List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs
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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. The canonicity of these spin-offs is unclear.
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[edit] Antimony
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 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 the voice of Antimony. The illustrations, by Lee Sullivan, depicted Antimony as a humanoid with purplish skin, nonetheless bearing a slight resemblance to Eldon.
[edit] Antranak
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, and named him Antranak after her mentor in Egypt.
Erimem and Peri were quite fond of the cat, the Doctor less so. Antranak quickly made himself at home in the TARDIS, much to the Doctor's chagrin, thanks to the cat's habit of jumping onto the console, and refusal to use the litterbox.
Antranak departed in Nekromanteia. An energy converter had been built on the planet Talderun to support its creator, Shara, in a heaven-like state of non-existence in a pocket universe while his body anchored the reaction on the material plane. Due to the theft and destruction of Shara's corpse, the reaction was becoming critically imbalanced, and would soon destroy the planet, and ultimately the entire star system.
The reaction could only be rebalanced by another living being mounting an altar and swapping places with Shara, allowing Shara to return to the physical world and die while the sacrificed being became trapped in Shara's pocket Universe. The Doctor prepared to sacrifice himself to save the planet, but Erimem argued that she should be the one to make the sacrifice. While they argued, Antranak leaped onto the altar himself, swapping places with Shara and stabilising the reaction, saving the planet and allowing Shara to die in peace.
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.
[edit] Arnold
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 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.
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[edit] Beatrice
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin. This may be the same person as Trix MacMillan.
[edit] Emily Blandish
[edit] Catherine Broome
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 the start of the novella. Needing mercury links for the TARDIS, they tried to steal some from the Wierdarbi, a race of cybernetically enhanced insects. When cornered by the Wierdarbi, Cat defeated them by releasing a swarm of prototype robots built by the Doctor.
Still in need of the mercury links, they next travelled to Haven, a planet controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. The Doctor was nearly burnt at the stake because the Time Lords had been to the planet before, and the Church declared them to be witches. He was temporarily spared by the arrival of a giant cross shaped spaceship belonging to the Holy Inquisition. Whilst the Doctor was being tortured, Cat sneaked into the Cathedral on Haven and encountered an elderely priest named Father Julian. Believing herself to be Roman Catholic, she gave her confession to Julian, who offered to try to save the Doctor's life. After Cat was arrested for the murder of an Archbishop, she and the Doctor were taken to Rome (in fact a space station) to be tried by the Pope. On the journey, Cat relived many childhood memories with a friendly priest named Paddy, and noted the coincidence of many shared experiences. She later saw that he was in fact a robot. When the Bishop programming the Paddy robot tried to strangle Cat, he let go at the last moment and began laughing.
When the space ship came under attack by a barbarian horde, the Doctor reprogrammed its robots to defend it. As the battle raged, access to the control room was cut off to all except robots, and the TARDIS was trapped in a statis field. The Doctor noted that there was only one robot left who could get there, one which he had something to tell. The novella ended there, with the implication that Cat was the robot.
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[edit] Tom Campbell
Special Constable Tom Campbell (portrayed by Bernard Cribbins) travelled with "Doctor Who" in the feature film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. His role replaced that of Ian Chesterton in the television serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth, on which the film was based.
Tom mistook the TARDIS for a real police telephone box while attempting to foil a jewel robbery. Tom accompanied Doctor Who, along with his niece Louise and his granddaughter Susan, to the year 2150, where they discovered that the Daleks had invaded Earth. After the Daleks were defeated, Doctor Who returned him to London a few minutes before the robbery was due to take place, enabling him to catch the robbers.
[edit] Alison Cheney
Alison Cheney was a companion of the "unofficial" Ninth Doctor who appeared in 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 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.
[edit] Claudia
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned in Lance Parkin's eighth Doctor novels Father Time and The Gallifrey Chronicles. The name Claudia is thought to be 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.
[edit] Compassion
[edit] Chris Cwej
[edit] Crystal
Crystal, a nightclub singer, appeared in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure, written by Terrance Dicks. She was portrayed by Rebecca Thornhill.
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.
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[edit] Dave
Dave was the alternative name for Jimmy 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.
[edit] Deborah
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin. The name may refer to the character of Debbie Castle from the novel Father Time, also by Parkin.
