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91-558: This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor , in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who . Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson , is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the Key 2 Time series, which includes the plays The Judgement of Isskar , The Destroyer of Delights and The Chaos Pool . She

182-467: A Dalek -ravaged Earth. Doctor Who's producers replaced Susan with another young female character, Vicki . Similarly, when Ian and Barbara left, the "action hero" position was filled by astronaut Steven Taylor . This grouping of the Doctor, a young heroic male, and an attractive young female became the programme's pattern throughout the 1960s. When the programme changed to colour in 1970, its format changed:

273-593: A companion alongside the other actors on the BBC Doctor Who website, Clarke is not credited in this way. In " The End of Time ", John Simm receives title billing for his antagonist role as the Master , ahead of Bernard Cribbins as companion Wilfred Mott . In subsequent years, Claire Skinner , Nick Frost and Mark Gatiss have received title credits in special episodes for roles that are not considered companions, as does Piper for her non-companion return in " The Day of

364-495: A number of companions related to other companions by blood or marriage (Donna Noble's grandfather Wilfred Mott; Amy Pond's fiancé (later husband) Rory Williams, and the couple's daughter River Song; former companions Mickey Smith and Martha Jones who married subsequent to their companionship; Graham O'Brien and step-grandson Ryan Sinclair). No such relationships occurred among companions in the classic era, although original companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are reported in

455-604: A race of sentient waveforms, he invited Constance to travel with him as a temporary reprieve from her duties. While on board the TARDIS, Constance encountered foes such as the Daleks ( Order of the Daleks ) and the Rani ( Planet of the Rani ) before she decided to return home. However, her departure was interrupted when she discovered a telegram announcing the death of Henry, only for a plea for help from

546-501: A romantic connection with occasional companion River Song , later marrying her. Companions rarely returned during the classic series, with the notable exceptions of The Five Doctors (1983) and The Two Doctors (1985), where companions returned alongside their respective Doctors. Otherwise, only Harry Sullivan ( Ian Marter ) reappears shortly after his departure as a companion in The Android Invasion (1975), and all of

637-524: A trapped alien refugee to lead to the discovery that Henry had actually faked his death to marry a Russian agent that he had been having an affair with. Although she claimed to just be helping the Doctor negotiate a treaty, Constance has continued to travel with the Doctor and returned companion Flip Jackson. Constance is played by Miranda Raison . Cinder was a Companion to the War Doctor in Engines of War . She

728-549: Is a character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures and Faction Paradox series of novels and audio dramas. In the audios she is voiced by Jackie Skarvellis . She is a human from 26th Century Earth who becomes a member of a Faction Paradox splinter group called ‘the Remote’, a time travelling voodoo cult. While travelling with the Doctor, she is transformed into a Type 102 TARDIS when her biodata is altered by signals received from

819-716: Is a companion to the Eighth Doctor in Titan Comics. It is eventually revealed that she is a living painting brought to life, bought by the Twelfth Doctor in an auction, who made arrangements that she would travel with his eighth incarnation. After learning this about her, the Doctor invites her to continue travelling with him, which she accepts. A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin . The name may refer to

910-480: Is a human "tracer", a device designed to track down the segments of the Key to Time across the universe. When the Doctor meets Amy, she is just a few seconds old and recruits the Doctor as her companion to find the Key. At the end of The Chaos Pool , Romana invites Amy to live on Gallifrey and enroll in their Academy. Amy (now renamed Abby) and her sister Zara return in their own mini-series Graceless , and reunite with

1001-521: Is an in-joke on Parkin's part, referring to The Stranger by Portia Da Costa (Wendy Wootton), an erotic novel in Virgin Publishing's Black Lace range. The Stranger recounts the affair between a widow named Claudia Marwood and a mysterious amnesiac named "Paul", whom da Costa based on Paul McGann 's performance as the Doctor. Claudia is said in Father Time to be a widow. Compassion (Laura Tobin)

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1092-604: Is explored by different showrunners, arguing that companions in Steven Moffat 's time as showrunner tended to have more tragic endings, while Russell T. Davies wrote departures closely tied to each companion's character. The impact of such losses has been explored within the show. For example, the loss of Amy and Rory Williams drives the Eleventh Doctor into solitude in Victorian London where he refuses to get involved in

