Excuse me... That's "Harriet Jones, Former Prime Minister" to you!

HJFPM - Harriet Jones, Former Prime Minister. Daleks - YES. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

The best reoccurring character who isn’t a companion is the doctor

I really like Kate Stewart. In spite of the flaws you mentioned. I like how she FEELS like a Lethbridge-Stewart. She (and the show by extension) doesn't just say she is. You watch how she speaks, and her body language, and you just go, "yep... that's the Brig's daughter." I think that's more a testament to Jemma Redgrave's acting (I mean, she's a freakin' Redgrave), but my point stands

Ever consider ranking tardis interiors?

One of the reasons I love Jenny is because she explains Madame vaxtras completely inhumane actions to humans from the outside world as if they are nothing. Like for instance when she tells Clara that she is having a criminal for dinner I just think is hillarious

The lodger set up season 6 with the silent’s TARDIS thingy Closing time was the funniest episode of season 6

FWIW, in the Zygon 2-parter, Kate at least remembered that the Zygon's aren't immune to bullets, which everyone else seemed to forget as they stood around with their mouths hanging open as the Zygons zapped 'em.

I just got yelled at for hollering "YES" when you got to Harriet Jones (MP, Flydale North). I'm at a bus stop.

Danny is just Mickey if he stayed as the Tin Dog

I was super pissed when they killed Danny. I was like "nooooo, take Clara instead"!

I still wanna see Craig's son come back as a future companion

On the point about Osgood and whether the one who died was Human or Zygon, I think the point is that no one knows the answer. There's no way of knowing and yeah, you can say it needs to be one Human and one Zygon for the truce to work, but ultimately it still works because no one knows if that's the case or not. All we know it's it's either one Human, one Zygon or it's two Zygons. But, we simply don't know which. Hell, I doubt that the Zygon who became the other Osgood at the end (I forget her name) even knows.

I like Craig a lot

Strax is only 6 He is HILARIOUS Do not attempt to escape or you will be obliterated! May I take your coat?

Ashildir shouldn't have been as immortal as she was. She said all the other immortals had gone by then, like how tf is a little human girl with a little medical square on her head more immortal than captain jack? A "fixed point in time"

I LOVE Harriet Jones, I think she’s so amazing, I feel bad that I completely forgot her until you said her name

"You are the council, I just run the meetings" awww thank you

Great to see Danny Pink and Jenny so high on this list, I think both are incredibly underrated

I LOVED The Lodger and Closing Time and a lot of that had to do with Craig. He's such a genuine character and a nice foil to the weirdness going on around him - like, he does his little double-take and then he just kind of straps in to help. I love his sincerity - I think James Corden played him extremely well and gave him a lot of that sincerity. I'm glad to see him on this list at all, even if he is pretty far down. I absolutely _loved_ Kate in series 9! I can't really put my finger on it as to why, I just loved her take-charge attitude and, yeah, she put herself in a bit of a stupid situation going to New Mexico basically by herself but the fact that she came out of that, solved that problem and drew her own conclusion as to the solution for the entire Zygon issue (even though it was the wrong one)...I don't know, she came off as just a total badass and I loved her for it. Your headcanon about "Which Osgood lived" is accepted. Thank you. I'm going to say - I don't really like the way Danny treated Clara (basically forcing her to choose between her friend and him, that's pretty awful boyfriend-ing), but I love him despite that. I adore Jenny. She's smarter than she seems, she's feisty, she's *adorable* (I love her voice) - just everything about her is absolutely wonderful. The biggest things I loved about Harriet Jones (Former Prime Minister) were her level-headedness, her integrity, and her humbleness. Her sacrifice was just the best ending for her character. The fact that she introduced herself to the Daleks - the _Daleks!_ - and they KNEW WHO SHE WAS...God, that was satisfying.

