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The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.)
This pattern, the Doctor with a single female companion, became a template from which subsequent eras of Doctor Who rarely diverged. In 1974, the character of Harry Sullivan was created by the production team when it was expected that the Fourth Doctor would be played by an older actor who would have trouble with the activity expressed by his ...
Multiple actresses were considered to play the Doctor's next companion, with Billie Piper announced as the frontrunner to star as Rose Taylor. [5] The role ultimately went to Piper, with the character’s name changed to Rose Tyler. [6] Eccleston and Piper made their debut in "Rose."
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The Thirteenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.She is played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to portray the character, in three series as well as five specials.
Leela was the daughter of Sole. She first appears in the 1977 serial The Face of Evil.She is a warrior of the savage Sevateem tribe, who were amongst the descendants of the crew of an Earth starship from the Mordee Expedition that crash-landed on an unnamed planet in the far future.
River Song is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.River Song was introduced to the series as an experienced future companion of series protagonist the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time in his TARDIS.
Companion (Doctor Who) List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens; S. List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs; List of Doctor Who supporting characters; T.