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'''Charley Pollard''' was a female [[Human]] companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]].
'''Charley Pollard''' was a female [[Human]] companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]] and the [[Sixth Doctor]].


She was born on [[15th April]] [[1912]] into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] and she had two sisters, Margaret and [[Cecelia Pollard|Cecelia]]. Charley and her siblings grew up in a manor house in [[Hampshire]], looked after by servants. Charley rebelled against this existence and, styling herself an Edwardian adventuress, ran away from home seeking excitement. Making an appointment to meet a young man in [[Singapore]] on New Year's Day [[1931]], she stowed away on board the R101 disguised as a male member of the crew. There, she met the Doctor and together they discovered the secret mission the airship was on. She was rescued from the fated crash of the R101 by the Doctor and taken on board the [[TARDIS]] as his newest companion.
She was born on [[15th April]] [[1912]] into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] and she had two sisters, Margaret and [[Cecelia Pollard|Cecelia]]. Charley and her siblings grew up in a manor house in [[Hampshire]], looked after by servants. Charley rebelled against this existence and, styling herself an Edwardian adventuress, ran away from home seeking excitement. Making an appointment to meet a young man in [[Singapore]] on New Year's Day [[1931]], she stowed away on board the R101 disguised as a male member of the crew. There, she met the Doctor and together they discovered the secret mission the airship was on. She was rescued from the fated crash of the R101 by the Doctor and taken on board the [[TARDIS]] as his newest companion.
==Behind the scenes==
==With the Sixth Doctor==
*Counting audio and televised adventures together, Charlie is one of the longest-serving companions.  She easily has more total ''stories'' than [[Jamie]], [[Tegan]] or [[Sarah Jane]]. Taking into account the generally longer episode count of the [[Second Doctor]]'s era, she has a roughly equal amount of recorded ''time'' as Jamie.  As of 2007, only [[Peri]] clearly outpaces her both in terms of number of stories and recorded hours of travel with the Doctor.  [[Ace]] is another close rival, who does outstrip Charley in terms of total number of adventures, but — owing to the shorter number of episodes per televised adventure — currently lags behind Charley in terms of total recorded time. However, now that her adventures in the TARDIS are ostensibly over, Charley could potentially be eclipsed by [[Nyssa]] and/or [[Ace]] by 2010.  Sarah Jane, too, has more recorded time as a ''character'', but not as a ''companion'' of the Doctor.
Following the death of [[C'rizz]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[Absolution]]''), Charley requested the Eighth Doctor take her home. However, after a battle with the [[Cybermen]], Charley was stranded on a desert island in 500,002 ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]''). However, when the TARDIS did arrive for her, she found the Sixth Doctor waiting inside... ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Condemned]]'')


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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*[[Absolution]]
*[[Absolution]]
*[[The Girl Who Never Was]]
*[[The Girl Who Never Was]]
*[[The Condemned]]


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Revision as of 19:26, 16 February 2008

Charley Pollard was a female Human companion of the Eighth Doctor and the Sixth Doctor.

She was born on 15th April 1912 into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady Louisa Pollard and she had two sisters, Margaret and Cecelia. Charley and her siblings grew up in a manor house in Hampshire, looked after by servants. Charley rebelled against this existence and, styling herself an Edwardian adventuress, ran away from home seeking excitement. Making an appointment to meet a young man in Singapore on New Year's Day 1931, she stowed away on board the R101 disguised as a male member of the crew. There, she met the Doctor and together they discovered the secret mission the airship was on. She was rescued from the fated crash of the R101 by the Doctor and taken on board the TARDIS as his newest companion.

With the Sixth Doctor

Following the death of C'rizz (BFA: Absolution), Charley requested the Eighth Doctor take her home. However, after a battle with the Cybermen, Charley was stranded on a desert island in 500,002 (BFA: The Girl Who Never Was). However, when the TARDIS did arrive for her, she found the Sixth Doctor waiting inside... (BFA: The Condemned)

List of appearances

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