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|individual name= Emma
|image      = Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death).jpg
|image=[[Image:Tumblr_kufxwhw8KF1qa10uwo1_500.jpg|250px]]
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|race= [[Human]]
|partner    = Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)
|home planet= [[Earth]]?
|mother      = Emma's mother (The Curse of Fatal Death)
|home era=
|first mention = Who's After Your Cash (short story)
|appearances= <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''</li><li>[[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' (cameo)</li></ul>
|first      = The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)
|actor= [[Julia Sawalha]]
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]''
}}{{nc}}'''Emma''' was a companion of [[Ninth Doctor (Comic Relief)|the Doctor]]'s. Unlike past companions, the Doctor fell in love with Emma and proposed marriage to her, indicating his intent to finally settle down. However, after a subseqent series of rapid-fire [[regeneration]]s, culminating in a [[Thirteenth Doctor (Comic Relief)|final, female regeneration]], Emma broke off the engagement, saying the Doctor was, in every sense of the phrase, no longer the man she fell in love with. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
|actor       = Julia Sawalha
|clip.      = File:Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who - Comic Relief
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'''Emma''' was a [[companion]] and the [[fiancée]] of the [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Ninth Doctor]]. After [[the Doctor]] [[regenerated]] several times in the space of a few [[minutes]], she maintained her [[engagement]] with the [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Eleventh]] and [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Twelfth Doctors]], but reluctantly broke up with her beloved's [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|thirteenth incarnation]] because that body had come out [[Regeneration#Gender|female-presenting]] and Emma had no [[Sexuality|sexual]] or [[romantic]] interest in [[women]].


==Behind the scenes==
== Biography ==
* The storyline of ''Curse of Fatal Death'' is not considered canonical.
The Ninth Doctor once wrote in a [[letter]] to [[The Mirror|a newspaper]] that his "glamorous [[assistant]]" Emma would appear in the televised "[[Comic Relief spectacular|''Comic Relief'' spectacular]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who's After Your Cash (short story)|Who's After Your Cash]]'')
* The idea of the Doctor falling in love with a companion (and vice versa) would be revisited several times when the TV series returned in 2005.
 
* Teleplay writer [[Steven Moffat]] would later create more characters with whom the Doctor falls in love, including [[Madame de Pompadour]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') and [[River Song]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
Unlike past companions, the Doctor fell in love with Emma and [[Marriage proposal|proposed]] [[marriage]] to her, indicating his intent to finally settle down. However, after a subsequent series of rapid-fire [[regeneration]]s culminating in a [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|female incarnation]], Emma broke off the engagement, saying the Doctor was, in every sense of the phrase, "no longer the [[man]] [she] fell in [[love]] with". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
 
=== Other references ===
When the [[Eighth Doctor]] looked into the [[Tomorrow Window]], he saw [[the Doctor's ninth incarnation|several possible ninth incarnations]], one of whom was "a listless-looking man [who] sat on a sofa beside a girl in a red dress in an unconvincing medieval dungeon". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* According to the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sawalha called [[Louise Jameson]] for advice on how to convey the intelligence of the ''Doctor Who'' companion.
* According to the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sawalha called [[Louise Jameson]] for advice on how to convey the intelligence of the ''Doctor Who'' companion.
[[Category:Non-canonical companions]]
* Also in the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sawalha commented that she'd previously been offered a part in the ''Doctor Who'' series proper, but "didn't fancy it at the time." She appreciated the chance to star in "the spoof version of it" instead.
 
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Emma was a companion and the fiancée of the Ninth Doctor. After the Doctor regenerated several times in the space of a few minutes, she maintained her engagement with the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors, but reluctantly broke up with her beloved's thirteenth incarnation because that body had come out female-presenting and Emma had no sexual or romantic interest in women.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor once wrote in a letter to a newspaper that his "glamorous assistant" Emma would appear in the televised "Comic Relief spectacular". (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash)

Unlike past companions, the Doctor fell in love with Emma and proposed marriage to her, indicating his intent to finally settle down. However, after a subsequent series of rapid-fire regenerations culminating in a female incarnation, Emma broke off the engagement, saying the Doctor was, in every sense of the phrase, "no longer the man [she] fell in love with". (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Eighth Doctor looked into the Tomorrow Window, he saw several possible ninth incarnations, one of whom was "a listless-looking man [who] sat on a sofa beside a girl in a red dress in an unconvincing medieval dungeon". (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • According to the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sawalha called Louise Jameson for advice on how to convey the intelligence of the Doctor Who companion.
  • Also in the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sawalha commented that she'd previously been offered a part in the Doctor Who series proper, but "didn't fancy it at the time." She appreciated the chance to star in "the spoof version of it" instead.