I look forward to meeting most of these companions, but I really agree with you on the ones I know...with the huge exception of River Song. And that might be because I am madly in love with her badass ways and overwhelming intelligence. I give (the writing of) her a lot of grace because she spent her childhood and then parts of her adulthood being brainwashed about the Doctor, so she has a hard time thinking about anything else but still manages to archaeologist her way through time and space; plus, she knows the time she has with him is so limited.

I agree so hard about Rose. She was so selfish, she just used the people around her, especially Mickey and the Doctor. I had a lot of compassion for Nine because of how he loved her yet knew she really wasn't in it for him; at least, not at the first.

I also agree so hard about Donna and Rory, oh my gosh. The Doctor needs someone who keeps him humble or makes him explain himself.