1183-580: Is gone, and much later in the Seventh Doctor's life, he travels with her again in UNIT Dominion . Chris Cwej is a character from the Virgin New Adventures range of Doctor Who spin-offs. His first appearance is in the novel Original Sin by Andy Lane . He is an Adjudicator; a policeman from 30th century Earth. He is described as being tall, blonde and muscular. After various adventures with

1274-589: Is one of Dr. Who 's granddaughters and the girlfriend of Ian Chesterton . In the plot she takes the role filled by schoolteacher Barbara Wright in the television serial The Daleks , on which the film is based. The character also appears in the Dell comic strip adaptation of the film and the short story "The House on Oldark Moor" (2000) by Justin Richards . A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin . This may be

1365-740: Is the first non- white recurring companion of the Doctor to appear in any medium. She is played by Rhianne Starbuck in the Big Finish audio adaptation of the comic Doctor Who and the Star Beast . Oliver Day is a companion of the Fourth Doctor introduced in the Big Finish Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Snapshots . He first appears in "Attachments" and features in "Flight of the Monkrah" and "Puppeteer", all within that same anthology. Josie Day

1456-487: Is very different from the portrayal in the television series, appearing as clumsy and inept rather than resourceful and heroic. The character also appears in the Dell comic strip adaptation of the film and the short story "The House on Oldark Moor" (2000) by Justin Richards . A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned in Lance Parkin 's Eighth Doctor novels Father Time and The Gallifrey Chronicles . The name Claudia

1547-573: The Main Range , is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed

1638-578: The Eleventh Doctor , Alice Obiefune and John Jones in several 2014/2015 Titan Comics stories. Captain Lysandra Aristedes was introduced as a member of the Forge in the standalone Forge novel Project: Valhalla (2005). She was first voiced by Maggie O'Neill in the 2010 Seventh Doctor audio Project: Destiny , by which time (2026) she has become a high-ranking member of the Forge. She initially hates

1729-507: The Fifth Doctor 's former companions make cameo appearances as he regenerates in The Caves of Androzani (1984). Original companion Ian Chesterton ( Wiliam Russell ) was planned to return in Mawdryn Undead (1983), but proved unavailable, and Louise Jameson declined an offer to return as Leela for season 19 (1982). Since the programme's return in 2005, companions have returned to

1820-540: The Fifth Doctor , Sixth Doctor , and Seventh Doctors , starting with The Sirens of Time in July 1999. This continued through to 2000, and from 2001 to 2007, the main range also included releases featuring the Eighth Doctor with his companions Charley Pollard and C'rizz, but these were ended due to the simultaneously-running Eighth Doctor Adventures , which ran from 2006 to 2011 and featured companion Lucie Miller . From 2008 to late 2011, only one Eighth Doctor release

1911-488: The Fifth Doctor , was not allowed to put his arm around either Sarah Sutton ( Nyssa ) or Janet Fielding ( Tegan Jovanka ). The taboo was controversially broken in the 1996 television movie when the Eighth Doctor was shown kissing companion Grace Holloway . The 2005 series played with this idea by having various characters think that the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler were a couple, which they vehemently denied. Since

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2002-453: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors . In the classic era, companions' friends and families were rarely depicted, and almost all were kept unaware of the true nature of the Doctor and the TARDIS. Conversely, families and friends of most companions in the revived era are extensively depicted, and their adventures with the Doctor are generally not kept secret. The revived era has also featured

2093-472: The Sarah Jane Adventures story Death of the Doctor (2010), where she meets the Eleventh Doctor . In " The Power of the Doctor " (2022), Tegan Jovanka ( Janet Fielding ) and Ace ( Sophie Aldred ) return to the series as one-off companions, with Ian, Jo and Melanie Bush ( Bonnie Langford ) also briefly appearing. Melanie subsequently appears in a recurring role as a member of UNIT , alongside

2184-563: The flash -animated serial Scream of the Shalka by Paul Cornell and the short story The Feast of the Stone by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Her voice was provided by Sophie Okonedo , who was also the visual model for the character, animated by Cosgrove Hall . Alison was a barmaid from the 21st century who lived in the village of Lannet in Lancashire with her boyfriend Joe, a doctor. Out of all

