Who Is The WORST Doctor Who Companion? 

everybody gangster until somebody says Jamie

from reading the comments I get the feeling that people don't like clara

Fun Fact - After Eccleston refused to be in The Day of the Doctor, Moffat got upset and wrote a draft of The Day of the Doctor WITHOUT the Doctor, but just Clara fantasising about who the Doctor really is. Oh my god, how awful that would have been? Eg, *The Day of Clara*

What bugs me is Clara could have been a really great companion. I would have first travel with the Doctor between "Bells of St John" and "Deep Breath". Leave and return five years later. When is working a teacher in love with Danny Pink. At the end of "Forest in the Night" he leaves her and Danny to live their lives together. He returns ten years later in "Dark Water" to an inconsolable grieving widow. Her beloved husband Danny Pink having died from a long battle with cancer.

The thing I dislike about Clara is that her story makes her so much glorified and is given so much importance as the girl who saves the Doctor. I think that really undermines the little and big things that all the other companions have done for the Doctor, like Rose saving the Doctor as Bad Wolf, Martha bringing back the Doctor, Donna giving the Doctor hope after Rose is gone, Amy and Rory being a family to him. It is a shame and Moffat ruined Capaldi's time by pulling his character to the background while Clara gets the limelight. And guess which is Capaldi's best episode? Heaven Sent! When Clara isn't even there! (Sorry for the rant, peace out)

clara. its a shame too cuz jenna coleman is a great actress. its those scripts. worse than mel.

Best Clara moment: When Strax wacks her in the face with a newspaper

Clara, without a doubt, but it's the fault of Moffat's crap writing / lack of relatable vision for the character, not the fault of Jenna Coleman who I feel is a good actress.

when you realize 99% of the fanbase hates your favourite companion

Clara is indicative of Moffat not being able, or more likely not caring, to write satisfying conclusions. I hate that all this huge universe spanning mysteries just become word play.

Tbh; Clara and Amy were the ones I most disliked. At the start when we first saw Amy as a seven year old child, I actually thought she was decent. But after finding out how she turned out; this way too flirty and mean person, I couldn't stand her anymore. Not only was she constantly flirting with the doctor even though she was engaged and later on even married, but also that she treated the actually pretty likeable Rowry so bad... And yeah, Clara was kinda just shoved down our throats, she's that Mary sue-Character you get in nearly every series. She was pretty boring and annoying not only because of her lack of personality and character development, but also because of her attitude... Sry for bad english btw

What also made me mad about Hellbent is there was no question raised about what happened to Romana and Leela there.

The Clara love show . Couldn't stand her .

if this was redone i think there would be no debate... Graham, Ryan and Yaz.... all so bad!

"What, I have to say more, I've said Clara Oswald, That's the amount of development Steven Moffat gave here." Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh!!

I did like Clara in the beginning with the 11th doctor because i was caught up in the mystery of who this person is and why she isn't dying. But when 11 turned into 12 and she didn't want to Travel with him, because he was old, was when I started to hate her character.i hated her for exactly all the reasons you give. so from the beginning of the 12th doctor's regeneration you knew she didn't even want to be there. Then when she betrayed him and threatened him, that was the last straw. She was the epitome of a shitty friend.

Clara was worst by a country mile. She wasn't a character she was a plot contrivance, she was who ever she needed to be for the plot. The ultimate mary sue.

They turned Clara from the Impossible Girl that we all loved, into a Mary Sue.

I think the audience would have cared more about Danny's death if the relationship was believable. He's not very likeable, and I find it difficult to believe that Clara would date someone who is so demanding.

I literally DESPISE Clara

Agree completely that Clara is the worst written character in the show's history. From start to finish, her entire character was just a terrible train wreck.

I found Clara is the best in day of the doctor. I think she worked best with John Hurt tbh, he rlly played to her strengths and somehow she played to his very well. Good chemistry.

Clara..just..Clara. Not a shred of consistency in her character between Series 8 and 9 just horribly, horribly underwritten yet still somehow the most important person ever. She poisoned the well and people have rightly taken Moffat to task for creating such an empty vapid shell of an 'empowered female' character. Give me Lela with her poisonous thorns any day.

I will say that Mel's development in the big finish audios has vastly improved her character

My three suggestions would be: 1. Clara Oswald 2. Clara Oswald and ... 3. Clara Oswald

Clara...easily...she literally made every single episode revolve around her and ruined the series, not every companion has to have every bloody plot point connect back to them but clara literally had it written into her character that this was a thing, and ruined it

My deep respect for just describing Bonnie's scream, not showing it. I was waiting with my cursor over the mute button.

