I chose Peri, thus saving me from any difficulty about how to ship a robot dog.
I lusted after her in my teens; I think that's a contractual obligation for straight male Doctor Who fans of my age. These days... well, she's undoubtedly easy on the eye, but she's not one of my go-to companions when it comes to writing.
The suitors Peri attracts don't tend to the desirable. I've certainly written fic where Peri/Yrcanos is a necessary part of the premise, but I don't have any particular desire to go into further detail. That leaves Jamie, whom I'm happy to ship with just about every female companion in the show.
The Fifth Doctor.
I don't hate her? A lot of people seem to find her annoying.
Actual episode in America, perhaps — at whatever institution she was learning botany, so we got to see her relaxing among friends. But something like that would probably have had to be a US co-production; there's no way the Eighties' budget would have stretched to it.
The Valeyard's account of what happened to her isn't the correct one.
<alan-sugar>Nice girl, don't do a lot.</alan-sugar>
Is 'fanservice' a trait?
I don't think I have one.
I'm not sure I would, since her powers and attributes mainly seem to involve attracting the wrong sort of attention from the likes of Sharaz Jek.
Probably. I can certainly remember reading fic where she got her kit off, for one reason or another.
I formed my original impressions of Peri in my teens, as mentioned above.
Looking at my Peri fic on AO3, I think Peri/Jamie is the only pairing that wasn't randomly generated for a drabble. Then again, Peri isn't exactly over-represented in my fic in the first place.
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