Appendix 2: Doctor Who Companions

Note: Determining what makes a companion is a subject for heated debate. At what point is Mickey no longer a recurring character but a companion? Are the regulars of UNIT companions? What you see here expresses no consensus but that of the co-authors’.

First Doctor: William Hartnell

Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford) (1963–1964)

Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) (1963–1965)

Ian Chesterton (William Russell) (1963–1965)

Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) (1965)

Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) (1965–1966)

Katarina (Adrienne Hill) (1965)

Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh) (1965–1966)

Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane) (1966)

Ben Jackson (Michael Craze) (1966)

Polly (Anneke Wills) (1966)

Second Doctor: Patrick Troughton

Ben Jackson (Michael Craze) (1966–1967)

Polly (Anneke Wills) (1966–1967)

Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) (1966–1969)

Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) (1967–1968)

Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury) (1968–1969)

Third Doctor: Jon Pertwee

Liz Shaw (Caroline John) (1970)

Jo Grant (Katy Manning) (1971–1973)

Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) (1973–1974)

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) (recurring character, 1970–1974)

Sergeant John Benton (John Levene) (recurring character, 1970–1974)

Captain Mike Yates (Richard Franklin) (recurring character, 1971–1974)

Fourth Doctor: Tom Baker

Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) (1974–1976)

Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) (1974–1975)

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) (recurring character, 1974–1975)

Sergeant John Benton (John Levene) (recurring character, 1974–1975)

Leela (Louise Jameson) (1977–1978)

K9 (voice of John Leeson, David Brierley) (1977–1981)

Romana I (Mary Tamm) (1978–1979)

Romana II (Lalla Ward) (1979–1981)

Adric (Matthew Waterhouse (1980–1981)

Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) (1981)

Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) (1981)

Fifth Doctor: Peter Davison

Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) (1981–1982)

Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) (1981–1983)

Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) (1981–1984)

Turlough (Mark Strickson) (1983–1984)

Kamelion (voice of Gerard Flood) (1983–1984)

Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) (1984)

Sixth Doctor: Colin Baker

Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) (1984–1986)

Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford) (1986)

Seventh Doctor: Sylvester McCoy

Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford) (1987)

Ace (Sophie Aldred) (1987–1989)

Eighth Doctor: Paul McGann

Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook) (1996)

Ninth Doctor: Christopher Eccleston

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) (2005)

Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) (recurring character, 2005)

Adam Mitchell (Bruno Langley) (2005)

Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) (2005)

Tenth Doctor: David Tennant

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) (2006)

Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) (2006)

Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) (2007; recurring character, 2008–2010)

Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) (recurring character, 2007–2008)

Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) (2006, 2008)

Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins) (recurring character, 2008–2010)

Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith

Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) (2010–2012)

Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) (2010–2012)

Clara Oswald (Jenna Louise Coleman) (2012–2013)

Twelfth Doctor: Peter Capaldi

Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) (2014– )