Originally Posted By: Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man
The one off companions in the specials aren't worth mentioning, especially the crying old man who killed the doctor because he got locked in a box.


Agreed, as they aren't Companions. Just guest-stars. That, in fact, was an RTD thorn I am currently glad is gone. The whole "companion for the Christmas special" nonsense. Why call them a companion? They don't fit the criteria as laid out by the history of the series. They're about as much a companions as Grace Holloway from Paul McGann's one-shot. Not at all. Companions are the ones who go on the journeys with him. Rory is a companion. Mickey is a companion. Jack is a companion. The cat burglar, Jackson Lake, Adelaide, Astrid....these were guest-stars.