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|book name=Doctor Who: Companions and Allies
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|writer= [[Steve Tribe]]
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|release date= [[2008]]
|release date = 2 April 2009
|format= Large Paperback, 96 pages
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|isbn=ISBN 978-1-846-07749-4
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'''''Doctor Who: {{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth in a series of illustrated guides, written by [[Steve Tribe]] and was published in April 2009.


'''Doctor Who: Companions and Allies''' was an information guide published in March 2009 and written by [[Steve Tribe]]. This is the fifth illustrated guide in the series of tie-in refernce books and focusses on the Doctor's friends.
It covers the period up to the Easter Special, ''[[TV]]: [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.


==Publishers Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor has been travelling through space and time for centuries, showing his friends and companions the wonder of the universe. From Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier to Martha Jones and Donna Noble, '''Companions and Allies''' celebrates the friends that have been by his side and the heroes that have helped him battle his deadliest foes. Find out: <br>
The Doctor has been travelling through space and time for centuries, showing his friends and companions the wonder of the universe. From Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier to Martha Jones and Donna Noble, ''Companions and Allies'' celebrates the friends that have been by his side and the heroes that have helped him battle his deadliest foes. Find out:
* How the Doctor uprooted schoolteachers Ian and Barbara from their twentieth-century lives
* How the Doctor uprooted schoolteachers Ian and Barbara from their twentieth-century lives
* Why the Third Doctor worked for UNIT
* Why the Third Doctor worked for UNIT
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* Who helped the Eighth Doctor save Earth from the Master
* Who helped the Eighth Doctor save Earth from the Master
* What became of Rose Tyler and her family
* What became of Rose Tyler and her family
And much more. Beautifully illustrated and including - for the first time - a complete story guide to the adventures of all ten Doctors, '''Companions and Allies''' is the definitive guide to the Doctor's intergalactic family.
And much more. Beautifully illustrated and including — for the first time — a complete story guide to the adventures of all ten Doctors, ''Companions and Allies'' is the definitive guide to the Doctor's intergalactic family.


==Featured Material==
== Contents ==
'''First Doctor'''
* Companions and Allies
:* [[Susan Foreman]]
* The First Doctor
::* [[Thal]]s
** [[Susan Foreman]]
:* [[Barbara Wright]]
*** The [[Thal]]s
::* [[Aztec]]s
** [[Barbara Wright]]
:* [[Ian Chesterton]]
*** The [[Aztec]]s
::* [[Menoptera|Menoptra]]
** [[Ian Chesterton]]
:* [[Vicki]]
*** The [[Menoptera|Menoptra]]
::* [[Katarina]]
** [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
::* [[Space Security Service]]
** [[Steven Taylor]]
:* [[Steven Taylor]]
*** [[Katarina]]
:* [[Dodo Chaplet]]
*** [[Space Security Service]]
:* [[Polly Wright]]
** [[Dodo Chaplet]]
:* [[Ben Jackson]]
** [[Polly Wright]]
:* [[Jamie McCrimmon|James Robert Macrimmon]]
** [[Ben Jackson]]
'''Second Doctor'''
* The Second Doctor
::* [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]]
** [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie Macrimmon]]
:* [[Victoria Waterfield]]
*** [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]]
:* [[Zoe Heriot]]
** [[Victoria Waterfield]]
:* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
** [[Zoe Heriot]]
::* [[UNIT]]
** [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
'''Third Doctor'''
*** [[UNIT]]
:* [[Liz Shaw]]
* The Third Doctor
:* [[Sergeant Benton]]
** [[Liz Shaw]]
:* [[Mike Yates]]
*** Parallel Earth
::* [[Alpha Centauri]]
** [[Sergeant Benton]]
:* [[Jo Grant]]
** [[Mike Yates]]
::* [[Clifford Jones|Professor Jones]]
*** [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
:* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
** [[Jo Grant]]
'''Fourth Doctor'''
*** The Three Doctors
:* [[Harry Sullivan]]
*** [[Clifford Jones|Professor Jones]]
:* [[Leela]]
** [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
::* [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
* The Fourth Doctor
:* [[K-9]]
** [[Harry Sullivan]]
::* [[Time Lord|The Lords of Time]]
** Best Friends
:* [[Romana I]]
** [[Leela]]
:* [[Romana II]]
*** [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
::* [[Duggan]]
** [[K9|K-9]]
:* [[Adric]]
*** [[Time Lord|The Lords of Time]]
:* [[Nyssa]]
*** The [[White Guardian]]
::* [[Richard Mace]]
** [[Romana I]]
:* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
** [[Romana II]]
'''Fifth Doctor'''
*** [[Duggan]]
:* [[Vislor Turlough]]
** [[Adric]]
:* [[Kamelion]]
*** K-9 and Company
'''Sixth Doctor'''
* The Fifth Doctor
:* [[Peri Brown]]
** [[Nyssa]]
:* [[Melanie Bush]]
*** [[Richard Mace]]
'''Seventh Doctor'''
** [[Tegan Jovanka]]
:* [[Ace]]
*** The Brigadier (Retired)
::* [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]]
*** The Five Doctors
'''Eighth Doctor'''
** [[Vislor Turlough]]
:* [[Grace Holloway]]
*** [[Kamelion]]
:* [[Chang Lee]]
* The Sixth Doctor
'''Ninth Doctor'''
** [[Peri Brown]]
:* [[Rose Tyler]]
*** The Second Doctor and Jamie Macrimmon
::* [[Jabe]]
* The Seventh Doctor
::* [[Gwyneth]]
** [[Melanie Bush]]
:* [[Jackie Tyler]]
** [[Ace]]
:* [[Pete Tyler]]
*** [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]]
:* [[Adam Mitchell]]
*** The Brigadier
:* [[Captain Jack]]
* The Eighth Doctor
::* [[Lynda Moss]] and the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Game Station Controller]]
** [[Grace Holloway]]
'''Tenth Doctor'''
*** [[Chang Lee]]
:* [[Harriet Jones]]
* The Ninth Doctor
:* '''You''' (a reference to the online game [[Attack of the Graske]])
** [[Rose Tyler]]
:* [[Madame de Pompadour|Reinette, Madame de Pompadour]]
*** [[Jabe]]
:* [[Mickey Smith]]
*** [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]]
::* [[LINDA]]
** [[Jackie Tyler]]
:* [[Donna Noble]]
*** [[Pete Tyler]]
:* [[Martha Jones]]
*** [[Adam Mitchell]]
::* [[Face of Boe]]
** [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]
:* [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Tish Jones]]
*** [[Lynda Moss]] & The [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Game Station Controller]]
:* [[Clive Jones|Clive]] and [[Leo Jones]]
** Bad Wolf
:* [[Joan Redfern]]
* The Tenth Doctor
:* [[Sally Sparrow]]
** [[Harriet Jones]]
:* [[Astrid Peth]]
*** [[Human (Attack of the Graske)|You!]]<ref>A reference to ''[[GAME]]: [[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]''.</ref>
:* [[Jenny]]
** Just the latest in a long line?
:* [[River Song]]
** You were my life
:* [[Sylvia Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]]
*** [[Madame de Pompadour|Reinette, Madame de Pompadour]]
::* [[Children of Time]]
** [[Mickey Smith]]
::* [[Torchwood]]
*** Parallel Pete
:* [[Jackson Lake]]
** They keep trying to split us up
:* [[Rosita|Rosita Frishi]]
*** [[LINDA|L.I.N.D.A.]]
:* [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]]
** [[Donna Noble]]
** [[Martha Jones]]
*** The [[Face of Boe]]
** [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Tish Jones]]
*** [[Clive Jones|Clive]] and [[Leo Jones]]
** Frequent flyer
** [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]]
** [[Sally Sparrow]]
** Walking the Earth
** [[Astrid Peth]]
** A Noble return
*** UNIT
** [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]]
** [[River Song]]
** What will you be?
** [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]]
** The [[Children of Time]]
*** [[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]
** [[Jackson Lake]]
*** [[Rosita (The Next Doctor)|Rosita Farisi]]
** [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]]
*** UNIT