The "traditional" (Old Who) definition of a companion would have excluded Vincent anyway since he only traveled within the span of a single story. He's sort of like Sara Kingdom who traveled with the doctor to multiple locations in one story but who didn't stay after that. (Well, couldn't stay in her case.) But companion rules are nutty and everyone has their own. Liz Shaw, River Song, the Brigadier, and others are all borderline in weird ways that it's hard to come up with a perfect rule that doesn't allow or disallow too many characters. It's all in fun!

I really hope Chibnall brings Kate back. I want her to become the modern version of her father

To me, I liked the sort of ambiguity of Osgood's ending, how even if the real Osgood died it didn't matter since they (at that point) represented being neither human or Osgood, they were a symbol of peace between them. The real Osgood could be dead, but it doesn't matter, and I like the ambiguity of that

Kylie Minogue - Astrid Peth should have been a recurring character, Actually she should have been a companion! She was soooo adorable in her role.

Agree with the top. But maybee Donna Nobles mother Sylvia deserved a place on the list. She’s just a bit overbearing, normal middle class woman who’s not interested in the bigger issues. She’s trying to cope, and doing it rather well. Well acted in a role tha could’ve been boring to watch, but was written so well, as it developed the character of Donna so one could understand her better...

James cordon was awesome in 'the wrong mans' and I liked him in Dr who a lot

Love preventing Cyber-conversion is also not a one time thing, Craig prevented conversion because of his baby, Stormagedan, crying.

That's some intense rain.

Yes, we know who number one is. :-)

Harriet Jones!! That scene in the stolen earth makes her my 2nd favourite character ever !!! Yes I know who you are !!!

It started to rain when you mentioned that it was raining, WITCHCRAFT!

I completely agree on #1, I really enjoyed her as a recurring character and always chuckled when she'd go to introduce herself. "Yes, we know who you are" Haha, even the Sycorax knew who she was. I didn't know there was hate for Danny Pink. I liked him a lot and just felt bad for him, as I thought Clara and the Doctor treated him terribly.

Harriet Jones gets bonus points for being Shawn's Mum

I think I just found my new favourite Who-tuber

One word. STRAX!

I really felt like Harriet Jones was just a normal, every day woman with only her common sense and hard work behind her. She wasn't special or glamorous, she was just a very down to Earth person who found herself thrust into these situations and had to make those massively powerful decisions that none of us would want to make. I like how normal she was, yet so brave and resourceful and like you said - willing to do anything for the actual greater good. I liked Craig too because it was interesting to see how chaotic he could make someone's life in one episode and the strength he gave them that carried onto the next encounter. I agree that bringing him back would not be a good idea.

Shouldn't Starx count as a companion ? The Doctor came to pick him with the TARDIS in A Good Man Goes To War Vastra and Jenny too ^^

My main issue with Danny is he comes across, at times, as controlling and/or emotionally manipulative. Whether that's down to Samuel Anderson's performance, or if it was authorial intent, I've no idea, but he just feels 'wrong' somehow.

I think the thing with Jenny is that she is a fighter but she is not expected to be, plus you kind of see her evolve and taking more chances as the episodes progress.

I love the fact you put her first thank you!!!!!

When looking at the classic series, there are just fewer to pick from since outside of the UNIT era, The Doctor didn't re-encounter that many characters. There was Professor Travers, the Alpha Centauri Ambassador from the two Peladon episodes, and Sabalom Glitz that I can think of off hand. The "never traveled in the TARDIS" criteria can get a little dicey. In The Three Doctors, Benton and the Brigadier were in the TARDIS when it got sucked into the anti-matter universe. It wasn't under its own power, but they technically traveled in the TARDIS. Brigadier also traveled in Mawdryn Undead (without The Doctor) and at the end of The Five Doctors (timey wimey at best). For Liz Shaw, I consider her a companion because she did all the companion things moreso than the military regulars from UNIT. She didn't travel in the TARDIS only because she couldn't.

