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'''Charlotte Elspeth Pollard''' — known to her friends as '''Charley''' — was a female [[human]] [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | '''Charlotte Elspeth Pollard''' — known to her friends as '''Charley''' — was a female [[human]] [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Later, she came to travel with the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
Her existence was always legally problematic for [[the Doctor]]. | Her existence was always legally problematic for [[the Doctor]]. | ||
When he met her in his eighth life, he saved her from what should have been her natural death, despite the fact that it was what the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later call a "[[fixed point in time]]". ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''; [[IDW]]: ''[[Fugitive]]'') Ultimately this act of compassion was a violation of the [[Laws of Time]] that destabilised the [[Web of Time]] and forced the [[Time Lord]]s to send him into exile in the [[Divergent Universe]]. | When he met her in his eighth life, he saved her from what should have been her natural death, despite the fact that it was what the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later call a "[[fixed point in time]]". ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''; [[IDW]]: ''[[Fugitive]]'') Ultimately this act of compassion was a violation of the [[Laws of Time]] that destabilised the [[Web of Time]] and forced the [[Time Lord]]s to send him into exile in the [[Divergent Universe]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | ||
Later, when she accidentally met the [[Sixth Doctor]], her very presence with him again threatened to break [[Time Lord]] law by exposing him to foreknowledge about his own personal future. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]'' and others) | Later, when she accidentally met the [[Sixth Doctor]], her very presence with him again threatened to break [[Time Lord]] law by exposing him to foreknowledge about his own personal future. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]'' and others) | ||
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Charlotte Pollard was born on [[15 April]] [[1912]] into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] and her father was [[Richard Pollard]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Memory Lane]]'') She had two sisters, [[Margaret Pollard|Margaret]] and [[Cecelia Pollard|Cecelia]]. The three sisters grew up in a manor house in [[Hampshire]], looked after by servants. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') Her grandmother was named Saviltride and gave her a copy of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' for [[Christmas]] [[1919]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | Charlotte Pollard was born on [[15 April]] [[1912]] into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] and her father was [[Richard Pollard]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Memory Lane]]'') She had two sisters, [[Margaret Pollard|Margaret]] and [[Cecelia Pollard|Cecelia]]. The three sisters grew up in a manor house in [[Hampshire]], looked after by servants. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') Her grandmother was named Saviltride and gave her a copy of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' for [[Christmas]] [[1919]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | ||
She rebelled against her upper class upbringing. Styling herself an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] adventuress, she ran away, seeking excitement. | She rebelled against her upper class upbringing. Styling herself an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] adventuress, she ran away, seeking excitement. | ||
=== Meeting the Doctor === | === Meeting the Doctor === | ||
Making an appointment to meet a young man in [[Singapore]] on New Year's Day [[1931]], Pollard stowed away on the ''[[R101]]'' disguised as a male crew member. She met the Doctor and 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 Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] as his newest companion. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'') | Making an appointment to meet a young man in [[Singapore]] on New Year's Day [[1931]], Pollard stowed away on the ''[[R101]]'' disguised as a male crew member. She met the Doctor and 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 Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] as his newest companion. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'') | ||
=== Initial voyages with the Doctor === | === Initial voyages with the Doctor === | ||
Following their adventures aboard the ''R101'', Charley and the Doctor encountered the [[Cybermen]] ([[BFA]]: "[[Sword of Orion]]"), visited [[Venice]] in the future ([[BFA]]: "[[The Stones of Venice]]"), and faced the demon [[Marchosias]] in the early 21st century ([[BFA]]: "[[Minuet in Hell]]"). | |||
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Further adventures involved [[Orson Welles]] ([[BFA]]: "[[Invaders from Mars]]"), the [[Nimon]] ([[BFA]]: "[[Seasons of Fear]]"), and the [[Daleks]] ([[BFA]]: "[[The Time of the Daleks]]"). | |||
By now, Charley's continued existence was causing problems to the [[Web of Time]], culminating in a confrontation with the [[Time Lords]]. Events transpired such that the Doctor and Charley leaving the known universe and instead entering what was known as the [[Divergent Universe]] ([[BFA]]: "[[Zagreus (audio story)]]"). | |||
=== In the Divergent Universe === | === In the Divergent Universe === | ||
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=== Back home again === | === Back home again === | ||
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Revision as of 20:24, 16 January 2012
Charlotte Elspeth Pollard — known to her friends as Charley — was a female human companion of the Eighth Doctor. Later, she came to travel with the Sixth Doctor.
Her existence was always legally problematic for the Doctor.
