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Companions
Companions: More than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants
Doctor Who
was never really about the Doctor. This is the story of the Time Lord’s companions – friends through all time and space.
Discover the journeys of every one of the Doctor’s assistants, from Susan, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, to Fifteenth Doctor companion Ruby Sunday, including their adventures off-screen, in novels, comics and audio.
More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an in-depth account of each companion, examining their arcs, significance in the TV series and how they traversed different times, places and mediums.
Relive their travels on television. Learn what companions did after they left the TARDIS. And meet the Doctor’s wider network of friends, from Evelyn Smythe to Liv Chenka, Professor Bernice Summerfield and even his grandchildren, John and Gillian.
See the universe anew through their eyes.
Discover the journeys of every one of the Doctor’s assistants, from Susan, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, to Fifteenth Doctor companion Ruby Sunday, including their adventures off-screen, in novels, comics and audio.
More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an in-depth account of each companion, examining their arcs, significance in the TV series and how they traversed different times, places and mediums.
Relive their travels on television. Learn what companions did after they left the TARDIS. And meet the Doctor’s wider network of friends, from Evelyn Smythe to Liv Chenka, Professor Bernice Summerfield and even his grandchildren, John and Gillian.
See the universe anew through their eyes.
516 pages, Hardcover
Published June 26, 2025
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July 7, 2025
I really enjoyed the original edition of this when it came out for the 50th anniversary, and so when I realised this was coming out I knew I just had to get it. In all honesty you couldn't ask for a better tome, with full details of the companions' lives before, after and during their time with the Doctor. An incredibly easy read, and the only gripe I could find was the odd spelling error here and there; the proofreading could be better.
As a random story, I started reading this when travelling to Derby by train for a con, and later that day I saw Gary Russell, who wrote the foreword, in Derby HMV. Funny how these things turn out!
As a random story, I started reading this when travelling to Derby by train for a con, and later that day I saw Gary Russell, who wrote the foreword, in Derby HMV. Funny how these things turn out!
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