You are right Clara is the worst, for all the reasons you stated and so much more. She is just to important to The Doctors personal history. She is this obnoxious paper thin character that has been crammed into basically all of the Doctors most defining moments and its awful, everything good about The Doctor is now attributed to Clara and thats just wrong. The Doctor didn't need a nanny to point him in the right direction and retroactively raise him right just so moffat could take credit for thing that he didn't establish in the show, The Doctor just needed a companion.

Clara is my least favourite companion. I felt that there was way too much build up of her character, she lasted way longer than she should have and Moffet made her seem as if she was the Doctor's equal.

I just got so fed up with the Clara. I liked her in series 7. I didn't like how she got the lime light in series 8 because Peter Capaldi is great. By series 9... she had long out stayed her welcome. I forgot she said goodbye in series 8. That was a nice ending for her. I would have been happy if she left then. The face the raven ending was good for her too, she just should have stayed dead.

I haven't watched the video yet but the answer is Clara.

I have to agree with Clara being the worst-she ruined doctor who while she lasted and again she drew attention away from peter capaldi, he's a good actor but because everything was more focused on Clara it ruined what he could have been and she was also quite cringey

Every character created by Steven Moffat - and Adric.

Jenna is talented actress but the character of Clara is train wreck, the worst written companion in the show's history. Peter Capaldi deserved so much better and I'm glad he finally got that with Bill.

Bill “I’m a lesbian you know” Potts.

I was a Dr Who fan, but Clara Oswald is the reason I stopped watching it. Her and the increasingly shit stories.

Clara. Oh yes, definitely Clara. I hated her the millisecond she entered The Doctor's time stream and became the most important character in the Doctor Who universe. I hate Moffat for doing this and I especially hated that Christmas episode. Clara's return was what made me quit Doctor Who for years and from what bits and pieces I saw in subsequent series I was not wrong in my decision. I gave the series a second chance when Whitaker came on board, I watched the first four episodes. Sadly those are hours I'm never getting back. But yeah, Clara was a shit character. Moffat made one of the biggest mistakes a writer can make and I think that is he fell too in love with a character to the point where she reads like cheap fan fiction, like the original Mary Sue.

I really liked Clara, not least because she replaced Amy. Amy was annoying from the word go, and her character never made sense. Trying to jump into bed with the Doctor on the night before her wedding?

For Clara's character, it was how they wrote her interaction with Peter Capaldi's Doctor. After seeing all his past lives reacted like it never happened.

I think the problem with Clara is that Jenna Coleman way overstayed her welcome. She was originally supposed to leave with Matt, but she decided to stay one more series. But by the time the end of series 8 came around, turns out she wanted to stay for one more series, again. I don't blame Moffat for that for her character, I blame Jenna for staying past the end of Clara's story line.

Clara Oswald is the does companion who has ever graced the silver screen on Dr Who. The Impossible Girl quickly became The Annoying, Egotistical Girl.

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Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley. The character is introduced as a boy genius from the year 2012 who attracts the attention of the Doctor's traveling companion Rose (played by Billie Piper) after she and the Doctor (No. 9, played by Christopher Eccleston) meet him in his place of work. Despite Rose's willingness to accept Adam as a fellow traveller, the Doctor is skeptical. After Adam attempts to use information from the future for his own gain, the Doctor throws Adam out of his time machine, the TARDIS. This was the first example of the Doctor forcing a companion to leave because of negative behaviour.

Kamelion.. what a waste!

I hate Clara. I call Series 8 The Clara Series

Great smash of Clara! Fully agree with your analysis of her "character." I had my sympathy with Chameleon. Funny how I always forget Adric. But at least he was willing to give his life for the Doctor, his shipmates, and the Earth! In my earlier comment I mentioned that Leela would have killed Clara for her attitude towards the Doctor and threats to the TARDIS, Leela would probably have killed Adric and Mel because of their annoyingness. You do a good Tom Baker.

2017: We are tired ofClara 2021: Clara wasn’t all that bad. At least she isn’t Yaz

I love Adric. Here is my pick for worst companions: Rose Susan Katarina Mel Peri

I didn't know adric but I still found it sad when he died

It's Clara. It will always be Clara. I would rather be entombed with Mel, Adric, and Rose for eternity than spend two minutes with Clara.

