THE SIXTH DOCTOR
COMPANIONS
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Peri |
Jamie |
Grant |
Frobisher |
The
Brigadier |
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Jason, Crystal & Zog |
Charley |
Evelyn |
Flip |
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Jago & Litefoot |
Leela |
Constance |
Mel |
Perpugilliam
(Peri) Brown [Nicola Bryant]
First TV
Story: "Planet of Fire" [with 5th Doctor]
Last TV
Story: "Trial of A Timelord: Mindwarp"
Perpugilliam
Brown was a wealthy, teenage Botany student from Pasadena. Her mother, Janine,
remarried a man that Peri disliked, Howard Foster. Peri still treasured the
memory of her father, who died when she was 13, and this was probably why she
decided to travel with the Fifth Doctor, as a father substitute as the Doctor
appeared to be the age that her father died at. On Androzani Minor, Peri fell
into a Spectrox nest, and infected both herself and the Doctor with Spectrox
Toxaemia, and as there was only enough antidote for one of them, the Doctor
sacrificed himself. Why Peri stayed with the unstable, volatile Sixth Doctor is
never explained. Maybe she felt guilty for his regeneration. For a long time,
their relationship was one of continual arguments, but by the time their
travels took them to Ravalox, the relationship seemed to have calmed down.
However, it was all too late. On finding themselves on Thoros Beta, Peri found
a drugged Doctor betraying her, and finally ended up as a bald husk into which
Lord Kiv, a Mentor, was transferred.
Or did
she ? The Doctor is pleased to learn that Peri is not dead, merely living on
Krontep with King Ycarnos (not on Earth as his wrestling manager - vicious
rumours). However, here is where the timelines seem to diverge. Her marriage
seems to have broken down by the time, Peri meets the Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej
("Bad Therapy") and she is living on Earth again. Following her meeting with the
Seventh Doctor, Peri returns to America, where she meets up with the Sixth Doctor who is now
travelling with Frobisher (see below), accompanying him for several adventures ("Kane's Story"). Alternatively,
the Sixth Doctor returns to Krontep for her ("The Widow's Assassin")
[Nicola
Bryant: Nicola was born in Surrey, and attended Webber Douglas drama school,
from where she went directly into the part of Peri. After leaving the programme,
on television she has appeared in "Blackadder's Christmas Carol",
"The 10%ers", "Animal Ark", "Casualty", "Holby
City", "My Family" and as Martine in three series of "The
Biz", a children's series. Nicola also appeared in the Michael Winner film
"Parting Shots" with Peter Davison, and in the "Stranger"
series of videos with Colin Baker. Nicola has also returned to Peri &
"Doctor Who" in the new Big Finish Audios.
Links: The Official Nicola Bryant Website , The Cavern of Nicola Bryant
Jamie
McCrimmon [Frazer Hines]
TV Story:
"The Two Doctors"
Comic
Strip: “The World Shapers”
Audios: 3
audios from ‘Big Finish’ in 2010.
Travelling
with the Second Doctor, Jamie was separated from him when the Doctor was
captured by the Sontarans and two Androgums. He was found by the Sixth Doctor, and
accompanied him and Peri to Seville to rescue the Second Doctor. Working
closely with the Sixth Doctor, he managed to help free the Second Doctor, and
left with him.
However,
many years later, he again teamed up with the Sixth Doctor, this time with Frobisher
(see below) ("The World Shapers") and sacrificed himself to destroy a
device that was turning Voords into Cybermen.
[Frazer
Hines: Frazer was born in Yorkshire, and after studying acting at the Corona
Academy, made his professional debut at the age of eight. His first major
television role was in "The Silver Sword", followed by appearances in
"Emergency Ward 10" and "Coronation Street". After leaving
"Doctor Who", he got the part of Joe Sugden in "Emmerdale
Farm". He currently manages his own horse stud farm.]
Links: FrazerHines.com
Grant
Markham
First
Story: "Time of Your Life"
Last
Story: ??
Grant,
a computer-programmer met the Doctor on the Network, a space station that
broadcast entertainment to the planets of the Meson system, where the Doctor
had run trying to escape his destiny of becoming the Valeyard. Having survived
Death-hunt 3000, the two of them left together to visit Grant's home planet,
Agora. However, the planet was being used as a factory for Cybermen, and local
people were being cyberised. The Doctor having been captured, Grant joined a
gang of rebels to defeat the Cybermen and their aides. At the end (of
"Killing Ground"), Grant and the Doctor leave together, for unknown
adventures.
