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Dr Who The Companions |
| Companion | Origin | Departure | No. of Stories |
No. of Eps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | Gallifrey | Earth 2164 | 10 | 51 |
| The Doctors first companion, present before the series began. | ||||
| Barbara | Earth 1963 | Earth 1966 | 16 | 77 |
| Ian | Earth 1963 | Earth 1966 | 16 | 77 |
| Ian and Barbara were the first of only two companion pairs who joined and left together. | ||||
| Vicki | Earth 2493 (Dido) |
Earth 1184 BC | 9 | 38 |
| Steven | Earth 2265 (Mechanus) |
unknown planet in the future |
10 | 45 |
| Steven and Vicki were from Earth but joined the Doctor from elsewhere. | ||||
| Katarina | Earth 1184 BC | killed in space c4000 |
2 | 6 |
| Katrina was companion for the fewest episodes. She was the first of only three companions that were killed off. Katrina was the first companion to depart in the middle of a story. | ||||
| Sara | Earth c4000 | killed Kembal | 1 | 12 |
| Sara was the only companion from a single story. She was the second companion to be killed. | ||||
| Dodo | Earth 1966 | Earth 1966 | 6 | 19 |
| Dodo joined at the end of a story that she did not appear in. She was the second companion to depart in the middle of a story. | ||||
| Polly | Earth 1966 | Earth 1966 | 9 | 37 |
| Ben | Earth 1966 | Earth 1966 | 9 | 37 |
| Polly and Ben were the second and final companion pair. | ||||
| Jamie | Earth 1746 | Earth 1746 | 20 | 113 |
| Jamie's 113 episodes make him the longest running companion. He was one of only two companions to forget his adventures with the Doctor. | ||||
| Victoria | Earth 1866 | Earth 1975 | 7 | 40 |
| Zoe | Earth 2068 | Earth 2068 | 8 | 50 |
| Zoe was the final companion to forget her adventures with the Doctor, along with Jamie. | ||||
| Liz | Earth c1970 | Earth c1970 | 4 | 25 |
| Liz was the only companion never to ride in the TARDIS. | ||||
| Jo | Earth c1970 | Earth c1970 | 15 | 77 |
| Sarah | Earth c1970 | Earth c1970 | 18 | 80 |
| Harry | Earth c1970 | Earth c1970 | 6 | 24 |
| Leela | unknown planet in the future |
Gallifrey | 9 | 40 |
| Leela was the first non Earth companion since Susan. | ||||
| K9 | Titan c5000 | E Space | 22 | 94 |
| K9 was the only mechanical companion. | ||||
| Romana 1 | Gallifrey | Regenerated | 6 | 26 |
| Romana 2 | Regenerated | E Space | 11 | 46 |
| The two Romanas were the only Gallifreyan companions apart from Susan. | ||||
| Adric | E Space: Alzurius | killed Earth 65,000,000 BC |
11 | 42 |
| Adric was the only companion from another Universe. He was the third to be killed off. | ||||
| Nyssa | Traken 1981 | Terminus space station 3483 |
13 | 50 |
| Tegan | Earth 1981 | Earth 1984 | 19 | 65 |
| Tegan was the first Earth companion since Harry. | ||||
| Turlough | Trion (Earth 1983) | Trion | 10 | 31 |
| Peri | Earth 1984 | Thorus Beta 2379 |
12 | 34 |
| Melanie | Earth c1980 | Svartos c2,000,000 |
6 | 20 |
| Melanie appears as a companion without being introduced. | ||||
| Ace | Earth (Svartos) | ? | 9 | 31 |