Who is the worst Doctor Who companion of all-time? Easy: River Song PERIOD!!! She's arrogant, presumptuous, vain, annoying and every dam time she goes "Spoilers", I just wanna hurl something!!!

I really thought that was roses silhouette in the thumbnail, I was about to throw hands

I have issues with multiple characters from Doctor Who. Amy was a selfish bitch for most of season 5, Rose could be annoyingly clingy and jealous, Bill's homosexuality was pushed to the forefront of her plot (though this is more the writers' fault), Donna could be quite vapid, Martha was a bit of a know-it-all, etc. Personally, I believe Clara was the worst companion of New Who (I can't judge Classic Who as I have not been able to see the series yet). This belief stems from her multiple mistakes, which she refused to learn from, her overreaction to Danny Pink's death, her selfishness, and her overall ignorance when it came to the Doctor and his role in the universe. I've noticed people saying Rose was the worst companion, and though they me a few good points, I have to disagree. Rose was a compelling character who brought in many new fans to the Doctor Who Universe. She was incredibly human, she made mistakes, could be extremely jealous, and was fickle when it came to Mickey. On the last point, I think it's important to note that we do not choose who we fall in and out of love with, and so I believe people cannot fault Rose for leaving Mickey for the Doctor. People seem to forget that Rose was created as very human, but very good. She was heroic in an understated way, and acted exactly as one would expect her to. Overall, I think Rose's character was a very good companion to the Doctor. She was exactly what he needed her to be, someone he could teach and show the wonders of the universe to while healing him from the horrors of his past.

It's the overly peppy, feminist Mary Sue character Clara Oswald, by a large distance. Martha was bad, like Clara lacking any identifiabe character traits and not especially well acted, but at least she didn't last too long, and the entire show did not revolve around her character. Clara, on the other hand, kept on returning like a bad rash. And Tegan was really annoying also, but only during her 'air hostess' phase. She was a decent companion when she returned. Clara was essentially Who's answer to Rey from the latest Star Wars films. It's as if she was completely created by a non classic Who watching SJW committee, and that's more or less the truth of it.

Clara or Mel. The difference between the two of them is that Clara had the potential to actually have a shadow of character, whereas Mel never had such a hope.

Haha the little Baker/Adric skit had me rollin! Love the channel.

I don't particularly agree with you saying Clara is bad, but i respect your opinion. Clara was charismatic, smart, and had a really heart wrenching death. Though the character development was extremely bad. It's Mofat's fault, really. I wish that Clara woud've been better. She did have an interesting back story though. Actually, i do partially agree with you. (Yes, i know i just contradicted myself)

P.S. I loved Adric. He was about my age while I was watching it, so I associated with him being a nerd myself. I was sorry to see him go.

The ones I can think of at once are Mel (blergh), Stephen (pompous bastard), Adric (the ANGST! The ISSUES! The.... teenage egoism) and Clara (started out good and then went down in flames). Started writing this before watching the video so let's see how many I've managed to get "right". Mel - check. Adric - check. Clara - check. YESSSS! And your points on the regeneration "dilemma" - excellent.

That awkward moment when everyone's hating on Clara and she's your favourite companion... 😂

I actually really like Adric. I agree about the poor acting, but as a character, he has a lot of merit, especially with Tom Baker. Also, I don't despise Mel. As for my three least favorite companions: 3. Rose Tyler. She's okay in season one. She's not great, but at least she's a friend to the Doctor. In Season 2 however, she takes a turn for the worst. She becomes so shallow and rude, flirting with every guy she meets, but getting mad when the Doctor so much as looks at another girl. 2. Amy Pond. She treats Rory like a second thought, and not just in Season 5. She talks down to him, ignores him, and places the Doctor above him in her priorities. When they get sent to the past, I felt bad that Rory was stuck with her for the rest of his life. 1. Clara Oswald. Like the video says, she has no real personality. She's just boring, and all of her fake departures got old. She has the nerve to threaten the Doctor, even though he's the only person who has been a constant paternal figure in her life.

I literally shuddered at the end of Hell Bent when Capaldi said "Clara Who" I just don't know how anyone can see anything in her character.

The phone call in Capaldi's first episode after regenerating was FOR THE AUDIENCE, not for Clara. Moffatt even said so. It was to help ease the audience, who was used to watching young Doctors, into the older Doctor, Capaldi- assuring them that it was the same character, with a different face.

