Doctor Who companions
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The companions or assistants of the Doctor of the Doctor Who television series.
The Doctor is an alien, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He travels in his space-time-ship TARDIS, with which he can go anywhere in time and space. The Doctor usually takes other people with him, who are usually called "companions" or "assistants". The Doctor and his companions travel through space and time, have a lot of adventures, and often save many people.
The character of the companion was there so that the people watching the series could identify and feel close to a character. The companions were often present-time humans, so people could feel close to them, and they knew as much as the viewers. Because of this, the Doctor could explain things to his companions, and at the same time to the viewers.
Almost all the Doctor's companions have been human, or human-looking aliens. Two companions were robots.
Companions are named under the Doctors they travelled with, and sorted by first appearance.
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[change] First Doctor
[change] Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford) was the Doctor's granddaughter. She travelled with him from the beginning. In The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Susan stays in 22nd century London.
[change] Barbara Wright
Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) is one of the first companions of the Doctor. Barbara is a history teacher at the Coal Hill School, working with science teacher Ian Chesterton.
In An Unearthly Child, set in 1963, Susan Foreman, the granddaughter of the Doctor, is one of their students. Susan is unusually intelligent and knows very much of science and history. Because Susan seems very strange, Barbara and Ian follow the "unearthly child" home to the TARDIS, where they meet the Doctor. With him they begin to travel through space and time.
In The Chase, after two years of travelling with the Doctor, Barbara and Ian use a Dalek time machine to return to London.
[change] Ian Chesterton
Ian Chesterton (William Russell) is one of the first companions of the Doctor. Ian is a science teacher at the Coal Hill School, working with history teacher Barbara Wright.
In An Unearthly Child, set in 1963, Susan Foreman, the granddaughter of the Doctor, is one of their students. Susan is unusually intelligent and knows very much of science and history. Because Susan seems very strange, Barbara and Ian follow the "unearthly child" home to the TARDIS, where they meet the Doctor. With him they begin to travel through space and time.
In The Chase, after two years of travelling with the Doctor, Barbara and Ian use a Dalek time machine to return to London.
- Vicki (Maureen O'Brien)
- Steven Taylor (Peter Purves)
- Katarina (Adrienne Hill)
- Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh)
- Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane)
- Polly (Anneke Wills)
- Ben Jackson (Michael Craze)
[change] Second Doctor
- Polly (Anneke Wills)
- Ben Jackson (Michael Craze)
[change] Jamie McCrimmon
James Robert McCrimmon, or simply Jamie, (Frazer Hines) was a companion of the Second Doctor. Jamie was from 18th century Scotland. Jamie first appears in The Highlanders, where he meets the Doctor, Ben and Polly after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. At the end of The War Games, the Time Lords take Jamie's and Zoe's memories away, and send each of them back to their original time and place.
[change] Victoria Waterfield
Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) was a companion of the Second Doctor. She is from Victorian England in 1866, and she is the daughter of scientist Edward Waterfield (played by John Bailey). She first appears in The Evil of the Daleks. In Fury from the Deep, Victoria leaves the Doctor and Jamie, and stays with a family named Harris in the 20th century.
[change] Zoe Heriot
Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury) was a companion of the Second Doctor. She first appears in The Wheel in Space, on a space station in the 21st century. At the end of The War Games, the Time Lords take Zoe's and Jamie's memories away, and send each of them back to their original time and place.
[change] Third Doctor
- Liz Shaw (Caroline John)
- Jo Grant (Katy Manning)
[change] Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) was a companion of the Third and Fourth Doctor. She is a investigative journalist. Sarah Jane Smith is one of the companions who travelled the longest with the Doctor; Sarah Jane is also one of the most popular and well known companions.
She first appeared in The Time Warrior, and then travelled with the Third Doctor. After the Doctor regenerated, she travelled with the Fourth Doctor. At the end of The Hand of Fear, the Doctor had to go back to Gallifrey, where Sarah Jane was not allowed to go. Sarah Jane left the TARDIS and the Doctor, and returned to Earth.
Sarah Jane appeared in two spin-offs: K-9 and Company, and the as the main character of the ongoing series The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sarah Jane also appeared in the new Doctor Who series with the Tenth Doctor ("School Reunion").
[change] Fourth Doctor
- Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen)
[change] Harry Sullivan
Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) was a companion of the Fourth Doctor. Harry is a doctor in the Royal Navy, and works as a medical officer for the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. In Terror of the Zygons, Harry leaves the Doctor and returns to London. Harry appears again once in The Android Invasion.
[change] Leela
Leela (Louise Jameson) was a companion of the Fourth Doctor. She first appeared in The Face of Evil. Leela was a warrior of the savage Sevateem tribe. The Sevateem tribe were the descendants of the crew of an Earth ship, that crash landed on an unnamed planet in the far future. In The Invasion of Time, Leela falls in love with Andred, a Gallifreyan. Leela chooses to stay with Andred on the Doctor's home planet Gallifrey. K-9 Mark I stays with her.
[change] K-9
K-9 (voiceed by John Leeson) was a robot dog and a companion of the Fourth Doctor. There have been several models: K-9 Mark I-IV. The original K-9 Mark I was given to the Doctor, but later stayed with the Doctor's companion Leela on Gallifrey. K-9 Mark III and Mark IV were presents of the Doctor to Sarah Jane Smith.