[edit] Delilah
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin. Nothing more is known about this person.
[edit] Destrii
[edit] Drax
Drax was a companion of the Sixth Doctor in the gamebook Search for the Doctor by Dave Martin, Drax was a renegade Time Lord who had a secondhand TARDIS disguised as a 1956 Cadillac. He had previously appeared in the 1979 television story The Armageddon Factor, in which he was played by Barry Jackson. In that story, it was revealed that Drax had been in the Doctor's class at the Academy, but had failed and become a mechanic. While stranded on Earth, Drax acquired a Cockney accent (specifically, Brixton).
Drax also appears briefly in the Past Doctor Adventures novels Divided Loyalties and The Quantum Archangel.
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[edit] Emma
Emma was the companion of the Ninth Doctor portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the 1999 spoof charity serial Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death written by Steven Moffat and produced for the charity Comic Relief. She was portrayed by Julia Sawalha, who had previously auditioned for the role of Ace.
The circumstances of their meeting were never explained, but the Doctor had planned to marry her and retire. However, the Master (played by Jonathan Pryce) and the Daleks had other plans, and by the end of the story the Doctor had used up all of his remaining regenerations. The Doctor's thirteenth (and final) incarnation turned out to be a woman (played by Joanna Lumley) — a form that Emma was not interested in marrying, as the Doctor was literally no longer the man she fell in love with. The Doctor, finding the Master suddenly quite attractive, departed with him instead.
[edit] Erimem
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[edit] Roz Forrester
[edit] Frank
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin. Nothing more is known about this person.
[edit] Frobisher
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[edit] Gus Goodman
Angus Goodman, or simply Gus, was a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the Doctor Who Monthly comic strips. He first appeared in the story Lunar Lagoon (DWM #76-#77), although he did not meet the Doctor until the start of the next story, 4-Dimensional Vistas (DWM#78-#83). Gus's first appearances were written by Steve Parkhouse and illustrated by Mick Austin; he was later drawn by Steve Dillon.
Gus was an American fighter pilot from an alternate timeline where World War II was still being fought in 1963. The Doctor had accidentally taken the TARDIS there, not realising that the idyllic island he had picked out as a holiday spot was not on an alien planet, but somewhere in the Pacific of that parallel Earth. Gus crashed on the island after a dogfight with a Japanese plane, and accepted the Doctor's offer to take him off the island.
However, as was usual for the Doctor, he did not take Gus home by the direct route. Back in the Doctor's own universe, they first encountered the Doctor's old enemy, the Meddling Monk, who had allied himself with the Ice Warriors to create a gigantic sonic cannon. After thwarting their plans, the two travelled to the planet Celeste. There they met the malevolent frog-like businessman, Dogbolter, whom the Doctor offended when he refused to sell Dogbolter the TARDIS (The Moderator, DWM #86-87).
Dogbolter sent a hitman, the Moderator, after the Doctor. The Moderator followed the Doctor's trail back to Gus's world, and ambushed them when the Doctor was about to drop Gus off. Gus was shot in the ensuing hail of gunfire, but managed to shoot back and incapacitate the Moderator. Gus died from his wounds, much to the Doctor's sadness. The Doctor left Gus where he had fallen, but would eventually seek out and encounter Dogbolter again.
[edit] Samson and Gemma Griffin
Samson Griffin and his sister Gemma appeared in the Big Finish audio adventure Terror Firma, in which it was revealed that they had traveled with the Eighth Doctor before he met Charley Pollard. Samson was played by Lee Ingleby, and Gemma by Lizzie Hopley. They have since appeared in the short stories The Long Midwinter by Philip Purser-Hallard, published in Short Trips: The History of Christmas and Dear John published in Short Trips: The Centenarian.
Samson was a librarian who lived in the town of Folkestone. He and his sister met the Doctor in the Folkestone library and followed him into the TARDIS. Their travels included visits to the planets Porteus and Murgatroyd, the Ice Caves of Shabadabadon, the court of Queen Elizabeth I, prehistoric Earth and Studio 54. The Long Midwinter details another of Samson and Gemma's adventures during this time, set on the brown dwarf world of Yesod. The three then travelled to 1956 to visit the Doctor's old friend, Edward Grainger. Samson called the Doctor "Skipper", and greatly enjoyed his adventures.