Pre-Clara I thought it was a joint between Amy and post-silence in the library River Song. I hated their obnoxious flirtatiousness and how the overarching plot(s) relied on them so much. When Series 7 Part 2 rolled around, Clara pissed me off so much that she became my least favourite. Why did moffat think we cared about her arc more than the Doctor's? It really felt like Doctor Who had become The Clara Show ft. The Doctor. If only Moffat had made amazing characters like RTD could, most of his crap episodes would've been bearable.

You guys haven't seen Bill yet

clara, I despise this character with every thing I have. She was half way decent when she was a mystery, she kept showing up, doing something useful then dying. Then it becomes the single most important thing in the show. nthe season 8 specials moffatt actually stated the companions were more important than the doctor, the companions were the voice of the audience. NO THEY ARE NOT!!!!! the companions are children next to the doctor, they do keep him grounded so he doesnt go off in a rant, but you have to remember he is not human, he doesnt think like a human, why would he. One of the things I most despised about her, into the daleks 12th says theres no such thing as a good dalek, and IT says thats a bit bigoted isnt it, that not like you. This is the man who just spent 1000 years on Trezalore, and died blowing up a dalek fleet (again) did IT forget the doctors trauma? And not lets mention Akhaten and that heart wrenching speech then a leaf. a. leaf!

Yes, you are sooo right about Clara. She was so bad. It's not right that they made her so important. It annoyed me beyond belief that she was the 'origin ' of so many Doctor moments. I was so happy when I thought we got rid of her in that Christmas episode. Moffett mentioned that Jenna left then changed her mind during that episode . I find that hard to believe.

Clara in isolation is a fine companion, she was likeable, cute, & smart. But the way you explained her storyline makes her 1 of the worst "handled" companions. Bottom line, she should have left with Matt Smith's Doctor. She wasn't a good fit with Capaldi, and she felt forced onto him. And you're right ... the way Clara kept leaving & returning in Seasons 8 & 9, just cheapened her character. You made me realize that, based on her "Impossible Girl" backstory, she should've been understanding of a newly regenerated Doctor being very different from the previous incarnation.

Clara is the inconsistent, insufferable Mary Sue. Makes me long for Ace (ouch, but true).

Jo Grant is my favourite companion, I had such a crush on Katy Manning.

The worst is Yasmin Khan. No personality, no development. She's just there.

Mel is the worst. She acted like a wife, telling him to eat right and get some exercise. Worse than Clara and Adrick.

I love Clara Oswin Oswald but I understand why people might not. Rose is my all time favorite but I loves me some Jenna Coleman

Is anyone gonna mention how slightly mean Clara is to 12? I guess it stems from her missing 11 but still, she could try and understand. I mean i miss 11 too, he's my favorite, but i wouldn't purposely hate 12 because of it, because technically he's still the same person.

I really liked Clara. Like her character did develop from 11th to 12th like 11 was acting like her boyfriend which is solidified by 12 in Deep Breath, so Clara moved on accepted the change and got with Danny (who I did think was a bit dull) but her and the doctor clearly did love eachother which 12 was about to say before her death in Face the Raven and I adored her in series 9 like The Doctor was the only thing she was living for really because Danny was dead so she just went all in and I just liked how they had that deep love for eachother because they know everything about eachother.

In my opinion CLARA is the worst companion ever . She is too important and too powerful for no reason that I can see . she completely destroys Rings of Akhatten . If the Doctor was allowed to destroy the sun God then it would have been a great endings but Moffat decided Clara's life was worth more even than the Doctor . Even when she died she didn't die she came back to annoy us , she was so obnoxious and before anyone says that I just want companions meek and mild , my top companion is Ace who was far from meek and mild . My 2nd least favorite companion is ROSE . This is because where the importance of the companion came from , and the first time the Doctor had a romance with his companion which he should never do in my opinion . Imagine Colin Baker having a relationship with Peri WRONG! MY 3RD least favorite companion I would say is Martha firstly because she had the romance storyline which I hate . But also because she was a pretty nothing character , even the 60's companions who were just screaming girls were right for the time and complimented the Doctor , this new idea of importance of companions I feel goes against the importance of the Doctor . Also before u say I just hate new who companions . I loved Amy Pond , also Donna Noble was a great contrast and funny too . Bill was even quite good even though she was a bit too P.C but yeah Clara is the worst

Clara, Adric, Victoria, Turlough. Series 10 + 11 update: everyone except Graham is abysmal, and for the 11th series, the Doctor is the worst person in the TARDIS. I'd rather watch Adric the Spin-off Series than another episode with Jodie.

