As we approach Series 10 of the modern series of Doctor Who which features a new companion, I decided to make a list of all the companions and major recurring characters who have appeared in televised stories.
Susan Foreman (1963-1964) <>
Doctors met:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th
(Books/Audio: 8th) (Unofficially: 6th) <!>
Barbara Wright (1963-1965) ^
Doctors met: 1st
Ian Chesterton (1963-1965)
Doctors met: 1st
Vicki (1965)
Doctors met: 1st (Audio: 5th)
Steven Taylor (1965-1966)
Doctors met: 1st (Audio/Books: 5th, 6th)
Katarina (1965)
Doctors met: 1st
Sara Kingdom (1965-1966) ^^
Doctors met: 1st
Dodo Chaplet (1966)
Doctors met: 1st (Books: 6th)
Polly Wright (1966-1967) <TW>
Doctors met:
1st, 2nd
Ben Jackson (1966-1967) <TW>
Doctors met:
1st, 2nd
Jamie McCrimmon (1966-1969) <> &
Doctors met:
2nd, 6th
Victoria Waterfield (1967-1968) <D>
Doctors met: 2nd (Unofficially: 3rd) <!>
Edward Travers (1967, 1968) <D>
Doctors met: 2nd
Zoe Heriot (1968-1969) <>
Doctors met: 2nd (Audio: 6th)
Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (1968, 1970-1975)
<> <W>* <D> <SJA>
Doctors met: 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th
(Unofficially: 6th) <!> (Books: 6th, 8th, 9th)
Sergeant John Benton (1968, 1970-1975) <W>
Doctors met: 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th (Books: 9th)
Liz Shaw (1970) <> <P>
Doctors met: 3rd <!>
Jo Grant (1971-1973) <SJA>
Doctors met: 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 11th (Books/Audio:7th, 8th)
Captain Mike Yates (1971-1974) <>
Doctors met: 3rd (Books/Audio: 5th, 7th) <!>
Sarah Jane Smith (1973-1976) $ <> <^> <-->
Doctors met: 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th <!>
Harry Sullivan (1974-1975)
Doctors met: 4th (Books: 9th)
Leela (1977-1978) <P>*
Doctors met: 4th
(Books: 7th) (Unofficially: 7th) <!>
K9 (Mark I, II & III: 1977-1981) # <SJA> <^>
Doctors met:
4th, 10th (Unofficially: 7th) <!>
Romana (1978-1981) <>*
Doctors met: 4th (Books/Audio: 5th, 7th, 8th) <!>
Romana I & Romana II
Adric (1981-1982)
Doctors met:
4th, 5th (Books/Audio:7th)
Nyssa (1981-1983)
Doctors met:
4th, 5th <!>
Tegan Jovanka (1981-1984) <>
Doctors met: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th
(Unofficially: 6th) (Books: 8th) <S>
Vislor Turlough (1983-1984) <>
Doctors met: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
5th (Books: 8th)
Kamelion (1983-1984)
Doctors met: 5th
Peri Brown (1984-1986) &
Doctors met: 2nd,
5th, 6th (Books/Audio: 7th) <!>
Melanie Bush (1986-1987)
Doctors met:
6th, 7th (Unofficially: 3rd) <!>
Ace McShane (1987-1989) @ <P>*
Doctors met: 7th (Unofficially: 6th) <!>
Chang Lee (1996)
Doctors met:
7th,
8th
Grace Holloway (1996)
Doctors met:
7th, 8th
Rose Tyler (2005-2006) <R> <^> <-->
Doctors met:
9th, 10th
Mickey Smith (2005-2006) <^> <-->
Doctors met:
9th,
10th
Jackie Tyler (2005-2006) <^> <-->
Doctors met:
9th, 10th
Harriet Jones (2005, 2008) <^>
Doctors met:
9th, 10th
Jack Harkness (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2020) % <^> <-->
Doctors met:
9th, 10th
Donna Noble (2006, 2008, 2009-2010) <^>
Doctors met: 10th
Sylvia Noble (2006, 2008, 2009-2010)
Doctors met: 10th
Martha Jones (2007) % <M> <^>
Doctors met: 10th (Books: 9th)
Francine Jones (2007) <^>
Doctors met: 10th
Wilfred Mott (2007, 2008, 2009-2010)
Doctors met: 10th
River Song (2008, 2010-2013, 2015)
Doctors met:
10th, 11th, 12th
Amy Pond (2010-2012) <11>
Doctors met: 11th
Rory Williams (2010-2012)
Doctors met: 11th
Craig Owens (2010, 2011)
Doctor met: 11th
Madame Vastra, Jenny & Strax (2011-2014)
Doctors met:
11th, 12th
Brian Williams (2012)
Doctors met: 11th
Kate Stewart (2012-2015) <D>
Doctors met: War, 10th,
11th, 12th
Clara Oswald (2012-2015) <12>
Doctors met: 1st, War, 10th,
11th, 12th
(Archive/Implication: 2nd-8th, 9th)
Danny Pink (2014)
Doctors met: 12th
Nardole (2015-2017)
Doctors met: 12th
Bill Potts (2017)
Doctors met: (1st),
12th
Ryan Sinclair (2018-)
Doctors met: Fugitive Doctor, 13th
Yasmin Khan (2018-)
Doctors met: Fugitive Doctor, 13th
Graham O'Brien (2018-)
Doctors met: Fugitive Doctor, 13th
Notes
This list omits recurring villains such as the Master, as well as characters from books and audio.
Also omitted are one time companions such as Astrid Peth and Jackson Lake.
Those who've met multiple Doctors have their
primary companionships underlined.
<> Appeared in the 1983 special The Five Doctors.
<>* Appeared in The Five Doctors in archive scenes.
^ Reappeared in 1980 story Meglos as a different character.
^^ Reappeared in 1989 story Battlefield as a different character.
& Appeared in 1985 story The Two Doctors.
<!> Appeared in 1993 special Dimensions in Time.
<D> Appeared in Downtime (1995).
<W> Appeared in Wartime. * The Brigadier's voice was added retroactively.
<P> Appeared in the 1990s PROBE series.
<P>* Appeared in PROBE series as a different character.
$ Sarah Jane Smith reappeared in K9 and Company (1981), recurring in revived series and starred in <SJA>.
<SJA> Appeared in Sarah Jane Adventures series.
# K9 Mark I appeared with the 4th Doctor and Leela while Mark II was the 4th with Romana.
Mark III went to Sarah Jane Smith and appeared in K9 & Company, the revived series and SJA.
Also appeared unofficially in Search Out Space (1990).
<S> Appeared in A Fix with Sontarans.
@ Ace continued to appear in the 1990s in books and unofficially in Search Out Space.
% Appeared in Torchwood.
<R> Rose recurred in cameos in Series 4 leading to the Series 4 Proper finale.
Played a different entity with the War Doctor in the 2013 special The Day of the Doctor.
<M> Martha returned for three episodes in Series 4 meeting Donna Noble.
<^> Appeared in Journey's End (2008)
<--> Appeared in a cameo at the end of the 2009-2010 story The End of Time.
<11> Makes a cameo as a memory in The Time of the Doctor (2013)
<12> Makes a cameo as a memory in Twice Upon a Time (2017)
<TW> Appeared in Twice Upon a Time (2017, recast)
