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Life after the Doctor
After settling back on Earth, Tegan began to call old friends from before her time with the Doctor. However, when her friends would ask what had happened in her life since 1981, Tegan found that she was unable to provide an answer. Her friends soon lost interest, and without a job bills began to collect which Tegan was unable to pay.
For a few weeks after leaving the Doctor, Tegan drifted travelled. She travelled the continent of Europe, which she hadn't seen much of outside of airports. Tegan was disappointed to find that Earth locations just no longer amazed her, and that people living uneventful and normal lives would never be anything more than "humdrum."
Tegan eventually decided that she needed to get her old job back. When no responses came from her letters and phone calls, she went to the offices of the airline in question and demanded to speak to the personnel director. (AUDIO: Fixing a Hole)
Tegan continued to work as an air stewardess for some time before returning to Brisbane to take over her father's animal-feed company. (AUDIO: The Gathering)
At some point, Tegan was taken to the Black Archive by UNIT to have her record as a companion of the Doctor taken. Her memories of the visit were subsequently erased and she was sent on her way. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
On 22 September 2006, Tegan was briefly reunited with the Fifth Doctor, who discovered that she had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and had at most a year to live. Despite the Doctor's entreaty, Tegan chose to forgo his assistance in treating the tumour. She stated that she wished to remain on Earth, because she was happy with the life that she had. She rekindled her relationship with Michael Tanaka. She had previously ended the relationship because of her tumour. (AUDIO: The Gathering)
According to research conducted by Sarah Jane Smith, Tegan was, as of 2010, campaigning for Aboriginal rights. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
Tegan eventually married William Haybourne, who died when they were both elderly. Tegan had by this point come to believe that her time with the Doctor was just her imagination. She came across a version of the Doctor that she didn't recognise. (PROSE: Good Companions)