One thing you may not know is Osgood is also a nod to classic fandom. In 'The Daemons' - one of Pertwee's stories - the Doctor is trapped inside a heat barrier and has to work with the Brigadier's technical fella to create a device to get through. Sergeant Osgood. I very much doubt the name is a co-incidence.

Pretty solid list. Definitely agree with number one too. Also gotta say the actress of Harriet Jones (Penelope Wilton) is on my second favourite show Downton Abbey and that definitely boosted it up for me as well.

Loved your list!! And I agree with your number 1.

Harriet Jones would be my top pick. I'm also very glad to see Danny Pink on your list. I loved his character. In fact, the only time I ever really enjoyed Clara was in her interactions with him. Clara henpecked the Doctor (especially #12) mercilessly and took on an annoyingly godlike persona, but with Danny she seemed much more human and vulnerable.

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I like *really* like your nail varnish, it's such a pretty colour 😍

Sometimes i skip an Episode of the Season i'm watching. Fathers Day was one of it and i was happy that i saved it for a time without new from who.

But wouldn't the memebers of the Paternoster Gang count under your definition of companion? They all traveled via the TARDIS in "A Good Man Goes to War," do they not?

LOVE Harriet!! It's entirely plausible that she talked the daleks out of killing her #BringBackHarriet 😁 Strax is my 2nd, just because he cracks me up. Vastra, Jenny and Osgood round out my top 5. I still think they should do a spin off show with Strax, Vastra and Jenny 😆

On rewatch I actually really liked Danny. He got some amazing moments. I loved him calling out the Doctor as an 'officer' when they met and his answer to "When did you get so wise?" "Same as anyone else. I had a really bad day." Also him selflessly giving up his chance to live in order to give the boy his life back.

I personally DESPISE Ashildr/Me and would put her in a list of the WORST characters to ever appear on the show, even excluding Hell Bent. Its mainly due to one line in In The Woman who lived, when asked why she didn't use the immortality capsule on anyone, what was her response? "No one's good enough." even though we later find out that includes HER OWN CHILDREN! If she'd said "why would I inflict immortality on anyone else" or something along those lines that would of been reasonable and made sense but she didn't she said "No one's good enough." making her come across as completely callous! Even after seemingly learning her lesson by the end she switches right back to being an awful person in Face the Raven. It might of worked if she was meant to be a villain but I don't think that was what Moffat was going for.

I really like how this list turned out

Danny Pink was the punching bag that punched back.

I liked danny pink. He was an interesting foil to the doctor. I didn't like clara with capaldi. She got on my nerves. I wish she had left and danny had become a companion. I always thought that the doctor was projecting his own self hatred onto danny in regards to his participation in the time war. In a good man goes to war, that one girl says in the language of her people, the doctor is translated as warrior. This is especially seen in him asking himself if he was a good man. Danny, i think, reminded him too much of himself, so it was easier for him to be mean to him. I wonder if he didn't understand why someone would choose to become a soldier. I don't think the doctor had a choice in the time war (at least pre 50th timeline). It was either let the time war go on and destroy the universe or use the moment.

Great list. I liked Danny too. Strax and Vastra would be at the top of my list, followed by Harriet. But this list is great.

Vastra, Jenny, and Straxx are my favorites.

I do like Strax but yes in the modern series the Sontarans are for sure watered down and less scary, which I miss. But what I love is the sarah jane adventures episode where she finds a sontaran ship and she is downright terrified seeing it again, she knows that she, with this ragtag team of kids are way out of the depth and she cannot handle this alone, that's how much of a threat they are. It was like watching the sontaran experiment cliffhanger where they are finally revealed again.

my problem with Danny is the plot hole that he leaves. In the future, there is a descendant of Danny, Olsen pink, my question is How does he exist if Danny died before having any children?

A well-argued list.

I love 💕 your Nail Polish 💅! I got distracted in the beginning of the video hahaha. I agree with this list. I absolutely love Vastra and her Gang especially in aiding a good man goes to war episodes and all the earth reptilian sisters Vastra has just show up to support in The Cause to save the Child and Amy.