2275-557: The "first ethnic minority companion in the 43-year television history of Doctor Who " despite the presence of Mickey Smith in the previous series—including several episodes in which he travelled in the TARDIS with the Doctor. The opening credits do little to clarify the situation. In the first two series of the renewed programme, the only supporting actor to receive a title credit is Billie Piper , although short-term companions Bruno Langley ( Adam Mitchell ), John Barrowman (Jack Harkness) and Noel Clarke ( Mickey Smith ) all appear. In

2366-551: The BBC's promotional material and off-screen fictional terminology, there is no formal definition that constitutes such a designation. The definition of who is and is not a companion becomes less clear in the newer series. During the Doctor's latest incarnations, his primary companions, such as Rose Tyler and Martha Jones , have fulfilled a distinct dramatic role, more significant than other, less prominent TARDIS travellers such as Adam, Jack, and Mickey. The British press referred to Martha as

2457-402: The Daleks, the Doctor returned him to London a few minutes before the robbery was due to take place, enabling him to catch the thieves. The temporal paradox created by this action is not addressed in the film. Cribbins later played Wilfred Mott from 2007 to 2010 and again in 2023 in the revived Doctor Who television series. Alison Cheney was a companion of the Doctor who appeared in

2548-697: The Death Zone on Gallifrey, and took Borusa, who was being used by Rassilon as a possibility engine, from his captivity in the Dark Tower at its center. After the Time Lords decided that the best course of action was to destroy Moldox, and all the surrounding systems by using the Tear of Isha on the Eye of Tantalus, a black hole being used by the Daleks to power their temporal cannon, and thereby killing billions of sentient beings, she and

2639-583: The Doctor ". Companions in the new series also have a more flexible tenure than their classical predecessors. Several companion characters have returned to the series after leaving the Doctor's company, most notably in the Series Four finale " The Stolen Earth "/" Journey's End " (2008), which features a record eight past, present and future companions: Donna is joined by a returning Rose, Martha, Jack, Sarah Jane, and Mickey, while past companion K9 and future companion Wilfred Mott make appearances. This tendency, plus

2730-517: The Doctor are forcibly separated. The Doctor "burns up a sun to say goodbye" and Rose tells him "I love you". Rose and Martha each developed romantic feelings toward the Doctor. On the opposite side of the same coin, Amy reacted to the stress of her adventures by very aggressively trying to seduce the Doctor on the eve of her own wedding, despite being in love with her fiancé Rory; the Doctor forcibly pushed her off of himself, though she did not immediately cease her pursuit. The Eleventh Doctor also formed

2821-501: The Doctor have never met. Raine, played by Beth Chalmers, is a companion to the Seventh Doctor , starting with The Lost Stories audio drama Crime of The Century . The character was originally intended to be the television companion just after Ace left, however the series was cancelled before Ace's character was even given a departure story. In the audio series, Raine travels alongside Ace, rather than replacing her. Raine's father

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2912-489: The Doctor he travels with him to Gallifrey and then later, alone using a time ring given to him by Romana . The character subsequently appears in novels in the Bernice Summerfield range of New Adventures, in which he works as an agent of the Time Lords and later his own series, Cwej . Crystal, a nightclub singer , appeared in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure , written by Terrance Dicks . She

3003-571: The Doctor in Wicked Sisters . Antimony was a companion of the Seventh Doctor and appeared in the webcast story Death Comes to Time by Colin Meek (widely understood to be a pseudonym for Dan Freedman ). At the start of the story, the listener was not aware of the circumstances of his and the Doctor's meeting. Antimony appeared to be a young humanoid male who was slightly unworldly and naive, for example believing there were still Allosauruses roaming

3094-523: The Doctor reprogrammes its robots to defend it. With access to the control room cut off and the TARDIS trapped in a stasis field, The Doctor notes that there is only one robot left who can save the situation. The novella ends at this point, the implication being that Cat is that robot. Brooke is a companion of the Fifth Doctor from the Big Finish Productions audio drama series The Diary of River Song . The pair are already travelling together by

