The thing I dislike about Clara is that her story makes her so much glorified and is given so much importance as the girl who saves the Doctor. I think that really undermines the little and big things that all the other companions have done for the Doctor, like Rose saving the Doctor as Bad Wolf, Martha bringing back the Doctor, Donna giving the Doctor hope after Rose is gone, Amy and Rory being a family to him. It is a shame and Moffat ruined Capaldi's time by pulling his character to the background while Clara gets the limelight. And guess which is Capaldi's best episode? Heaven Sent! When Clara isn't even there! (Sorry for the rant, peace out)
Neha The Jedi The fact Capaldi's best episode didn't have Clara in a main role means nothing. Some argue Blink is the best Tennant episode, doesn't mean 10 is a terrible Doctor that the show was better without. Same with Martha.
I really liked Clara for most of those reasons. I thought it fit in with the recent companions whose lives have been more focused on. Hers just was different, she was more of a time travel junkie. I love the touches they threw in, like putting her name first in the credits. She wasn't Mel or Teigan or a screamer. Now mind you most people seem to love Donna and I couldn't handle her. Probably cause I was watching them when they came out on dvd at that point and knew Donna was the new companion before I saw. That said I respect your opinion. Its a matter of taste and for me Clara first!!
Fun Fact - After Eccleston refused to be in The Day of the Doctor, Moffat got upset and wrote a draft of The Day of the Doctor WITHOUT the Doctor, but just Clara fantasising about who the Doctor really is. Oh my god, how awful that would have been? Eg, *The Day of Clara*
It already IS Day of Clara. Literally the three Doctors together are so stupid that they plan to wipe out the Timelords until Clara says "You're better than this." and then they decide to think of a plan which doesn't involve genocide. Total fucking character ruining madness for THREE Doctors who are planning to kill their entire species because they didn't think hard enough until Clara told them to.
les gens aime pas les filles qui tiennent tête au docteur vaut mieux avoir une folle ou une débile c'est bien mieux. La pire c'est surtout Martha Jones, qu'il a fallu que je fasse des recherches pour me souvenir de son nom. Mais les meilleurs c'est surtout Amy, Clara et Dona.
@@puppycatsbee for what I saw when it came out. I say she was much more of a excellent companion who worked well with the Doctor(11th) and she saved his life. I love the 12th Doctor, but the writing for Clara was just week and she just became another Peri Brown. The last time Clara actually worked well with the 12th was in Deep Breath but after that she just became disconnected and self pitying.
What bugs me is Clara could have been a really great companion. I would have first travel with the Doctor between "Bells of St John" and "Deep Breath". Leave and return five years later. When is working a teacher in love with Danny Pink. At the end of "Forest in the Night" he leaves her and Danny to live their lives together. He returns ten years later in "Dark Water" to an inconsolable grieving widow. Her beloved husband Danny Pink having died from a long battle with cancer.
Clara, without a doubt, but it's the fault of Moffat's crap writing / lack of relatable vision for the character, not the fault of Jenna Coleman who I feel is a good actress.
Carl B Jenna Coleman is a great actress but her run as Clara on Doctor Who was mixed. Clara was terrible opposite The 11th Doctor but when she teamed with The 12th Doctor, she was awesome.
Clara is indicative of Moffat not being able, or more likely not caring, to write satisfying conclusions. I hate that all this huge universe spanning mysteries just become word play.
This was never more explicit than in Day of the Doctor, when the conclusion is this: 1. The Doctor realises the only possible hope in the time war is to destroy the Timelords, and spends the whole episode preparing to do the unpleasant but necessary thing. 2. When the moment comes, Clara says "No, you're better than this. There must be another way". 3. The Doctor goes "Oh, you're right. Better do something else." It's so fucking stupid that in order to make Clara seem important to this plot, Moffat had to make THREE DOCTORS so dense that they were planning on wiping out their entire race because it hadn't occurred to them to think harder.
Tbh; Clara and Amy were the ones I most disliked. At the start when we first saw Amy as a seven year old child, I actually thought she was decent. But after finding out how she turned out; this way too flirty and mean person, I couldn't stand her anymore. Not only was she constantly flirting with the doctor even though she was engaged and later on even married, but also that she treated the actually pretty likeable Rowry so bad... And yeah, Clara was kinda just shoved down our throats, she's that Mary sue-Character you get in nearly every series. She was pretty boring and annoying not only because of her lack of personality and character development, but also because of her attitude... Sry for bad english btw
I did like Clara in the beginning with the 11th doctor because i was caught up in the mystery of who this person is and why she isn't dying. But when 11 turned into 12 and she didn't want to Travel with him, because he was old, was when I started to hate her character.i hated her for exactly all the reasons you give. so from the beginning of the 12th doctor's regeneration you knew she didn't even want to be there. Then when she betrayed him and threatened him, that was the last straw. She was the epitome of a shitty friend.
actually, she was the epitome of "good people do bad things." her friendship with 12 was actually very realistic. it had a rocky start, and was imperfect, but stood strong on a foundation of unconditional love. and the real reason for her confused and sceptical attitude towards the doctor in deep breath is because she expected his new face to look, well, new. she made it clear that it's not because he doesn't look young anymore. she's not someone who cares about outward appearances. she missed 11 dearly and was attached to him, that much is true, but realised that the doctor is still the same person on the inside. also, in her defence, the doctor was acting very differently in series 8. it's like she had to get used to a whole new person. but once she truly understood him, they were able to reach a place of stability and mutual respect.
It's a shame as ace leela and romana are my favourite companions and should have returned even though they have aged but not in hell bent that story makes me sick
"What, I have to say more, I've said Clara Oswald, That's the amount of development Steven Moffat gave here." Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh!!
I think the audience would have cared more about Danny's death if the relationship was believable. He's not very likeable, and I find it difficult to believe that Clara would date someone who is so demanding.
Clara was worst by a country mile. She wasn't a character she was a plot contrivance, she was who ever she needed to be for the plot. The ultimate mary sue.
Clara was the first companion to match the Doctor since Romana. And she didn't fall in love with the Doctor. That's what makes her such a great companion.
Nikioko she kinda did fall in love with the doctor, it was obvious she loved matt smith and then when peter came along she didn’t like him just because he was old, donna was the only doctor to never like the doctor i’m that way
Nikioko please don't compare her to romana romana is far superior in every respect she was literally the female version of the doctor while Clara is the female version of cardboard
@@BriZ3l21 Most people other than the Doctor don't think like the Doctor, giving his background, memories, experiences.. and the fact he keeps changing almost entirely. Truly stupid comment.
I found Clara is the best in day of the doctor. I think she worked best with John Hurt tbh, he rlly played to her strengths and somehow she played to his very well. Good chemistry.
Agree completely that Clara is the worst written character in the show's history. From start to finish, her entire character was just a terrible train wreck.
Clara is my least favourite companion. I felt that there was way too much build up of her character, she lasted way longer than she should have and Moffet made her seem as if she was the Doctor's equal.
@@Nikioko she will never be the doctors equal, and Romana was a new graduate time lady, IT was a nanny that some how became a teacher without any explanation as to how this came to be
I just got so fed up with the Clara. I liked her in series 7. I didn't like how she got the lime light in series 8 because Peter Capaldi is great. By series 9... she had long out stayed her welcome. I forgot she said goodbye in series 8. That was a nice ending for her. I would have been happy if she left then. The face the raven ending was good for her too, she just should have stayed dead.
Clara...easily...she literally made every single episode revolve around her and ruined the series, not every companion has to have every bloody plot point connect back to them but clara literally had it written into her character that this was a thing, and ruined it
I think the problem with Clara is that Jenna Coleman way overstayed her welcome. She was originally supposed to leave with Matt, but she decided to stay one more series. But by the time the end of series 8 came around, turns out she wanted to stay for one more series, again. I don't blame Moffat for that for her character, I blame Jenna for staying past the end of Clara's story line.
Jenna is talented actress but the character of Clara is train wreck, the worst written companion in the show's history. Peter Capaldi deserved so much better and I'm glad he finally got that with Bill.
Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley. The character is introduced as a boy genius from the year 2012 who attracts the attention of the Doctor's traveling companion Rose (played by Billie Piper) after she and the Doctor (No. 9, played by Christopher Eccleston) meet him in his place of work. Despite Rose's willingness to accept Adam as a fellow traveller, the Doctor is skeptical. After Adam attempts to use information from the future for his own gain, the Doctor throws Adam out of his time machine, the TARDIS. This was the first example of the Doctor forcing a companion to leave because of negative behaviour.
Clara..just..Clara. Not a shred of consistency in her character between Series 8 and 9 just horribly, horribly underwritten yet still somehow the most important person ever. She poisoned the well and people have rightly taken Moffat to task for creating such an empty vapid shell of an 'empowered female' character. Give me Lela with her poisonous thorns any day.
Joel Fawxett actually there was no consistency in Clara's story from season 7 to the 50th anniversary special cause we meet the version that traveled with him as a nanny for a family then the anniversary special comes around and she now an established teacher with no explanation as to why she is a teacher now
In all fairness, the fact that Clara doubts the nature of Capaldi's Doctor when she meets him is the fault of the writing, not the character That's on Moffat, as are all the mistakes with handling Clara's character. And Jenna Coleman's a far better actress than the bulk of the material she was given.
clara, I despise this character with every thing I have. She was half way decent when she was a mystery, she kept showing up, doing something useful then dying. Then it becomes the single most important thing in the show. nthe season 8 specials moffatt actually stated the companions were more important than the doctor, the companions were the voice of the audience. NO THEY ARE NOT!!!!! the companions are children next to the doctor, they do keep him grounded so he doesnt go off in a rant, but you have to remember he is not human, he doesnt think like a human, why would he. One of the things I most despised about her, into the daleks 12th says theres no such thing as a good dalek, and IT says thats a bit bigoted isnt it, that not like you. This is the man who just spent 1000 years on Trezalore, and died blowing up a dalek fleet (again) did IT forget the doctors trauma? And not lets mention Akhaten and that heart wrenching speech then a leaf. a. leaf!
You are right Clara is the worst, for all the reasons you stated and so much more. She is just to important to The Doctors personal history. She is this obnoxious paper thin character that has been crammed into basically all of the Doctors most defining moments and its awful, everything good about The Doctor is now attributed to Clara and thats just wrong. The Doctor didn't need a nanny to point him in the right direction and retroactively raise him right just so moffat could take credit for thing that he didn't establish in the show, The Doctor just needed a companion.
For Clara's character, it was how they wrote her interaction with Peter Capaldi's Doctor. After seeing all his past lives reacted like it never happened.
Clara. Oh yes, definitely Clara. I hated her the millisecond she entered The Doctor's time stream and became the most important character in the Doctor Who universe. I hate Moffat for doing this and I especially hated that Christmas episode. Clara's return was what made me quit Doctor Who for years and from what bits and pieces I saw in subsequent series I was not wrong in my decision. I gave the series a second chance when Whitaker came on board, I watched the first four episodes. Sadly those are hours I'm never getting back. But yeah, Clara was a shit character. Moffat made one of the biggest mistakes a writer can make and I think that is he fell too in love with a character to the point where she reads like cheap fan fiction, like the original Mary Sue.
Would’ve been ok if they didn’t spend 3 Eons building her character up. I also would’ve liked to see Victorian Clara to throw in some diversity from modern companions
I really liked Clara, not least because she replaced Amy. Amy was annoying from the word go, and her character never made sense. Trying to jump into bed with the Doctor on the night before her wedding?
Great smash of Clara! Fully agree with your analysis of her "character." I had my sympathy with Chameleon. Funny how I always forget Adric. But at least he was willing to give his life for the Doctor, his shipmates, and the Earth! In my earlier comment I mentioned that Leela would have killed Clara for her attitude towards the Doctor and threats to the TARDIS, Leela would probably have killed Adric and Mel because of their annoyingness. You do a good Tom Baker.
tbh I like Jenna Coleman as an actress, and its a real pitty how shitty Clara is written Bells of St. John: she's a tech wiz that is good with computers (thanks to the spoonhead "editing" her), but apparently it was only used in this episode since it was never seen or mentioned again throughout her run. The name of the Doctor: Shes now the impossible girl that has met/helped all of the incarnations of the Doctor. The Day of the Doctor to the Witches Familiar: All of a sudden she's a school teacher at Coal Hill without an explanation of how they got out of The Doctor's timestream. WTF?! Also I agree with what you said about her character in Deep Breath. If Clara has met/helped all of the Doctors incarnations, how the fuck was she not used to having the 11th Doctor change into the 12th Doctor? like seriously, Moffat?!
The phone call in Capaldi's first episode after regenerating was FOR THE AUDIENCE, not for Clara. Moffatt even said so. It was to help ease the audience, who was used to watching young Doctors, into the older Doctor, Capaldi- assuring them that it was the same character, with a different face.
I have to agree with Clara being the worst-she ruined doctor who while she lasted and again she drew attention away from peter capaldi, he's a good actor but because everything was more focused on Clara it ruined what he could have been and she was also quite cringey
I really liked Clara. Like her character did develop from 11th to 12th like 11 was acting like her boyfriend which is solidified by 12 in Deep Breath, so Clara moved on accepted the change and got with Danny (who I did think was a bit dull) but her and the doctor clearly did love eachother which 12 was about to say before her death in Face the Raven and I adored her in series 9 like The Doctor was the only thing she was living for really because Danny was dead so she just went all in and I just liked how they had that deep love for eachother because they know everything about eachother.
I have issues with multiple characters from Doctor Who. Amy was a selfish bitch for most of season 5, Rose could be annoyingly clingy and jealous, Bill's homosexuality was pushed to the forefront of her plot (though this is more the writers' fault), Donna could be quite vapid, Martha was a bit of a know-it-all, etc. Personally, I believe Clara was the worst companion of New Who (I can't judge Classic Who as I have not been able to see the series yet). This belief stems from her multiple mistakes, which she refused to learn from, her overreaction to Danny Pink's death, her selfishness, and her overall ignorance when it came to the Doctor and his role in the universe. I've noticed people saying Rose was the worst companion, and though they me a few good points, I have to disagree. Rose was a compelling character who brought in many new fans to the Doctor Who Universe. She was incredibly human, she made mistakes, could be extremely jealous, and was fickle when it came to Mickey. On the last point, I think it's important to note that we do not choose who we fall in and out of love with, and so I believe people cannot fault Rose for leaving Mickey for the Doctor. People seem to forget that Rose was created as very human, but very good. She was heroic in an understated way, and acted exactly as one would expect her to. Overall, I think Rose's character was a very good companion to the Doctor. She was exactly what he needed her to be, someone he could teach and show the wonders of the universe to while healing him from the horrors of his past.
Clary Cipriano thank the lord someone agrees with me about Rose.. loads of people hate on Rose and I don't understand why.. she sort of introduced us to the world of who and now she's the one that people bitch about.. never forget the first one.. that's how the story goes on..
People also seem to forget that Mickey was an ass to Rose in the very first episode by wanting to take her to a pub but only because there was a game on the TV. He wanted to be with Rose because of how it made him look. Then the Rose-haters want to complain about how she was so mean to him. She treated him exactly how he deserved to be treated.
+1965kdb I had no issue with the way she treated Mickey...especially in series 1 What pissed me off is she treated HER OWN FUCKING MOTHER LIKE SHIT I don't hate Rose, I just felt she was kind of a self-righteous hypocrite.
I don't particularly agree with you saying Clara is bad, but i respect your opinion. Clara was charismatic, smart, and had a really heart wrenching death. Though the character development was extremely bad. It's Mofat's fault, really. I wish that Clara woud've been better. She did have an interesting back story though. Actually, i do partially agree with you. (Yes, i know i just contradicted myself)
That was one thing that annoyed the heck out of me about Moffat. If you're going to go to all the trouble of having a heart wrenching death scene, don't bring the dead person back the next episode!
He definitely screwed the pooch there. Bringing back characters from the dead just undermines the danger they're in, and it's why it was never done in the old series.
