TARDIS team

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Though rarely 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. Episodes including companions that overlap are not counted.

No. Doctor Companion/s Number of stories
1 First Ian/Barbara/Susan 10
2 First Ian/Barbara/Vicki 6
3 First Steven/Vicki 3
4 First Steven/Katrina 1
5 First Steven/Sara 1
6 First Steven/Dodo 5
8 First Polly/Ben 3
9 Second Polly/Ben 1
10 Second Polly/Ben/Jamie 5
11 Second Jamie/Victoria 7
12 Second Jamie/Zoe 8
13 Third Liz 4
14 Third Jo 15
15 Third Sarah Jane 5
16 Fourth Sarah Jane 13
17 Fourth Leela 9
18 Fourth Romana I 6
19 Fourth Romana II 7
20 Fourth Romana II/Adric 3
21 Fourth Adric 1
22 Fourth Nyssa/Adric/Tegan 1
23 Fifth Nyssa/Adric/Tegan 6
24 Fifth Nyssa/Tegan 3
26 Fifth Nyssa/Tegan/Turlough 2
27 Fifth Tegan/Turlough 7
28 Fifth Peri/Turlough 1
29 Fifth Peri 2
30 Sixth Peri 9
31 Sixth Peri/Mel 1
32 Sixth Mel 1
33 Seventh Mel 3
34 Seventh Mel/Ace 1
35 Seventh Ace 8
36 Eighth Grace 1
37 Ninth Rose 5
38 Ninth Rose/Adam 2
39 Ninth Rose/Jack 3
40 Tenth Rose 8
41 Tenth Rose/Mickey 3
42 Tenth Donna 9
43 Tenth Martha 8
44 Tenth Martha/Jack 1
45 Tenth Donna/Martha 2
46 Eleventh Amy 5
47 Eleventh Amy/Rory 18
48 Eleventh Clara 11
49 Twelfth Clara 25
50 Twelfth Nardole 1
51 Twelfth Bill 4
52 Twelfth Nardole/Bill 5