After a visit to the planet Valuensis, the TARDIS encountered a Nekkistani time cruiser in the Time Vortex. Samson and Gemma went to explore the ship and encountered Davros, who gained control of their minds. Davros forced Samson to knock the Doctor out, and operated on the TARDIS and the Griffins, linking Samson's mind to the TARDIS. Davros returned Samson and Gemma to Earth and altered the Doctor's memories so that he had no recollection of the two siblings.
Samson remained subconsciously aware of the Doctor's further travels with Charley and C'rizz via his link with the TARDIS, and remained under Davros' partial control. This allowed Davros to monitor the Doctor while leaving Samson disoriented and confused. Davros also infected Gemma with a deadly virus that mutates humans into Daleks, using her to spread the disease around the world and paving the way for Davros to conquer the planet with a new race of Daleks. When the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz arrived on Earth, Davros (who was struggling against having his personality consumed by the Dalek Emperor programming) sprung his elaborate trap.
Unknown to Davros, Gemma had encountered and become allied with a faction of rebel Daleks. On their orders, she tested C'rizz's killing instincts, which were proven when he killed a human test subject. Gemma then brought C'rizz to the Dalek resistance, who tried unsuccessfully to make C'rizz their new Emperor. Gemma's exact fate is unknown, although C'rizz told the Doctor she had died and it is implied that C'rizz killed her.
Eventually, the Doctor blackmailed the Daleks into releasing C'rizz and leaving Earth, taking Davros (now fully the Dalek Emperor) with them. The Doctor then freed Samson from Davros's control and severed his link to the TARDIS. Samson remained in Folkestone with his mother Harriet, a leader of the human resistance, to help rebuild Earth.
In the play Minuet in Hell, a litany of the Doctor's previous companions includes the name "Sam". At the time of the play's release, this was intended as a reference to Sam Jones, the Eighth Doctor's companion from the novels; this placed the books and the audios in the same continuity. Producer Gary Russell subsequently decided that the two continuities should be separate (partly because of different directions taken between the two ranges). Terror Firma now provides the possibility that "Sam" was a reference to Samson instead, although this is undermined somewhat by the Doctor constantly addressing Samson by his full name and never once as "Sam".
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[edit] Jason
Jason, a young nobleman from Revolutionary France, appeared in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure, written by Terrance Dicks.
Jason was originally played by Graeme Smith up until 15 July 1989, except from 21-23 April 1989 (where he was portrayed by David Bingham). Jason was rescued from the Guillotine by the Doctor and was already a companion with the Doctor at the start of the play. When Crystal joined them he developed a close friendship with her which eventually became romantic. At the end of the play, Jason persuaded her accompany them on their travels in the TARDIS. Bingham carried on in the role from 17 July 1989 until the end of the stage production.
Jason was also the name of the new Master of the Land of Fiction in the Virgin New Adventures novels Conundrum and Head Games by Steve Lyons, and briefly accompanied a fictional version of the Doctor known as "Dr. Who" before the Seventh Doctor set things right.
Neither Jason should be confused with Jason Kane, the ex-husband of Bernice Summerfield.
[edit] Jemima-Katy
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned only by name in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin. The name is the same as that of a companion being "auditioned" by Jon Pertwee in a 1990s BBC radio comedy sketch.
[edit] Angela Jennings
Angela Jennings was a companion of the Sixth Doctor, who met her on the planet Torrok in 2191 in the Virgin Missing Adventures novel Time Of Your Life by Steve Lyons.
Angela was born in 2171 and had black hair and green eyes. Her ID number was 9/12/44. Her father was killed by "outside perils" and her sister Ruth was taken away by Peace Keepers. Angela's time with the Doctor was sadly cut short when he left her aboard the abandoned space station used by the Meson Broadcasting Company. Although this was to keep her safe, Angela's body was killed by a techno-organic, data consuming entity known as Krllxk. The last bits of Angela's consciousness absorbed by Krllxk died after the Meson station vaporised.
