Doctor Who
Summary
It ’s heavily rumour that Millie Gibson is leavingDoctor Whoin Ncuti Gatwa ’s second season , but she ’s not the first of the Doctor ’s companions to only last one year . Reports in the UK tabloid press paint a picture that Millie Gibson has been " dropped " from the role , which feels needlessly abrasive . This unfair choice of words ignore the most likely scenario ; that Ruby Sunday was always be after as a one - time of year companion . After all , Millie Gibson would n’t be the firstDoctor Whocompanionto impart after a individual season of the show .
The reports suggest thatMillie Gibson’sDoctor Whoreplacementwill beAndor ’s Varada Sethu , who will join Ncuti Gatwa in time of year 15 . However , there ’s some disarray over whether Millie Gibson’sDoctor Whodeparture will find in the season 14 finale or if she ’ll depart in the initiative episodes of the following season . In the absence of an official statement from the BBC , Doctor Whofans will have to wait for season 14 to act out to see if the Millie Gibson rumors are honest , and if so , how Ruby Sunday will link up the list of companions who only lasted one time of year .
It ’s heavily rumored that Varada Sethu will supervene upon Millie Gibson opposite Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who and here ’s where viewers will recognise her from .
14Katarina (Adrienne Hill)
Classic Doctor Who Season 3 (Just 5 episodes)
William Hartnell ’s third fullDoctor Whoseason was a turbulent time for the show , evidenced by the revolving door of First Doctor companions observe the departure of Maureen O’Brien as Vicki . Vicki ’s replacement , the Ancient Greek handmaiden Katarina ( Adrienne Hill ) was fleetly write out , asit became too difficult to save for a graphic symbol to whom even sixties London would seem impossibly futurist . And so it was that , in the opening night of the fourth episode ofThe Daleks ' Masterplan , Adrienne Hill ’s Katarina became the firstDoctor Whocompanion the show killed off .
13Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh)
Classic Doctor Who Season 3 (9 episodes)
Katarina was substitute by Space Security Service agent Sara Kingdom ( Jean Marsh ) who became postulate with the Doctor and Steven Taylor ( Peter Purves ) as they tried to foil the Daleks ' master plan . WhileJean Marsh has dispute that Sara Kingdom was a fully - fledgedDoctor Whocompanion , rooter have come to view her as one . Her gruesome dying from the effects of the Daleks ' time destructor mean that she was the secondDoctor Whocompanion to be kill off in a matter of calendar month . gratefully , Sara Kingdom ’s replacement fared a footling better .
12Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane)
Classic Doctor Who Season 3 (1966)
Dodo Chaplet ( Jackie Lane ) connect the Doctor and Steven for the 2nd half ofDoctor Whoseason 3 . Dodo face off against such threats as the Monoids , and the Toymaker ( Michael Gough ) , and was also present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral . Dodo only appear in four and a half stories fromDoctor Whoseason 3 , and was unceremoniously written out of the show during its next-to-last serial , " The War Machines" . After her mind was taken over by the sinister WOTAN , Dodo was sent to the countryside , and she never returned , merely send the Doctor a brief cheerio message .
11Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling)
Classic Doctor Who Season 5 (1967 - 1968)
Victoria Waterfield ( Deborah Watling ) join the TARDIS in the closing present moment of " The Evil of the Daleks " , and journey with the Second Doctor ( Patrick Troughton ) and Jamie McCrimmon ( Frazer Hines ) for the majority ofDoctor Whoseason 5 . She fought Ice warrior , Yeti , and Cybermen , before she finally decide to leave the TARDIS after an draining face-off with sentient evil seaweed . remain on present - day globe , she break the heart and soul of Jamie , who was left bereft by herDoctor Whodeparture .
Victoria Waterfield afterward devolve in the unofficialDoctor Whofan film , Downtime , which was seemingly canonized in " The Giggle " .
10Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury)
Classic Doctor Who Season 6 (1968 - 1969)
Zoe Heriot ( Wendy Padbury ) was the Second Doctor ’s companion inDoctor Whoseason 6 , traveling alongside long - serving familiar Jamie McCrimmon . Zoe’sDoctor Whodeparture was impose by the Time Lords who secernate the TARDIS team across clock time as a penalisation for the Doctor ’s crimes . Jamie and Zoe did get a happy ending decades later , inTales of the TARDIS , which see them reminisce about their adventures together , recollecting their stumble to the Land of Fiction in " The Mind Robber . "
With honest-to-god Doctor of the Church and companion returning for Tales of the TARDIS , other union could come back for the Dr. Who spinoff in next episodes .
9Dr. Liz Shaw (Caroline John)
Classic Doctor Who Season 7 (1970)
The Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) met his match in Dr. Elizabeth Shaw ( Caroline Shaw ) , UNIT ’s first scientific advisor . However , the Doctor before long overshadowed Liz ’s observable skills as a scientist , but they made a winning partnership . Doctor Whoexecutive producer Barry Letts believed that Liz was too overqualified to become the Doctor ’s simple " assistant " , and so decided to write the fictitious character out . Sadly , Liz never got a right send - off , and departed the Doctor and UNIT off - projection screen at some point beforeDoctor Whoseason 8 .
8Dr. Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter)
Classic Doctor Who Season 12 (1975)
Ian Marter ’s Harry Sullivan was originally conceived as a reversion to First Doctor associate Ian Chesterton ( William Russell ) when theDoctor Whoproduction squad was considering an older actor to supercede Jon Pertwee . When they castTom Baker as the Doctor , it became clear thatthe Fourth Doctor would n’t need a male fellow traveler to do all the activity sequences . Harry Sullivan therefore , became a somewhat more butterfingered flesh but was utterly charming . Sadly , however , Ian Marter was felt to be supernumerary to requirements by the time ofDoctor Whoseason 13 , and so stepped by for the all - time iconic TARDIS team of the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith ( Elisabeth Sladen ) .
Ian Marter and Tom Baker remained champion after the former left the show , and the pair exercise together on a handwriting for aDoctor Whomovie , later novelized asDoctor Who : Scratchman .
7Romana 1 (Mary Tamm)
Classic Doctor Who Season 16
If Liz Shaw was too overqualified to be the Doctor ’s fellow traveller , then the arriver of Romana ( Mary Tamm ) inDoctor Whoseason 16 was truly when the Time Lord met his match . The female Time Lord joined the Fourth Doctor and K-9 ( John Leeson ) to assemble the Key to Time at the behest of the White Guardian ( Cyril Luckham ) . Mary Tamm opted to leave the part after only one time of year because , regrettably , Romana was too often being drop a line as a damsel - in - distress archetype , despite her superscript Time Lord intelligence . This was after fixed afterMary Tamm regenerated into Lalla Ward ’s second Romana .
Romana ’s re-formation in Doctor Who fundamentally change the show , leaving writers storm to deal with the fallout several season later .
6Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)
Doctor Who Season 1 (2005)
After an unsuccessful audition , Adam Mitchell ( Bruno Langley ) was turf out from the TARDIS inDoctor Whoseason 1 , but his successor lasted a little bit longer . Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman ) join the TARDIS squad after a scam to sell a Chula hospital ship almost make the end of life on Earth . Jack ’s buyback convinced the Ninth Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) to let him travel in the TARDIS with him and Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper).When the Daleks lay thriftlessness to the Game Station inDoctor Who ’s season 1 finale , " The part of the Ways " , Jack was lead behind .
Captain Jack was written out ofDoctor Whobecause RTD believe that he would be too well-fixed with the Ninth Doctor ’s re-formation . He also plan for John Barrowman to lead the spinoff serial , Torchwood .
5Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman)
Doctor Who Season 3 (2007)
Doctor Whocompanion Martha Jones(Freema Agyeman ) only star in time of year 3 , as order by the arc of her fibre and the Tenth Doctor ( David Tennant).As the 10th Doctor was still grieving the loss of Rose , he could never fully see how smart as a whip Martha was . By single - handedly saving the Earth from the Master ( John Simm ) Martha proved to herself that she did n’t need the Doctor ’s love or approval . The more confident Martha made guest appearances inseason 4 , and theTorchwoodspinoff . It ’s possible that Ruby could have a similarDoctor Whospinoff hereafter to Martha , having been see filming with UNIT ’s Kate Lethbridge Stewart ( Jemma Redgrave ) .