Martha was the worst, she spent all season trying the make the Doctor love her, kept on with the "good for Rose" under her breathes and its her fault the Master came back. She made Yana aware of the pocket watch, so those spheres and the 1/10th of the people her murdered - thats on Martha. He arch was being a female black doctor and constantly flashing her front teeth (with three episodes including racism at her Family of blood two parter and the Daleks take manhatten) Second to worst is Bill. Just because she is written so badly. Every adventure. "Im black" or "im a lesbian" comments. We get it, you dont need to remind us. "Oh i didnt say that because your blue, im not a racist, usually im on the receiving end of racism." Other than her being gay and black, and having no mum, she had no character arc. Her arc (if you wanna call it that was meeting a girl and then that girl becomes a alien pilot and vanishes, then she travels with the Doctor reminding him every week she is black and gay until finally becoming a cyberman and then crying her apparent girlfriends tears who she had like zero chemistry with, and the two run away together, the issue with that is the Pilot was about not running with her. Then 13 episodes later she is like "psych im going because we're apparently in love bye!")

Have to agree with your picks. The very worst was Clara. And for the reasons you gave. And as an aside, after Heaven Sent, the Dr we see is not the real Doctor but a perfect copy of him. The real Doctor was killed by the creature on the prison world he was sent to.

Clara shouldn't have been like that. It should have been Oswin, the first that appeared, a quirky girl from the future and not "THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE DOCTOR'S LIFE". I just hate that Moffat has to make everything incredibly important. I think Doctor Who is at its best when it's about two or three space and time travelers who just happen to stumble into a problem

It's got to be Clara, I was really hopping I'd like her going into the back half of season 7 (especially after Amy and Rory sort of had to be yanked out of the show) and Jenna tried her friggin heart out to bring something to the character but she was just an empty shell after Name of the Doctor. Which would have been fine if they used that as an exit point for her character but then they tried to give her more screen time then the title character. Season 8 was such a mess that I flat out quit watching for 3 years. I didn't even have that much of an opinion on 12 until I when back and skipped through season 9 and actually got to enjoy Capaldi's performance. I'm not going to berate anyone for liking her, Jenna Coleman is genuinely likeable, but when in every episode the writer has to back-burner the story to remind you that Clara Oswald is the greatest thing since ice cream there's a big problem. btw, very good video.

Clara is the worst, for one thing, the impossible girl , became more important than the Doctor. yeah mel sucked too. Rose, Martha and Donna were good.

I only saw one episode with Clara, but I did find her very annoying. She slapped Peter Capaldi in the face, told him to calm down and gave him a lecture. I didn't like either of Peter Davidson's companions Tegan and Nyssa. They were so bland, I had to look up their names. They were better than that robot fellow, Kamelion. I had forgotten about him altogether.

The thing about Clara is that the actress had no personality. She got work through an exceedingly pretty face. There was no life to her.Therefore the producer could do what he wanted with her. She ranks with Tegan Jovanka as my least favourite

I do not often laugh out loud these days, but your Fourth Doctor and Adric sketch got one out of me.

I didn't really like bill rose or clara

That 'Thug Life' bit before talking about Clara had me dying. 🤣🤣🤣

Clara Oswald really annoyed me as she was really bland, the show tried to make her complex and deep but it just came off as making her an overpowered mary-sue

My least favorites Worst: Kamelion 2nd Worst: Mel 3rd Worst: Clara

Clara is the worst!

Clara is the most annoying companion ever. Even Adric had a sort of pathos and relatability once in a while. Ms. Oswald, on the other hand, is the most smug, one-dimensional, condescending nonentity in the history of DOCTOR WHO.

I think Hell Bent was more focused on the Doctor finally snapping after living for so long instead of Clara and it's one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes

Mel and Peri were totally obnoxious but Clara was the reason I hated Series 8 & 9.

Awh no i love Mel!!! she was one of my favourite companions, but i respect your opinion!! Completely agree with Clara!! Peri is my favourite companion btw!!

That Tom Baker impression is really good Wingy! Love it

I cheered when Adrick died. I literally jumped off the coach and started jumping around the room. He was SO annoying. I was so happy I wouldn't have to hear him anymore.

Hands down, Clara. I stopped watching in S9 because I hated her so much. Roll on 13 and new companion.

How about Kamelion - who is in two serials in the fifth Doctor's time and is "lost in the TARDIS" in between.

Good vid champ - what about Turlough ?

Clara... Clara will always be the correct answer to this question.