==Additional Notes==
== Additional notes ==
* The spelling of the second Doctor's companion Jamie is given as Macrimmon, rather than the alternative [[Jamie McCrimmon|McCrimmon]].
* Published in 2009, the RRP was £7.99 (UK)
* Jackson Lakes companion Rosita is given the surname of Frishi.
* Released before the Easter Special ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', this book includes a page on newest companion, Lady [[Christina de Souza]] (and as such contained some spoilers for the special).
* Released before the Easter Special [[Planet of the Dead]], this book surprisingly included a page on Lady Christina de Souza (which also gave away UNIT's return.
* The spelling of the second Doctor's companion Jamie is given as Macrimmon, rather than the alternative [[Jamie McCrimmon|McCrimmon]].
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* Jackson Lake's companion Rosita is given the surname of Farisi.
* The book assigns the title ''Born Again'' to the 2005 [[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]] mini-episode, something disputed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'s'' review of the book in [[DWM 409]] and not supported by [[BBC Video]] in its DVD release of the story.
* This book omits several characters that are elsewhere referred to as companions, e.g. [[Sabalom Glitz]].
* On page 92, [[Dalek Caan]] is misspelled as "Dalak Caan".
 
== External links ==
* {{Penguin|1083978/doctor-who--companions-and-allies/}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Doctor Who reference books]]
[[Category:BBC Books reference books]]
[[Category:2009 reference books]]

Latest revision as of 20:30, 11 August 2024

Doctor Who: Companions and Allies was the fifth in a series of illustrated guides, written by Steve Tribe and was published in April 2009.

It covers the period up to the Easter Special, TV: Planet of the Dead.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor has been travelling through space and time for centuries, showing his friends and companions the wonder of the universe. From Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier to Martha Jones and Donna Noble, Companions and Allies celebrates the friends that have been by his side and the heroes that have helped him battle his deadliest foes. Find out:

  • How the Doctor uprooted schoolteachers Ian and Barbara from their twentieth-century lives
  • Why the Third Doctor worked for UNIT
  • How the Fifth Doctor sacrificed his life for Peri
  • Who helped the Eighth Doctor save Earth from the Master
  • What became of Rose Tyler and her family

And much more. Beautifully illustrated and including — for the first time — a complete story guide to the adventures of all ten Doctors, Companions and Allies is the definitive guide to the Doctor's intergalactic family.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in 2009, the RRP was £7.99 (UK)
  • Released before the Easter Special Planet of the Dead, this book includes a page on newest companion, Lady Christina de Souza (and as such contained some spoilers for the special).
  • The spelling of the second Doctor's companion Jamie is given as Macrimmon, rather than the alternative McCrimmon.
  • Jackson Lake's companion Rosita is given the surname of Farisi.
  • The book assigns the title Born Again to the 2005 Children in Need Special mini-episode, something disputed in Doctor Who Magazine's review of the book in DWM 409 and not supported by BBC Video in its DVD release of the story.
  • This book omits several characters that are elsewhere referred to as companions, e.g. Sabalom Glitz.
  • On page 92, Dalek Caan is misspelled as "Dalak Caan".

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ A reference to GAME: Attack of the Graske.
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