Frobisher [Robert Jezek in
"The Holy Terror" & "The Maltese Penguin"]
First
Story: "The Shape Shifter"
Last
Story: "A Cold Day in Hell"
Frobisher,
a shape-shifting Whifferdill, met the Doctor on , where they teamed up to trick
Josiah W. Dogbolter, a ruthless froglike tycoon to whom the Fifth Doctor
refused to sell the TARDIS, out of the bounty that he has put on the Doctor's
head. Finding that they make a good team, the two of them left together in the
TARDIS, Frobisher now in the form of a 3-foot high penguin. Travelling the
galaxy, being dragged into almost every space war, the two of them found
themselves in New York, where the Doctor met up with Peri again. The three
travel together until the Doctor returned Peri to America, leaving Frobisher
with the Seventh Doctor. Having saved a planet from the Ice Warriors, Frobisher
decides to stay there.
[Robert
Jezek: Robert appeared in the television "Doctor Who" adventure,
"Battlefield" as Sergeant Zbrigniev. He has also appeared in the Big
Finish adventures "Red Dawn", "The Ratings War" &
"Minuet in Hell". Robert also had a small role in the sci-fi film
"Event Horizon".]
Brigadier
Lethbridge-Stewart [Nicholas Courtney]
Stories:
"The Spectre of Lanyon Moor" [Big Finish]
"Business
Unusual" [BBC Book]
"Dimensions
In Time"
The
Brigadier despite having appeared with the Second to Fifth and Seventh Doctors,
took his time before he appeared with the Sixth ("Dimensions in Time"
aside). He first met up with him, whilst the Sixth Doctor was travelling with
Evelyn, where they encountered murder, mayhem, and mystery whilst investigating
an ancient burial mound. The two met up again, when the Brigadier was captured
in Ashdown Forest whilst investigating a software company's new interactive
games console, and it was up to the Doctor and his new assistant Mel (see
below) to save him.
[Nicholas
Courtney: Following National Service, Nicholas Courtney did several temporary
jobs until he was accepted by the Webber Douglas drama school. He left after
two years, and worked in repertory in Northampton, before moving to London. In
1965 he was first cast in "Doctor Who", as Brett Vyon in "The
Daleks' Masterplan", and from 1967 he played the recurring role of the
Brigadier. His stage appearances included "The Rocky Horror Show" and
"The Mousetrap", and his television includes "Minder,
"Juliet Bravo", and "Harry Hill". He died in February 2011.]
First
Story: ??
Last
Story: "Face Value" (so far)
Having
met the Doctor in eighteenth-century France, the Marquis de Saint Evremonde
D'Isigny de la Tour (Jason for short), an aristocrat threatened with the
guillotine, travelled away in the TARDIS with him. He and the Doctor were
summoned to Downing Street by Mrs. Thatcher, who asked them to foil a plot to
kidnap a US envoy. The two of them found themselves battling Daleks, Cybermen
and Vervoids, as well as an amorous bar owner, and a mercenary. With the envoy
safe, Jason left Earth with the Doctor, Crystal & Zog (see below) for
Leisureworld on Krennos.
[Graeme
Smith: Born and bred in Australia, Graeme studied drama at Sydney's Theatre of Youth.
His professional debut was in an Australian tour of "Oliver!", which
was followed by "Pal Joey". Soon after arriving in London, he
appeared in "Peter Pan - The Musical", "My Fair Lady",
"Hello Dolly" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". On
television, he appeared in "The Young Doctors", "Prisoner"
and "Kings".]
[Noel
Sullivan: Noel was a
member of the British pop group Hear'Say. Like the other members of the group,
he won his part through the talent show Popstars. He spent a year-and-a-half
working with the other members of the group, pumping out two number one singles
and a number one album. The band broke up two years later. Noel also spent time
working many jobs in Ibiza such as videography with Punta Dive. Apart from this
he worked in many bars singing honing his talents. He has carved out a career
in musical theatre appearing in high-profile UK tours of productions such as Grease,
Fame, Flashdance and Love Shack opposite fellow pop alumni
Faye Tozer and Jon Lee. He also took part in Channel Five's hit reality TV show
Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep. He has also appeared in a show in Las
Vegas. Noel appeared in the Big Finish audio adaptation of “The Ultimate
Adventure”.