It's the overly peppy, feminist Mary Sue character Clara Oswald, by a large distance. Martha was bad, like Clara lacking any identifiabe character traits and not especially well acted, but at least she didn't last too long, and the entire show did not revolve around her character. Clara, on the other hand, kept on returning like a bad rash. And Tegan was really annoying also, but only during her 'air hostess' phase. She was a decent companion when she returned. Clara was essentially Who's answer to Rey from the latest Star Wars films. It's as if she was completely created by a non classic Who watching SJW committee, and that's more or less the truth of it.
her bravery, her kindness, her willingness to sacrifice for others, her maternal nature towards children, her independent attitude, her intelligence, her perseverance and courage to never give up. i could go on.
Is anyone gonna mention how slightly mean Clara is to 12? I guess it stems from her missing 11 but still, she could try and understand. I mean i miss 11 too, he's my favorite, but i wouldn't purposely hate 12 because of it, because technically he's still the same person.
but she did grow to understand him. Moffat himself said that it wouldn't have been right to make them an instant perfect team, because they're both people who are slow to friendship and quick to anger.
I actually really like Adric. I agree about the poor acting, but as a character, he has a lot of merit, especially with Tom Baker. Also, I don't despise Mel. As for my three least favorite companions: 3. Rose Tyler. She's okay in season one. She's not great, but at least she's a friend to the Doctor. In Season 2 however, she takes a turn for the worst. She becomes so shallow and rude, flirting with every guy she meets, but getting mad when the Doctor so much as looks at another girl. 2. Amy Pond. She treats Rory like a second thought, and not just in Season 5. She talks down to him, ignores him, and places the Doctor above him in her priorities. When they get sent to the past, I felt bad that Rory was stuck with her for the rest of his life. 1. Clara Oswald. Like the video says, she has no real personality. She's just boring, and all of her fake departures got old. She has the nerve to threaten the Doctor, even though he's the only person who has been a constant paternal figure in her life.
Rose flirted with every guy she meets? Can you give some examples, because I did not see that at all... she was obviously always into the Doctor. And she had feelings for Mickey to a degree, although nothing like what she felt for the Doctor. There was the one episode where she had a flirty moment with Captain Jack Harkness, but that was season 1 with Nine, and also who doesn't have a flirty moment with Jack.
@@DsRelaxingSoundsAgree with you. And the only one reason she was flirting with Captain Jack, was that this episode was written by Moffat, and as i know he never liked Rose. So i think Andrew Mitton watched Doctor Who with his left ankle, not with his eyes. (sorry for grammar)
Pre-Clara I thought it was a joint between Amy and post-silence in the library River Song. I hated their obnoxious flirtatiousness and how the overarching plot(s) relied on them so much. When Series 7 Part 2 rolled around, Clara pissed me off so much that she became my least favourite. Why did moffat think we cared about her arc more than the Doctor's? It really felt like Doctor Who had become The Clara Show ft. The Doctor. If only Moffat had made amazing characters like RTD could, most of his crap episodes would've been bearable.
Clara or Mel. The difference between the two of them is that Clara had the potential to actually have a shadow of character, whereas Mel never had such a hope.
Amy was a character though Clara was a fucking plot device who Moffat kept OVERPOWERING to the point that she seemed more like a comic book superhero and not a regular human
Christian Darnings Sorry call them what you want, anything you try and argue about Clara is just as bad if not worse with Amy and her lap dog husband. The only reason Amy isn't on this list is because Eleven, Amy and Rory are this guy's favorites. If you watch his other videos, he complains about the specific acting choices like taking a piss about David Tennant and "The End of Time". When he does include or should I say rant about a Matt Smith episode, it's a series 7 one so he can blame Clara. This guy is biased. The worst is he wants his subs to "comment below" but he doesn't reply to anyone. The guy is a biased twat who has a superiority complex because he thinks he is RUclips famous. Yup, NOT!
+Its Just Plain Joe Who said I liked Amy. Stop putting words in my mouth In fact, Donna and Martha have been the only female companions OF THE MODERN SERIES I even remotely liked (save for the few times Sarah Jane was on the show) But the bottom line is EVERY ONE OF CLARA'S STORYLINES WAS A HUGE DEUS-EX MACHINA I didn't even like Matt Smith's run AT ALL save for series 5
Yep Clara is definitely the worst out of these three... Well any actually. I think adric was better with Tom baker than he was with Peter Davison... I know that's a strange opinion but yeah. Clara though... She managed to outstay her welcome so badly! She was good in asylum of the daleks, meh in the snowmen, gradually worse in the rest of series 7 and then absolutely unbearable in series 8 and 9. I was so happy when bill became the next companion, cause she is 1000 times better
The ones I can think of at once are Mel (blergh), Stephen (pompous bastard), Adric (the ANGST! The ISSUES! The.... teenage egoism) and Clara (started out good and then went down in flames). Started writing this before watching the video so let's see how many I've managed to get "right". Mel - check. Adric - check. Clara - check. YESSSS! And your points on the regeneration "dilemma" - excellent.
Clara, Adric, Victoria, Turlough. Series 10 + 11 update: everyone except Graham is abysmal, and for the 11th series, the Doctor is the worst person in the TARDIS. I'd rather watch Adric the Spin-off Series than another episode with Jodie.
Yes, you are sooo right about Clara. She was so bad. It's not right that they made her so important. It annoyed me beyond belief that she was the 'origin ' of so many Doctor moments. I was so happy when I thought we got rid of her in that Christmas episode. Moffett mentioned that Jenna left then changed her mind during that episode . I find that hard to believe.
Clara is the most annoying companion ever. Even Adric had a sort of pathos and relatability once in a while. Ms. Oswald, on the other hand, is the most smug, one-dimensional, condescending nonentity in the history of DOCTOR WHO.
It's got to be Clara, I was really hopping I'd like her going into the back half of season 7 (especially after Amy and Rory sort of had to be yanked out of the show) and Jenna tried her friggin heart out to bring something to the character but she was just an empty shell after Name of the Doctor. Which would have been fine if they used that as an exit point for her character but then they tried to give her more screen time then the title character. Season 8 was such a mess that I flat out quit watching for 3 years. I didn't even have that much of an opinion on 12 until I when back and skipped through season 9 and actually got to enjoy Capaldi's performance. I'm not going to berate anyone for liking her, Jenna Coleman is genuinely likeable, but when in every episode the writer has to back-burner the story to remind you that Clara Oswald is the greatest thing since ice cream there's a big problem. btw, very good video.
I cheered when Adrick died. I literally jumped off the coach and started jumping around the room. He was SO annoying. I was so happy I wouldn't have to hear him anymore.
Well i haven't reached the point where clara gets unbearable yet, but that stupid twist at the rings of ahktesh (probably butchering the name) with the leaf kinda ruined the whole speech matt threw out there
I think Hell Bent was more focused on the Doctor finally snapping after living for so long instead of Clara and it's one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes
might i add one more into the mix Katrina who even remembers her as a companion she just shows up and dies and yes i am aware that she was killed off because the writers felt she wouldn't work in the long run
I've only seen New Who but my vote is Clara. Starting with the fact she was so bad the show retconned her entire fucking existence Other than that her entire role was to best the Doctor. Nearly every episode; something would happen, the Doctor would do something either ineffective or not enough and Clara would save the day. (Ahkaten anyone? The Doctor gave everything but Claras leaf was the answer? First off was the Old God a weeping angel that fed off of potential energy? And How did Claras mum die that she would leave so many days that should have been?) Clara entering the timestream; should've killed her as EVERYONE said it would, plus the Doctor entering his own life is so far beyond paradox it's ridiculous (what ever happened to reapers??) Plus her doing all these things in the timestream when honestly she should have just canceled out the GI not interfereing. And how come Dalek!Clara and Snowmen ep Clara didnt recognize the Doctor when her other seleves did? And Clara picked the TARDIS? That negates all of "The Doctor's Wife" and how would Clara know? Sexy HATES Clara and vice versa so she wouldn't have helped Clara AT ALL Saving Gallifrey? Or as I like to say Clara cried and Moffat dismissed ALL of New Who history up to this point. All the pain the Doctor went through was for nothing Its also said a few times that Clara remembers being in the time stream though not specific parts of it, so her treating 12 so horribly was disgusting. "Am I good man" "...." like, this is a whole new thing for the Doctor and this supposed important person just makes him feel worse. And she never comes to terms with the change on screen, she's just suddenly okay after the whole going for chips thing (stolen straight from the Ninth Doctor & Rose BTW) Then she lies and tried to drug the Doctor and lock him out of the TARDIS and thats okay?! Like, no? Not okay, at all. Then the whole Hybrid thing where this shitty ass character drives the Doctor to do something thats not really explained but overall stupid, for a character that every in show person liked, good and bad guys alike??? Than she somehow gets to travel in a telepathic time machine in a disgusting mirror of the Doctors start. Traveling with a stupid ass stranger as well but thats a different rant. Hybrid is one being not two. I could go on but I think this is long enough for one youtube comment
Awh no i love Mel!!! she was one of my favourite companions, but i respect your opinion!! Completely agree with Clara!! Peri is my favourite companion btw!!
