And I didn't target it specifically at you... haven't you read the other posts?

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Again, I agree with you almost 100%. I hated her even before Doomsday, I think it started with Boom Town because that's when I noticed she was not gonna learn anything. Even when Mickey clearly is right and well justified about what Rose has done to him, RTD still expected us to be on her side.
Now it doesn't seem like she's gonna be in the 50th special a lot so hopefully she won't give me another reason to hate her and I trust Steven Moffat's enough to have a good reason to bring her back (he didn't bring back Jack Harkness because the story didn't call for it so he's not adding every character on the show for the sake of fan service).

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Donna>Rory>Amy>Clara>Martha>Rose

Donna was the best companion in every way.  Every single possible way.  I was so glad that she came back after her Christmas episode.
I like all of the companions, though, well, of that bunch.  I don't really count people like Astrid.  Though, a part of me wishes that there was an Astrid who was more important because it's so cool that Astrid in an anagram for TARDIS.

My favorite new who companions in order from who I like most.
Jack/Donna(Can't choose)
Amy and Rory
Clara
Martha
Rose

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I don't understand why people like Amy and Rory to such an extent. I found the 'Ponds' to lack any real substance. I felt Amy's attitude and especially her stroppy & obnoxious behaviour made her a not particularly likeable character. Part of the attitude was her pouting about the place as if she had the divine right to be there. Ultimately, I just found her character and her portrayal to be nothing special.

As for Rory, he was bland and not particularly engaging. The only time the Ponds grew on me was the scene with the old lady, where they had to whack her with the fence post, which, despite being a crap episode, was a good dynamic.

Yeah...I don't get why Rose was voted the best companion. No love for Ace? I know she was a 7th Doctor companion, but I'm sure everyone would have loved her if she was a 4th Doctor companion.

And I still think Donna has by far the best character-arc of any companion, although that didn't stop her from initially being the most annoying thing since a toddler causing havoc in a resturant/shop whilst the parents look on saying "Aww, bless!" (which is probably a good metaphor for whenever Moffat writes a series climax).

I only barely tolerate Rose because during the first series she is an excellent audience-surrogate - walking around like a curiosity-core going "What's that?" "How does that work?" "What's the Time War?" "What are Daleks?" "What's regeneration?" - which I needed because when I saw the very first episode of the new series in 2005 I had no idea what on earth Doctor Who was. But I'm not looking forward to seeing her in the 50th Anniversary. I excused her return in Series 4 because it gave us the excellent 'Turn Left', and the scene where the Doctor gets shot by the Dalek's whilst running in cheesy slow-motion towards Rose is unintentionally hilarious. Even when I first saw it I burst into cruel laughter (I was a weird 14 year old, as you can tell by my early Brickfilms)

But poll's should never be taken as fact - because people are stupid. Speaking of stupid, I've finally gotten around to seeing 'The Night of the Doctor'.

Its weird that the 50th Anniversary is called 'The Day of the Doctor', but this prequel is called 'Night of the Doctor', but whatever. I wonder if the Christmas special will be called 'Teatime of the Doctor'...

I feel kinda ashamed that its taken me this long to get around to it considering its only almost 7 mins long. I thought it was much longer, so I actually waited until I had a free moment (by 'free moment', I mean a weekend). And, obviously, its not paritcularly great because it has 7 mins to cram in what on earth the 8th Doctor's been doing all this time. It has to establish the Doctor's decision to be a soldier in the same amount of time it takes for a microwave dinner to be ready. So of course its going to be rushed. The only time Doctor Who has worked in short-form was 'The Curse of Fatal Death', which doesn't really count.

But its surprisingly OK. As a crafty method to build hype for the 50th it works. I want to see more of this world, which is good because before I didn't want to see the Time War - the same way I didn't want to see the Clone Wars. So at least this short has sparked my interest and done what it intended to do. 

Paul McGann is great, as usual, and does all he can with the limited screen-time he's been given. Sadly, the rest of the acting is hokey, and the dialogue desperately needs a re-draft - which isn't surprising considering Moffat probably banged this out during a lunch-break. But I was only joking when I said this was stupid. Its not. Its actually quite good, and since its only 7 mins on YouTube its harmless as a piece. Its just that if it wasn't for McGann this could have easily been merely a fan-film.

I think I'll jump in with my favorite companions:

1. Ace (How could you not? She beat up a Dalek with a baseball bat!)
2. Sarah and Harry
3. Amy and Rory
4. Donna

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You pretty much described Rose there.  At least Amy doesn't appear to be stricken by the dreaded Kristen Stewart Syndrome.

Wait a minute, there was a companion who attacked a Dalek with a baseball bat?  And she survived?  AND ROSE IS STILL MORE POPULAR THAN HER?!?!  HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!?!

I also watched Night of the Doctor.  I enjoyed it quite a bit, and it did a great job of piquing my interest in the 50th (not that I wasn't going to watch it anyway), but I do agree it would have been nice to have a full episode.  Although, I did think that some of the lines seemed a bit off.  The "four minutes? that's ages" line didn't really fit the 8th Doctor in my opinion.  It would have worked much better for Ten or Eleven, who are much more hyperactive and energetic.  Here, Eight is more slowed-down, with more gravitas, and it doesn't really fit him that well.  It sounds kinda flat when he says it, he doesn't really sound like he thinks he has a lot of time or energy.  I still liked the mini-episode, though; and like others said it was interesting to see him not save everyone's life for once.  Though I must confess, the first time I heard Cass's name, I immediately thought of this (yes, this is the extent to which school has taken over my life...)

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I loved Ace, I extremely love Remembrance of the Daleks and Sylvester McCoy is in my top 5 favorite Doctors

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