TARDIS team

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Though rarely if ever used in the narrative of Doctor Who itself, the term TARDIS team is sometimes used by fandom and documentaries to describe a particular group of travellers in the Doctor's TARDIS. (DOC: Doctor Who Explained) For instance, the "TARDIS team" in The Sensorites was comprised of the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara.

Precise definition is as difficult for this term as for that of companion since dramatic situations vary considerably. In a story like The Masque of Mandragora, it's perfectly obvious that the only TARDIS travellers are the Fourth Doctor and Sarah, so they're the "TARDIS team". But when Sarah comes back after her tenure was over, things get tricky. In both The Five Doctors and School Reunion she's not really a part of the incumbent "TARDIS team", but she's still generally regarded as a companion in those episodes. Equally, during the Third Doctor's exile on Earth, was it even possible to have a "TARDIS team", since the TARDIS was on the fritz?

Regardless of these complexities, it is usually possible to assert a definition for the "TARDIS team" in a particular story.

List of TARDIS teams/companion combinations

TARDIS teams are often defined by the current combination of companions and thus over the years these change. As companions stay for different lengths of time, sometimes a companion can be present in more than one combination, as shown below. Stories featuring both a companion departure and a companion introduction are counted toward both the outgoing and incoming teams.

No. (TV) Doctor Companion(s) No. of stories
(original run)[1]
Stories
* First Susan * miscellaneous
1 Susan/Barbara/Ian 10 TV: An Unearthly Child-The Dalek Invasion of Earth
* Barbara/Ian * miscellaneous
2 Barbara/Ian/Vicki 6 TV: The Rescue-The Chase
3 Steven/Vicki 4 TV: The Time Meddler-The Myth Makers
4 Steven/Katarina 2
5 Steven/Sara 1
* Steven/Oliver 3
6 Steven 1
* John/Gillian 31
* Alan/George/Helen/Ida 1
* Dot/Harroll/Jack 2
7 Steven/Dodo 5
8 Dodo 1
9 Ben/Polly 3
10 Second Ben/Polly 1
11 Ben/Polly/Jamie 5
12 Jamie/Victoria 7
13 Jamie/Zoe 8
* Gillian/John 30
* Jamie 6
14 Third Liz/(The Brigadier/Benton/Yates) 4
15 Jo/(The Brigadier/Benton/Yates) 15
* Arnold 3
* Jason/Crystal/Zog 1
* Douglas *
16 Sarah Jane/(The Brigadier/Benton/Yates) 5
* Sarah Jane/Jeremy 2
17 Fourth Sarah Jane/Harry 6
18 Sarah Jane 7
* Margaret 1
* Harry/Naomi TBD
19 Leela 4
* Leela/Margaret 6
20 Leela/K9 Mark I 5
* Wibbsey TBD
* Wibbsey/Yates TBD
* "Ann Kelso" 8
* K9 Mark II *
21 (K9 Mark II)/Romana I 6
22 (K9 Mark II)/Romana II 7
* K9 Mark II/Sharon 10
23 K9 Mark II/Romana II/Adric 3
24 Adric 1
* Adric/K9 Mark III 5
25 Adric/Nyssa/Tegan 1
26 Fifth Adric/Nyssa/Tegan 6
* Nyssa *
* Justin 1
* Gus 3
* Maxwell Edison 1
* Nyssa/Brewster 4
* Nyssa/Hannah 3
27 Nyssa/Tegan 3
* Nyssa/Tegan/Marc 9
28 Nyssa/Tegan/Turlough 2
29 Tegan/Turlough 6
30 Tegan/Turlough/Kamelion 1
31 Turlough 1
32 Peri 2
* Peri/Erimem 12
* Abby 3
* Leela/Abby/Zara 3
33 Sixth Peri 9
* Peri/Joe TBD
* Frobisher 6
* Frobisher/Peri 8
* Grant 2
* Evelyn 13
* Evelyn/Brewster 3
* Jason/Crystal/Zog 2
* Chaudhry/Hoffman 3
* Charley 7
* Mila 3
* "Jamie" 4
* Jago/Litefoot 5
* Flip 6
* Constance 6
* Constance/Flip (TARDIS Gang) 7
34 Mel 2
35 Seventh Mel 4
36 Ace 9
* Frobisher 1
* Olla 1
* Ly-Chee 1
* Sarah Jane 1
* Ace/Raine 3
* Benny 9
* Benny/Ace 25
* Benny/Chris/Roz 12
* Chris/Roz 6
* Chris 4
* Ace/Hex 19
* Sally 1
* Sally/Lysandra 1
* Ace/Hex/Sally/Lysandra 3
* Ace/Hector 4
* Ace/Mel 9
* Mags 3
* Klein 4
* Raine 1
* Klein/Will 3
* Catherine 1
* Harry/Naomi TBD
37 Eighth Grace 1
* Stacy 1
* Stacy/Ssard 2
* Sam 17
* Sam/Fitz 8
* Fitz/Compassion 9
* Miranda 1
* Fitz/Anji 18
* Fitz/Anji/Trix 6
* Fitz/Trix 8
* Izzy 14
* Izzy/Fey 3
* Izzy/Kroton 2
* Fey/Destrii 2
* Destrii 3
* Samson/Gemma *
* Mary 4
* Charley 14
* Audacity TBD
* Charley/C'rizz 14
* Lucie 21
* Tamsin 4
* Molly 5
* Molly/Liv 2
* Liv 8
* Liv/Helen 20
* Liv/Helen/Tania/Andy 16
* Josie 5
* Sheena 1
* Bliss 8
* War Fey, Ohila 1
* Petrella 1
* Case 9
* The Squire/Child Master 3
* War Ollistra 3
* War Ollistra/Kalan 2
* War Ollistra/Leela 2
* Cinder 1
38 Ninth Rose 5
39 Rose/Adam 2
40 Rose/Jack 3
* Rose/Jack/Tara 3
* Rose/Tara 2
41 Tenth Rose 8
42 Rose/Mickey 3
43 Martha 9
44 Donna 8
45 Donna/Martha 2
* Gabby TBD
* Gabby/Cindy TBD
* Gabby/Cindy/Noobis TBD
* Majenta 8
* Gisella 7
* Emily/Matthew 4
* Emily 2
* Heather 43
* Heather/Wolfie 13
* Anya/Mark 5
* Anya 4
46 Eleventh Amy 6
47 Amy/Rory 18
48 Kazran/Abigail 1
* Amy/Rory/Kevin 3
* Alice TBD
* Alice/Jones 1
* Alice/Jones/ARC 8
* Alice/Daak/The Squire 4
* Alice/Daak/The Squire/River 7
* Alice/The Sapling 8
* Decky 20
* Valarie 14
49 Clara 10
50 Twelfth Clara 25
* Jess/Devina/Lloyd/Maxwell 5
* Hattie 2
* Julie 1
* Sonny/Val 1
* Jata 6
* Alex/Brandon 4
51 Nardole 1
* The Ghost/Lucy/Jennifer 1
* Keira TBD
52 Bill 4
53 Bill/Nardole 6
54 Bill/Nardole/Missy 1
55 Thirteenth Graham/Ryan/Yaz (Team TARDIS) 22
56 Yaz 2
57 Yaz/Dan 9
58 Fourteenth Donna 3
59 Fifteenth Ruby TBD

Footnotes

  1. Indicates number of stories this TARDIS Team appeared in their original medium, not the number of adventures had.