Links: Big
Finish: The Ultimate Adventure
First
Story: "The Ultimate Adventure"
Last
Story: "Face Value" (so far)
Crystal,
a twentieth-century nightclub singer, met the Doctor and Jason on their quest
to rescue the envoy, and fell in love with him, causing her to accompany him,
the Doctor and Zog to Leisureworld. She had a tendency to scream, but was
Jason's equal in defending herself against the myriad of monsters that they
encountered.
[Rebecca
Thornhill: Rebecca was born in Dartford, and trained at the Arts Educational
School until 1988. Her first professional engagement was at a Dougie Squires
Spectacular in Cannes. She appeared in a cinema advertisement for Levi jeans,
and a TV film "Eye on L.A.!". Her other stage appearances include
"From Here to Eternity", "Me and My Girl", "Cats", "The Witches of
Eastwick", and the touring show "Beyond the Barricades"
("Songs from the shows") ]
[Claire
Huckle: Claire trained at the Guildford School
of Acting where she was awarded a full scholarship and gained a first class BA
Hons degree in musical theatre. Her TV and film credits include two series of “Without
Motive” (ITV), “Casualty” (BBC), “A
Respectable Trade” (BBC), “Howard Goodall’s 20th Century Greats”
(Channel 4), “This is Dom Joly” and “This is Dom Joly 2” (BBC).
She was also a presenter of “The Wild
Bunch” (BBC). Claire played Crystal in the Big Finish
audio adaptation of “The Ultimate Adventure”.]
Links: Big
Finish: The Ultimate Adventure
Zog [Stephanie Colburn]
First Story:
"The Ultimate Adventure"
Last Story:
"Face Value" (so far)
Zog, a small furry
Aldeberian, met the Doctor, Jason & Crystal in Delilah's bar, proving
himself to be less than effective at fighting, travelling to Earth with them,
and then on to Leisureworld. However, his cute, fuzzy exterior, hides a dark
secret.
[Stephanie
Colburn: Stephanie returned to Doctor Who in 2002, when she played Nintaru in
Big Finish's "The Sandman", again opposite Colin Baker.
Zog reappeared in "Dimensions In Time" as one of the Rani's minions]
Charlotte
‘Charley’ Pollard [India
Fisher]
First
Story (with Sixth Doctor): “The Condemned”
Last
Story: “Blue Forgotten Planet”
Charlotte
Pollard, known as Charley to her friends, began by travelling with the Eighth
Doctor, who saved her from her fated death in the crash of the R101 airship. Following the death of a fellow travelling
companion, Charley requested that the Doctor take her home. However, after a
battle with the Cybermen, Charley was stranded on a desert island in 500,002 (“The
Girl Who Never Was”). She therefore spent her time sending out continuous ‘SOS’
signals. However, when the TARDIS did arrive for her, she found the Doctor, but
in his Sixth incarnation. Choosing not to reveal her previous (and future) association
with the Doctor, she travelled with a suspicious Sixth Doctor, until an encounter with the Viryans
led to a new career.
[India Fisher: India Fisher is the daughter of the MP Mark
Fisher. She is also the sister of musician Crispin
Hunt and of actress Francesca Hunt, who appears with her in the Eighth Doctor
audio play “Other Lives”. She is best known as the narrator of BBC cookery
programme “Masterchef” and performs voiceovers for television advertisements. She
has also appeared in the television series “Dead Ringers” and provided the
voice for the character of Sophia Winchell in the BBC.co.uk flash-animated webcast
series “Ghosts of Albion” and of Lora Mezin, a federation officer in the Sci-Fi channel’s
“Blake’s 7 Audio Adventures”. She has also appeared in several episodes of the BBC
Radio 4 comedy series “Elephants to Catch Eels”, and for Big Finish as Jenine
in “Earthsearch: Mindwarp” (with Colin Baker), as Peril Bellamy in Fifth Doctor
audio “Winter For The Adept”, and as Cecilia Pollard (Charley’s sister) in “Gallifrey:
A Blind Eye”.]
Links: Big
Finish: Charlotte Pollard - Series One
Dr.