Martha was the worst, she spent all season trying the make the Doctor love her, kept on with the "good for Rose" under her breathes and its her fault the Master came back. She made Yana aware of the pocket watch, so those spheres and the 1/10th of the people her murdered - thats on Martha. He arch was being a female black doctor and constantly flashing her front teeth (with three episodes including racism at her Family of blood two parter and the Daleks take manhatten) Second to worst is Bill. Just because she is written so badly. Every adventure. "Im black" or "im a lesbian" comments. We get it, you dont need to remind us. "Oh i didnt say that because your blue, im not a racist, usually im on the receiving end of racism." Other than her being gay and black, and having no mum, she had no character arc. Her arc (if you wanna call it that was meeting a girl and then that girl becomes a alien pilot and vanishes, then she travels with the Doctor reminding him every week she is black and gay until finally becoming a cyberman and then crying her apparent girlfriends tears who she had like zero chemistry with, and the two run away together, the issue with that is the Pilot was about not running with her. Then 13 episodes later she is like "psych im going because we're apparently in love bye!")
I'm surprised you didn't talk about Rose. From what I had seen from Diamanda Hagan's review, it's not pretty; Rose goes off for a year, leaving her mother worried sick and her boyfriend becoming the suspect of him killing her.
I disliked Rose for basically the same reason I dislike Clara, the fact that their writers wanted their characters to be THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. Instead of concentrating on writing good stories, they tried to leave a mark by creating the ultimate companion, the only one the Doctor actually loved and would do anything for etc. But still, leaving her mother for a year was the Doctor’s (or the TARDIS) fault, not hers. Everything else she ever did irked me to no end, though.
Ian and Barbara were more important than the Doctor, those who fixed the things he messed up. And they are some of the best companions ever. And with a look to Super-Doctor Tennant, this way it is a lot better.
In my opinion CLARA is the worst companion ever . She is too important and too powerful for no reason that I can see . she completely destroys Rings of Akhatten . If the Doctor was allowed to destroy the sun God then it would have been a great endings but Moffat decided Clara's life was worth more even than the Doctor . Even when she died she didn't die she came back to annoy us , she was so obnoxious and before anyone says that I just want companions meek and mild , my top companion is Ace who was far from meek and mild . My 2nd least favorite companion is ROSE . This is because where the importance of the companion came from , and the first time the Doctor had a romance with his companion which he should never do in my opinion . Imagine Colin Baker having a relationship with Peri WRONG! MY 3RD least favorite companion I would say is Martha firstly because she had the romance storyline which I hate . But also because she was a pretty nothing character , even the 60's companions who were just screaming girls were right for the time and complimented the Doctor , this new idea of importance of companions I feel goes against the importance of the Doctor . Also before u say I just hate new who companions . I loved Amy Pond , also Donna Noble was a great contrast and funny too . Bill was even quite good even though she was a bit too P.C but yeah Clara is the worst
I personally hated Martha the most out of all the companions, although loyal to the Doctor, she was annoying as hell. I enjoyed Capaldi's Doctor and Clara together because I think they had fantastic chemistry and companionship.
I only saw one episode with Clara, but I did find her very annoying. She slapped Peter Capaldi in the face, told him to calm down and gave him a lecture. I didn't like either of Peter Davidson's companions Tegan and Nyssa. They were so bland, I had to look up their names. They were better than that robot fellow, Kamelion. I had forgotten about him altogether.
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The thing I dislike about Clara is that her story makes her so much glorified and is given so much importance as the girl who saves the Doctor.
I think that really undermines the little and big things that all the other companions have done for the Doctor, like Rose saving the Doctor as Bad Wolf, Martha bringing back the Doctor, Donna giving the Doctor hope after Rose is gone, Amy and Rory being a family to him.
It is a shame and Moffat ruined Capaldi's time by pulling his character to the background while Clara gets the limelight. And guess which is Capaldi's best episode? Heaven Sent! When Clara isn't even there!
(Sorry for the rant, peace out)
Neha The Jedi The fact Capaldi's best episode didn't have Clara in a main role means nothing. Some argue Blink is the best Tennant episode, doesn't mean 10 is a terrible Doctor that the show was better without. Same with Martha.
That still doesn't mean Clara is a good companion though.
Yep, said it all right there.
Amy also saved him by getting killed by a weeping angle
I really liked Clara for most of those reasons. I thought it fit in with the recent companions whose lives have been more focused on. Hers just was different, she was more of a time travel junkie. I love the touches they threw in, like putting her name first in the credits. She wasn't Mel or Teigan or a screamer. Now mind you most people seem to love Donna and I couldn't handle her. Probably cause I was watching them when they came out on dvd at that point and knew Donna was the new companion before I saw.
That said I respect your opinion. Its a matter of taste and for me Clara first!!
Fun Fact - After Eccleston refused to be in The Day of the Doctor, Moffat got upset and wrote a draft of The Day of the Doctor WITHOUT the Doctor, but just Clara fantasising about who the Doctor really is. Oh my god, how awful that would have been? Eg, *The Day of Clara*
It already IS Day of Clara. Literally the three Doctors together are so stupid that they plan to wipe out the Timelords until Clara says "You're better than this." and then they decide to think of a plan which doesn't involve genocide. Total fucking character ruining madness for THREE Doctors who are planning to kill their entire species because they didn't think hard enough until Clara told them to.
from reading the comments I get the feeling that people don't like clara
Ned Thomas Pretty much yeah 😂
Ned Thomas what? where did you get that from?
bradley riggeard I like Clara, she's cool.
love jenna, hate the way they wrote her in who.
les gens aime pas les filles qui tiennent tête au docteur vaut mieux avoir une folle ou une débile c'est bien mieux. La pire c'est surtout Martha Jones, qu'il a fallu que je fasse des recherches pour me souvenir de son nom. Mais les meilleurs c'est surtout Amy, Clara et Dona.
clara. its a shame too cuz jenna coleman is a great actress. its those scripts. worse than mel.
When she was the Impossible Girl she was exciting and interesting. But her final 2 season with the Great Capaldi she was a Mary Jane.
@@digipeeper *Mary Sue
I like Mel and Clara. Bear in mind I've only seen her in Series 7 and I last watched that on release.
@@digipeeper whoa. people usually say it's the opposite.
@@puppycatsbee for what I saw when it came out. I say she was much more of a excellent companion who worked well with the Doctor(11th) and she saved his life.
I love the 12th Doctor, but the writing for Clara was just week and she just became another Peri Brown.
The last time Clara actually worked well with the 12th was in Deep Breath but after that she just became disconnected and self pitying.
What bugs me is Clara could have been a really great companion.
I would have first travel with the Doctor between "Bells of St John" and "Deep Breath". Leave and return five years later. When is working a teacher in love with Danny Pink. At the end of "Forest in the Night" he leaves her and Danny to live their lives together.
He returns ten years later in "Dark Water" to an inconsolable grieving widow. Her beloved husband Danny Pink having died from a long battle with cancer.
That is really good
Ye that's an awesome story
that could've added so much depth to her character. clara's story could've been sooooo good
Kenji Houston that would be so beautiful
Clara, without a doubt, but it's the fault of Moffat's crap writing / lack of relatable vision for the character, not the fault of Jenna Coleman who I feel is a good actress.