[change] Romana
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, (Romana I: Mary Tamm, Romana II: Lalla Ward) was a companion of the Fourth Doctor. She was also a Time Lord like the Doctor. Romana regenerated in Destiny of the Daleks, and from then on was played by Lalla Ward. In Warriors' Gate, Romana and K-9 Mark II stayed in E-Space, which was a parallel universe.
[change] Adric
Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctor. He was from the planet Alzarius in the parallel universe E-Space, but came with the Doctor to our universe. Adric dies in Earthshock, when the spaceship he is on crashes into prehistoric Earth.
[change] Tegan Jovanka
Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctor. Tegan was an Australian stewardess.
[change] Nyssa of Traken
Nyssa of Traken (Sarah Sutton) was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctor. Nyssa was an alien from the planet Traken.
[change] Fifth Doctor
- Adric (Matthew Waterhouse)
- Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding)
- Nyssa of Traken (Sarah Sutton)
[change] Vislor Turlough
Vislor Turlough (Mark Strickson) was a companion of the Fifth Doctor. Turlough was an alien from the planet Trion. After a civil war he had been exiled to Earth, to the Brendon Public School. In Mawdryn Undead he met the Doctor and joined him. In Planet of Fire, Turlough left and returned to his home planet Trion.
[change] Kamelion
Kamelion (voiced by Gerald Flood) was a shape-changing android and a companion of the Fifth Doctor. He first appears in The King's Demons, where he is controlled by the Master. The Doctor frees him an takes Kamelion with him. In Planet of Fire, Kamelion is destroyed.
[change] Peri Brown
Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) was a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctor. She first appears in Planet of Fire, after which she travels with the Doctor. After the Doctor regenerates, Peri stays and travels with the Sixth Doctor.
[change] Sixth Doctor
- Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant)
[change] Melanie Bush
Melanie "Mel" Bush (Bonnie Langford) was a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctor. She was a computer programmer from the 20th century England. Mel leaves the Doctor at the end of Dragonfire, to stay on Iceworld with Sabalom Glitz.
[change] Seventh Doctor
- Melanie "Mel" Bush (Bonnie Langford)
[change] Ace
Ace, real name Dorothy (Sophie Aldred) was a companion of the Seventh Doctor. She first appears in Dragonfire, on the planet Iceworld, although Ace was from 20th century Earth. At the end of this story, Melanie Bush leaves the Doctor, who invites Ace to come with him. Ace stays the Doctor's companion until the first end of the series in 1989.
[change] Eighth Doctor
[change] Grace Holloway
Dr. Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook) was the Doctor's companion in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who. She accidentally kills the Seventh Doctor during an operation. Grace helps the Eighth Doctor fight the Master. In the end of the film, the Eighth Doctor invites Grace to travel with him, but she says that she will stay.
[change] Ninth Doctor
[change] Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) was a companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor. Rose was the Doctor's "main companion" during Series 1 and 2.
[change] Adam Mitchell
Adam Mitchell (Bruno Langley) was the Doctor's companion for only two episodes. In 2012, Adam was a young English researcher, employed by the American billionaire Henry van Statten. In the episode "Dalek" he was at van Statten's base, and at the end he went with the Doctor in the TARDIS. In "The Long Game" he is travelling with the Doctor and Rose, but Adam behaves badly. At the end of the episode, the Doctor takes Adam home.
[change] Jack Harkness
Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) was a companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor. The character later got his own spin-off series Torchwood.
Jack is from the 51st century. He was a time agent, and later a time-travelling con man. In "The Empty Child" he met the Ninth Doctor, and travelled with him until the season finale "The Parting of the Ways". He became a member of Torchwood. He later returned to travel with the Tenth Doctor for a short time.
[change] Tenth Doctor
- Rose Tyler (Billie Piper)
- Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)
[change] Mickey Smith
Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) was Rose Tyler's boyfriend. He helped Rose and the Ninth Doctor several times. Later he travelled with the Tenth Doctor and Rose. At the end of "The Age of Steel", Mickey decides to stay in the parallel world to help fight the Cybermen.
[change] Donna Noble
Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) was a companion of the Tenth Doctor. They first met during the events of the 2006 Christmas special "The Runaway Bride". At the end of the episode the Doctor invites her to travel with him, but Donna does not want to, and stays on Earth. Donna meets the Tenth Doctor again in the Series 4 episode "Partners in Crime". This time she chooses to go travel with the Doctor.
[change] Martha Jones
Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) was a companion of the Tenth Doctor. Martha was the Doctor's "main companion" during Series 3. After her travels with the Doctor, Martha becomes a doctor and joins U.N.I.T. She also appears in several episodes of the spin-off Torchwood.
[change] Astrid Peth
Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue) was the Doctor's companion during the 2007 Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned". She is from the planet Sto. Astrid is a waitress on the starship Titanic. Astrid helps the Doctor, but is killed while she saves him. After saving the Titanic, the Doctor realises that Astrid was still wearing a teleporter bracelet when she died. He tries to bring her back to life, but it does not work not fully: Astrid now is a ghost-like energy being. In the end, the Doctor sends Astrid away to fly through the universe.
[change] See also
| Doctor Who | |
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| Series and Spin-offs | Doctor Who • Torchwood • The Sarah Jane Adventures • |
| Characters: | The Doctor • Companions |
