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Avery, 20 (previously averita, blithe-and-bonny). Loves writing, sci-fi, tea, women, and fandom (most days). Currently loving on Mary McDonnell, Elisabeth Sladen, David Tennant, Catherine Tate, and Dianna Agron. I watch way too much TV; major fandoms include Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Harry Potter, Damages, Downton Abbey, The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Dexter, Sanctuary, and 24.
  • Interviewer: One last question. With Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary coming in 2013, who is your favorite classic companion?
  • Toby Whithouse: Oh I’d have to say Elisabeth Sladen [as Sarah Jane Smith]. Because she was a comic companion, and I think that she, more than any other before her, redefined the role of the companion. And there are elements of Sarah Jane Smith that you can see in every companion afterward down to Amy. She changed the companion from being a rather helpless hysteric to being a feisty, opinionated, strong equal to the Doctor. And, at the time, you know that was quite an extraordinary thing to do. That was not the role the companion, or women, were meant to be playing. They were meant to be playing the victim, they were meant to be decoration. I think what Lis Sladen did with that character is quite extraordinary. We forget how revolutionary she was at the time.
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