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mysteries.) The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes on worlds they have visited. A few of the companions have died during the course of the series.

Recurring characters

UNIT personnel

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(Richard Mathews, Timothy Dalton, Donald Sumpter) *Third Time Lord/Chancellor (Clyde Pollitt) *Valeyard, The Valeyard (Michael Jayston) *The Woman (Claire Bloom) *Companion (Doctor Who), companions Susan Foreman, Romana (Doctor Who), Romana, Donna Noble in her "Journey's End (Doctor Who), DoctorDonna" phase, and River Song (Doctor Who), River Song, are all Time Lords to one degree or another. Depending upon the continuity, companion Ace (Doctor Who), Dorothy "Ace" McShane also became a Time Lord

Other beings

*Alpha Centauri (Doctor Who), Delegate Alpha Centauri (body: Stuart Fell; voice: Ysanne Churchman) *Black Guardian (Valentine Dyall) *Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen (Annette Badland) *The Face of Boe (Struan Rodger) *Edwin Bracewell (Bill Paterson (actor), Bill Paterson) *Cyberman, Cyber Controller (Michael Kilgarriff, Peter Hawkins [voice only]) *Dalek Sec, Dalek Thay, Dalek Caan and Dalek Jast (all voiced by Nicholas Briggs) *Davros (Michael Wisher, David Gooderson, Terry Molloy, Julian Bleach) *Frankenstein's monster (Boris Karloff rchival John Maxim [Festival of Ghana robot]) *Great Intelligence, The Great Intelligence (portrayed by Jack Woolgar and Richard E Grant; voiced by Wolfe Morris, Ian McKellen and Cameron Strefford) *Sabalom Glitz (Tony Selby) *Novice Hame (Anna Hope) *Icthar (body: Pat Gorman; voice: Peter Halliday; Norman Comer) *Dorium Maldovar (Simon Fisher-Becker) *Malohkeh (Richard Hope (actor), Richard Hope) *Auton, Nestene Consciousness *Ood Sigma (body: Paul Kasey; voice: Silas Carson) *Sil (Doctor Who), Sil (Nabil Shaban) *Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Mr Smith (voice: Alexander Armstrong (comedian), Alexander Armstrong) *Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Strax, Strax (Dan Starkey (actor), Dan Starkey) *Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh) *White Guardian (Cyril Luckham; Gerald Cross [voice only])

Notes

#Lethbridge-Stewart appeared as a regular in Seasons Doctor Who (season 7), 7 and 8 and more sporadically in many other episodes. Nicholas Courtney, along with his role as Bret Vyon in ''The Daleks' Master Plan'', his appearance in the charity special ''Dimensions in Time'' and his participation in the Eighth Doctor audio play ''Minuet in Hell'', has the distinction of having acted with every screen Doctor before the Ninth and also the Tenth (although in adventures before actor David Tennant was cast as the Doctor). #The Inquisitor and The Valeyard appeared in every episode of Doctor Who (season 23), Season 23, a season that comprised just one story, (albeit split into four segments), ''The Trial of a Time Lord''. #Mickey Smith was a significant recurring character in the Doctor Who (series 1), 2005 series, prior to briefly becoming a companion in the Doctor Who (series 2), 2006 series. Similarly, Jackie Tyler appeared in many episodes of the 2005 and 2006 series; in the episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday (Doctor Who), Doomsday", she briefly travels in the TARDIS and acts like a companion, although she is not generally considered one. #The Master appeared as a regular in Season 8 and has returned numerous times in subsequent seasons and the television movie.

Recurring alien species, monsters, or robots

Major

*Daleks *Cyberman, Cybermen *Time Lords *Sontarans *Silurian (Doctor Who), Silurians *Ice Warriors *Weeping Angels

Secondary

*Autons (of the Nestene Consciousness) *Cybermats and Cybermites *Zygons *Ood *The Silence (Doctor Who), Silence *Yeti (Doctor Who), Yeti (of the Great Intelligence) *Raxacoricofallapatorians (the Slitheen family's species) *Judoon *Ogrons *List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Macra, Macra *Silurian (Doctor Who), Sea Devils *Weevil (Torchwood), Weevils *Thal (Doctor Who), Thals

Characters from ''Doctor Who'' spin-off comics, novels, audio dramas and webcasts

The ''Doctor Who'' comics, novels and radio drama, audio dramas have created companions, villains and supporting characters of their own. Some of these originated in one medium and later appeared in another. The lists below indicate where a character has appeared.