Carl B Jenna Coleman is a great actress but her run as Clara on Doctor Who was mixed. Clara was terrible opposite The 11th Doctor but when she teamed with The 12th Doctor, she was awesome.
Carl B so true. I agree totally
Clara is indicative of Moffat not being able, or more likely not caring, to write satisfying conclusions. I hate that all this huge universe spanning mysteries just become word play.
This was never more explicit than in Day of the Doctor, when the conclusion is this:
1. The Doctor realises the only possible hope in the time war is to destroy the Timelords, and spends the whole episode preparing to do the unpleasant but necessary thing.
2. When the moment comes, Clara says "No, you're better than this. There must be another way".
3. The Doctor goes "Oh, you're right. Better do something else."
It's so fucking stupid that in order to make Clara seem important to this plot, Moffat had to make THREE DOCTORS so dense that they were planning on wiping out their entire race because it hadn't occurred to them to think harder.
everybody gangster until somebody says Jamie
Best Clara moment: When Strax wacks her in the face with a newspaper
same, >XD
No the best Clara moment is when strax scans her with his sonic probe and sees her tits
Tbh; Clara and Amy were the ones I most disliked. At the start when we first saw Amy as a seven year old child, I actually thought she was decent. But after finding out how she turned out; this way too flirty and mean person, I couldn't stand her anymore. Not only was she constantly flirting with the doctor even though she was engaged and later on even married, but also that she treated the actually pretty likeable Rowry so bad...
And yeah, Clara was kinda just shoved down our throats, she's that Mary sue-Character you get in nearly every series. She was pretty boring and annoying not only because of her lack of personality and character development, but also because of her attitude...
Sry for bad english btw
I did like Clara in the beginning with the 11th doctor because i was caught up in the mystery of who this person is and why she isn't dying. But when 11 turned into 12 and she didn't want to Travel with him, because he was old, was when I started to hate her character.i hated her for exactly all the reasons you give. so from the beginning of the 12th doctor's regeneration you knew she didn't even want to be there. Then when she betrayed him and threatened him, that was the last straw. She was the epitome of a shitty friend.
actually, she was the epitome of "good people do bad things." her friendship with 12 was actually very realistic. it had a rocky start, and was imperfect, but stood strong on a foundation of unconditional love.
and the real reason for her confused and sceptical attitude towards the doctor in deep breath is because she expected his new face to look, well, new. she made it clear that it's not because he doesn't look young anymore. she's not someone who cares about outward appearances. she missed 11 dearly and was attached to him, that much is true, but realised that the doctor is still the same person on the inside.
also, in her defence, the doctor was acting very differently in series 8. it's like she had to get used to a whole new person. but once she truly understood him, they were able to reach a place of stability and mutual respect.
What also made me mad about Hellbent is there was no question raised about what happened to Romana and Leela there.
And Ace.
It's a shame as ace leela and romana are my favourite companions and should have returned even though they have aged but not in hell bent that story makes me sick
"What, I have to say more, I've said Clara Oswald, That's the amount of development Steven Moffat gave here."
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh!!
Your forgetting Martha or the companions from the original series
I think the audience would have cared more about Danny's death if the relationship was believable. He's not very likeable, and I find it difficult to believe that Clara would date someone who is so demanding.
Clara was worst by a country mile. She wasn't a character she was a plot contrivance, she was who ever she needed to be for the plot. The ultimate mary sue.
Clara was the first companion to match the Doctor since Romana. And she didn't fall in love with the Doctor. That's what makes her such a great companion.
Nikioko she kinda did fall in love with the doctor, it was obvious she loved matt smith and then when peter came along she didn’t like him just because he was old, donna was the only doctor to never like the doctor i’m that way
Nikioko please don't compare her to romana romana is far superior in every respect she was literally the female version of the doctor while Clara is the female version of cardboard
I actually found her fine with 12 (except for Hell Bent) but she sucked with 11
Adam Simpson I don't like Clara but she was deffo better with 12 then 11
when you realize 99% of the fanbase hates your favourite companion
It because they don't think like the Doctor
Honestly she could have been better
@@BriZ3l21 Most people other than the Doctor don't think like the Doctor, giving his background, memories, experiences.. and the fact he keeps changing almost entirely. Truly stupid comment.
Who's your favorite
Mel?
Mel?
I found Clara is the best in day of the doctor. I think she worked best with John Hurt tbh, he rlly played to her strengths and somehow she played to his very well. Good chemistry.
John Hurt did NOT belong in that anniversary show.
The best was k9 😏
Agree completely that Clara is the worst written character in the show's history. From start to finish, her entire character was just a terrible train wreck.
The Clara love show . Couldn't stand her .
if this was redone i think there would be no debate... Graham, Ryan and Yaz.... all so bad!
no not graham but the other two
Clara is my least favourite companion. I felt that there was way too much build up of her character, she lasted way longer than she should have and Moffet made her seem as if she was the Doctor's equal.
That's why she is the best companion since Romana.
@@Nikioko she will never be the doctors equal, and Romana was a new graduate time lady, IT was a nanny that some how became a teacher without any explanation as to how this came to be
I hate Clara but her being the Doctor's equal was the whole point of her character
@@caleb7551 you mean THINKING she was the doctors equal was the point
@@julieeverett7442 yeah
I just got so fed up with the Clara. I liked her in series 7. I didn't like how she got the lime light in series 8 because Peter Capaldi is great. By series 9... she had long out stayed her welcome.
I forgot she said goodbye in series 8. That was a nice ending for her. I would have been happy if she left then. The face the raven ending was good for her too, she just should have stayed dead.
I stopped watching because of her.
Clara...easily...she literally made every single episode revolve around her and ruined the series, not every companion has to have every bloody plot point connect back to them but clara literally had it written into her character that this was a thing, and ruined it
I think the problem with Clara is that Jenna Coleman way overstayed her welcome. She was originally supposed to leave with Matt, but she decided to stay one more series. But by the time the end of series 8 came around, turns out she wanted to stay for one more series, again. I don't blame Moffat for that for her character, I blame Jenna for staying past the end of Clara's story line.
Jenna is talented actress but the character of Clara is train wreck, the worst written companion in the show's history. Peter Capaldi deserved so much better and I'm glad he finally got that with Bill.
Carl B Bill can’t stand her own and is annoying.
They turned Clara from the Impossible Girl that we all loved, into a Mary Sue.
Yeah Clara was alright in Series 7 imo
Clara was way more of a mary sue in season 7 than in 8 and 9
I will say that Mel's development in the big finish audios has vastly improved her character
Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley.
The character is introduced as a boy genius from the year 2012 who attracts the attention of the Doctor's traveling companion Rose (played by Billie Piper) after she and the Doctor (No. 9, played by Christopher Eccleston) meet him in his place of work. Despite Rose's willingness to accept Adam as a fellow traveller, the Doctor is skeptical. After Adam attempts to use information from the future for his own gain, the Doctor throws Adam out of his time machine, the TARDIS. This was the first example of the Doctor forcing a companion to leave because of negative behaviour.
Clara..just..Clara. Not a shred of consistency in her character between Series 8 and 9 just horribly, horribly underwritten yet still somehow the most important person ever. She poisoned the well and people have rightly taken Moffat to task for creating such an empty vapid shell of an 'empowered female' character. Give me Lela with her poisonous thorns any day.
Joel Fawxett actually there was no consistency in Clara's story from season 7 to the 50th anniversary special cause we meet the version that traveled with him as a nanny for a family then the anniversary special comes around and she now an established teacher with no explanation as to why she is a teacher now
In all fairness, the fact that Clara doubts the nature of Capaldi's Doctor when she meets him is the fault of the writing, not the character That's on Moffat, as are all the mistakes with handling Clara's character. And Jenna Coleman's a far better actress than the bulk of the material she was given.
clara, I despise this character with every thing I have. She was half way decent when she was a mystery, she kept showing up, doing something useful then dying. Then it becomes the single most important thing in the show. nthe season 8 specials moffatt actually stated the companions were more important than the doctor, the companions were the voice of the audience. NO THEY ARE NOT!!!!! the companions are children next to the doctor, they do keep him grounded so he doesnt go off in a rant, but you have to remember he is not human, he doesnt think like a human, why would he. One of the things I most despised about her, into the daleks 12th says theres no such thing as a good dalek, and IT says thats a bit bigoted isnt it, that not like you. This is the man who just spent 1000 years on Trezalore, and died blowing up a dalek fleet (again) did IT forget the doctors trauma? And not lets mention Akhaten and that heart wrenching speech then a leaf. a. leaf!
