#Ryan and Ruby

[a-fragile-little-teacup]

Dress for the job you want (all of my outfits go through a “would a companion in Doctor Who wear this?/has a companion in Doctor Who worn this?” test)

[hellish-cruelty]

Bedrooms I love.

Movies- The Double Life of Veronique (1991), In the mood for Love (2000), Vagabond (1985), A tale of springtime (1991), Dreamers (2003), Amélie (2001), Hanging Up (2000), Pao Alto (2013), Ruby Sparks (2012), Mistress America (2015)

[foolishlyzephyrus]

i feel like it’s so integral to have at least one “at home” episode for every companion. so much character to be revealed in the premise of aliens interfering with everyday life once they are back on earth

[were-wolverine]

okay doing this again

[lord-aldhelm]

July 10 2024: Posted by Eliza Butterworth on Instagram.

[kingslionheart]

tlk never beating the queer show allegations 🌈 part 4/? | young uhtred wondering 24/7 if he's THAT obvious (he is)

[khruschevshoe]

The Doctor, 2 minutes after losing his last companion and when he's about to acquire another:

[dailytlk]

THE LAST KINGDOM PARTY

requested by @mrsaugustwalker

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

Ages of each actor in their first appearance as a companion (new who edition):

Bernard Cribbins (Wilf) : 79

Bradley Walsh (Graham): 58

John Bishop (Dan): 55

Alex Kingston (River): 45

Matt Lucas (Nardole): 41

John Barrowman (Jack): 38

Catherine Tate (Donna): 37

Noel Clarke (Mickey): 30

Pearl Mackie (Bill): 30

Mandip Gill (Yaz): 30

Freema Agyeman (Martha): 28

Arthur Darvill (Rory): 28

Jenna Coleman (Clara): 26

Tosin Cole (Ryan): 26

Billie Piper (Rose): 23

Karen Gillan (Amy): 23

Millie Gibson (Ruby): 19

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

The thing to me about the Doctor's companions is that they are, at their very cores, ordinary. And that's not an insult. They are human, flawed and messy and chaotic and petty and obsessive and clingy and kind and mortal and ordinary. And yet the Doctor chooses them again and again. Every Doctor is given a moment where they could choose to leave them behind. To keep moving. To go find someone else. To let them be ordinary. And yet the Doctor chooses the companion, sees some extraordinary in all of these ordinary people, because seven billion people and counting and the Doctor's never met someone like them.

[scienceandfandoms]

I was talking on Discord and accidentally spent an hour giving my thoughts on how well each new Who companion could take care of a baby. Note that I think most everyone on this list is capable of taking care of a baby for some amount of time. As such I'm adding how long I think they could do so/additional stipulations in bold. Also of note that a lot of these depend on when in their timeline we mean. I split some ratings based on this. Also also this is just for fun

So without further ado... How well New Who companions would do taking care of a baby (under the cut)

Rose Tyler: When we meet her she is so so young to be caring for an infant for a significant amount of time. But by the end of her time on screen? Sure. In EU content she's even got a kid. Rating: a few days at the start, long term at the end

Mickey Smith: Era specific. Definitely not for early Mickey. But once he's matured after spending time in Pete's World he could probably do it. Rating: maybe for an afternoon at the start, long term at the end

Captain Jack Harkness: Has had children canonically. This does not, however, fill me with confidence. Probably knows how to keep them alive more or less though unless their death would save the world haha who said that. Rating: inevitable heartbreak/10

Martha Jones: I'd trust her to do so at the start if she had to bc of her medical training and being slightly older/with her shit together. My confidence has only increased with time. Rating: most competent so far, could probably handle it long term if she had to right at the start

Donna Noble: Has successfully, canonically, on screen raised a spectacular daughter who is also a companion. A large portion of her time on screen in The Star Beast is dedicated to how good of a mother she is. Rating: companion I would trust the most with a baby for any amount of time

River Song: Another one that depends in part on place in the timeline and I'm not even gonna get into the thing where the Library makes her a parent or something at the end of that episode bc that feels forced af to me. But I feel like she'd lack confidence in her ability to care for a kid of any age, but take to it surprisingly well if she really had to do it. Rating: earlier in her timeline just no. Later in her timeline she could probably manage long term

Amy Pond and Rory Williams (they're a couple so doing them together): at the beginning they're also quite young (not even counting Amelia era Amy). They could do it but I think Rory would be picking up a lot of the slack for the same reasons I think early Martha could do it. Dubiously canonly they DID raise a kid (though it's unclear if it was from infancy), and in general there's so many timeskips they're a lot older and more mature by their departure and I think they'd be fine. Rating: carried by Rory to squeak out mid-long term success early on, but in a better position long term later in their lives

Clara Oswald: Clara has experience with children, yes, but ones that are SCHOOL age. Clara is not equipped to handle an infant. You can't be clever at an infant. Unless you speak baby. Maybe she forces the Doctor to teach her to speak baby. I doubt it would help. Rating: I wouldn't leave a baby with Clara Oswald for more than an afternoon and even that much is a gamble

Nardole: Has been seen looking after babies before. Seems reasonably competent at it. Up there honestly. Rating: long term right from the start. Or at least from his second episode he's just kinda doofy in THORS and there's a significant time skip after that

Bill Potts: While not as young as someone like Rose, her position in life is still one that makes caring for a baby for a significant duration difficult. Could she do it? Yeah probably if she really had to. But I want her to live her life. Rating: living situation complicates anything more than short term early on, probably capable of long term with resources even then

Ryan Sinclair: Chibnall companions are kinda nothing to me. Sorry. Please don't come at me for not being a Chibnall enjoyer. But it can be hard to get a read on them to me. Ryan is pretty young though so I'm gonna say best not. Maybe if he was written by someone capable of developing a character. Rating: short term would probably be okay

Graham O'Brien: Also Chibnall. In a better position age wise. Loses points for all the ableism with Ryan so maybe if the kid isn't disabled I guess. Rating: another short term candidate I suppose

Yaz Khan: Also Chibnall. Also young. Still probably not. I'm sorry canon Yaz is kinda nothing to me I know a lot of people really like her. Rating: competent enough for short term probably

Dan Lewis: Maybe the Chibnall companion I'd trust with a baby the most? I mean he's not barely an adult, and his main crime is outing someone which isn't really relevant to a baby. I think it's a bit outside his wheelhouse but he'd manage it okay. Though if he never unshrunk his house that might make it a bit more difficult for anything longer term. Rating: congratulations you get short term with longer term conditional on the assumption you have somewhere to go with said baby

Rose Noble: She's 15. But on the other hand she could ask her mom for help so if that's an option she's fine actually. Rating: probably a great short term babysitter, has the resources to get excellent assistance if she were to end up with a baby in the long term

Ruby Sunday: Another Quite Young companion and her introduction literally does feature a baby in her care getting kidnapped. She does get that baby back though and it's shown that she helps her mom with childcare a lot so big babysitter energy. Rating: short-mid term on her own, longer term with assistance

[lazzarella]

I need to see a gif set of Ryan Gosling performing I’m Just Ken at the Oscars side by side with Marilyn Monroe performing Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes because that reference was 💯👌🏻

[lord-aldhelm]

The Last Kingdom Season 5 Behind the Scenes video taken by Eliza Butterworth

From Eliza Butterworth's Instagram

[foolishlyzephyrus]

a companion gets a genuinely happy ending for once? this is unprecedented