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But... Are They Companions?
What is a companion? There is much debate. A person who has travelled with the doctor in the TARDIS? Well then Liz
Shaw can't be considered a companion; she never took a trip in the TARDIS, but she is a companion all the same.
Someone who helps the Doctor in major way in an adventure? Well, that would make Ray from "Delta and the Bannermen" a
companion, but she has never been considered a companion. A companion is a friend or an assistant to the Doctor, a person who has
adventured with or known him for longer than one adventure - people who can truely be considered companions, rather
than those who travel only briefly in the TARDIS.Companions aren't secondary characters who help the Doctor but
choose not to accompany him on farther adventures (an acception has been made for Grace from the TV Movie). But there
are a few characters that don't fit exactly into the criteria for a companion, yet they do go on to travel with
Doctor but they also aren't major cast members either... These characters sometimes end up on companion lists and
sometimes are left off companion lists for various reasons. I don't list them as companions as I don't think their
contributions or time with the Doctor are significant enough for them to be considered true companions, but they
should be mentioned...
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Katarina (Adrianne Hill)
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Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh)
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Kamelion (Voice: Gerald Flood)
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Handmaiden to the Princess Cassandra who helped a wounded Steven into the TARDIS during
"The Myth Makers" only to end up sacrificing her life to save the others in the next serial "The Dalek's Master Plan."
A ruthless and dedicated secret agent for the treacherous Guardian of the 41st century
solar system, Mavic Chen. Such was her dedication she even killed her own brother, Bret Vyon. However, when she saw
what Chen was intending - to aid the Daleks in building a time destroyer - she changed sides. Her fate was sealed.
She became the victim of the terrible weapon as she aged hundreds of years
A shapshifting robot with a will of it's own, though suseptable to outside psychic influence from a mind with a
greater will. The Master found Kamelion on the planet Xeriphas and subjected him to his will. The Master then used
the robot to impersonate King John in a plan to circumvent the signing of Magna Carta. Kamelion asked to join the
Doctor after the Doctor freed him from Master. Kamelion travelled for a while with the Doctor but kept mostly to
himself in the corridors of the TARDIS. The Doctor was forced to destroy Kamelion when he again came under the
Master's evil influence.