scarf, long hair, Manc accent and Converse.

YES! IT'S ME! :flash

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But what is it that makes her companion material? (other than being nice eye candy Dave)

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Not once have I said that I liked her for being nice eye candy! :p

(Apart from when I posted a picture of her in the Eye Candy thread... um... :embarrass )

She'd be a good companion for all the reasons you suggested - she's resourceful, intelligent, strong, level headed, and up for adventure and excitement - she just screams 'companion'. Also, Carey Mulligan is just such a damned good actress.

I reckon I'd be a fairly good companion, possibly in the Jamie mould - though I fear I might more likely be an Adric or an Adam. :eek

I'd be a good companion - although with my know-it-all attitude, mathematical ability and gold star I know where I'd end up ...

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Originally Posted by Dave Tudor

I reckon I'd be a fairly good companion, possibly in the Jamie mould - though I fear I might more likely be an Adric or an Adam. :eek

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Hang on, what am I saying!? I AM a good companion!!! ;) :p

Part of me thinks I could be a bumbling but ultimately well-intentioned Harry Sullivan type- and I have my own blazer. But in reality I'm probably more of a male Jo Grant- useless in a crisis, all the co-ordination of a drunken octopus and with an amazing tendency to fall into exactly the situation I was trying to avoid.

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Originally Posted by Captain Tancredi

Part of me thinks I could be a bumbling but ultimately well-intentioned Harry Sullivan type

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I'd get in the TARDIS with Ian. That'd be piss funny! The Doctor and the odd couple. I could go in with Wayne but I think we'd argue a lot (in a friendly, but still getting on each other's wicks and 'stop looking at my legs' kind of way. :D)

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Originally Posted by Captain Tancredi

- useless in a crisis, all the co-ordination of a drunken octopus and with an amazing tendency to fall into exactly the situation I was trying to avoid.

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That's average daily behaviour! :D Well, I'm not always useless in a crisis. Sometimes I can be quite good you know!

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Originally Posted by Carol Baynes

I'd get in the TARDIS with Ian. That'd be piss funny! The Doctor and the odd couple.

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If you can tolerate me calling you "old thing" repeatedly, we might just be on to something there. ;)

I'd be a rubbish companion. I'd probably last about 3 stories across 2 different Doctors and get killed at the end of my third story!!!;)