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The character of the Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. All that was known about him in the programme's early days was that he was an eccentric alien traveller of great intelligence who battled injustice while exploring time and space in an unreliable time machine, the "TARDIS" (an acronym for time and relative dimension(s) in space), which notably appears much larger on the inside than on the outside (a quality referred to as "dimensional transcendentality").[note 1][1]

The initially irascible and slightly sinister Doctor quickly mellowed into a more compassionate figure. It was eventually revealed that he had been on the run from his own people, the Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey.

The perennial companion figure has been a constant feature in Doctor Who since the programme's inception in 1963. Generally human, one of the roles of the companion is to remind the Doctor of his "moral duty".[2] The Doctor's first companions seen on screen were his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford) and her teachers Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian Chesterton (William Russell). These characters were intended to act as audience surrogates, through which the audience would discover information about the Doctor who was to act as a mysterious father figure.[2] The only story from the original series in which the Doctor travels alone is The Deadly Assassin. Notable companions from the earlier series included Romana (Mary Tamm and Lalla Ward), a Time Lady; Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen); and Jo Grant (Katy Manning). Dramatically, these characters provide a figure with whom the audience can identify, and serve to further the story by requesting exposition from the Doctor and manufacturing peril for the Doctor to resolve. The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home or find new causes — or loves — on worlds they have visited. Some have died during the course of the series. Companions are usually human, or humanoid aliens.

Since the 2005 revival, The Doctor generally travels with a primary female companion, who occupies a larger narrative role. Steven Moffat described the companion as the main character of the show, as the story begins anew with each companion and she undergoes more change than the Doctor.[3][4] The primary companions of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors were Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) with Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke), Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri) and Jack Harkness recurring as secondary companion figures.[5] Lindy A. Orthia observes that these characters introduced characteristics previously unseen in the companion figure as each of them is black, queer and/or part of the unskilled working class.[5] The Eleventh Doctor became the first to travel with a married couple (Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill)) whilst out-of-sync meetings with River Song (Alex Kingston) and Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) provided ongoing story arcs.

Some companions have gone on to re-appear either in the main series, or in spin-offs. Sarah Jane Smith became the central character in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011) following a return to Doctor Who in 2006. Guest stars in the series included former companions Jo Grant, K-9, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The character of Jack Harkness also served to launch a spin-off, Torchwood, (2006-2011) in which Martha Jones also appeared.

  – Main cast
  – Recurring cast
  – Guest cast
Actor Character Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
William Russell Ian Chesterton
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright
Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman
William Hartnell First Doctor
Maureen O'Brien Vicki
Peter Purves Steven Taylor
Adrienne Hill Katarina
Jean Marsh Sara Kingdom
Jackie Lane Dodo Chaplet
Anneke Wills Polly
Michael Craze Ben Jackson
Patrick Troughton Second Doctor
Frazer Hines Jamie McCrimmon
Deborah Watling Victoria Waterfield
Wendy Padbury Zoe Heriot
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
John Levene Sergeant Benton
Jon Pertwee Third Doctor
Caroline John Liz Shaw
Katy Manning Jo Grant
Richard Franklin Mike Yates
Roger Delgado The Master
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith
Tom Baker Fourth Doctor
Ian Marter Harry Sullivan