3185-606: The Doctor returns and invites her to travel with him, as explained in Black and White . She and the Doctor also travel with another military companion, Private Sally Morgan . They are heard together in the Companion Chronicles story Project: Nirvana and their final story Gods and Monsters . Arnold, a boy from the 30th century, was a short-lived companion for the Third Doctor in the pages of TV Comic in 1973. Introduced in

3276-411: The Doctor to decide to use The Moment to destroy both Time Lords and Daleks. In the film Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Ian Chesterton (portrayed by Roy Castle ) is the boyfriend of Barbara , one of Dr. Who 's granddaughters. He takes the role filled by schoolteacher Ian Chesterton in the television serial The Daleks , on which the film is based. Played mainly for comic relief , his character

3367-453: The Doctor was now Earth-bound and acquired a supporting cast by his affiliation with the paramilitary organisation United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ( UNIT ). The Third Doctor , more active and physical than his predecessors, made the role of the "action hero" male companion redundant. In the 1970 season , the Doctor was assisted by scientist Liz Shaw and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart , along with other UNIT personnel. The intellectual Shaw

3458-483: The Doctor's TARDIS. Rachel, played by Lenora Crichlow was a companion of the Seventh Doctor in an alternate timeline. In the Big Finish audio The Architects of History Rachel was working with the Doctor in an effort to put right an alternate reality created by Elizabeth Elizabeth Klein , in which the Nazis had won World War II and then created a Galactic Reich. In the reality where time has run its correct course, she and

3549-403: The Doctor's granddaughter, Susan , who (though initially presented as an " unearthly child ") was intended as an identification figure for younger viewers. Carole Ann Ford , who played Susan Foreman, became unhappy with the lack of development for her character and chose to leave in the show's second series. The character of Susan was married off to a freedom fighter and left behind to rebuild

3640-400: The Doctor, believing him to be responsible for the deaths of her friends when the Forge's previous headquarters were destroyed. However, she learns to respect the Doctor when she sees him develop a cure for a mutating plague sweeping London where her supervisor Nimrod explicitly modified the cure to kill those infected, and ultimately orders the final destruction of the Forge. Three months later,

3731-513: The Doctor, such as the 12th Doctor's companion Bill Potts . Some have taken trips in the TARDIS by accident like Rose's mother, Jackie Tyler . Most companions travel in the TARDIS with the Doctor for more than one adventure. Sometimes a guest character takes a role in the story similar to that of a companion, such as photographer Isobel Watkins, who plays a significant role in The Invasion (1968), or Lynda Moss in " Bad Wolf " and " The Parting of

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3822-465: The Doctor. This designation is applied to a character by the show's producers and appears in the BBC's promotional material and off-screen fictional terminology. The Doctor also refers to the show's other leads as their "friends" or "assistants"; the British press have also used the latter term. In the earliest episodes of Doctor Who , the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from

3913-621: The Earth. During Antimony and the Doctor's battle against the renegade Time Lord , General Tannis, it was revealed that Antimony was in fact an android constructed by the Doctor. The Doctor in Death Comes to Time was very old and, saddened by the death and departure of many companions, had built Antimony as a companion who would never leave him. Tannis totally destroyed Antimony, leaving the Doctor grief-stricken over Antimony's death. Kevin Eldon provided

4004-545: The Eleventh Doctor travelled with Amy Pond and Rory Williams , and series 10 , where the Twelfth Doctor appeared alongside Bill Potts and Nardole . In conjunction with the introduction of the first female Doctor in 2018, the Thirteenth Doctor's era features multiple companions (both male and female) throughout. Although the term "companion" is designated to specific characters by the show's producers and appears in

4095-583: The Fifth Doctor for much of his first season . Adric was written out by the method, unusual within the series, of being "killed off" in the serial Earthshock . By the time of the Sixth Doctor in 1985, a single companion had become standard again. When the series returned in 2005, a single female companion remained the standard format, though intermittent and short-term companions also featured. More consistent exceptions occurred between series 5 and 7 , when

4186-641: The Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. The new boxsets for each Doctor were announced in May 2021. With the exception of the Second Doctor, Big Finish already produced boxset ranges for each Doctor. The First , Third , Fourth and Eighth Doctor Adventures ranges enjoyed regular releases by

