Doctor Who - Companions

There have been many companions that have joined the Doctor on his travels. Some have been fleeting and others have remained with the Doctor for a while. Some companions proved themselves to be significant and others less so. This is not a comprehensive list of all the companions, just the significant companions. I have left out those that brought little to the show. If you think I'm missing a significant companion, or including one that you don't think was significant, let me know.

	ACE Ace was played by Sophie Aldred. Ace is a tough streetwise teenager, whose real name is Dorothy, and she has a tendency to blow things up with nirto9, her homemade explosives. Ace was the companion of Sylvester McCoy's Doctor.
	ADRIC Ace was played by Matthew Waterhouse. Adric was a mathematical genius from the planet Alzarius who stows aboard the TARDIS. Adric has one of the best death scenes in Dr Who, where he tries (and fails) to stop a spaceship crashing into Earth, never knowing that the explosion was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs. Adric travelled with Tom Baker's Doctor and Peter Davison's Doctor.
	AMY POND Amy Pond was played by Karen Gillan. Amy was a witty feisty girl that was just a little stubborn.Amy had a difficult childhood after crack appeared in her bedroom wall and comsumed her world and her parents. Amy eventually marries Rory Williams.Amy first meets the Doctor as a young child when the TARDIS crash lands in her garden and waited for him to return for 14 years, calling him the "Raggedy Doctor". Amy travelled with Matt Smith's Doctor.
	ASTRID PUTH Astrid Peth was played by Kylie Minoque in the Christmas Special "Voyage of the Damed". Astrid was a waitress on a pleasure starship owned by Max Capricorn, who sabotages his own ship. Astrid is a brave companion that dies with honour.
	BARBARA WRIGHT Barbara Wright was played by Jacqueline Hill. Barbara was a history teacher at Coal Hill School in London Barbara was one of the Doctors first companions. Barbara's most famous episode was when she was mistaken for an Aztec goddess and tries to use her position to stop human sacrifice. Barbara travelled with William Hartnell's Doctor.
	BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART Nicholas Courtney played Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and appeared with the Doctor on numerous occasions as the head of UNIT. The Brigadier has been one of the greatest allies the Doctor has had, although the two have sometimes not always seen eye-to-eye! The pair first meet in "The Web of Fear" where Lethbridge-Stewart is a colonel and they combat Yetti monsters controlled by the Great Intelligence.
	CHRISTINA DE SOUZA Lady Christina de Souza was played by Michelle Ryan in the Christmas special "Planet of the Dead". Christina was an aristocat who steals precious artefacts. During an escape from a burglary she enters a London bus which travels through a wormhole to the sand planet San Helios. It is Christina's skills that aid the Doctor save the day. At the end of the episode, Christina wanted to travel with Doctor in the TARDIS, but the Doctor refused.
	CLARA OSWALD Clara Oswald was played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. For a long time Clara was an enigma, an impossible girl that appears at different times and locations in the Doctor's timeline. Clara is sassy, smart and a helpful companion, although the Doctor often found her maddening and intriguing in equal measures. The impossible girl plot involved Clara jumping into the Doctor's timeline at Trenzalore in order to save him in every regeneration. Clara travelled with both Matt Smith's Doctor and Peter Capaldi's Doctor.
	DONNA NOBLE Catherine Tate played Donna Noble with David Tennant's Doctor. Donna was a feisty and bad tempered companion that was never afraid to speak her mind. Donna first meets the Doctor when she trasported inside the TARDIS in the "Runaway Bride" Christmas special. Donna initially declines the Doctor's invitation to travel with him, but soon changes her mind.
	GRACE HOLLOWAY Grace Holloway was played by Daphne Ashbrook in the made for televison American special "Doctor Who" with Paul McGann's doctor. Grace Holloway was a witty and intelligent heart surgeon who helped the Doctor to defeat the Master after he had opened the Eye of Harmony (the power source of the TARDIS). Grace decided that, although she had become close to the Doctor, she would not travel with him.