[edit] John and Gillian
[edit] Sam Jones
[edit] Sir Justin
Sir Justin, a medieval knight, accompanied the Fifth Doctor in the Doctor Who Monthly comic strip story The Tides of Time (DWM#61-#67), written by Steve Parkhouse and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.
Justin was a pious Christian knight from medieval England who was transported to the 20th century by the actions of the demon Melanicus. Melanicus had wrested control of a vast biomechanical complex known as the Event Synthesizer (which could control all of time, space, and reality) from its guardian, the Prime Mover, using the Synthesizer to wreak havoc with time. Justin was plucked from a joust in his own time, and collided with the Doctor's TARDIS outside of the village of Stockbridge. The Doctor brought the unconscious Justin into the TARDIS, and when Justin recovered the Doctor was impressed with the ease with which he accepted his strange surrroundings. Justin also believed the Doctor to be an angel of God, the TARDIS a miracle and their quest a crusade, despite the Doctor's attempts to disabuse him of the notion.
Justin accompanied the Doctor to Gallifrey and the Althrace system, which was situated inside a white hole, to attend a meeting with the High Evolutionaries of Althrace who explained the situation with Melanicus. Eventually, with the help of Rassilon, Merlin, and the Matrix-powered Time Lord agent known as Shayde, the Doctor was able to confront Melanicus, who had hidden the Event Synthesizer in a time-altered version of a Stockbridge church. Justin, the Doctor and Shayde fought Melanicus, and Justin gave the killing blow at the cost of his own life, all in a blinding flash.
With time set right, the Doctor regained consciousness in the restored church — now named St. Justinian's — in the 20th century, wondering if it had all been a dream. There, he saw a statue of Sir Justin, with an inscribed epitaph referring obliquely to his adventures in time and space. It was suggested that Merlin was responsible for the memorial.
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[edit] Anji Kapoor
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[edit] Larna
Larna was a Time Lady who assisted the Doctor during The Infinity Doctors, and later appeared in The Gallifrey Chronicles. A Larna also appeared in Unnatural History, and recognised the Doctor, but it is unclear if this was the same character. A short story, "Birth of a Renegade" by Eric Saward published in the Radio Times special commemorating the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who, had previously established Lady Larna as the true Gallifreyan name of Susan Foreman.
[edit] Lorenzo
A companion of the Eighth Doctor first mentioned in a flashback sequence in the novel The Year of Intelligent Tigers by Kate Orman, which took place in the South Seas in 1935. Lorenzo is mentioned again in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin.
[edit] Louise
Louise was the niece of "Doctor Who" in the film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. In the film's plot, Louise took the role filled by Barbara Wright in the television serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth, on which the film was based.
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[edit] Trix MacMillan
[edit] Grant Markham
[edit] Lucie Miller
[edit] Ruth Mills
Ruth Mills (played by Siri O'Neal) was the companion and foster daughter of an alternate version of the Doctor in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who Unbound audio play Full Fathom Five by David Bishop.
This Doctor (played by David Collings) had raised Ruth since 2039, when her father, Dr Vollmer, was lost in the destruction of the Deep-sea Energy Exploration Project (DEEP) undersea naval base. When the DEEP was rediscovered in 2066, the Doctor hired a mini-sub to get to the base before the naval recovery team. However, Ruth stowed away on board the mini-sub against the Doctor's wishes.
After Ruth and the Doctor reached the base, Ruth eventually discovered that the Doctor was responsible for her father's death. There had been illegal genetic experimentation going on in the base and the Doctor had killed Vollmer to prevent any information on the experiments from getting out. Still believing that the ends justified the means, the Doctor had simply returned to the DEEP base to regain his TARDIS, which had been left there when he abandoned the base.
Horrified that the man who raised her had been lying to her, Ruth shot the Doctor and watched his face change. Ruth shot the new incarnation of the Doctor, and as he changed again, wondered how many times she would have to shoot him before he stayed dead.
[edit] Miranda
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[edit] Nina
A companion of the Eighth Doctor mentioned in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin and possibly taken from the Telos novella Rip Tide by Louise Cooper.