4277-577: The TARDIS crash landing. After helping The Doctor discover a Dalek weapons factory where they were building a de-mat weapon, a temporal cannon, in order to destroy Gallifrey, they escaped and warned the Time Lords of the danger. After meeting Rassilon and the High Council on Gallifrey, Cinder was kidnapped by the Time Lords Karlax and The Castellan, and subjected to a mind probe to verify The Doctor's story. The Doctor rescued her from them and they fled to

4368-420: The TARDIS. He returns it during the events of The Boy That Time Forgot , travelling with the Doctor in the subsequent three-part story Time Reef . In the accompanying single-part story, A Perfect World , Brewster leaves the TARDIS to live in the present day (2008). The 12-part mini-series The Three Companions reveals an adventure he had with Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and Polly Wright during

4459-459: The TV series, but there also are new companions for other Doctors. None of them have been featured on television, except for the mention of some Big Finish Productions original characters in the minisode The Night of the Doctor ; however, some of them have passed from one media to another. Gods and Monsters (Doctor Who audio) Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures , formerly subtitled as

4550-529: The Third Doctor's exile to Earth, are sometimes considered his companions despite appearing irregularly during his tenure. The Doctor Who spin-off media have seen the creation of new characters acting as new companions to the Doctor. Most of them have been created to feature as companions for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctor, in the new products presenting themselves as a prosecution of their adventures beyond

4641-514: The Ways " (2005). In the revived era, some guest characters have gained companion status such as Mickey Smith , River Song , Wilfred Mott , and Craig Owens. Despite the fact that the majority of the Doctor's companions are young, attractive females, the production team for the 1963–89 series maintained a long-standing taboo against any overt romantic involvement in the TARDIS: for example, Peter Davison , as

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4732-547: The actress Charlotte Coleman . Bliss becomes a companion to the Eighth Doctor during the Time War. She is played by Rakhee Thakrar . Thomas Brewster, portrayed by John Pickard , was the travelling companion of the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa during a limited story arc in the Big Finish Productions audio dramas. Brewster, a Victorian orphan, meets the Doctor in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster , which culminates with his theft of

4823-587: The audio series Dark Eyes , for Big Finish Productions, appearing from the second instalment of the series onwards. However, she also encountered the Seventh Doctor in the main range audio story Robophobia , aiding him in an attempt to thwart a supposed robot uprising. She first encountered the Eighth Doctor on the planet Nixyce VII, during a Dalek occupation. From the Doctor's perspective however, he had already met, and subsequently travelled with her in her future. She next met him during an Eminence attack at

4914-485: The cat, the Doctor less so. Antranak departed in Nekromanteia , swapping places with the non-corporeal manifestation of a being called Shara, thereby saving the planet Talderun from destruction. The Doctor later wondered if the alien creature in the cat's mind forced him to act. Erimem, however, remained firm in her belief that her noble cat sacrificed himself of his own accord. ARC was an alien creature who travelled with

5005-479: The character Ian Chesterton in the television serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth , on which the film is based. Tom mistook the Doctor's time machine, Tardis , for a real police telephone box while attempting to foil a jewel robbery. He accompanied the Doctor, together with his niece Louise and granddaughter Susan , to the year 2150, where they discovered that the Daleks had invaded Earth. After helping to defeat

5096-443: The character of Debbie Castle from the novel Father Time , also by Parkin. A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin . Nothing more is known about this person. Companion (Doctor Who) The companion character often furthers the story by asking questions (which helps the audience understand too) and getting into trouble; also by helping, rescuing, or challenging

5187-559: The character of Harry Sullivan was created by the production team when it was expected that the Fourth Doctor would be played by an older actor who would have trouble with the activity expressed by his predecessor. The role went to 40-year-old Tom Baker , and the part of Harry, no longer required for the action role, was dropped after one season. In the Fourth Doctor's final season (1980-1981), he acquired three companions ( Adric , Tegan , and Nyssa ), and this situation continued under

5278-478: The destruction of their universe's Earth. Several TV companions have died in spin-off media: The "last serial" column only includes the last serial in which they appeared in a companion role and excludes minor roles, cameos, flashbacks, and so forth. Also, the table refers solely to adventures with the respective Doctor. Some companions who appear with two or more Doctors appear in separate tables. The final three listed characters, all associated with UNIT during

