The Doctor’s Companions

Susan Foreman

First Story: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played by: Carole Ann Ford
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Ian Chesterton

First Story: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played by: William Russell
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Barbara Wright

First Story: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played by: Jacqueline Hill
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Vicki

First Story: The Rescue (1965)
Played by: Maureen O’Brien
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Steven Taylor

First Story: The Chase (1965)
Played by: Peter Purves
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Katarina

First Story: The Myth Makers (1965)
Played by: Adrienne Hill
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Dodo Chaplet

First Story: The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve (1966)
Played by: Jackie Lane
Travelled with: 1st Doctor

Ben Jackson

First Story: The War Machines (1966)
Played by: Michael Craze
Travelled with: 1st Doctor, 2nd Doctor

Polly Wright

First Story: The War Machines (1966)
Played by: Anneke Wills
Travelled with: 1st Doctor, 2nd Doctor

Jamie McCrimmon

First Story: The Highlanders (1966)
Played by: Frazer Hines
Travelled with: 2nd Doctor

Victoria Waterfield

First Story: The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played by: Deborah Watling
Travelled with: 2nd Doctor

Zoe Heriot

First Story: The Wheel in Space (1968)
Played by: Wendy Padbury
Travelled with: 2nd Doctor

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

First Story: The Web of Fear (1968)
Played by: Nicholas Courtney
Doctors helped: 2nd Doctor, 3rd Doctor, 4th Doctor, 5th Doctor, 7th Doctor

John Benton

First Story: The Invasion (1968)
Played by: John Levene
Doctors helped: 2nd Doctor, 3rd Doctor, 4th Doctor

Liz Shaw

First Story: Spearhead from Space (1970)
Played by: Caroline John
Doctors helped: 3rd Doctor

Mike Yates

First Story: Terror of the Autons (1971)
Played by: Richard Franklin
Doctors helped: 3rd Doctor

Jo Grant (Jo Jones)

First Story: Terror of the Autons (1971)
Played by: Katy Manning
Travelled with: 3rd Doctor

Sarah Jane Smith

First Story: The Time Warrior (1973)
Played by: Elisabeth Sladen
Travelled with: 3rd Doctor, 4th Doctor

Harry Sullivan

First Story: Robot (1974)
Played by: Ian Marter
Travelled with: 4th Doctor

Leela

First Story: The Face of Evil (1977)
Played by: Louise Jameson
Travelled with: 4th Doctor

K-9

First Story: The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Voiced by: John Leeson
Travelled with: 4th Doctor

Romana I

First Story: The Ribos Operation (1978)
Played by: Mary Tamm
Travelled with: 4th Doctor

Romana II

First Story: Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Played by: Lalla Ward
Travelled with: 4th Doctor

Adric

First Story: Full Circle (1980)
Played by: Matthew Waterhouse
Travelled with: 4th Doctor, 5th Doctor

Nyssa

First Story: The Keeper of Traken (1981)
Played by: Sarah Sutton
Travelled with: 4th Doctor, 5th Doctor

Tegan Jovanka

First Story: Logopolis (1981)
Played by: Janet Fielding
Travelled with: 4th Doctor, 5th Doctor

Vislor Turlough

First Story: Mawdryn Undead (1983)
Played by: Mark Strickson
Travelled with: 5th Doctor

Kamelion

First Story: The King’s Demons (1983)
Voiced by: Gerald Flood
Travelled with: 5th Doctor

Peri Brown

First Story: Planet of Fire (1984)
Played by: Nicola Bryant
Travelled with: 5th Doctor, 6th Doctor

Melanie Bush

First Story: The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Played by: Bonnie Langford
Travelled with: 6th Doctor, 7th Doctor

Ace

First Story: Dragonfire (1987)
Played by: Sophie Aldred
Travelled with: 7th Doctor

Rose Tyler

First Story: Rose (2005)
Played by: Billie Piper
Travelled with: 9th Doctor, 10th Doctor

Mickey Smith

First Story: Rose (2005)
Played by: Noel Clarke
Travelled with: 9th Doctor, 10th Doctor

Jack Harkness

First Story: The Empty Child (2005)
Played by: John Barrowman
Travelled with: 9th Doctor, 10th Doctor

Donna Noble

First Story: The Runaway Bride (2006)
Played by: Catherine Tate
Travelled with: 10th Doctor

Martha Jones

First Story: Smith and Jones (2007)
Played by: Freema Agyeman
Travelled with: 10th Doctor

River Song

First Story: Silence in the Library (2008)
Played by: Alex Kingston
Travelled with: 11th Doctor

Amy Pond

First Story: The Eleventh Hour (2010)
Played by: Karen Gillan
Travelled with: 11th Doctor

Rory Williams

First Story: The Eleventh Hour (2010)
Played by: Arthur Darvill
Travelled with: 11th Doctor

Clara Oswald

First Story: Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
Played by: Jenna-Louise Coleman
Travelled with: 11th Doctor, 12th Doctor

Nardole

First Story: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
Played by: Matt Lucas
Travelled with: 12th Doctor

Bill Potts

First Story: The Pilot (2017)
Played by: Pearl Mackie
Travelled with: 12th Doctor

Yasmin Khan

First Story: The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018)
Played by: Mandip Gill
Travelled with: 13th Doctor

Ryan Sinclair

First Story: The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018)
Played by: Tosin Cole
Travelled with: 13th Doctor

Graham O’Brien

First Story: The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018)
Played by: Bradley Walsh
Travelled with: 13th Doctor

Dan Lewis

First Story: The Halloween Apocalypse (2021)
Played by: John Bishop
Travelled with: 13th Doctor

Ruby Sunday

First Story: The Church on Ruby Road (2023)
Played by: Millie Gibson
Travelled with: 15th Doctor

Belinda Chandra

First Story: The Robot Revolution (2025)
Played by: Varada Sethu
Travelled with: 15th Doctor

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