November 16th, 2010
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Radio Times Online Companion Poll
Radio Times online companion poll
The Radio Times conducted an online poll to name the best Who companion ever – but was it Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler, Amy Pond, K9 or another?
Top 20 results below (more than 3,000 people voted)
1 Rose Tyler Billie piper
2 Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth sladen
3 Donna Noble Catherine Tate
4 K9 John Leeson/David Brierley
5 Amy Pond KAREN GILLAN
The best of the rest…
6 Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)
7 Ace (Sophie Aldred)
8 Leela (Louise Jameson)
9 Jo Grant (Katy Manning)
10 Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)
11 Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman)
12 Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines)
13 Romana II (Lalla Ward)
14 Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding)
15 Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins)
16 Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant)
17 River Song (Alex Kingston)
18 Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter)
19 Polly (Anneke Wills)
20 Turlough (Mark Strickson)
Plus…
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164-page glossy special:
· Includes never-before-seen photographs and material from the RT archive
· Profile of every companion from Ace to Zoe
· The companions in their own words
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Featuring over 40 companions from 1963 to the present day.
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VT
February 28th, 2014 - 8:42pmI agree. Martha was a star.
VT
February 28th, 2014 - 8:41pmOh, come on! Turlough was awesome, they just didn’t use the character to his full potential. After the whole Black Guardian thing, he just kept getting lost and captured until “Planet of Fire”. He rarely got a chance to shine.
Cassie
October 15th, 2011 - 4:16pmMy top 5 is:
1. Amy Pond (Karen Gillan)
2. Rose Tyler (Billie Piper)
3. Donna Noble (Catherine Tate)
4. Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan)
5. Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman)
So I find this poll wrong.
Greg
September 9th, 2011 - 11:21pmi think a fairer way to compile a ‘true’ top ten companion list would be to ask people to rate each one out of ten and then work out the average – that way the one less known today but still amazing (ie, ian and barbara) would probably shoot right up.
Christoff
July 21st, 2011 - 12:20amwhere is zoe and Jamie? Barbara? Ian? WHERE IS VICKY??
Honestly, I can’t believe people claim to be fans of Doctor Who, yet they havent seen a single episode pre-reboot. Doctor Who has 25/26 series before this reboot, and while its great..its not really true Who.
Best Companion in my opinion is Ian, the man who gave the Doctor his humanity.
Fab
February 10th, 2011 - 7:57pmActually the Brigadier did travel with the Second and the Third Doctors in “The Three Doctors”, which also introduced Omega, if I remember well. 😉
I Love Cybermen
November 16th, 2010 - 8:14pmOh and the Brigadier? I would vote for him but since when was he a companion? Friend more like. He never travelled with the Dr.
I Love Cybermen
November 16th, 2010 - 8:13pmRose? Really? i mean- she was great. but, really- the greatest? My personal vote is with Amy, Astrid and K9.
The Pandorica
November 16th, 2010 - 7:59pmNo way is Rose the best companion. Ace is well better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katie
November 16th, 2010 - 7:10pmI’m really glad Rose came first, she totally deserves to be there, she really was the best! Why Amy Pond is fifth I’ll never know because I hate the character – Karen Gillan seems really nice so it could be the writing but I really dislike Amy.
Glad Donna came third – she was awesome! Glad Jack was high up too!
davidfrog
November 16th, 2010 - 6:35pmmartha should be at least top 3, i don’t know the old ones enough to judge though. amy is so high on the poll because she is the most recent one.
Charlotte
November 16th, 2010 - 6:07pmi think its stupid that new companions or ones who have mostly appeared in the top five…i see no point in people voting if they don’t know who all of the others are it’s completely biased.
Devon Young
November 16th, 2010 - 4:58pmReally?? Donna’s in the top 5? How’d that happen? I felt like I suffered through that series a bit. My fav’s are Amy, Rose, Jack, & Sarah Jane. Jury’s still out on River… waiting to see just how the future plays out with her. In my head, she hasn’t been a full fledged companion yet. I’m catching old episodes online, getting familiar with the likes of Harry, Zoe, etc. I sometimes watched the 4th doctor & Sarah Jane when I was little, but not much beyond that & The 5 Doctors. I’ve watched it a lot more since they reignited the show in ’05.
bow ties are cool
November 16th, 2010 - 4:11pmharry looks like a young tenth dr on that cover
11dr rules
November 16th, 2010 - 3:48pmmatha should come first
Blackthunder
November 16th, 2010 - 3:01pmI can’t believe Rose came 1st…I’m clearly missing something…I cant work out why fans found her so popular…someone please enlighten me, because i really hate her; every minute on the screen!
emmy
November 16th, 2010 - 1:05pmcant believe sarah jane came second she so wooden…. rose is the best though
Rooners
November 16th, 2010 - 11:17amI can’t believe Donna came 3rd…I’m clearly missing something…I cant work out why fans found her so popular…someone please enlighten me.
C@A
November 16th, 2010 - 7:56amAnd no Ian Chesterson? 🙁
S Factor
November 16th, 2010 - 7:45amWahoo Billie is by far the best companion!
doctor stu
November 16th, 2010 - 7:18amfirst comment whoo