Doctor Who: 12 NuWho Characters Who Should've Been Companions
If things had worked out differently.
The companions have always been a hugely important part of Doctor Who. They tend to be the audience's connection point to the wonderful and wacky world the Doctor inhabits. As a result they garner a vareity of emotional reactions from fans - whether it be love or hate. Occasionally, a one-off character is such a hit with the fandom that there are calls for them to take on the companion role. It's happened recently with Faye Marsey's Shona McCullough, who struck a chord with viewers from her first moments on screen, dancing her way straight into their hearts. There has been a lot of speculation that Shona could become a companion alongside Clara for Series 9, and many words spent arguing both for and against this possibility. However, Shona isn't the only new series character who came close to being a companion. She's not even the first character to connect with fans and receive calls to be a new companion. There were a multitude just before her in Series 8, where it felt like the writers were testing out new potential companion dynamics. It's not a new thing either - there have been companion-material since the revived series began, but who didn't actually make it onto the TARDIS team, for one reason or another. Let's take a retrospective look through the new series so far, and revisit several characters who could have travelled in the TARDIS if things had turned out differently.