Companions

with the First Doctor

*John and Gillian (''TV Comic'' comic strip) *Oliver Harper (Tom Allen (comedian), Tom Allen) (''Big Finish Productions'')

with the Second Doctor

*John and Gillian (''TV Comic'' comic strip)

with the Third Doctor

*Jeremy Fitzoliver (''The Paradise of Death'' and ''The Ghosts of N-Space'' radio plays)

with the Fourth Doctor

*Sharon (Doctor Who), Sharon (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Mike Yates (''Hornets' Nest''; audio drama arc announced for release Autumn 2009)BBC Press Release: Tom Baker returns as the Fourth Doctor in new audio dramas
27 July 2009; accessed 2 August 2009.

with the Fifth Doctor

*List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Sir Justin, Sir Justin (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Gus Goodman, Angus "Gus" Goodman (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Erimemushinteperem "Erimem" (Caroline Morris) (''Big Finish Productions; Telos Doctor Who novellas, Telos novella'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Thomas Brewster, Thomas Brewster (John Pickard (British actor), John Pickard) (''Big Finish Productions'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Amy, Amy (Ciara Janson) (''Big Finish Productions'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Hannah Bartholemew, Hannah Bartholemew (Francesca Hunt) (''Big Finish Productions'')

with the Sixth Doctor

*Frobisher (Doctor Who), Frobisher (Robert Jezek) (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions; Past Doctor Adventures'') *Grant Markham (''Virgin Missing Adventures, Missing Adventures'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Angela Jennings, Angela Jennings (''Missing Adventures'') *Dr. Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables) (''Big Finish Productions; Past Doctor Adventures'') *Charley Pollard, Charlotte Elspeth "Charley" Pollard (India Fisher) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Flip Jackson (Lisa Greenwood (actor), Lisa Greenwood) (''Big Finish Productions'')

with the Seventh Doctor

*Frobisher (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Hex (Doctor Who), Thomas Hector "Hex" Schofield (Philip Olivier) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Bernice Summerfield, Bernice "Benny" Summerfield (Lisa Bowerman) (''Virgin New Adventures, New Adventures; Big Finish Productions'') *Elizabeth Klein (Tracey Childs) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Sally Morgan (Doctor Who), Sally Morgan (Amy Pemberton (British actress), Amy Pemberton) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Lysandria Aristedes (Maggie O'Neill) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Will Arrowsmith (Christian Edwards) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Chris Cwej (''New Adventures'') *Roz Forrester (''New Adventures'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Antimony, Antimony (Kevin Eldon) (''Death Comes to Time'') *List of Doctor Who spin-off companions#Catherine Broome, Catherine Broome (''Telos novella'')

with the Eighth Doctor

*Bernice Summerfield, Bernice "Benny" Summerfield (''New Adventures; Big Finish Productions'') *Izzy Sinclair (Jemima Rooper) (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions'') *Fey Truscott-Sade (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Kroton (Cyberman), Kroton (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Destrii (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *Stacy Townsend (''Radio Times comic strip'') *Ssard (''Radio Times comic strip'') *Sam Jones (Doctor Who), Samantha "Sam" Jones (''Eighth Doctor Adventures'') *Fitz Kreiner (Matt Di Angelo) (''Eighth Doctor Adventures; Big Finish Productions'') *Compassion (Doctor Who), Compassion (Jackie Skarvellis) (''Eighth Doctor Adventures'', ''Faction Paradox'') *Miranda (Doctor Who), Miranda (''Eighth Doctor Adventures'') *Anji Kapoor (''Eighth Doctor Adventures'') *Trix MacMillan, Beatrix MacMillan (''Eighth Doctor Adventures'') *Charley Pollard, Charlotte Elspeth "Charley" Pollard (''Big Finish Productions'') *C'rizz (Conrad Westmaas) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Gemma Griffin (Lizzie Hopley) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Samson Griffin (Lee Ingleby) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Lucie Miller (Sheridan Smith) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Mary Shelley (Julie Cox) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Tamsin Drew (Niky Wardley) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Molly O'Sullivan (Ruth Bradley) (''Big Finish Productions'') *Liv Chenka (Nicola Walker) (''Big Finish Productions'')

with the Tenth Doctor

*List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#M, Heather McCrimmon (''Doctor Who Adventures comic strip'') *List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#P, Majenta Pryce (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip'') *List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#P, Gabby Gonzalez (''Titan Comics'')

with the Eleventh Doctor

*Kevin (''IDW Comics'') *Decky Flamboon ("Doctor Who Adventures") *Pippa ("Doctor Who Adventures") *Alice Obiefune (''Titan Comics'')

with the Twelfth Doctor

*Bernice Summerfield (New Series Adventures) *Eliza Jones (''Doctor Who Adventures comic strip'') *Jain Relph (''Doctor Who Adventures comic strip'') *Hattie Munroe (''Titan Comics'') *Julie d'Aubigny (''Titan Comics'') *Val Kent (''Titan Comics'') *Sonny Robinson (''Titan Comics'')

Other recurring or important characters

*Abslom Daak (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; New Adventures'') *Beep the Meep (Toby Longworth) (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions'') *Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning) (''Eighth Doctor Adventures; Past Doctor Adventures; Big Finish Productions'') *Jason Kane (Doctor Who), Jason Kane (Stephen Fewell) (''New Adventures; Big Finish Productions'') *Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart (''New Adventures'') *Muriel Frost (Karen Henson) (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions'') *Sabbath (Doctor Who), Sabbath (Saul Jaffe) (''Eighth Doctor Adventures; Faction Paradox'') *Shayde (Mark Donovan (actor), Mark Donovan) (''Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions'') *Timewyrm (''New Adventures'') *Irving Braxiatel (Miles Richardson) (''New Adventures; Big Finish Productions'')

References

{{Doctor Who Lists of Doctor Who characters, Supporting characters Recurring characters in Doctor Who, Lists of minor fictional characters, Doctor Who Doctor Who lists, Supporting Characters