List of Doctor Who supporting characters#Lady Cassandra

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Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well.

Companions

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The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes 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=

=Other humans=

This list includes characters who appear to be human and who are not known to be anything other than human, even if having originated extra-terrestrially.

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= Time Lords =

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=Other beings=

{{Main|List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens}}

=Notes=

  1. Lethbridge-Stewart appeared as a regular in Seasons 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).
  2. The Inquisitor and The Valeyard appeared in every episode of Season 23, a season that comprised just one story, (albeit split into four segments), The Trial of a Time Lord.
  3. Mickey Smith was a significant recurring character in the 2005 series, prior to briefly becoming a companion in the 2006 series. Similarly, Jackie Tyler appeared in many episodes of the 2005 and 2006 series; in the episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", she briefly travels in the TARDIS and acts like a companion, although she is not generally considered one.
  4. 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

{{See also|:Category:Doctor Who races|Creatures and aliens in Doctor Who}}

= Major =

= Secondary =

Characters from spin-off media

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The Doctor Who comics, novels and 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=

{{See also|List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs}}

==with the First Doctor==

==with the Second Doctor==

  • John and Gillian (TV Comic comic strip)

==with the Third Doctor==

==with the Fourth Doctor==

  • Sharon (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
  • Mike Yates (Hornets' Nest; audio drama arc announced for release Autumn 2009)[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2009/07_july/hornets_nest.shtml 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==

==with the Sixth Doctor==

==with the Seventh Doctor==

==with the Eighth Doctor==

==with the Tenth Doctor==

==with the Eleventh Doctor==

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

==with the Twelfth Doctor==

== with the Fourteenth Doctor ==

  • Georgette Gold (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
  • Georgy Gold (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)

=Other recurring or important characters=

  • Abslom Daak (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; New Adventures)
  • Beep the Meep (Toby Longworth, Bethan Dixon Bate, Miriam Margolyes{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/14/miriam-margolyes-to-star-as-the-meep-in-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-series|work=The Guardian|title=Miriam Margolyes to star as 'the Meep' in Doctor Who 60th-anniversary series|first=Mabel|last=Banfield-Nwachi|date=14 September 2023|access-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914221516/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/14/miriam-margolyes-to-star-as-the-meep-in-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-series|archive-date=14 September 2023|url-status=live}}) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions; 2023 specials)
  • Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning) (Eighth Doctor Adventures; Past Doctor Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
  • 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 (Saul Jaffe) (Eighth Doctor Adventures; Faction Paradox)
  • Shayde (Mark Donovan) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions)
  • Timewyrm (New Adventures)
  • Irving Braxiatel (Miles Richardson) (New Adventures; Big Finish Productions)

See also

References

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Supporting characters

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