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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
Bushtucker trials[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ "Full record for Tardis-like adj". Science Fiction Citations. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Doctor Who (before the Tardis)". BBC News. BBC. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Berkshire, Geoff (27 March 2013). "'Doctor Who' returns: Steven Moffat talks new companion Clara and Jenna-Louise Coleman". Zap2it. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Your 2018 voting results". itv.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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