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[edit] Olla
Olla was very briefly a companion of the Seventh Doctor in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strips. Olla was a Dreilyn, a heat vampire whose race drew sustenance from draining the heat from other beings, although never enough to kill. She first met the Doctor and Frobisher on A-Lux in the story A Cold Day in Hell (DWM#130-#133), written by Simon Furman and drawn by John Ridgway. A-Lux was a resort planet which the Ice Warriors were planning to freeze and turn into a new Mars. Olla helped the Doctor and Frobisher defeat the Ice Warriors, and when Frobisher elected to stay behind, the Doctor took her on board as his newest companion. The Doctor, however, was mildly disturbed by the way Olla kept waiting on him hand and foot.
Her stint in the TARDIS was short-lived. In the very next story, Redemption (DWM #134), Olla's former master, the Vachysian warlord Skaroux (a legal enforcer for the Galactic Federation), intercepted the TARDIS and demanded her return. It transpired that Olla had stolen Skaroux's money and then become a fugitive. The Doctor agreed to hand her over on the condition that she receive a fair trial, and Skaroux and Olla left together.
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[edit] Charley Pollard
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[edit] Ramsay
A Vortisaur that the Eighth Doctor encountered in the Time Vortex in the Big Finish audio play Storm Warning, taking place in 1930. The Doctor's companion Charley, named it Ramsay, after its resemblance to then-Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald.
However, Ramsay soon began to weaken, being away from the vortex for so long. Despite finding a temporary solution in Sword of Orion, the Doctor and Charley knew they had to return it to its natural habitat. As they approached the center of the vortex, however, it attacked Charley. Ramsay sensed the fracturing web of time around her as she had been fated to die in the Airship R101 crash but escaped that fate due to the Doctor. The Doctor managed to expel Ramsay through the open doors of the TARDIS but the ship — and the Doctor — were damaged in the process, leading to the events of Minuet in Hell. Charley's paradoxical existence was eventually resolved in Neverland.
[edit] Ria
Ria was a companion of the unspecified future incarnation of the Doctor seen in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Party Animals (DWM #173), where she attended the birthday party of the Doctor's friend Bonjaxx on the space station Maruthea, situated at the centre of the space-time vortex. Along with that future Doctor, she met the Seventh Doctor and Ace who were also attending the party and was involved in the subsequent brawl provoked by an inebriated Beep the Meep. Nothing else is known about her, although her Doctor's appearance was subsequently used as a disguise in a complex ruse by the Eighth Doctor against the time-travelling mercenaries known as the Threshold.
The appearance of Ria was a sly reference to the series of unofficial audio plays produced as the Audio Visuals series in the 1980s, which featured Nicholas Briggs as the Doctor. Ria was played by several different actresses including Liz Knight, Patricia Merrick and Heather Barker.
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[edit] Lady Serena
The Lady Serena, or more completely, the Lady Serenadellatrovella, was the companion of the Second Doctor for the duration of the Past Doctor Adventures novel World Game.
Serena was a member of an eminent but uninfluential Time Lord family who had ambitions to some day become President of the High Council of Time Lords. She is assigned to accompany the Second Doctor (after his conviction by the Time Lords in The War Games) on a mission for the Celestial Intervention Agency to improve her own political credentials (see also: Season 6B).
Unlike the later Fourth Doctor's relationship with Romana, Serena is effectively the Doctor's parole officer, the two of them using, for the duration of the mission, a newer Type 97 TARDIS that only she knows how to operate. Because of the terms of the Doctor's reprieve from execution, she also has the authority to give him orders.
However, during the course of the mission, they gradually begin to appreciate each other's talents. By novel's end, she had taken on board the Doctor's philosophy of "righteous intervention", and he had learned a good deal about Gallifreyan politics. Serena eventually sacrifices her life for the Doctor's principles, while the Doctor uses her family on Gallifrey to extend his own freedom under the safety of a continued, but more flexible, relationship with the CIA.
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[edit] Izzy Sinclair
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[edit] Bev Tarrant
Bev Tarrant is an art thief from the 43rd century, whose first appearance was in the Big Finish Productions audio drama The Genocide Machine. She reappeared in the audio drama Dust Breeding, at the end of which she travels to the 20th century with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. She seems to have made at least one more journey in the TARDIS, as she is next heard of in the 27th century in Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield audio drama The Bellotron Incident, where it is revealed that "a mutual friend" has brought her to Bernice's time. All three of these stories were written by Mike Tucker.