You are right Clara is the worst, for all the reasons you stated and so much more. She is just to important to The Doctors personal history. She is this obnoxious paper thin character that has been crammed into basically all of the Doctors most defining moments and its awful, everything good about The Doctor is now attributed to Clara and thats just wrong. The Doctor didn't need a nanny to point him in the right direction and retroactively raise him right just so moffat could take credit for thing that he didn't establish in the show, The Doctor just needed a companion.
I was a Dr Who fan, but Clara Oswald is the reason I stopped watching it. Her and the increasingly shit stories.
Same.
For Clara's character, it was how they wrote her interaction with Peter Capaldi's Doctor. After seeing all his past lives reacted like it never happened.
My deep respect for just describing Bonnie's scream, not showing it. I was waiting with my cursor over the mute button.
I haven't watched the video yet but the answer is Clara.
Roggol No it’s Martha. 🤢🤢🤢 Martha. Yuck.
Nah! Its Ace
Clara. Oh yes, definitely Clara. I hated her the millisecond she entered The Doctor's time stream and became the most important character in the Doctor Who universe. I hate Moffat for doing this and I especially hated that Christmas episode. Clara's return was what made me quit Doctor Who for years and from what bits and pieces I saw in subsequent series I was not wrong in my decision.
I gave the series a second chance when Whitaker came on board, I watched the first four episodes. Sadly those are hours I'm never getting back.
But yeah, Clara was a shit character. Moffat made one of the biggest mistakes a writer can make and I think that is he fell too in love with a character to the point where she reads like cheap fan fiction, like the original Mary Sue.
I literally DESPISE Clara
Would’ve been ok if they didn’t spend 3 Eons building her character up. I also would’ve liked to see Victorian Clara to throw in some diversity from modern companions
My personal opinion: Season 7, she sucked ass. Season 8, she sucked even more ass. Season 9, she was OCCASIONALLY tolerable.
Clara Oswald is the does companion who has ever graced the silver screen on Dr Who. The Impossible Girl quickly became The Annoying, Egotistical Girl.
Clara... Clara will always be the correct answer to this question.
I really liked Clara, not least because she replaced Amy. Amy was annoying from the word go, and her character never made sense. Trying to jump into bed with the Doctor on the night before her wedding?
Great smash of Clara! Fully agree with your analysis of her "character." I had my sympathy with Chameleon. Funny how I always forget Adric. But at least he was willing to give his life for the Doctor, his shipmates, and the Earth! In my earlier comment I mentioned that Leela would have killed Clara for her attitude towards the Doctor and threats to the TARDIS, Leela would probably have killed Adric and Mel because of their annoyingness.
You do a good Tom Baker.
That awkward moment when everyone's hating on Clara and she's your favourite companion... 😂
Ikr XD
Clara is my 1B.... Amy is my 1
The hate has gone a bit overboard, yeah ...
Same
Yep I liked Clara too, but Rory is my favourite companion. Clara is my second favourite
My three suggestions would be:
1. Clara Oswald
2. Clara Oswald and ...
3. Clara Oswald
Every character created by Steven Moffat - and Adric.
amy and rory were cool, and i think moffat created them. dont get me wrong though, i also hate alot of what moffat did to doctor who
tbh I like Jenna Coleman as an actress, and its a real pitty how shitty Clara is written
Bells of St. John: she's a tech wiz that is good with computers (thanks to the spoonhead "editing" her), but apparently it was only used in this episode since it was never seen or mentioned again throughout her run.
The name of the Doctor: Shes now the impossible girl that has met/helped all of the incarnations of the Doctor.
The Day of the Doctor to the Witches Familiar: All of a sudden she's a school teacher at Coal Hill without an explanation of how they got out of The Doctor's timestream. WTF?!
Also I agree with what you said about her character in Deep Breath. If Clara has met/helped all of the Doctors incarnations, how the fuck was she not used to having the 11th Doctor change into the 12th Doctor?
like seriously, Moffat?!
Bill “I’m a lesbian you know” Potts.
to be honest, that’s just how about half the lesbians i know in real life are.
Panic!AtTheChemicalFallOut RomancePilotsBoy I know loads of lesbians and NONE of them say that. Possibly because they know I’m not hitting on them.
The phone call in Capaldi's first episode after regenerating was FOR THE AUDIENCE, not for Clara. Moffatt even said so. It was to help ease the audience, who was used to watching young Doctors, into the older Doctor, Capaldi- assuring them that it was the same character, with a different face.
I have to agree with Clara being the worst-she ruined doctor who while she lasted and again she drew attention away from peter capaldi, he's a good actor but because everything was more focused on Clara it ruined what he could have been and she was also quite cringey
P.S. I loved Adric. He was about my age while I was watching it, so I associated with him being a nerd myself. I was sorry to see him go.
I didn't know adric but I still found it sad when he died
I really liked Clara. Like her character did develop from 11th to 12th like 11 was acting like her boyfriend which is solidified by 12 in Deep Breath, so Clara moved on accepted the change and got with Danny (who I did think was a bit dull) but her and the doctor clearly did love eachother which 12 was about to say before her death in Face the Raven and I adored her in series 9 like The Doctor was the only thing she was living for really because Danny was dead so she just went all in and I just liked how they had that deep love for eachother because they know everything about eachother.
I really thought that was roses silhouette in the thumbnail, I was about to throw hands
I have issues with multiple characters from Doctor Who. Amy was a selfish bitch for most of season 5, Rose could be annoyingly clingy and jealous, Bill's homosexuality was pushed to the forefront of her plot (though this is more the writers' fault), Donna could be quite vapid, Martha was a bit of a know-it-all, etc. Personally, I believe Clara was the worst companion of New Who (I can't judge Classic Who as I have not been able to see the series yet). This belief stems from her multiple mistakes, which she refused to learn from, her overreaction to Danny Pink's death, her selfishness, and her overall ignorance when it came to the Doctor and his role in the universe.
I've noticed people saying Rose was the worst companion, and though they me a few good points, I have to disagree. Rose was a compelling character who brought in many new fans to the Doctor Who Universe. She was incredibly human, she made mistakes, could be extremely jealous, and was fickle when it came to Mickey. On the last point, I think it's important to note that we do not choose who we fall in and out of love with, and so I believe people cannot fault Rose for leaving Mickey for the Doctor. People seem to forget that Rose was created as very human, but very good. She was heroic in an understated way, and acted exactly as one would expect her to. Overall, I think Rose's character was a very good companion to the Doctor. She was exactly what he needed her to be, someone he could teach and show the wonders of the universe to while healing him from the horrors of his past.
Clary Cipriano thank the lord someone agrees with me about Rose.. loads of people hate on Rose and I don't understand why.. she sort of introduced us to the world of who and now she's the one that people bitch about.. never forget the first one.. that's how the story goes on..
People also seem to forget that Mickey was an ass to Rose in the very first episode by wanting to take her to a pub but only because there was a game on the TV. He wanted to be with Rose because of how it made him look. Then the Rose-haters want to complain about how she was so mean to him. She treated him exactly how he deserved to be treated.
+1965kdb
I had no issue with the way she treated Mickey...especially in series 1
What pissed me off is she treated HER OWN FUCKING MOTHER LIKE SHIT
I don't hate Rose, I just felt she was kind of a self-righteous hypocrite.
Clary Cipriano I thought Amelia Pond was one of the best. Well, to me anyways. :T
Call yourself a Doctor Who fan yet haven't seen the classic series? You disgust me
I don't particularly agree with you saying Clara is bad, but i respect your opinion. Clara was charismatic, smart, and had a really heart wrenching death. Though the character development was extremely bad. It's Mofat's fault, really. I wish that Clara woud've been better. She did have an interesting back story though. Actually, i do partially agree with you. (Yes, i know i just contradicted myself)
Cooper Wehr A good death they fixed immediately
That was one thing that annoyed the heck out of me about Moffat. If you're going to go to all the trouble of having a heart wrenching death scene, don't bring the dead person back the next episode!
