Propp's Character Theory:
My Chosen Media - Doctor Who
The Hero:
The Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He is a time traveller who saves universes and defeats terrible monsters. His home planet was destroyed (along with his friends and family) due to the great 'Time War' against his people and 'The Daleks'. He had to end the battle and therefore had no choice to blow up his whole planet up. Since then, he regrets his decision and therefore influences his need to save the universe! The whole show revolves around him. His life. His story. His adventures.
The Helper:
Clara Oswald is the Doctor's current companion who 'stands-by' the Doctor and helps him along his way. She was born in in Blackpool and his a teacher as her day job. But she is always ready to kill some monsters and save a planet. She will always make sure the Doctor makes the right decision and always asks questions like "is that right?" "Could you really kill him?". She is there for support and comfort but cannot get enough of time and space.
The Donor:
Kate Stuart is the head scientific advisor for U.N.I.T - United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. She is there to protect earth when the Doctor is not around. She will always contact the Doctor if there is an Earth Invasion. U.N.I.T will always be on the ball and find lots of information about what it is there dealing with and are no match for alien scum!
Missy, known as 'the Mistress' or 'The Master' could be interpreted as the Villain. However, during the latest episode, she helps the Doctor and Clara from the evil Daleks. She is also a Time Lord (like the Doctor) but is a bit different. Instead of wanting to see the world in all its beauty, she would more like to destroy it. She is quite two-faced as one minute she's helping Clara escape then the next, behind her back, planning on actually killing her. She has worked with the Cybermen and Daleks before this point and once became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Last week, she put Clara into a Dalek casing and tried to trick the Doctor to 'exterminate' this Dalek, him not knowing that Clara was inside.
The Villain:
The Daleks. The Daleks may not be the scariest things ever, but there background is very spine tingling. The Daleks were created on Skaro by and evil dictator called 'Davros.' Due to radiation, he sealed all of his people in to metal tanks (The Daleks) and inside them is a genetic mutation - a kind of squid. Anything which isn't 'pure Dalek' must be exterminated and these beings exterminate whole star systems! There original concept was based on The Nazis. (Which you can get from the evil dictator, anything which isn't pure must be 'exterminated'.)
They have killed many of the Doctors best friends and companions.
The Princess:
The Tardis. The TARDIS, to your surprise, is actually a living thing which the Doctor stole from his home planet. The Daleks and even Missy are after his amazing machine. It can travel anywhere in time and space. Many Villains its power so it can 'exterminate' many galaxies. It has saved the Doctor and his friends many time whither acting as a shield or an escape option, the Doctor would never be without his TARDIS.