Can’t believe you didn’t include Captain Erisa Magambo *Salutes*

I’m fairly certain that the paternoster gang have traveled with the doctor from the a good man goes to war episode Edit: wait so do we have to see the people in the tardis or can it be presumed because in the episode the tardis appears in their house and in the next scene they are on the weird military spaceship thing

Hold on, I might be missing something, but what about Captain Avery and his boy and Dorium Maldovar? Was hopin they'd be here.

Hmm I pretty much agreed with all this. You're damned right about Danny. Great character, really solid moral core.

Agree with your number 1. Agree with what you said about Danny. I could never put my finger on why I didn't like him even though I did like his character. You really summed it up for me. Definitely agree with everything you said about Jenny. I probably would have tried to squeeze Amelia in there. I know technically she's Amy but still, I think she deserves her own credit.

I... think the reason Kate took such a hit in the zygon episodes was partially due to Clara. In order to beef up Clara's intelligence and importance in the episodes, she made a lot of deductions and performed actions that Kate was easily capable of performing herself and would have, had Clara not been the centre of attention. I'm really hoping the UNIT gang make a reappearance in S11 because I love them in the BF audios and they deserve more onscreen character time (bonus points if Josh and Sam make an appearance).

The character of Me is interesting. But Mazie Williams was absolutely awful at portraying it.

Re Jenny: Ever since the first doctor and Katarina, the show's writers have struggled to integrate companions from history or from other retrograde societies. Their only real success has been Jamie, mainly by giving him plenty of warrior stuff to do. I'm guessing writers consider the rewards too small to justify the challenge. I've never tried writing a Doctor Who story so I can't imagine how difficult a challenge that is. What I do know is Louise Jameson (Leela) quit the job because the writers side stepped that challenge.

This was good. It will be nice to see this applied to the classic Who stuff when you finally get done with it....!

Strax traveled once in the TARDIS, in a Good Man Goes To War, and Vastra twice, once in a Good Man Goes To War and The Snowmen Christmas special.

Where would Vincent have been on the companion list?

I liked Graig very much too. 11th and him are so cutsey together

Didn't Vastra travel in the TARDIS in The Snowmen?

To be fair, I think Amy Pond was the Whovian self-insert before Osgood. Everybody who grew up with this show dreamed about the Doctor taking them away.

I liked Kate Stuart in DotD, but she was very stupid in arming a nuke right beneath London to stop a few Zygons from getting the artefacts. I mean, a normal bomb would work just fine,

Regarding the Osgood thing, the whole point in the two-Osgoods dynamic is that it's ambiguous to everyone except themselves as to which one is human. Therefore, after one of them died it would make sense for the other to not reveal whether she's human or zygon. In which case, the decision for the replacement doesn't consider the species of the current Osgood a factor. I guess it would be pushing it if they always replaced one of them with a Zygon and never a human though.

I vaguely recall mention Petronella Osgood was a twin. Se may have been replaced by her twin sister.

9:25 *SPACESHIP*

I'm not a huge fan of Corden but I like him a fair bit as Craig, he played the character really well and his relationship with his girlfriend and Alfie was so sweet

Great list and fair points as always, but I believe Strax should be considered as a companion by your definition. When he is first introduced, the TARDIS lands next to him and he walks towards it. Granted, we never saw him in the ship, but it’s almost certain that that’s how he got to Demon’s Run. It doesn’t really matter, though, and basically everything else you said I agreed with (except I would place Kate a few spots higher, even with series 9).

All the planes around the world have stopped. "Thats alot of passengers" "Thats alot of fuel" Oh god... you're right!" *SERIOUSLY KATE?!* You thought of the passengers, but not the fuel??!! Hell, the ENTIRETY of UNIT, and nobody thought of how much fuel was up there?