He definitely screwed the pooch there. Bringing back characters from the dead just undermines the danger they're in, and it's why it was never done in the old series.
I disagree. I thought Clara's development from s8-s9 was excellent. However in s7 she was bland and just a plot device and not a person until late s7
It's the overly peppy, feminist Mary Sue character Clara Oswald, by a large distance. Martha was bad, like Clara lacking any identifiabe character traits and not especially well acted, but at least she didn't last too long, and the entire show did not revolve around her character. Clara, on the other hand, kept on returning like a bad rash. And Tegan was really annoying also, but only during her 'air hostess' phase. She was a decent companion when she returned. Clara was essentially Who's answer to Rey from the latest Star Wars films. It's as if she was completely created by a non classic Who watching SJW committee, and that's more or less the truth of it.
I literally shuddered at the end of Hell Bent when Capaldi said "Clara Who" I just don't know how anyone can see anything in her character.
her bravery, her kindness, her willingness to sacrifice for others, her maternal nature towards children, her independent attitude, her intelligence, her perseverance and courage to never give up. i could go on.
I love Adric. Here is my pick for worst companions:
Rose
Susan
Katarina
Mel
Peri
Is anyone gonna mention how slightly mean Clara is to 12? I guess it stems from her missing 11 but still, she could try and understand. I mean i miss 11 too, he's my favorite, but i wouldn't purposely hate 12 because of it, because technically he's still the same person.
but she did grow to understand him.
Moffat himself said that it wouldn't have been right to make them an instant perfect team, because they're both people who are slow to friendship and quick to anger.
Mel is the worst. She acted like a wife, telling him to eat right and get some exercise. Worse than Clara and Adrick.
Kamelion.. what a waste!
Yeah, the less said about that the better....!
What's wrong with a lute playing robot?
I love Kamelion
Great channel, I can't believe you don't have more subscribers
Thank you!
I actually really like Adric. I agree about the poor acting, but as a character, he has a lot of merit, especially with Tom Baker. Also, I don't despise Mel.
As for my three least favorite companions:
3. Rose Tyler. She's okay in season one. She's not great, but at least she's a friend to the Doctor. In Season 2 however, she takes a turn for the worst. She becomes so shallow and rude, flirting with every guy she meets, but getting mad when the Doctor so much as looks at another girl.
2. Amy Pond. She treats Rory like a second thought, and not just in Season 5. She talks down to him, ignores him, and places the Doctor above him in her priorities. When they get sent to the past, I felt bad that Rory was stuck with her for the rest of his life.
1. Clara Oswald. Like the video says, she has no real personality. She's just boring, and all of her fake departures got old. She has the nerve to threaten the Doctor, even though he's the only person who has been a constant paternal figure in her life.
Rose flirted with every guy she meets? Can you give some examples, because I did not see that at all... she was obviously always into the Doctor. And she had feelings for Mickey to a degree, although nothing like what she felt for the Doctor. There was the one episode where she had a flirty moment with Captain Jack Harkness, but that was season 1 with Nine, and also who doesn't have a flirty moment with Jack.
@@DsRelaxingSoundsAgree with you. And the only one reason she was flirting with Captain Jack, was that this episode was written by Moffat, and as i know he never liked Rose.
So i think Andrew Mitton
watched Doctor Who with his left ankle, not with his eyes.
(sorry for grammar)
Pre-Clara I thought it was a joint between Amy and post-silence in the library River Song. I hated their obnoxious flirtatiousness and how the overarching plot(s) relied on them so much.
When Series 7 Part 2 rolled around, Clara pissed me off so much that she became my least favourite. Why did moffat think we cared about her arc more than the Doctor's? It really felt like Doctor Who had become The Clara Show ft. The Doctor.
If only Moffat had made amazing characters like RTD could, most of his crap episodes would've been bearable.
I love Clara Oswin Oswald but I understand why people might not.
Rose is my all time favorite but I loves me some Jenna Coleman
Clara or Mel. The difference between the two of them is that Clara had the potential to actually have a shadow of character, whereas Mel never had such a hope.
Jo Grant is my favourite companion, I had such a crush on Katy Manning.
Andrew Dexter I’m a huge fan of Iris Wildthyme and Katy plays the part to perfection on the Big Finish audios. 🙂
She hugged me when i was 12.. i was so happy
I forgot all about Jo. She was great.
My favorite, of course, was Sara Jane.
The worst is Yasmin Khan. No personality, no development. She's just there.
I hate Clara. I call Series 8 The Clara Series
Amy was a character though
Clara was a fucking plot device who Moffat kept OVERPOWERING to the point that she seemed more like a comic book superhero and not a regular human
Christian Darnings Sorry call them what you want, anything you try and argue about Clara is just as bad if not worse with Amy and her lap dog husband. The only reason Amy isn't on this list is because Eleven, Amy and Rory are this guy's favorites. If you watch his other videos, he complains about the specific acting choices like taking a piss about David Tennant and "The End of Time". When he does include or should I say rant about a Matt Smith episode, it's a series 7 one so he can blame Clara. This guy is biased. The worst is he wants his subs to "comment below" but he doesn't reply to anyone. The guy is a biased twat who has a superiority complex because he thinks he is RUclips famous. Yup, NOT!
totally agree!
+Its Just Plain Joe
Who said I liked Amy. Stop putting words in my mouth
In fact, Donna and Martha have been the only female companions OF THE MODERN SERIES I even remotely liked (save for the few times Sarah Jane was on the show)
But the bottom line is
EVERY ONE OF CLARA'S STORYLINES WAS A HUGE DEUS-EX MACHINA
I didn't even like Matt Smith's run AT ALL save for series 5
The Doctor Clara
Yep Clara is definitely the worst out of these three... Well any actually. I think adric was better with Tom baker than he was with Peter Davison... I know that's a strange opinion but yeah. Clara though... She managed to outstay her welcome so badly! She was good in asylum of the daleks, meh in the snowmen, gradually worse in the rest of series 7 and then absolutely unbearable in series 8 and 9. I was so happy when bill became the next companion, cause she is 1000 times better
It's Clara. It will always be Clara. I would rather be entombed with Mel, Adric, and Rose for eternity than spend two minutes with Clara.
The ones I can think of at once are Mel (blergh), Stephen (pompous bastard), Adric (the ANGST! The ISSUES! The.... teenage egoism) and Clara (started out good and then went down in flames). Started writing this before watching the video so let's see how many I've managed to get "right".
Mel - check.
Adric - check.
Clara - check. YESSSS! And your points on the regeneration "dilemma" - excellent.
Clara, Adric, Victoria, Turlough. Series 10 + 11 update: everyone except Graham is abysmal, and for the 11th series, the Doctor is the worst person in the TARDIS. I'd rather watch Adric the Spin-off Series than another episode with Jodie.
Haha the little Baker/Adric skit had me rollin! Love the channel.
I do not often laugh out loud these days, but your Fourth Doctor and Adric sketch got one out of me.
kreehomel CRINGE!
Yes, you are sooo right about Clara. She was so bad. It's not right that they made her so important. It annoyed me beyond belief that she was the 'origin ' of so many Doctor moments. I was so happy when I thought we got rid of her in that Christmas episode. Moffett mentioned that Jenna left then changed her mind during that episode . I find that hard to believe.
I haven't watched the video yet at all, but CLARA.
Clara is the most annoying companion ever. Even Adric had a sort of pathos and relatability once in a while. Ms. Oswald, on the other hand, is the most smug, one-dimensional, condescending nonentity in the history of DOCTOR WHO.
