Women of Doctor Who celebration post

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

I was intending for my halfamoon contribution to be a post about the women in Doctor Who – and very quickly realised that could get very long and unwieldy, because the Doctor Who universe is not only enormous (thirty seasons and counting if you stick to the TV stuff alone; there are many hundreds of novels, comics and full-cast audio dramas) but it’s also got a ton of female characters who I adore, from bit-part characters with a few lines in a single episode to companions who spent years on the TARDIS.

The best way to go seemed to be a love thread/celebration thread, of a type I’ve done before for the companions. This time it’s a post about all the women of the Doctor Who universe, companions or not, from the classic series, new series, the ‘middle school’ books/audios/comics stuff, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures. It’s going to work in the same way as the post linked above: leave a comment with a character in the subject line, and people can respond with what they love about that character, their best moments or quotes, fic recs, drabbles, picspam, relevant links, or anything else. Any female character’s fine, though if it’s a minor character you might want to add the relevant episode title to the subject, especially if they share a name (I’m happy to squee over both Jenny from The Doctor’s Daughter and Jenny from Human Nature but we need to know which is which).

I’ll add a list of links to threads as they appear. I don’t want to dictate a bunch of rules for this, but it should go without saying this is meant to be a fun, positive thing on a comm that’s about celebrating women, so keep that in mind (“I love Mel, I don’t know why so many people hate her!” is a rhetorical statement, not a request for more information) and try not to passive-aggressively slam other characters while loving on your own (the difference between “Donna’s brilliant, I loved having a slightly older companion” and “Donna’s brilliant; finally, a companion who’s not a simpering schoolgirl”).

And… go!

New Who

Astrid Peth
Donna Noble
Jackie Tyler
Martha Jones
Rose Tyler
Reinette/Madame de Pompadour

Classic Who

Ace McShane
Barbara Wright
Dodo Chaplet
Jo Grant
Leela
Liz Shaw
Mel Bush
Nyssa
Peri Brown
Polly Wright
Romana I
Romana II
Susan Foreman
Tegan Jovanka
Victoria Waterfield
Zoe Heriot
Professor Amelia Rumford

Torchwood

Gwen Cooper
Suzie Costello
Toshiko Sato

SJA

Sarah Jane Smith
Maria Jackson
Rani Chandra

Non-TV media

Alison Cheney
Anji Kapoor
Benny Summerfield
Charley Pollard
Erimem
Evelyn Smythe
Izzy Sinclair

Comments

Leela

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Reposting a pic from a picspam I did on whoadventures:



Leela just looks incredible there, rockin' a cape on Gallifrey with her Time Lord girlfriend.

Re: Leela

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Doesn't she?

And she's a fascinating character to complement the Doctor. Practical as opposed to headstrong; butt-kicking as opposed to pacifistic to a fault; wise as opposed to technical-scientific. She can detonate his technobabble with a one-liner. Gallifrey could certainly use a few more folk like her!

Re: Leela

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

The thing is...she's a freaking genius. A totally unassuming genius. =D

Re: Leela

[livii.livejournal.com]

Leela's one of the more fascinating characters the show's ever had. She can appear as such a stereotype but there is so much more to her: she's terribly smart, she just may not know things the audience knows; she's unutterably brave, from her very first appearance on the show, brave beyond the telling; she has a compassionate side, best seen with how she took to K-9, which is incredibly lovely. She has such an interesting storyline, and it continues in a beautiful and heart-breaking way in the audios. She's beautiful and strong, and shippable with everyone she meets, and so much fun to explore.

Re: Leela

[thisbluespirit]

Leela! I was prepared not to like her, but found all my preconceptions blow away after less than a minute. She's an ignorant savage, but she's far from stupid. Her way of laughing at the all-wise Doctor is brilliant. Her instincts winning out in Robots of Death, and

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Leela! I was prepared not to like her, but found all my preconceptions blow away after less than a minute. She's an ignorant savage, but she's far from stupid. Her way of laughing at the all-wise Doctor is brilliant. Her instincts winning out in <i>Robots of Death</i>, and <Fang Rock</i>: "I'm no lady," she laughs before stripping off, finding a hefty jumper and then slapping Adelaide. Gallifrey didn't know how to handle her. :-D

Re: Leela

[drho.livejournal.com]

She does look incredible. I wonder what Leela the ultimate pragmatist would have made of the tenth Doctor's emo moments.