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usenet celeb 1992
Jun 1, 2000

he thought quoting borges would make him popular
Delta and the Bannermen really captures the feeling of being trapped in a poo poo holiday resort and being convinced that you're going to die there

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usenet celeb 1992
Jun 1, 2000

he thought quoting borges would make him popular

Bicyclops posted:

I mean those are all pretty bad tbf.

I liked Martha's initial departure and I liked Clara's, though.

Probably everyone has at least one or two companion departures that worked for them (for me it was Donna and Bill), but as always the loudest voices predominate every time so it looks like "oh the fans hate everything". Problem of viewing fandom in the aggregate.

Plus the series finales were often derided as overloaded, disappointing messes (again, by different people at different times) and that will color peoples' impressions of the accompanying companion departures.

usenet celeb 1992
Jun 1, 2000

he thought quoting borges would make him popular
The perfect opportunity for a departure was God Complex/The Girl Who Waited (even better if the episodes had happened in that order). Both episodes were so well crafted in showing the maturation of Amy and Rory's relationship, and how their relationship to the Doctor was no longer the childlike wonder it once was, and how maintaining both relationships wasn't sustainable. The choice to leave would have felt like a natural, organic consequence of their character growth... but then they stuck around for another half series so it was 'magic time travel barrier goodbye forever'.

usenet celeb 1992
Jun 1, 2000

he thought quoting borges would make him popular
they kept the giant clam right

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