It's got to be Clara, I was really hopping I'd like her going into the back half of season 7 (especially after Amy and Rory sort of had to be yanked out of the show) and Jenna tried her friggin heart out to bring something to the character but she was just an empty shell after Name of the Doctor. Which would have been fine if they used that as an exit point for her character but then they tried to give her more screen time then the title character. Season 8 was such a mess that I flat out quit watching for 3 years. I didn't even have that much of an opinion on 12 until I when back and skipped through season 9 and actually got to enjoy Capaldi's performance. I'm not going to berate anyone for liking her, Jenna Coleman is genuinely likeable, but when in every episode the writer has to back-burner the story to remind you that Clara Oswald is the greatest thing since ice cream there's a big problem.
btw, very good video.
2017: We are tired ofClara
2021: Clara wasn’t all that bad. At least she isn’t Yaz
You guys haven't seen Bill yet
I've seen, fantastic companion :)
I cheered when Adrick died. I literally jumped off the coach and started jumping around the room. He was SO annoying. I was so happy I wouldn't have to hear him anymore.
Clara is the inconsistent, insufferable Mary Sue. Makes me long for Ace (ouch, but true).
Ace was ace
Well i haven't reached the point where clara gets unbearable yet, but that stupid twist at the rings of ahktesh (probably butchering the name) with the leaf kinda ruined the whole speech matt threw out there
Clara and Bill, hands down. Moffat has completely ruined Doctor Who..
I like Bill, she is kindy of spunky.
Bill was pretty good if you ignore all the times Moffat shoehorns in dialogue to remind us that "SHE'S BLACK!!!" and "SHE'S LESBIAN!!!"
Bill is ard
Only the capaldi eare Matt smiths time as the doctor was really good and he’s second best to David tennant
Bill was a lot better than clara
I think Hell Bent was more focused on the Doctor finally snapping after living for so long instead of Clara and it's one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes
How about Kamelion - who is in two serials in the fifth Doctor's time and is "lost in the TARDIS" in between.
when i saw pictures of kamelion in book i really wanted to like him/it. unfortunately it saw it on tv
might i add one more into the mix
Katrina
who even remembers her as a companion she just shows up and dies
and yes i am aware that she was killed off because the writers felt she wouldn't work in the long run
Thank you so much! I thought I was utterly alone in my hatred of Clara.
I've only seen New Who but my vote is Clara. Starting with the fact she was so bad the show retconned her entire fucking existence
Other than that her entire role was to best the Doctor. Nearly every episode; something would happen, the Doctor would do something either ineffective or not enough and Clara would save the day. (Ahkaten anyone? The Doctor gave everything but Claras leaf was the answer? First off was the Old God a weeping angel that fed off of potential energy? And How did Claras mum die that she would leave so many days that should have been?)
Clara entering the timestream; should've killed her as EVERYONE said it would, plus the Doctor entering his own life is so far beyond paradox it's ridiculous (what ever happened to reapers??) Plus her doing all these things in the timestream when honestly she should have just canceled out the GI not interfereing. And how come Dalek!Clara and Snowmen ep Clara didnt recognize the Doctor when her other seleves did? And Clara picked the TARDIS? That negates all of "The Doctor's Wife" and how would Clara know? Sexy HATES Clara and vice versa so she wouldn't have helped Clara AT ALL
Saving Gallifrey? Or as I like to say Clara cried and Moffat dismissed ALL of New Who history up to this point. All the pain the Doctor went through was for nothing
Its also said a few times that Clara remembers being in the time stream though not specific parts of it, so her treating 12 so horribly was disgusting. "Am I good man" "...." like, this is a whole new thing for the Doctor and this supposed important person just makes him feel worse. And she never comes to terms with the change on screen, she's just suddenly okay after the whole going for chips thing (stolen straight from the Ninth Doctor & Rose BTW)
Then she lies and tried to drug the Doctor and lock him out of the TARDIS and thats okay?! Like, no? Not okay, at all.
Then the whole Hybrid thing where this shitty ass character drives the Doctor to do something thats not really explained but overall stupid, for a character that every in show person liked, good and bad guys alike??? Than she somehow gets to travel in a telepathic time machine in a disgusting mirror of the Doctors start. Traveling with a stupid ass stranger as well but thats a different rant. Hybrid is one being not two.
I could go on but I think this is long enough for one youtube comment
Awh no i love Mel!!! she was one of my favourite companions, but i respect your opinion!! Completely agree with Clara!! Peri is my favourite companion btw!!
Jamie Reynolds Mine too!
Clara and it isn’t close.
Martha was the worst, she spent all season trying the make the Doctor love her, kept on with the "good for Rose" under her breathes and its her fault the Master came back. She made Yana aware of the pocket watch, so those spheres and the 1/10th of the people her murdered - thats on Martha. He arch was being a female black doctor and constantly flashing her front teeth (with three episodes including racism at her Family of blood two parter and the Daleks take manhatten)
Second to worst is Bill. Just because she is written so badly. Every adventure. "Im black" or "im a lesbian" comments. We get it, you dont need to remind us. "Oh i didnt say that because your blue, im not a racist, usually im on the receiving end of racism." Other than her being gay and black, and having no mum, she had no character arc. Her arc (if you wanna call it that was meeting a girl and then that girl becomes a alien pilot and vanishes, then she travels with the Doctor reminding him every week she is black and gay until finally becoming a cyberman and then crying her apparent girlfriends tears who she had like zero chemistry with, and the two run away together, the issue with that is the Pilot was about not running with her. Then 13 episodes later she is like "psych im going because we're apparently in love bye!")
Those 1/10th of people weren't murdered. Time was reset to just seconds after the Master killed the U.S. President.
At least she didn't commit GENOCIDE or treat her OWN MOTHER LIKE SHIT like Rose did
Kamelion IMHO. since real Doctor Who stopped being produced in 1989.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about Rose. From what I had seen from Diamanda Hagan's review, it's not pretty; Rose goes off for a year, leaving her mother worried sick and her boyfriend becoming the suspect of him killing her.
Jennea Cubero its not like she chose to go for a year? Its the doctor's fault that time
I disliked Rose for basically the same reason I dislike Clara, the fact that their writers wanted their characters to be THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. Instead of concentrating on writing good stories, they tried to leave a mark by creating the ultimate companion, the only one the Doctor actually loved and would do anything for etc.
But still, leaving her mother for a year was the Doctor’s (or the TARDIS) fault, not hers. Everything else she ever did irked me to no end, though.
I hate rose. Easily worse companion imo
3.clara
2.oswin
1.oswald
Clara is the worst, for one thing, the impossible girl , became more important than the Doctor. yeah mel sucked too. Rose, Martha and Donna were good.
Ian and Barbara were more important than the Doctor, those who fixed the things he messed up. And they are some of the best companions ever. And with a look to Super-Doctor Tennant, this way it is a lot better.
In my opinion CLARA is the worst companion ever . She is too important and too powerful for no reason that I can see . she completely destroys Rings of Akhatten . If the Doctor was allowed to destroy the sun God then it would have been a great endings but Moffat decided Clara's life was worth more even than the Doctor . Even when she died she didn't die she came back to annoy us , she was so obnoxious and before anyone says that I just want companions meek and mild , my top companion is Ace who was far from meek and mild .
My 2nd least favorite companion is ROSE . This is because where the importance of the companion came from , and the first time the Doctor had a romance with his companion which he should never do in my opinion . Imagine Colin Baker having a relationship with Peri WRONG!
MY 3RD least favorite companion I would say is Martha firstly because she had the romance storyline which I hate . But also because she was a pretty nothing character , even the 60's companions who were just screaming girls were right for the time and complimented the Doctor , this new idea of importance of companions I feel goes against the importance of the Doctor . Also before u say I just hate new who companions . I loved Amy Pond , also Donna Noble was a great contrast and funny too . Bill was even quite good even though she was a bit too P.C but yeah Clara is the worst
I personally hated Martha the most out of all the companions, although loyal to the Doctor, she was annoying as hell. I enjoyed Capaldi's Doctor and Clara together because I think they had fantastic chemistry and companionship.
Definitely agree with this
I only saw one episode with Clara, but I did find her very annoying. She slapped Peter Capaldi in the face, told him to calm down and gave him a lecture. I didn't like either of Peter Davidson's companions Tegan and Nyssa. They were so bland, I had to look up their names. They were better than that robot fellow, Kamelion. I had forgotten about him altogether.