Tarrant has since become a regular character in the Bernice Summerfield books and audio dramas, where she is played by Louise Faulkner. Her surname is an in-joke based on the fact that Terry Nation, the creator of the Daleks, was overly fond of using the name "Tarrant" in his scripts.
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[edit] William
William (surname unknown), also known as Isaac, first appeared in the short story Euterpe: An Overture Too Early by Simon Guerrier in the Big Finish Short Trips anthology The Muses. He later appeared in most of the short stories in Short Trips: Time Signature, edited by Guerrier.
When William first met the Doctor, he was a young man living with his mother in Slough, in near-contemporary England, following his parents' separation. Though the Doctor had met him previously in his own timeline, William's association with the Time Lord began when he encountered the Sixth Doctor in a fishing shop and agreed to join him on a fishing trip. This expedition turned out to be to a far-future Earth populated by an advanced hunter-gatherer society.
Together, William and the Doctor visited London in William's near future, and a walking city in the very distant future, although they never achieved William's ambition of meeting Vikings. During their travels William developed his previously latent talent for music, and became fascinated with a tune which turned out to act directly upon the time vortex. They parted company in an unnamed Eastern European country resembling Albania in the 1950s, after William (who now began using the name "Isaac") fell in love with a local woman and became involved in a counter-revolutionary movement against the local Communist regime.
Isaac became a prominent composer in his adopted country, his compositions incorporating the music of the vortex. He met the Doctor on two subsequent occasions, both of them earlier in the Doctor's timeline than their original meeting. His meeting with the Third Doctor in London in the 1970s (their first, from the Doctor's point of view) took place shortly before Isaac's murder at the hands of forces wishing to protect the vortex.
The Doctor seems to have remembered Isaac late in his eighth incarnation. After scattering his friend's ashes from a Viking longship, he finally dealt with the murderous powers attempting to excise Isaac's compositions from the universe. This process eventually entailed changing the young William's timeline so that he never joined the sixth Doctor on his fishing trip, but instead developed his musical talent without the influence of the vortex.
The exact effects of this on history are unclear. While it seems that the Doctor still remembered his travels with William, the young man's life was altered so that he became a prominent composer in his own time. Whether the events they experienced together still happened, happened differently or did not occur at all is a matter of speculation.
[edit] Guinevere Winchester
Guinevere Winchester, known as Guin, appears in the short story "Revenants" by Peter Anghelides. She was a historian, before becoming a companion of the red-haired future Doctor mentioned in Battlefield, and has an ex-husband named Lance. Given that this Doctor took the identity of Merlin, it is unlikely that her name, and that of her husband, is a coincidence.
[edit] Wolsey
Wolsey (named for Cardinal Wolsey) was a cat given to the Seventh Doctor by Joan in the novel Human Nature by Paul Cornell. Wolsey travelled in the TARDIS until the events of The Dying Days by Lance Parkin. The Eighth Doctor then gave Wolsey to Bernice Summerfield, and the cat remained with her for the remainder of the New Adventures. Wolsey also appeared in some of the Bernice Summerfield audio dramas and books from Big Finish Productions.
In the audio drama Oh No It Isn't! by Paul Cornell, Wolsey was portrayed by Nicholas Courtney — the actor better known for his role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. (The cat acquired the power of speech for part of the story.)
The version of the Doctor seen in the Past Doctor Adventures novel The Infinity Doctors by Lance Parkin had a cat named Wyclif, a reference to the New Adventures' Wolsey by way of reforming theologian John Wycliffe.
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[edit] Zog
Zog, an alien slave, appeared in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure, written by Terrance Dicks.
Zog was a slave who served at the Bar Galactica run by Madame Delilah. When the Doctor, Jason and Crystal arrived, they found Karl and his mercenaries there waiting for them. Crystal formed a friendship with Zog and the three took Zog with them when they fled the bar. Zog continued to travel with the Doctor, Jason and Crystal at the end of the play. In the short story Face Value by Steve Lyons, published in Short Trips and Sidesteps, it is revealed that Zog is an Aldeberian tyrant, and unbeknownst to this travelling companions is planning to enslave the universe. Zog also appeared alongside assorted monsters in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time.
