I recently listened to Meanwhile Turlough, at one point Five tells Turlough his reasons to keep him as a companion. And that had me thinking about what the Doctor said. Tldr: Turlough reminds him of himself in a way. The thing is that even if it was just a coincidence it is there. Self-serving character, that believes they are superior to those around them, that would kill someone if it meant to escape from a situation, that are confronted with how awful they are and get to develop and change for the better thanks to the good influence of someone new in their lives, which results in their character to change for the better, plus both characters are at odds with their people and are separated from them, both of them have an arc in which they have to choose the well being of others over their own well being and need to contact their people to save others even if it could very costly for them. Basically Turlough is a speed run of the Doctor' character arc from One to the end of Two.
I recently listened to Meanwhile Turlough, at one point Five tells Turlough his reasons to keep him as a companion. And that had me thinking about what the Doctor said. Tldr: Turlough reminds him of himself in a way. The thing is that even if it was just a coincidence it is there. Self-serving character, that believes they are superior to those around them, that would kill someone if it meant to escape from a situation, that are confronted with how awful they are and get to develop and change for the better thanks to the good influence of someone new in their lives, which results in their character to change for the better, plus both characters are at odds with their people and are separated from them, both of them have an arc in which they have to choose the well being of others over their own well being and need to contact their people to save others even if it could very costly for them. Basically Turlough is a speed run of the Doctor' character arc from One to the end of Two.
I like Turlough a lot. He is my favorite classic companion. I like him in both the series and Big Finish.
Cool beans for replying and thanks. Turlough is a bit of an odd fish, but he is a very interesting companion. :)