Tag Archives: Companions

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: K9

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 2nd, 2011

K9 is to Doctor Who what Scrappy Doo is to Scooby and the gang, what Bat-Mite is to Batman, he’s the proof that the production team are having a little too much fun making the show. He’s the comedy foil that has been brought ...

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Sarah Jane Smith

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 25th, 2011

The role of the Doctor’s companion has always been a tough balancing act. For the producers of the show, they need a human who can be confused by the alien concepts, so that the Doctor can explain what’s going on.

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Zoe Heriot

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 18th, 2011

It didn’t take long for the Doctor Who writers to think about bringing people in from other time zones as companions. It makes perfect sense, really, given that he roams through time and space, arriving anywhere and anywhen he ...

A Companion To The Doctors Companions: Ian And Barbara

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 11th, 2011

If you thought Amy and Rory were the Doctor’s first experience of love’s young dream, or the first companions to gang up on their Time Lord host and insist he behave with more human compassion, you could not be more wrong.

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Rory Williams

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 4th, 2011

Sarah-Jane Smith once said something which expressed a crucial aspect of the dynamic between the Doctor and his companions. When asked by Rose if she had ever married, she said no, adding:”well, there was this man…I ...

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Martha Jones

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 21st, 2011

On-the-rebound relationships are always hard, aren’t they? Especially if you’re not the one who is suffering separation pangs.

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Captain Jack Harkness

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 14th, 2011

No one single character embodied the change from the old series Doctor Who to the new better than Captain Jack. Where other companions had been relatively chaste, unless they fell in love with a Skaronian freedom fighter or something, ...

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Mel Bush

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 7th, 2011

Never mind River Song and her blessed spoilers, Doctor Who has been messing about with the correct order in which people meet each other for AGES. Mel’s first encounter with the TARDIS and the Doctor is not recorded on screen.

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Adric

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 30th, 2011

When a TV program has been running for as long as Doctor Who, some of the decisions made, whether they be costume, script or casting, can look a little odd, with the benefit of hindsight: the decision to put celery on the Fifth ...

A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Romana

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 23rd, 2011

Romana (as played by Mary Tamm) arrived in the middle of that period of upheaval in the role of the female companion which started with scientific Liz Shaw and ended with shouty Tegan. She was conceived as a character who would provide ...