Jenny Strax and Vastra all travelled in the tardis off trenzalore in time of the doctor so they are companions!

Craig would have been my #1. Love the new tag line BTW.

Have you read "Devil in the Smoke"? It's a Vastra-Jenny-Strax story that's really fun and really nice if you like the characters. Also, the audiobook is read by Dan Starky, who plays Strax, so his Strax voice is awesome :D

Madame Vastra did technically travel in the TARDIS. Not through time or very far, but in The Snowmen, she and 11 did technically travel in the TARDIS from the House to the Great Intelligence.

I was interested to hear what you have to say about them, although I wouldn't rank them in that order myself! Although I like Jenny, I think I like Vastra better; and Vastra could function without Jenny, whereas it's unclear how Jenny could fit into the series without Vastra.

I quite like Danny Pink as well. Glad to see that I'm not the only one ;)

That was good. But you probably forgot a few, I think it was Wilfred Mott you left off. Oh not to mention, uh, Jackie Tyler. Will you do a second companion list and talk about the other companions?

Before Series 9 I wanted a television spin off about UNIT led by Kate Stewart, but after the Zygon two-parter I said "On second thought, nah."

Strax isn't your normal sontarin , some where along his story line something happen to change him or he might be an experimental clone batch , never seen a medic sontarin in past or future eras. Jenney has such a joy in being who she is.

I know it's nothing to do with the content of the video but your nail polish colour is mesmerising, somebody tell me what it is or recommend me one similar!!!

The Osgood dilemma isn't about one HAS to be Human, the other HAS to be Zygon. But, if the human died, could the Zygons even retain a copy of her?

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I would love to see the Doctor's Daughter, Jenny, come back, at least for one episode. It's something I've wanted for a long time, and I think she would be great to introduce for another one-off story with 13. One recurrence.

I thought Strax traveled in the Tardis when the Doctor was getting an army together to get Amy back

Slight argument with your list, while we don't see them enter the TARDIS or inside it, it's established that Strax and Jenny travel with The Doctor in the TARDIS to get from their allotted points in Time and Space to Demons Run, whilst I'm pretty sure that Madame Vastra travels in the TARDIS during The Snowmen to get to the GI headquarters.

Yeah, this was a really nice list and Harriet was really quite surprising and I was glad that she was there cause it reminded me of this overlooked yet really great character, so thanks for that. But I have to rant on Danny cause I believe that he is not as strong of a spirit as you might think. Personally I quite enjoyed him but that was mostly because Clara liked him and I believed in her judgement to find the partner that was best for her, though he himself didn't really grab me. But then after Death in Heaven I really started hating him and here's why: When given the option to come back to Clara and continue their relationship he instead chooses to redeem himself and calm the demons of his past by resurrecting the boy he'd accidentally killed while on duty. Now I'm obviously not saying that that is not a horrible memory to live with. I'm not saying that he shouldn't have just gotten over it because accidental killing of innocents has got to be the worst thing that a conscientious soldier could do and it causes most terrible guilt and self-persecution for a person (like Craig Boone from Fallout New Vegas who killed multiple Khan civilians during the Bitter Springs Massacre). *However* , being in a relationship and doing what's best for your partner is indefinitely more important in my opinion, as it allows a person to create a better future as opposed to mourning about the past (even if that past is really horrible) and not doing better and greater things. And to me the fact that Danny failed to see such self-evident notion and instead chose to go with the option that appeases him (and the boy's parents if they _happen to still be alive_) as opposed to going with the choice that would indeed cause more pain and grieving for him, but would ultimately lead to more good as he would continue to build his relationship with Clara and potentially even start a family. And that is why I believe that Danny Pink does not deserve to be called "strong-spirited". But that's just my opinion and you may beg to differ. Hopefully this didn't offend anyone.

Where’s Wilfred? He’s one of the best imo

Make another list of character the travel in the Tardis that aren't really companions'

My brother was in the Van Gogh episode :)