Though she could also be sent off to take care of more complex bits of plot, freeing the Doctor to go do other stuff.
Yeah--which sometimes meant she got shuffled off, not to be seen until the end of the episode. (Although we did see her building the sound machine in...The Visitation, I think. But until Adric stumbled back in, that was a tiny bit boring, watching her fiddle with it and mumble to herself.)
*headdesk* I think this a conundrum without any good answer.
I'm also thinking that Romana worked pretty well, and she was essentially his equal.
Oooh, yes. City of Death is the only one with Romana II I've seen, but I loved it. And yeah, they were equals, pretty much--moreso than in the first Romana I episode, where he was constantly throwing her inexperience in her face.
I guess it all depends on why the companion was chosen and what you want him or her to accomplish, and how well you can make that combination work.
Quite possibly.
True--though maybe that should be the test. Would it seem sexist if the same events happened to a male companion? If not, then you really shouldn't be calling it sexist. (As if it's that easy to abide by such a rule! Sounds good in theory, though :) )
Oh, you've been away from the ivory tower for too long, haven't you? *g* Yeah, that doesn't fly with some of the more strident feminist critics, in my experience--it's too easy to rebut with "but the fact that these events did happen to a female and not a male is inherently sexist."
Hee! That was pretty much my brain, the whole time I was reading that thing. And really? If you have a "warnings" page for the specific purpose of "defending your actions," shouldn't that perhaps be a warning...to you??
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Date: 2006-06-28 07:45 pm (UTC)Yeah--which sometimes meant she got shuffled off, not to be seen until the end of the episode. (Although we did see her building the sound machine in...The Visitation, I think. But until Adric stumbled back in, that was a tiny bit boring, watching her fiddle with it and mumble to herself.)
*headdesk* I think this a conundrum without any good answer.
I'm also thinking that Romana worked pretty well, and she was essentially his equal.
Oooh, yes. City of Death is the only one with Romana II I've seen, but I loved it. And yeah, they were equals, pretty much--moreso than in the first Romana I episode, where he was constantly throwing her inexperience in her face.
I guess it all depends on why the companion was chosen and what you want him or her to accomplish, and how well you can make that combination work.
Quite possibly.
True--though maybe that should be the test. Would it seem sexist if the same events happened to a male companion? If not, then you really shouldn't be calling it sexist. (As if it's that easy to abide by such a rule! Sounds good in theory, though :) )
Oh, you've been away from the ivory tower for too long, haven't you? *g* Yeah, that doesn't fly with some of the more strident feminist critics, in my experience--it's too easy to rebut with "but the fact that these events did happen to a female and not a male is inherently sexist."
Hee! That was pretty much my brain, the whole time I was reading that thing. And really? If you have a "warnings" page for the specific purpose of "defending your actions," shouldn't that perhaps be a warning...to you??
For SERIOUS.