5369-467: The doctor fled with the Time Lords' possibility engine. During their time together The Doctor and Cinder realised that there was more to life than fighting the time war and planned to travel together after the Daleks where defeated. However she was shot and killed by Karlax, a Time Lord who had been sent to kill The Doctor, in order to remove the random elements from possibility engine predictions, before this could happen. She threw herself between them, taking

5460-596: The edge of the universe, and aided him and Molly O'Sullivan in causing the Eminence's defeat. After this, she joined him in the TARDIS as a companion, travelling to London in the 1970s, where she once again fought the Eminence, this time aided by the Master . The Doctor then left her and Molly in the 1970s in order to maintain the timeline by meeting Liv in her personal past. The character is portrayed by Nicola Walker . Constance Clarke

5551-438: The final three episodes. Piper reprised the role again in the fiftieth anniversary special " The Day of the Doctor ". Similarly, Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman ) departed in series 3 (2007) but also returned for multiple episodes of series 4, as well as an arc in series 2 of spin-off series Torchwood (2008). Following her initial one-off appearance in " The Runaway Bride " (2006), Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate ) served as

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5642-400: The hero-and-sidekick pattern that emerged later. Initially, the character of the Doctor was unclear, with uncertain motives and abilities. The primary protagonists were schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright , who provided the audience's point of view in stories set in Earth's history and on alien worlds. Ian in particular served the role of the action hero. The fourth character was

5733-517: The increase in "one-off" companions like Astrid Peth and Jackson Lake, has further obscured the matter of who is and is not a companion. The Doctor's companions have assumed a variety of roles—involuntary passengers, assistants (particularly Liz Shaw ), friends, and fellow adventurers; and, of course, he regularly gains new companions and loses old ones. Sometimes they return home, and sometimes they find new causes—or loves—on worlds they have visited. A few companions have died during their travels with

5824-408: The original run of the show, companions were mostly written as leaving of their own accord, with only a few exceptions. The first death of a regular companion was of Adric , in the 1982 serial Earthshock . This is different in the revived era, with companions more often given tragic endings and the show exploring the theme of loss more. Demaris Oxman makes further distinction of the way this theme

5915-639: The pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series achieved the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring

6006-544: The primary companion throughout series 4, before returning again in the sixtieth anniversary specials (2023). Classic era companions have also returned to the new series, beginning with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith . Following her initial reappearance in " School Reunion " (2006), Sladen led spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011), and returned to Doctor Who in " The Stolen Earth " / " Journey's End " (2008) and " The End of Time " (2010). Former companion Jo Grant ( Katy Manning ) also appeared in

6097-630: The revived era is the depiction of many companions' pre-Doctor lives, particularly their childhoods; no companion was so depicted in the classic era. Companions Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Adelaide Brooke, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song and Clara Oswald have all been portrayed in their youths by juvenile actors on Doctor Who ; the pre-companionship lives of the Pond-Williams-Song family being particularly well-documented. Companions Jack Harkness and Sarah Jane Smith have also been depicted in their youths on their respective spin-off series. In

6188-500: The revived era to have married subsequent to their companionship, and Ben Jackson and Polly are likewise reported to be together. The families of some classic-era companions too have been depicted in the revived era, such as Jo Grant (now known as Jo Jones)'s grandson Santiago Jones; and Sarah Jane Smith's parents, adopted son Luke Smith, adopted daughter Sky Smith , and alternate timeline fiancé Peter Dalton; and Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart's daughter Kate Stewart. Another change in

6279-488: The same person as Trix MacMillan . Emily Blandish is a companion of an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor, appearing in the Doctor Who spin-off Time Hunter series published by Telos Publishing . She is a ‘time channeller’, a person able to physically travel along people's timelines when working with a ‘time sensitive’ individual. The character's creator, Daniel O'Mahony has stated that he envisages her as resembling

