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Significant Companions

	IAN CHESTERTON Ian Chesterton was played by William Russell in the television series and by Roy Castle in a feature film. Ian Chesterton was a teacher like Barbara Wright and similarly stubbled upon the TARDIS. Ian is a honest, loyal and practical man and was certainly not afraid to stand up to the Doctor.A highlight from Ian's travels with the Doctor was when he was knighted by King Richard the Lionheart. Ian travelled with William Hartnell's Doctor.
	IDRIS Idris was played by Suranne Jones and was a patchwork human that the house used to put the TARDIS matrix inside. Although temporary, Idris's death enabled the Matt Smith's Doctor and the TARDIS to talk to one another for the first time, The episode was "The Doctors Wife" and represented the Doctor finally meeting the best companion he has ever known, the TARDIS.
	JACK HARKNESS Captain Jack Harkness was played by John Barrowman. Jack was originally a time agent manipulating history to remove problems and keep humans unaware of advanced alien technology. Jack meets the Doctor in the midst of world war 2 in London. Jack is a flirtatious individual who eventually joins Torchwood to protect the British from extra-terrestrial threats. Jack is an immortal and will love for billions of years. His immortality was given to him by the power of the TARDIS's time vortex.
	JAMIE MCCRIMMON Jamie McCrimmon was played by Frazer Hines. Jamie met the Doctor at end of the battle of Culloen in 1746. Jamie is not the brightest of the Doctor's companions but he is very brave and loyal. Unfortunately for Jamie, when the Timelords put the Doctor on trial his mind was wiped so that we could only remember his first adventure with the Doctor. Jamie travelled with Patrick Troughton's Doctor.
	JENNY Jenny was played by Georgia Moffett. Jenny is a soldier that was created from the Doctor's DNA to fight the Hath on Planet Messaline. Jenny is the Doctor's daughter and Jenny and her father do not bond easily as her natural instinct is to fight, whereas the Doctor wants peace. Jenny takes a bullet for the Doctor and dies in his arms, what the Doctor does not know at the time was that Jenny can regenerate, which she does and leaves the planet to explore the universe. Jenny encountered David Tennant's Doctor.
	JENNY FLINT Jenny Flint was played by Caitlin Stewart. A great action hero fighting alongside her wife Madame Vastra and her friend, the Sontaran Strax, Jenny is a member of the Paternoster gang and fights crime and aliens in Vicorian London. Jenny was prepared to travel with the Doctor to his end, along with Madame Vastra and Strax, at Trenzalore. Jenny encountered David Tennant's Doctor, Matt Smith's Doctor and Peter Capaldi's Doctor.
	JO GRANT Jo Grant was played by Katy Manning. Jo was a loveable scatterbrain that managed to get herself a got at UNIT as the Doctor's assistant. At first the Doctor is horrified, but later becomes very fond of Jo. Jo is good at escapology and picking locks. Jo leaves the Doctor after falling in love with Clifford Jones, a professor that wants to end world hunger.
	K9 K9 was voiced by John Leeson and appeared in episodes with Tom Baker's Doctor as well two spin-off series, K9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures. K9 is an advanced super-computer robot dog with an endearing personality. The original K9 was built in the year 5000 by Professor Marius who gave him as a gift to the Doctor. The Doctor built four versions of K9. The Mk 1 version stayed on Gallifrey with the Doctor's companion Leela, while Mk 2 was given as a gift to Romana, finally Mk 3 and Mk 4 went to Sarah Jane Smith.
	KATE STEWART Kate Stewart, played by Beverley Cressman,is th daughter of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and is head of UNITas well as being a scientist (a rather usual combination). Kate first meets David Tennant's Doctor when there is an invasion of cubes across the world and is delighted to meet her father's old friend. Kate works with David Tennant's Doctor and Matt Smith's Doctor.
	LEELA Leela, played by Louise Jameson , was a leather bikini costumed warrior from a tribe of humans left on an alien world that slowly regressed back to savagery. Although uneducated and ignorant of science and technology, Leela is bright and brave with an inquisitive nature. Leela is a creature of instinct and can often tell if danger is nearby, she is also very familiar with death and weapons including knives, crossbows and deadly darts called Janis thorns. Leela travelled with Tom Baker's Doctor.
	LIZ SHAW Liz Shaw, played by Caroline John , was a distinguished scientist drafted in by the Brigadier to become UNIT's scientific advisor. However, with the Doctor's exile to Earth, Liz became the assistant to the Doctor with the Doctor as UNIT's scientific advisor. Liz was a resouceful and intelligent companion with degrees in various subjects. She eventually decides to leave UNIT and return to her own research at Cambridge University. Liz Shaw travelled with Jon Pertwee's Doctor.
	MADAME VASTRA Liz Shaw, played by Neve McIntosh,was a Silurian warrior who lives in Victorian London with her human wife Jenny Flint . Madame Vastra is a skilled swordfighter and uses her supior intelligence to work for Scotland Yard where she helps them to crack cases, hunts down criminals and eats them for dinner. The Doctor and Madame Vastra are old friends.