When he met her in his eighth life, he saved her from what should have been her natural death, despite the fact that it was what the Tenth Doctor would later call a "fixed point in time". (BFA: Storm Warning; IDW: Fugitive) Ultimately this act of compassion was a violation of the Laws of Time that destabilised the Web of Time and forced the Time Lords to send him into exile in the Divergent Universe. (BFA: Zagreus)
Later, when she accidentally met the Sixth Doctor, her very presence with him again threatened to break Time Lord law by exposing him to foreknowledge about his own personal future. (BFA: Blue Forgotten Planet and others)
Even as late as his tenth incarnation, the Doctor still had to explain his actions with respect to Charley in a court of law. (IDW: Fugitive)
Biography
Before the Doctor
Charlotte Pollard was born on 15 April 1912 into a well-to-do family; her mother was Lady Louisa Pollard and her father was Richard Pollard. (BFA: Memory Lane) She had two sisters, Margaret and Cecelia. The three sisters grew up in a manor house in Hampshire, looked after by servants. (BFA: The Chimes of Midnight, BFA: Zagreus) Her grandmother was named Saviltride and gave her a copy of Alice in Wonderland for Christmas 1919. (BFA: Zagreus)
She rebelled against her upper class upbringing. Styling herself an Edwardian adventuress, she ran away, seeking excitement.
Meeting the Doctor
Making an appointment to meet a young man in Singapore on New Year's Day 1931, Pollard stowed away on the R101 disguised as a male crew member. She met the Doctor and 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 his TARDIS as his newest companion. (BFA: Storm Warning)
Initial voyages with the Doctor
Following their adventures aboard the R101, Charley and the Doctor encountered the Cybermen (BFA: "Sword of Orion"), visited Venice in the future (BFA: "The Stones of Venice"), and faced the demon Marchosias in the early 21st century (BFA: "Minuet in Hell").
Further adventures involved Orson Welles (BFA: "Invaders from Mars"), the Nimon (BFA: "Seasons of Fear"), and the Daleks (BFA: "The Time of the Daleks").
By now, Charley's continued existence was causing problems to the Web of Time, culminating in a confrontation with the Time Lords. Events transpired such that the Doctor and Charley leaving the known universe and instead entering what was known as the Divergent Universe (BFA: "Zagreus (audio story)").
In the Divergent Universe
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Back home again
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Meeting the other Doctor
Following the death of C'rizz (BFA: Absolution), Charley asked the Eighth Doctor to take her home. However, after a battle with the Cybermen, she was stranded on a desert island in 500,002. (BFA: The Girl Who Never Was) Though she had seen the Doctor (apparently) die, she held out hope that he would regenerate and rescue her. When the TARDIS arrived for her, she found the Doctor, but in an earlier incarnation. (BFA: The Condemned) Because of her travels with the future Doctor she knew not to let him find out anything about her past, but he grew suspicious of her mysteriousness.
Eventually, the Doctor demanded to know Charley's secret, but before she could answer him, she was infected with a virus that had slipped through the TARDIS' defences. Charley discovered the virus had come from an entity called Mila, who had been a human guinea pig in experiments by the Daleks to create a virus to transform all lifeforms into Daleks. When the experiments failed, the Daleks attacked her, making her phase into another dimension. She had slipped aboard the TARDIS in the Doctor's first incarnation and had remained there since, invisible to everyone. Unbeknownst to the Doctor, Mila had used the virus to transform Charley into herself and herself into Charley, leaving Charley out of phase with reality and allowing her to take Charley's place at the Doctor's side. (BFA: Patient Zero)
Charley was found and cured by the Viyrans, whom she helped for several millenia in their quest to expunge all the viruses which had escaped from the Amethyst station. Finally they crossed paths with the Doctor and Charley/Mila in an alternate timeline created by the Viyrans' attempt to remove a virus from Earth's population. After Mila sacrificed herself to save the Doctor and the entire Earth, Charley revealed her identity to the Doctor. To make him want to forget his travels with her, she told him that when he met her, he would die (still believing that the Eighth Doctor had not regenerated). She used the Viyrans' memory-altering technology to replace Mila with herself in the Doctor's memories of their travels together. (BFA: Blue Forgotten Planet)
Remembering Charley
The Tenth Doctor, put on trial by the Shadow Proclamation, cited the saving of Charley Pollard as an example of his saving the life of someone who had been declared a "fixed point in time" and destined to die. (IDW: Fugitive)
Physical characteristics
According to the Eighth Doctor, Charley was blonde. (BFA: The Next Life)
Behind the scenes
- The reference to Charley in IDW Publishing's Doctor Who Ongoing series marked the first time a character created for the Big Finish Productions audio drama line had been referenced in a comic book.
- Nicholas Briggs has revealed that Big Finish are planning a Doctor-less Charley Pollard spin-off series. [1]
- Along with Thomas Brewster, Charley is one of only two companions created by Big Finish to be depicted travelling with two incarnations of the Doctor, namely the Eighth Doctor and the Sixth Doctor. The only other Big Finish created companion to have met two Doctors is Evelyn Smythe, who served as a companion of the Sixth Doctor for several years and encountered the Seventh Doctor in BFA: Thicker than Water and BFA: A Death in the Family.
Footnotes
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