	HARRIET JONES Harriet Jones was played by Penelope Wilton. Harriet Jones is a formidable MP would works with David Tennant's Doctor to defeat aliens and is rewarded by the people of the UK by becomng Prime Minister. However, the Doctor brings about her political downfall as punishment for her decision to destroy the retreating Sycorax spaceship. Harriet was a very brave lady that used her sub-wave network to bring the Doctor to save the Earth knowing that the Daleks would trace the signal back to her.
	HARRY SULLIVAN Harry Sullivan was played by Ian Marter. Harry was an old fashioned medical officer at UNIT that appears a little too clumsy for a medical doctor. Harry encounters some of the real classic Doctor Who enemies, such as the Sontarans, the Cybermen and he even witnesses the birth of the Daleks. Harry Sullivan traveled with Tom Baker's Doctor.
	MARTHA JONES Martha Jones , played by Freema Agyeman,and was a medical student when she first encountered the Doctor where she saved his life from a blood sucking alien, a Plasmavore. Martha fought against a range of the Doctors most deadly enemies. After leaving the Doctor, Martha made a career in UNIT as a fully qualified doctor. She marries Micky Smith and becomes a freelance alien hunter.
	MELANIE BUSH Melanie Bush, or Mel, was played by Bonnie Langford,as a young computer expert who loves travelling with the Doctor. Mel is always full of energy and very health aware fitness fanatic. She has a natural curiosity which frequently gets her into difficulties. Mel travels with both Colin Baker's Doctor and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor.
	MIKE YATES Captain Mike Yates was played by Richard Franklin as a charming and easy going right hand man to the Brigadier. Unfortunately, despite years of good service he becomes involved in a project that will return the Earth back to prehistoric times. For betraying everybody he was made to leave UNIT dishonourably. After leaving UNIT, he ends up at a Buddhist mediation centre where he realises that there is something badly wrong.
	NYSSA Nyssa was played by Sarah Sutton, Tom Baker's Doctor first meets Nyssa on Traken, a peacful world under attack by the Master. Nyssa was the gentle daughter of a Traken scientist called Tremus who is unfortunately killed by the Master. Nyssa continues to travel with the Peter Davison's Doctor until she chooses to stay on Terminus and use her scientific skills to develop a cure for Lazar's disease.
	PERI Peri was played by Nicola Bryant and was a personal favourite of mine. Peri was an American student who was saved from drowning. Peri is adventurous and happily accepted the Doctor's inviation to travel with him.Peri travelled with Patrick Troughton's Doctor, Peter Davison's Doctor and Colin Baker's Doctor.
	POLLY WRIGHT Polly Wright was played by Anneke Wills. Polly came from 1960s London and was secretary to Professor Brett, the creator of WOTAN, a supercomputer that decides to take over humanity. After helping to defeat WOTAN, Polly joins William Hartnell's Doctor. Polly witnesses the first regeneration into Patrick Troughton's Doctor and then travels with him. Polly finally leaves to return to her time and place in London.
	RIVER SONG River Song was played by Alex Kingston. River Song is first encountered in the episode where she dies and during the course of the following episodes she lives her life backwards to the Doctor and to keep track of events she creates a diary. River Song is the daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams and was designed by the Silence to be a weapon to destroy the Doctor. The Doctor ends up marrying River Song. River Song appears with David Tennant's Doctor and Matt Smith's Doctor.
	ROMANA I Romana was a female Time Lady and was first played by Mary Tamm. Romana's full name is Romanadvoratrelundar and she was sent by the White Guardian to help the Doctor assemble the Time to Time. Initially, there is much friction between the two of them but they soon settle down into a great team, especially when she regenerates into a more playful version. Romana leaves the Doctor to help a race called the Tharils in e-space. Romana travelled with Tom Baker's Doctor.
