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'''''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.
'''''Doctor Who: {{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth in a series of illustrated guides, written by [[Steve Tribe]] and was published in April 2009.


==Publisher's Summary==
It covers the period up to the Easter Special, ''[[TV]]: [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.
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>
 
== 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:
* 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.
 
== Contents ==
* Companions and Allies
* The First Doctor
** [[Susan Foreman]]
*** The [[Thal]]s
** [[Barbara Wright]]
*** The [[Aztec]]s
** [[Ian Chesterton]]
*** The [[Menoptera|Menoptra]]
** [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
** [[Steven Taylor]]
*** [[Katarina]]
*** [[Space Security Service]]
** [[Dodo Chaplet]]
** [[Polly Wright]]
** [[Ben Jackson]]
* The Second Doctor
** [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie Macrimmon]]
*** [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]]
** [[Victoria Waterfield]]
** [[Zoe Heriot]]
** [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
*** [[UNIT]]
* The Third Doctor
** [[Liz Shaw]]
*** Parallel Earth
** [[Sergeant Benton]]
** [[Mike Yates]]
*** [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
** [[Jo Grant]]
*** The Three Doctors
*** [[Clifford Jones|Professor Jones]]
** [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* The Fourth Doctor
** [[Harry Sullivan]]
** Best Friends
** [[Leela]]
*** [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
** [[K9|K-9]]
*** [[Time Lord|The Lords of Time]]
*** The [[White Guardian]]
** [[Romana I]]
** [[Romana II]]
*** [[Duggan]]
** [[Adric]]
*** K-9 and Company
* The Fifth Doctor
** [[Nyssa]]
*** [[Richard Mace]]
** [[Tegan Jovanka]]
*** The Brigadier (Retired)
*** The Five Doctors
** [[Vislor Turlough]]
*** [[Kamelion]]
* The Sixth Doctor
** [[Peri Brown]]
*** The Second Doctor and Jamie Macrimmon
* The Seventh Doctor
** [[Melanie Bush]]
** [[Ace]]
*** [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]]
*** The Brigadier
* The Eighth Doctor
** [[Grace Holloway]]
*** [[Chang Lee]]
* The Ninth Doctor
** [[Rose Tyler]]
*** [[Jabe]]
*** [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]]
** [[Jackie Tyler]]
*** [[Pete Tyler]]
*** [[Adam Mitchell]]
** [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]
*** [[Lynda Moss]] & The [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Game Station Controller]]
** Bad Wolf
* The Tenth Doctor
** [[Harriet Jones]]
*** [[Human (Attack of the Graske)|You!]]<ref>A reference to ''[[GAME]]: [[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]''.</ref>
** Just the latest in a long line?
** You were my life
*** [[Madame de Pompadour|Reinette, Madame de Pompadour]]
** [[Mickey Smith]]
*** Parallel Pete
** They keep trying to split us up
*** [[LINDA|L.I.N.D.A.]]
** [[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 ==
* Published in 2009, the RRP was £7.99 (UK)
* 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).
* The spelling of the second Doctor's companion Jamie is given as Macrimmon, rather than the alternative [[Jamie McCrimmon|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 (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".


==Featured Material==
== External links ==
'''First Doctor'''
* {{Penguin|1083978/doctor-who--companions-and-allies/}}
:* [[Susan Foreman]]
::* [[Thal]]s
:* [[Barbara Wright]]
::* [[Aztec]]s
:* [[Ian Chesterton]]
::* [[Menoptera|Menoptra]]
:* [[Vicki]]
::* [[Katarina]]
::* [[Space Security Service]]
:* [[Steven Taylor]]
:* [[Dodo Chaplet]]
:* [[Polly Wright]]
:* [[Ben Jackson]]
:* [[Jamie McCrimmon|James Robert Macrimmon]]
'''Second Doctor'''
::* [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]]
:* [[Victoria Waterfield]]
:* [[Zoe Heriot]]
:* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
::* [[UNIT]]
'''Third Doctor'''
:* [[Liz Shaw]]
:* [[Sergeant Benton]]
:* [[Mike Yates]]
::* [[Alpha Centauri]]
:* [[Jo Grant]]
::* [[Clifford Jones|Professor Jones]]
:* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
'''Fourth Doctor'''
:* [[Harry Sullivan]]
:* [[Leela]]
::* [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
:* [[K-9]]
::* [[Time Lord|The Lords of Time]]
:* [[Romana I]]
:* [[Romana II]]
::* [[Duggan]]
:* [[Adric]]
:* [[Nyssa]]
::* [[Richard Mace]]
:* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
'''Fifth Doctor'''
:* [[Vislor Turlough]]
:* [[Kamelion]]
'''Sixth Doctor'''
:* [[Peri Brown]]
:* [[Melanie Bush]]
'''Seventh Doctor'''
:* [[Ace]]
::* [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]]
'''Eighth Doctor'''
:* [[Grace Holloway]]
:* [[Chang Lee]]
'''Ninth Doctor'''
:* [[Rose Tyler]]
::* [[Jabe]]
::* [[Gwyneth]]
:* [[Jackie Tyler]]
:* [[Pete Tyler]]
:* [[Adam Mitchell]]
:* [[Captain Jack]]
::* [[Lynda Moss]] and the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Game Station Controller]]
'''Tenth Doctor'''
:* [[Harriet Jones]]
:* '''You''' (a reference to the online game [[Attack of the Graske]])
:* [[Madame de Pompadour|Reinette, Madame de Pompadour]]
:* [[Mickey Smith]]
::* [[LINDA]]
:* [[Donna Noble]]
:* [[Martha Jones]]
::* [[Face of Boe]]
:* [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Tish Jones]]
:* [[Clive Jones|Clive]] and [[Leo Jones]]
:* [[Joan Redfern]]
:* [[Sally Sparrow]]
:* [[Astrid Peth]]
:* [[Jenny]]
:* [[River Song]]
:* [[Sylvia Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]]
::* [[Children of Time]]
::* [[Torchwood]]
:* [[Jackson Lake]]
:* [[Rosita|Rosita Frishi]]
:* [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]]


==Additional Notes==
== Footnotes ==
* Published in 2009 the RRP was £7.99 (UK)
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* 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).
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* The spelling of the second Doctor's companion Jamie is given as  Macrimmon, rather than the alternative [[Jamie McCrimmon|McCrimmon]].
* Jackson Lakes companion Rosita is given the surname of Frishi.


==See Also==
[[Category:Doctor Who reference books]]
[[Doctor Who Illustrated Guides]]
[[Category:BBC Books reference books]]
# [[Monsters and Villains]]
[[Category:2009 reference books]]
# [[Aliens and Enemies]]
# [[Creatures and Demons]]  
# [[Starships and Spacestations]]
# Companions and Allies
# tbc
[[Category:Illustrated guides]]

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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