Evelyn Smythe [Maggie Stables]
First
Story: "The Marian Conspiracy"
Last
Story: “Thicker Than Water”
Dr.
Evelyn Smythe, a 65 year-old historian working towards her professorship met
the Doctor when he was tracking a nexus point in time, and he discovered that
she was intimately involved, as her family was being erased from time. Her
eccentricities made her fit in perfectly with the Doctor, and she welcomed the
chance to travel with him, as her University (Sheffield Hallam) was trying to
pension her off. However, more recently she is beginning to find the horrors
that she experiences more difficult to bear.
[Maggie
Stables: When not travelling through time and space with the Sixth Doctor,
Maggie Stables was for a time a magistrate in Haringey, North London. She also appeared
in "The Sirens of Time", in the Bernice Summerfield adventure,
"Just War", and in the Tomorrow People adventure "The Ghosts of
Mendez". She died in September 2014.]
Phillipa 'Flip' Jackson [Lisa Greenwood]
First
Story: "The Crimes of Thomas Brewster"
Phillipa 'Flip' Jackson first met the Sixth Doctor when he was travelling with Evelyn and Thomas Brewster (a former Fifth Doctor companion). A short while later she met him again, following a capsule falling to Earth near to where she worked. Too reckless for her own good, Flip was always placing herself in the way of harm, a trait the Doctor struggled to rid her of.
[Lisa Greenwood: Appearing on Channel Five's “The Wright Stuff”, Lisa revealed that she has not gone to Stage school however when she was young her mum enrolled her at a Youth Drama Club on Saturdays to make friends as she was a shy child. From this she took part in a youth onstage production of Chicago and got spotted to be in an TV advert. Greenwood got her first agent somewhat by accident, She had applied to work in an agency as an agents assistant, which she did not get, but they gave her an audition which she successfully got. Aside from her role as Flip, Lisa is best known as series regular 'Sissy Cooper' alongside Ben Whishaw and Dominic West in two series of the BBC and BBC America drama “The Hour”. She has also appeared in “Eastenders” and “Call The Midwife”.]
Melanie
(Mel) Bush [Bonnie Langford]
First TV
Story: "Trial of a Timelord: Terror of the Vervoids"
Last TV
Story: "Dragonfire" [with 7th Dr]
Mel, a
computer programmer from Pease Pottage, first met up with the Doctor, when the Master
was attempting a massive computer fraud, involving all the banking houses in
the world. ("Business Unusual") The Doctor begrudgingly teamed up
with her, aware that he is on track to become the Valeyard, and finally
admitted defeat as she stowed-away on the TARDIS. Mel soon took it upon herself
to help the Doctor lose weight, much to his chagrin. Mel had the same sense of
curiosity as the Doctor, and therefore, often found herself in trouble, to
which her response was to scream. She aided the Doctor in his genocide of the
carnivorous Vervoids, and was quick to leap to his defence during his trial.
When the TARDIS was knocked off course by the Rani, she was merely stunned,
unfortunately the Doctor hit his head on the console and regenerated. She remained
with the Seventh Doctor, until they met up with Ace on Iceworld, when she left
with Sabalom Glitz.
[Bonnie
Langford: Bonnie was born in Hampton Court, Surrey. By the age of six, she had
won "Opportunity Knocks", and went on to train at the Arts Educational
and Italia Conti stage schools in London. By her early teens she had starred on
Broadway, in the West End and in her own television show. In the mid-seventies,
she was famous for playing Violet Elizabeth Bott in "Just William", a
role which fixed her in the minds of the public as a precocious child star.
Since then, before and after "Doctor Who", she has appeared in many
more musicals and television variety shows. More recently she has toured in "Spamalot", and with her one-woman show "My
West End and More...", and appeared in the West End in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". She has also released several albums of songs
from the shows.]
Links: Bonnie Langford.co.uk
Other companions:
Ace ("Dimensions in Time") |
Susan ("Dimensions in Time") |
Mike Yates ("Worlds of Dr Who: Second Sight") |
Aleza "The Golden Door" [Decalog]* |
Orsa "The Golden Door" [Decalog]* |
* In "The
Golden Door", Aleza and Orsa travel with the First Doctor disguised as
Steven & Dodo, before meeting up with the Sixth Doctor again.