	ROMANA II Romana was a female Time Lady and she appeared as two different regenerations, the second played by Lalla ward. Romana's full name is Romanadvoratrelundar and she was sent by the White Guardian to help the Doctor assemble the Time to Time. Initially, there is much friction between the two of them but they soon settle down into a great team, especially when she regenerates into a more playful version. Romana leaves the Doctor to help a race called the Tharils in e-space. Romana travelled with Tom Baker's Doctor.
	ROSE TYLER Rose Tyler was played by Billie Piper as chav shop girl. Rose joined the Doctor after she helped him to defeat the Nestene Consciousness and over time she grows very close to him. Rose is most famous for destroying a Dalek fleet using the power of the TARDIS to access the time vortex, a feat you'd think the Daleks might have thought of as they were also masters of time! Rose travelled with Christopher Eccleston's Doctor and David Tennant's Doctor.
	SARAH JANE SMITH Sarah Jane Smith was played by Elizabeth Sladen and was one of the closest companions the Doctor has has known. Sarah Jane was a journalist with a curious nature and the nose for a good story which usually gets her into some difficult situations. Sarah Jane has fought a wide range of enemies before return home on Earth. It was much later in her life that Sarah Jane meets the Doctor again while investigating something strange going on at a school. Sarah Jane continued to fight evil aliens in the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, from her attic and with the help of a supercomputer and K9.
	STRAX Strax is played by Dan Starkey and is a Sontaran commander that is punished by being forced to be a nurse. He joins Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint to form the Paternoster gang in Victorian London. Strax has worked with both Matt Smith's Doctor and Peter Capaldi's Doctor.
	SUSAN FOREMAN Susan Foreman was played by Carole Ann Ford and was the Doctor's first travelling companion and was also a Time Lady so although she appeared as a teenager and went to Coal Hill School she was in fact considerably older than she appeared. Susan works with William Hartnell's Doctor.
	TEGAN Tegan Jovanka was played by Janet Fielding as a brash and bossy air stewardess and travelled with both Tom Baker's Doctor and Peter Davison's Doctor, witnessing the regeneration between them. Tegan is a rather "mouthy" companion and indeed once described herself as "just a mouth on legs" Although Tegan fights a range of enemies such as the Sea Devils and the Silurians, but it is her encounter with the Daleks that convinces Tegan that it is time to leave the Doctor.
	VICKI Vicki was played by Maureen O'Brien as a young teenager whom the Doctor meets on the planet Dido where she was desperately waiting for a rescue after her ship crash landed on the planet. After joining the Doctor she meets some very interesting characters from history, for example Emperor Nero and King Richard the Lionheart.Vicki travelled with William Hartnell's Doctor.
	VICTORIA WATERFIELD Victoria Waterfield was played by Deborah Watling as a young girl from Earth in 1866. Victoria was orphaned when her father was killed by the Daleks. The Doctor takes her with him and Victoria overcomes her initial timidity to stand up to a range of enemies including two encounters with the Yetis and the great intelligence.Victoria travelled with Patrick Troughton's Doctor.
	VISLOR TURLOUGH Vislor Turlough was played by Mark Strickson as an alien from the planet Trion where he was exiled. He ends up at an English public school on Earth where he was recruited by the black guardian to destroy the Doctor. Vislor Turlough was regarded as a shifty and untrustworthy individual but does eventually gain the Doctor's trust. Turlough travelled with Peter Davison's Doctor.
	ZOE HERIOT Zoe Heriot was played by Wendy Padbury as a brilliant astrophysicist who meets the Doctor during a Cyberman attack. After helping the Doctor to defeat the cybermen she joins the TARDIS crew and soon realises that there is more to life than logic and mathematics. In addition to the Cybermen, Zoe meets the Krotons and the Ice Warriors before she is forced to leave the Doctor by the Time Lords.Zoe travelled with Patrick Trouhgton's Doctor.