6370-401: The second Dalek invasion in the plays Lucie Miller and To The Death , Alex becomes a leader for the human resistance on Earth. He sacrifices himself to allow Lucie and Susan the opportunity to thwart the Daleks' plan. Special Constable Tom Campbell (portrayed by Bernard Cribbins ) travelled with Dr. Who in the feature film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. . His role replaces that of

6461-410: The series more routinely. With the exception of Rory Williams ( Arthur Darvill ) and Ryan Sinclair ( Tosin Cole ), all regular companions have returned in some form for their Doctor's final episodes. Additionally, following her initial departure in series 2 (2006), Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ) returned in series 4 (2008), appearing briefly throughout the series before fulfilling a starring role in

6552-493: The series revival, the Doctor has kissed many of his companions, including Rose and Jack , although each instance was not necessarily in a romantic context (see also "The Doctor and romance" ). In Series 2 of the revival, the Tenth Doctor and Rose develop a romantic connection. Rose mentions sharing a mortgage with him if he were to ever be trapped with her in " The Satan Pit ". At the end of Series 2, in " Doomsday ", Rose and

6643-500: The shot meant for The Doctor. After her death the Doctor left Karlax to die at the hands of the Dalek Eternity Circle. After the liberation of Moldox, The Doctor located the remains of Cinder's family and buried them at their homestead. The Doctor (but not the reader) discovers her real name and places a proper marker with it on her grave. Before leaving, he makes her a promise. "No more." It is implied that Cinder's death prompted

6734-634: The show should represent the "grittiness" of real life. Several companions are shown to have died in the show's history: Others are implied (or said) to have died years after parting company with the Doctor: Not all companion deaths have been permanent. Several companions have been resurrected at some point in the series, including Jack Harkness , Rory Williams , Clara Oswald , and Bill Potts . Other companions died in alternate timelines or alternate lives. In Inferno , evil counterparts of Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart , Liz Shaw , and John Benton died in

6825-619: The start of the novella. Needing mercury links for the TARDIS , they first attempt to steal some from the Wierdarbi, a race of cybernetically enhanced insects. They then travel to Haven, a planet controlled by the Roman Catholic Church . After Cat was arrested for the murder of an archbishop, she and the Doctor are sent to the Rome space station to be tried by the Pope . When their spaceship is attacked,

6916-471: The story Children of the Evil Eye (TVC #1133-#1138), he appeared in only one further story, Nova (TVC #1139-#1147), before being returned to his own time by the Doctor. Played by Christian Edwards, Will begins travelling with the Seventh Doctor and Klein in the Big Finish audio drama Persuasion, as Klein's Assistant at UNIT In the film Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Barbara (portrayed by Jennie Linden )

7007-516: The television show. Alex is the Doctor's great-grandson (the son of Susan Campbell ) and features in the Eighth Doctor adventures. He is portrayed by Jake McGann . He is initially wary of the Doctor due to the xenophobic atmosphere on Earth following the Dalek occupation . Despite this, he eventually accepts the Doctor but while he is impressed by the technology of the TARDIS he chooses not to travel with him as he wants to become an architect. During

7098-415: The third incarnation portrayed by Kingston). C'rizz, played by Conrad Westmaas, is a companion of the Eighth Doctor and appears in a series of Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio plays. He is a Eutermesan from the planet Bortresoye. He is mentioned by the Eighth Doctor in the mini-episode " The Night of the Doctor ", the first occasion that Big Finish audio characters were directly referenced in

7189-439: The third series, Barrowman receives a title credit for his return to the show alongside permanent cast member Freema Agyeman , and in series four Agyeman is restored to the opening titles for her return arc as Martha Jones . Series four also gives Agyeman, Piper, Barrowman, and Elisabeth Sladen title billing for their reappearances in the final two-parter. Clarke also reprises his role in the series four finale; although listed as

7280-552: The time River Song encounters them. Brooke accompanies the Doctor and River to Vienna. It later transpires that Brooke is a clone of River, sent to the Doctor as an assassin by Madame Kovarian after her previous plot to kill the Doctor on a future incarnation failed. During this encounter Brooke regenerates, revealing to River what she is. Brooke's first incarnation is voiced by Joanna Horton and her second by Nina Toussaint-White (Toussaint-White played River's own second incarnation in " Let's Kill Hitler ", which saw her regenerate into

