Talk:List of companions

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Eleventh Doctor Disputed Companions

Really? How can one off characters be considered companions, even disputed? This is understandable for characters such as Astrid and Adelaide, who (though I personally don't consider them companions) did fill a companion role in episodes where a regular companion is absent. But saying that Nasreen and Craig could be "companions" is ridiculous! We can't say that every one of the Doctor's many aquaintances is a companion. Otherwise we'd be left with a massive list. TemporalSpleen 21:27, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

• Answering this belatedly:the problem is the definition some fans and other authorities have taken is that a person becomes a companion if they've not only shared an adventure with the Doctor, but done so in the TARDIS. However, that doesn't account for Craig. Blame the BBC for declaring one-off characters like Lady Christina official companions. If The Lodger had been a Christmas special, Craig would have been considered one officially. I do think some level of common sense has to prevail, though. 23skidoo 21:17, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

The TARDIS

The Doctor's Wife firmly established that the TARDIS isn't a ship, but a full out companion with all rights and privileges thereto. So this reason I added her (and the episode confirmed that it is a her, regardless whose body she borrowed) to the "Special Cases" section in an "Other" category, which I think is fair enough, so that we don't have to pigeonhole her into a specific Doctor. 23skidoo 21:17, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion

Deletion has been proposed and rationale given on the front page.

For

• User:Mini-mitch. Put {{delete}} and rationale on page.
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  czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  <span style="">21:15:46 Sun 26 Jun 2011  I'm all for deletion, despite the fact that I've put some work into this page. It's a waste of our time constantly warring over this page. Delete it and move on. Navboxes like {{companions of the First Doctor}} have essentially superseded the utility of this list. Navboxes work better for controversial subjects that aren't well defined in a canonical story.

Discussion

• I'm practically for, just with a question, should we, rather than deleting it, just delete all the content and put all the Companions of the Doctor navboxes on this page? That way we don't need to keep the page updated. --Tangerineduel / talk 15:48, July 25, 2011 (UTC)