Quote Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem View Post
Isn't the "contemporary companion" thing mainly a nuWho trend? I seem to recall that a lot of classic Who companions are from various times and places? Maybe? I'm not sure.
Yeah, it is a nuWho trend to have purely contemporary companions, but even oldWho had plenty of contemporary or near contemporary companions. And oldWho still had a predominance of attractive female companions, and they were even worse about the companion only being there to be rescued by the Doctor, with a few notable exceptions.