7371-765: The time he had the TARDIS. Later in his life, he starts travelling with the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe in The Crimes of Thomas Brewster . The Doctor leaves Brewster in Victorian Lancashire , but Brewster ends up leaving Earth with an alien trader in Industrial Evolution . Catherine "Cat" Broome was a companion of the Seventh Doctor from the Telos novella Companion Piece by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker . The Doctor and Cat are already travelling together at

7462-466: The village inhabitants she was the only one who did not live in fear of the Shalka . She was instrumental in helping the Doctor defeat the Shalka. At the end of the adventure she admitted she was going to leave Joe even before all of the Shalka problems started, and broke up with him. When the Master asked her to join the Doctor on his travels, she accepted. Liv Chenka is a companion of the Eighth Doctor in

7553-523: The voice of Antimony. The illustrations, by Lee Sullivan , depicted Antimony as a humanoid with purplish skin, nonetheless bearing a slight resemblance to Eldon. Antranak was the name Erimem gave to the stray cat she brought aboard the Fifth Doctor 's TARDIS at the end of The Eye of the Scorpion . Erimem had adopted the cat, who had in the course of events absorbed a malevolent alien intelligence harmlessly into its mind. Erimem and Peri were quite fond of

7644-664: The world's affairs anymore. Series 9 dealt with the Twelfth Doctor's growing fear over the potential of losing Clara Oswald. Her death in " Face the Raven " leads the Doctor to undertake extreme measures to undo her fate, as depicted in the Series 9 finale " Hell Bent ". The impact of the death of his wife, River Song, is a subplot of both " The Husbands of River Song " and " The Return of Doctor Mysterio ". Steven Moffat, showrunner between 2010 and 2017, has stated that companion deaths are "wrong for Doctor Who ", explaining that he does not believe

7735-519: Was a WREN at Bletchley Park in World War Two, who met the Doctor in the audio Criss-Cross when he was working undercover at Bletchley trying to determine the origin of a strange signal that had immobilized the TARDIS in 1944. Constance was married to naval officer Henry Clarke, but she had not heard from him for several months. After the Doctor's investigations saw him working with German and British intelligence to thwart an attempted takeover of Earth by

7826-401: Was a native of the planet Moldox. She was only 7 when her entire family was killed during a Dalek invasion. She survived only by hiding in a bin, and staying there till found by Coyne, who taught her how to fight. She grew up helping the resistance battle the Daleks, becoming a Dalek hunter. During this time, she got the nickname Cinder. She met the Doctor when she was saved from a Dalek patrol by

7917-481: Was an English smuggler and her mother was a Russian KGB agent. The Doctor met them 22 years earlier in Thin Ice , where he helped deliver infant Raine. She gestated for only fifteen weeks because her mother's biology was accelerated by ancient Ice Warrior technology. Raine is adept at safecracking , burglary , fencing as well as being a helicopter pilot . She is cultured and high class, in contrast to Ace. After Ace

8008-401: Was portrayed by Rebecca Thornhill . In the Big Finish Productions audio adaptation she was portrayed by Claire Huckle . During the course of the play, she developed a friendship with Zog and also formed a close relationship with fellow companion Jason which eventually became romantic. At the end of the play, Jason persuaded her to accompany them on their travels in the TARDIS . Dave

8099-451: Was produced for the main range: The Company of Friends , featuring companions from other media to the audio plays and the historical figure Mary Shelley . The Eighth Doctor returned to the main range in a trilogy of adventures with Mary Shelley in October 2011. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that

8190-480: Was replaced by Jo Grant in the following season , and as the programme returned to occasional adventures in outer space, the format shifted once more: while UNIT continued to provide a regular "home base" for Earth-bound stories, in stories on other planets, the Doctor and Jo became a two-person team with a close, personal bond. This pattern, the Doctor with a single female companion, became a template from which subsequent eras of Doctor Who rarely diverged. In 1974,

8281-551: Was the alternative name for Jimmy Forbes in the 1981 and 1984 regional revivals of the 1974 play Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday . The character was named Dave in the script by Terrance Dicks but this had been changed for the original production after actor James Matthews was cast in the role. Sharon Davies is a companion of the Fourth Doctor , appearing in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. She

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