Bushtucker trials

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Daily results per celebrity[6]
Celebrity Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 14 Number of
trials
Harry Immune Immune 3rd
13.75%
Immune 10th
5.40%
7th
7.77%
4th
8.92%
1st
16.66%
3rd
8.36%
6
Emily 1st
37.31%
Immune 9th
3.91%
5th
11.53%
8th
7.97%
7th
5.64%
6th
8.48%
5th
7.90%
8th
6.40%
5th
7.89%
6
John Immune Immune 1st
20.47%
3rd
15.15%
5th
10.51%
3rd
18.52%
10th
4.36%
9th
7.14%
3rd
12.04%
6th
7.42%
6
Fleur 3rd
21.12%
3rd
20.07%
4th
10.64%
Immune 7th
10.19%
6th
6.57%
5th
8.61%
8th
7.19%
6th
9.29%
1st
39.80%
6
James 4th
19.80%
4th
19.55%
6th
8.64%
6th
9.27%
4th
11.06%
4th
9.07%
9th
5.39%
6th
7.57%
4th
10.54%
2nd
15.05%
4
Nick Immune Immune 5th
10.32%
4th
12.99%
2nd
12.55%
1st
24.03%
8th
5.99%
10th
4.83%
2nd
13.02%
8th
5.18%
4
Anne 1st
35.15%
2nd
22.89%
1st
19.79%
7th
7.42%
7th
9.28%
3
Rita 2nd
21.77%
2nd
25.23%
8th
7.47%
2nd
22.04%
9th
6.40%
5th
8.77%
11th
2.58%
11th
4.80%
5th
9.40%
4th
8.19%
3
Sair Immune Immune 7th
7.60%
Immune 6th
10.29%
9th
1.55%
4th
11.12%
2nd
15.44%
11th
3.60%
9th
2.25%
4
Malique Immune Immune 2nd
17.20%
1st
29.04%
3rd
11.82%
8th
2.96%
3rd
12.37%
1st
15.89%
10th
3.97%
7th
5.85%
3
Noel Not in Camp Immune 1st
13.81%
2nd
13.54%
3rd
12.91%
9th
5.80%
Eliminated
(Day 13)
3
Notes
Top two Emily,
Rita
Anne,
Rita
John,
Malique
Malique,
Rita
Nick,
Noel
Anne,
Noel
Malique,
Sair
Fleur,
James
Completed the trial Emily
37.31%
to complete
the trial
Anne
35.15%
to complete
the trial
John
20.47%
to complete
the trial
Malique
29.04%
to complete
the trial
Noel
13.81%
to complete
the trial
Nick
24.03%
to become
camp leader
Anne
19.79%
to complete
the trial
Malique
15.89%
to complete
the trial
Nick
13.02%
to become
team captain
Fleur
39.80%
to complete
the trial
Harry
16.66%
to become
team captain
Rita
22.04%
to complete
the trial
Nick
12.55%
to complete
the trial
Sair
15.44%
to complete
the trial
John
12.04%
to become
team captain
Character Actor Series
Season 1
(2013)
Season 2
(2014)
Season 3
(2015)
Season 4
(2016)
Season 5
(2017)
Sarah Manning Tatiana Maslany Main
Felix "Fee" Dawkins Jordan Gavaris Main
Paul Dierden Dylan Bruce Main
Victor "Vic" Schmidt Michael Mando Main Recurring
Siobhán "Mrs. S" Sadler Maria Doyle Kennedy Main
Cosima Niehaus Tatiana Maslany Main
Arthur "Art" Bell Kevin Hanchard Main
Alison Hendrix Tatiana Maslany Main
Helena Main
Delphine Cormier Évelyn Brochu Recurring Main Recurring
Rachel Duncan Tatiana Maslany Recurring Main
Donnie Hendrix Kristian Bruun Recurring Main
Scott Smith Josh Vokey Recurring Main

References

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  1. ^ "Full record for Tardis-like adj". Science Fiction Citations. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Doctor Who (before the Tardis)". BBC News. BBC. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ Jones, Paul (19 April 2012). "Steven Moffat: the companion is the main character in Doctor Who, not the Doctor". Radio Times. BBC Magazines. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (27 March 2013). "'Doctor Who' returns: Steven Moffat talks new companion Clara and Jenna-Louise Coleman". Zap2it. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b Orthia, Lindy A. (2010). ""Sociopathetic Abscess" or "Yawning Chasm"? The Absent Postcolonial Transition in Doctor Who". Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 45 (2): 207–225. doi:10.1177/0021989410366891.
  6. ^ "Your 2018 voting results". itv.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.


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