Five, Tegan and Turlough is a really solid choice.
I feel like Three and Liz Shaw and the Brigadier might benefit from modern storytelling, if we wanted to go deep on the perils of militarization and when it's acceptable to use force and the obligations of science vs politics etc etc. Although New Who has had plenty of opportunities to tackle these themes and largely whiffed on them, so who knows if they'd be any better with that particular set of Doctor + companions.
I really like Ace but there was already an almost modern feel to her seasons, which were after all the last ones in Classic Who. Still, I wish the show would play more with the character type of an earthling who doesn't actually like earth all that much. Ace is the closest we've come to that so far.
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Date: 30 Mar 2019 07:41 pm (UTC)I feel like Three and Liz Shaw and the Brigadier might benefit from modern storytelling, if we wanted to go deep on the perils of militarization and when it's acceptable to use force and the obligations of science vs politics etc etc. Although New Who has had plenty of opportunities to tackle these themes and largely whiffed on them, so who knows if they'd be any better with that particular set of Doctor + companions.
I really like Ace but there was already an almost modern feel to her seasons, which were after all the last ones in Classic Who. Still, I wish the show would play more with the character type of an earthling who doesn't actually like earth all that much. Ace is the closest we've come to that so far.