Two good posts.

[elisi]

From Steven Moffat Appreciation on Tumblr: Some Random Amateur’s Guide to Overthinking Doctor Who. (Thoughts on how to get the most out of Moffat Who.)

And such_heights wrote this very interesting thing:

One Of My Hobbies: companions and life outside the Doctor.
('So there's an interesting post on tumblr from taiey pointing out just how many of Clara's episodes feature her home/work life as well as her adventures with the Doctor - she tallies it as 75% up to last week's episode. That seems pretty high! And then I was curious what it looked like for other companions, as well as the time periods spent travelling full time in the TARDIS versus coming along for visits etc.)

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[elisi]

So, way back when, in BtVS S5, I remember first hearing rumors that Spike was going to fall in love with Buffy. And I asked my ficbitch, "OMG WHY DOES EVERYONE ON THE SHOW HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH BUFFY", and she looked askance at me and said, "Because it's BUFFY's show?"
Heh. Very true. It is the supporting characters' job to focus on the main character.

The whole 'debate' about whether or not Companions spend enough time NOT thinking about the Doctor is really ridiculous when you think about it that way.
LOL. And yes.

Particularly since the Doctor is an ALIEN WITH A TIME TRAVELING DEVICE. I'm sorry, but if I met one of those, you're damn right he would swallow up the rest of my so called life.
We can but dream...