Discussion post - Minor/Guest Characters
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who_straybunniesIt's well past time for another discussion post!
This time, how about minor characters - one-off (or maybe two-off) guest characters you'd love to see more of? Given how many different worlds, times and places the Doctor has visited in the past fifty years, there are any number of great characters we saw only once in passing.
Which of those would you like to see fic for? Any ideas? For me, I confess, it's always the Classic Who guest characters I think about the most - after all, many of us lived with them for three, four or even six weeks back in the day. Prf. Amelia Rumford should have all the fic, Mrs Tyler too (she fights Death with table salt; how awesome is that?), Adam Colby, Cameca, Duggan, nearly everybody from Robots of Death, Litefoot & Jago (if they count now they've got their own BF series), the amazing Bambera and Ancelyn, and so many others. So many. How about everyone else? Who do you think ought to be picked up and explored more in fic?
(As for what counts as a minor character, it's hard to say - I'm going to leave it at "not a Doctor/companion/regular" and preferably "hasn't appeared more than twice", but don't worry about it too much. This comm takes any bunnies in and gives them a home till they can be adopted by a new and unwary owner.
As ever, some randomly generated suggestions from the DW RPG to kick off the discussion:
Abigail Pettigrew / Victoria Waterfield / under the weather
Amelia Rumford / Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart / Metebelis III
Ancelyn / Clive Jones / in the aftermath
Andred / Martha Jones / dust
Brigadier Winifred Bambera / Alison Cheney / no looking back
Canton Everett Delaware III / Jackson Lake / sleeping
Captain Erisa Magambo / Private Ross Jenkins / a mobile phone
Chantho / Jenny / computers
Clive Jones / Tenth Doctor / San Francisco
Colonel Mace / Davros / friends with benefits
Duggan / Anji Kapoor / heroes
George Litefoot / First Doctor / unexpected use of undergarments
George Litefoot / Strax / lost
Gwyneth / Toshiko Sato / locked in a cell
Henry Gordon Jago / The War Chief / running
Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe / Lily Arwell / wisdom
Jackson Lake / Iris Wildthyme / forgiveness
K'anpo Rimpoche / Kate Stewart / Ood
Kate Stewart / Miranda / dragons
Kate Stewart / The TARDIS / taken
Larry Nightingale / Shalka!Master / insanity
Liz Ten / Cassie Rice / a mistake
Lynda Moss / The TARDIS / keeping a promise
Lynda Moss / Chantho / Weeping Angels
Malcolm Taylor / Evelyn Smythe / an explanation
Malcolm Taylor / Morbius / cold star
Maxil / Pandora / a stupid mistake
Maxil / Jack Harkness / locked in
Nefertiti / First Doctor / Sontarans
Novice Hame / Tom Milligan / a pet
Novice Hame / Ace McShane / Reapers
Ood Sigma / Alonso Frame / books
Private Ross Jenkins / Eighth Doctor / music
Professor Chronotis / Richard Nixon / a shift in perception
Reinette Poisson / Lady Christina de Souza / familiar
Rosita / Adric / secret agents
Sabalom Glitz / Harriet Jones / sunrise
Sally Sparrow / Bernice Summerfield / prison
Skagra / Jo Grant / no regrets
Toby Avery / Donna Noble / the follies of youth
Tom Milligan / Peter Dalton / dealing with the consequences
But enough of the RPG's inevitably limited selection - you have the entire range to choose from, so tell us about it here.
This time, how about minor characters - one-off (or maybe two-off) guest characters you'd love to see more of? Given how many different worlds, times and places the Doctor has visited in the past fifty years, there are any number of great characters we saw only once in passing.
Which of those would you like to see fic for? Any ideas? For me, I confess, it's always the Classic Who guest characters I think about the most - after all, many of us lived with them for three, four or even six weeks back in the day. Prf. Amelia Rumford should have all the fic, Mrs Tyler too (she fights Death with table salt; how awesome is that?), Adam Colby, Cameca, Duggan, nearly everybody from Robots of Death, Litefoot & Jago (if they count now they've got their own BF series), the amazing Bambera and Ancelyn, and so many others. So many. How about everyone else? Who do you think ought to be picked up and explored more in fic?
(As for what counts as a minor character, it's hard to say - I'm going to leave it at "not a Doctor/companion/regular" and preferably "hasn't appeared more than twice", but don't worry about it too much. This comm takes any bunnies in and gives them a home till they can be adopted by a new and unwary owner.
As ever, some randomly generated suggestions from the DW RPG to kick off the discussion:
Abigail Pettigrew / Victoria Waterfield / under the weather
Amelia Rumford / Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart / Metebelis III
Ancelyn / Clive Jones / in the aftermath
Andred / Martha Jones / dust
Brigadier Winifred Bambera / Alison Cheney / no looking back
Canton Everett Delaware III / Jackson Lake / sleeping
Captain Erisa Magambo / Private Ross Jenkins / a mobile phone
Chantho / Jenny / computers
Clive Jones / Tenth Doctor / San Francisco
Colonel Mace / Davros / friends with benefits
Duggan / Anji Kapoor / heroes
George Litefoot / First Doctor / unexpected use of undergarments
George Litefoot / Strax / lost
Gwyneth / Toshiko Sato / locked in a cell
Henry Gordon Jago / The War Chief / running
Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe / Lily Arwell / wisdom
Jackson Lake / Iris Wildthyme / forgiveness
K'anpo Rimpoche / Kate Stewart / Ood
Kate Stewart / Miranda / dragons
Kate Stewart / The TARDIS / taken
Larry Nightingale / Shalka!Master / insanity
Liz Ten / Cassie Rice / a mistake
Lynda Moss / The TARDIS / keeping a promise
Lynda Moss / Chantho / Weeping Angels
Malcolm Taylor / Evelyn Smythe / an explanation
Malcolm Taylor / Morbius / cold star
Maxil / Pandora / a stupid mistake
Maxil / Jack Harkness / locked in
Nefertiti / First Doctor / Sontarans
Novice Hame / Tom Milligan / a pet
Novice Hame / Ace McShane / Reapers
Ood Sigma / Alonso Frame / books
Private Ross Jenkins / Eighth Doctor / music
Professor Chronotis / Richard Nixon / a shift in perception
Reinette Poisson / Lady Christina de Souza / familiar
Rosita / Adric / secret agents
Sabalom Glitz / Harriet Jones / sunrise
Sally Sparrow / Bernice Summerfield / prison
Skagra / Jo Grant / no regrets
Toby Avery / Donna Noble / the follies of youth
Tom Milligan / Peter Dalton / dealing with the consequences
But enough of the RPG's inevitably limited selection - you have the entire range to choose from, so tell us about it here.