Oh, I wouldn't disagree in those relative terms, but as I responding to someone who specifically mentioned Rory, I wasn't speaking relative to other companions. I quite liked Rory once the show decided to give a shit about him, but that was pretty much at the end of his first season. Before that, the character was…

And hey, let's be clear, it's pretty icky that Henry pushes a woman through a make over just to impress his bosses…and it's not really much less icky that his bosses think they get to criticize Henry's dating life.

I either don't remember that scene, or it was cut from the broadcast pilot (the online pilot was about 4 minutes long).

Cho and Gillen are super, the visual palate is nice, and there's definitely potential for the show to follow the Pygmalion/MFL line of Henry being the asshole, but holy god did I cringe every time Eliza begged Henry to "fix" her.

"Henry is actually not very well-liked personally by his superiors because he's perpetually single and comes across fairly stiff. "

Except that in Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, Henry is ultimately the fool, not Eliza. Granted, the pilot makes a few glances in that direction, but ultimately, we're supposed to agree that Eliza needs fixing.

I actually found it to be one of the better ones I've heard, and I went in hating the choice to change her natural accent.

I think the "John Cho is disconnected" element is pretty undercooked so far; in his first scene, he's happily chatting with this show's Bearded Best Friend, in the second, he's receiving the adulation of the office (and a kiss from the boss!). I mean, it's not nothing, but it seems a lot more like a couple of…

Ugh, oh man, this isn't meant as a criticism or anything, but I hope I never "outgrow" Kurt Vonnegut.

Oh sure, it definitely leaned on the modern stuff, I mean, there's no way to avoid that, it *is* the modern stuff. And there's a lot of legit worries that putting in too many homages would make for a bloated, convoluted story (as "The Five Doctors" was). But my point is, those are legit creative choices, not…

I also kinda want to flag this "pandering to the post-2005 crowd" thing. I don't think that was central to your point and it doesn't necessarily change anything, but it's worth noting that NuWho is about 1/5 of the show's history now. Tennant and Smith have done as much as anyone to make the show a global icon, and…

Well, no, it wasn't just the headfake. It's not like Rory actually did anything in "Eleventh Hour"- the only difference between him and Laptop Guy or…Amy's Aunt?…is that he got to stand around and be amazed at the climax. I just never registered that he was important *at all* until "Vampires". But hey, even if that…

I guess, but in execution, I'd actually argue that, for where both characters were at in their third episodes, Danny's "lacking in confidence" is far more fleshed out than Rory's. Indeed, I'd say Danny is so far a much more vivid character all around. I mean, at the end of "11th Hour", I honestly didn't quite grok…

I mean, as I expected it to be a Pander-bear either way, I can live with the decision to auger it toward making money to keep the franchise rolling along.

"He lacks self-confidence and assertiveness?"

"No that's EXACTLY what I am NOT asking for."

"Except that those examples aren't primary character traits at all. They rarely played into the stories and were usually dismissed with one line."

"He appeared in HUMAN NATURE's journal and again in THE NEXT DOCTOR."

"You are ignoring the rest of my words to single out those random lines you can find a response to, instead of tackling my points."

Except that I pointed to 4 long-running character traits of 3 previous incarnations, not one thing that happened in one episode. There's no "agree to disagree" about it, those are two entirely different things.