The Doctor's best companion
All right, which one is your favorite?
I am limiting it to the main companions from the new doctor who just because the poll does limit me to 50 choices. j/k It's just not feasible to include every single companion the doctor has ever had. Although if you have favorites from the old series, or prefer one of the companions who travelled with the doctor less consistently (i.e. Jack Harkness, Micky Smith, Rory Williams, etc) feel free to chat about it in the thread.
For example, my favorite companion of the choices would be Donna, because there was no messy love interest, she was funny, and surprisingly well written. From the old series, of the ones I've seen it was probably Turlough because of his interesting back story and because you always had to wonder if he was actually going to double cross the doctor if the stakes got too high. I also really like Rory. Good old Rory.
I am limiting it to the main companions from the new doctor who just because the poll does limit me to 50 choices. j/k It's just not feasible to include every single companion the doctor has ever had. Although if you have favorites from the old series, or prefer one of the companions who travelled with the doctor less consistently (i.e. Jack Harkness, Micky Smith, Rory Williams, etc) feel free to chat about it in the thread.
For example, my favorite companion of the choices would be Donna, because there was no messy love interest, she was funny, and surprisingly well written. From the old series, of the ones I've seen it was probably Turlough because of his interesting back story and because you always had to wonder if he was actually going to double cross the doctor if the stakes got too high. I also really like Rory. Good old Rory.
Poor, poor Rory. I would hide in a series of giant cakes in hopes of finding Rory, again. Although I doubt that would work. This time. 
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It was close though, because Amy is fast catching up to Donna and may end up surpassing her. Also, Rory
Could you spoiler the new series spoilers, please? It hasn't finished here yet. The stuff about Rory, I mean.
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I didn't like Catherine Tate's comedies, but I loved her as the Doctor's sidekick because she added a different flavour to the previous two who had always been almost over-awed by the Doctor.
Done. I was thinking there was a two week discrepency between UK and the States, but upon closer examination its a three week discrepency. My bad.
I really liked her at first-- sort of "plucky" and much more confident. However, she sort of fell back into the pattern of all the companions of screaming a lot and being the victim for the doctor to save as time went on. Unfortunately that was the way with a lot of them in the old series.
Speaking of which, this pole confirms the one thing I was wondering about-- there ARE people out there who liked Rose Tyler. Personally I thought she was irritating and I struggled to understand the appeal. I know some people like her, but she seemed impulsive, selfish, and frankly not all that smart-- although that last one maybe more to delivery style than the actual written lines.
Not to get all you Rose fans riled up, but for the purpose of understanding her appeal, can someone explain this to me? I don't understand what it was about her that people liked so much. Perhaps I'm just looking at the matter the wrong way.
I think she was funny down to earth she was sassy and smart in diffrent ways then just book smart and I was really intrested in the love relationship between them it was much better then the marther unrquated love one not hateing on her though.
Billie Piper as Rose was actually quite a likeable character when she was paired with Christopher Eccleston. The two had excellent chemistry, and it felt more like a father-daughter team then anything else. It was very natural, and the two really did seem to care about each other, which made it very easy to like both her and him.
But when she was paired with David Tennant, that relationship changed. No longer did they seem to actually have feelings for each other. Now they just felt like a pair of schoolgirls, messing around and trying to piss off the teachers with their wacky antics. I'm surprised they didn't try to sneak off and have a ciggy behind the bike shed. And that's when Rose stopped being likeable. Because she stopped having a loving relationship with the Doctor and started being his screechy, irritating mate who kept egging him on and getting him into trouble.
And don't even get me started on how useless she was in The Stolen Earth. Seriously, she does nothing except get the Doctor shot.*
*...alright, she saves Wilf as well, but I like to think he could have gotten out of that himself if she hadn't shown up.
I'm a girl, and thus immune to these...highlights...:p
...yes, I know it's fake, but it's not for me, so whatever.
EDIT: Found the article I did a while back about how D. Tennant and B. Piper didn't have as great a relationship as C. Eccleston and B. Piper. Here it is.
For me, I guess I never connected with Eccleston so much as the doctor-- hard to say why, it might have been because I watched the last five seasons totally out of order. And I think as an extension of that I had trouble connecting to Rose. I do understand a little better now why people liked her but for me she's still the sort of person that just would drive me crazy. Still, I do definitely see the father/daughter relationship there and how that could be meaningful for a lot of people.
I got Tennant as a doctor much better, although I will definitely say that I liked the way he played the doctor better after Rose was gone. In fact, losing her added a lot of depth to him. As annoying as the "unrequitted love" thing with Martha was, it brought out new, deeper sides of him that become even more apparent as he meets Donna and the resistance he shows to letting someone new in his life. Seasons 3 and 4 were my favorites (discounting the current one because its unfinished, and how it finishes will have a big affect on how I feel about it). We see a new, somewhat damaged doctor, who has made vital decisions about who he is and what he stands for. He's stronger, and a little darker, and has become much, much more interesting.
So far I'm up in the air on Amy. I loved her in The Beast Below, in that she went against the doctor to save an endangered creature's life. So far, more hasn't been shown of that side of her personality. If they start writing more episodes for her like that, she could very easily become my favorite companion.
Peri was certainly annoying in her first two seasons, but i think she was starting to play it right in her last series, just before she was killed. In fact, they toned everything down: Colin Baker seems much nicer in Trial of a Timelord (just bought the boxset) than other episodes i've seen of his.
If Sarah Jane is an option, I'm changing my vote. Since she is my all time favorite.
Sorry, but it has been out for over twenty years. I'm assuming you're referring to Trial of a Timelord.
I mean... no I didn't I am a man and real men don't cry!
no way, somehow he's going to return. but what about
When I was watching it, I accidentally spoiled it for myself (Curses! Wikipedia and your all-too-complete episode summaries!), but it's still an excellent storyline, even if you do know the ending.:D