Not so much brainwashed as 'woke up'. It was the Silence. They were "religious order or movement" led by an alien race. They had basically been manipulating Earth for years.
Before the human race would see them and than forget them the moment they turned away or blinked. Now they kill them and then forget it. (Though River did rewrite history and make an alternative universe in order to stop the Doctor's death - nearly destroying time and space - because she didn't want the Doctor to die. So, who knows if that's still a thing?)
The RTD companions were in part tools to help explore the Doctor as a person in addition to being their own characters; Moff's companions are none of those things.
You have a valid point. As much as I really do like Rory and Amy, I don't feel like I know them outside of their relationship and the Doctor.
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Date: 2012-09-11 05:22 am (UTC)Before the human race would see them and than forget them the moment they turned away or blinked. Now they kill them and then forget it. (Though River did rewrite history and make an alternative universe in order to stop the Doctor's death - nearly destroying time and space - because she didn't want the Doctor to die. So, who knows if that's still a thing?)
The RTD companions were in part tools to help explore the Doctor as a person in addition to being their own characters; Moff's companions are none of those things.
You have a valid point. As much as I really do like Rory and Amy, I don't feel like I know them outside of their relationship and the Doctor.