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=== Travels with the Doctor === | === Travels with the Doctor === | ||
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In [[1963]], Barbara taught [[Susan Foreman]] history at [[Coal Hill School]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') Her classroom was C4. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing at the End of the Lane (short story)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]]'') She had a particular interest in the [[Aztec]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') The odd gaps in Susan's knowledge and her knowledge of things she could not know intrigued Barbara. Informing her colleague Ian Chesterton of the strange girl, together they followed Susan to [[76 Totter's Lane]], where they heard her voice from inside a [[police box]]. They forced their way inside, discovering the massive [[console room]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | In [[1963]], Barbara taught [[Susan Foreman]] history at [[Coal Hill School]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') Her classroom was C4. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing at the End of the Lane (short story)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]]'') She had a particular interest in the [[Aztec]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') The odd gaps in Susan's knowledge and her knowledge of things she could not know intrigued Barbara. Informing her colleague Ian Chesterton of the strange girl, together they followed Susan to [[76 Totter's Lane]], where they heard her voice from inside a [[police box]]. They forced their way inside, discovering the massive [[console room]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | ||
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With the fluid link retrieved, the Doctor left Skaro for Earth, using the [[Fast Return Switch]]. The spring in the switch was faulty, causing it to stick. The TARDIS was sent to the beginning of a solar system and everyone was knocked out in the trip. The TARDIS tried warning the crew about the [[atom]]s forming around them when they came to, but the Doctor assumed that this was Ian and Barbara's sabotage of the ship. Once Barbara figured out what was going on, the Doctor fixed the spring, ending the fault. ([[TV]]: "[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]", ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') | With the fluid link retrieved, the Doctor left Skaro for Earth, using the [[Fast Return Switch]]. The spring in the switch was faulty, causing it to stick. The TARDIS was sent to the beginning of a solar system and everyone was knocked out in the trip. The TARDIS tried warning the crew about the [[atom]]s forming around them when they came to, but the Doctor assumed that this was Ian and Barbara's sabotage of the ship. Once Barbara figured out what was going on, the Doctor fixed the spring, ending the fault. ([[TV]]: "[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]", ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') | ||
Still heavily damaged and malfunctioning, the TARDIS found its way to Earth, but did not make it to Ian and Barbara's time, instead landing in the [[Plain of Pamir]] in [[1289]]. There, | Still heavily damaged and malfunctioning, the TARDIS found its way to Earth, but did not make it to Ian and Barbara's time, instead landing in the [[Plain of Pamir]] in [[1289]]. There, the Doctor and his companions met [[Marco Polo]], who took the TARDIS along with its [[TARDIS key|keys]] on his caravan across [[China|Cathay]], to hand it to [[Kublai|Kublai Khan]] as part of a bargain for his return to [[Venice]]. Along the way, the [[Mongol]] warlord, [[Tegana]], also part of Polo's caravan, tried to take the TARDIS for [[Nogai]] as part of his plan to [[assassination|assassinate]] the Khan. In the chaos of Tegana and Polo's duel in [[Peking]], the Doctor and his companions escaped in his repaired TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') | ||
The Doctor landed on an island on [[Marinus]]. [[Arbitan]] asked them to search for the keys to the reprogrammed [[Conscience of Marinus]] to regain control over the [[Voord]], as all of his other followers and family members failed to retrieve them. Arbitan trapped the TARDIS in a forcefield, preventing the Doctor and his companions' escape. | The Doctor landed on an island on [[Marinus]]. [[Arbitan]] asked them to search for the keys to the reprogrammed [[Conscience of Marinus]] to regain control over the [[Voord]], as all of his other followers and family members failed to retrieve them. Arbitan trapped the TARDIS in a forcefield, preventing the Doctor and his companions' escape. | ||
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The Doctor and his companions returned to Arbitan's island, where Arbitan had been murdered. Ian handed the Voord the fake key, which destroyed the Conscience, along with the Voord. They were able to leave in the TARDIS once more. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') | The Doctor and his companions returned to Arbitan's island, where Arbitan had been murdered. Ian handed the Voord the fake key, which destroyed the Conscience, along with the Voord. They were able to leave in the TARDIS once more. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') | ||
[[File:Barbara Yetaxa.jpg|thumb|Barbara posing as the [[Aztec]] [[god]] [[Yetaxa]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Day of Darkness]]")]]The Doctor and his companions arrived in an [[Aztec]] temple in [[Mexico]]. They went through a one-way passage that prevented access to the TARDIS. Barbara posed as the Aztec [[god]] [[Yetaxa]], with the others as her servants to find a way back. Barbara tried and failed to change the Aztecs' history of [[human sacrifice]] for the better, which the Doctor strongly advised her against. | [[File:Barbara Yetaxa.jpg|thumb|Barbara posing as the [[Aztec]] [[god]], [[Yetaxa]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Day of Darkness]]")]]The Doctor and his companions arrived in an [[Aztec]] temple in [[Mexico]]. They went through a one-way passage that prevented access to the TARDIS. Barbara posed as the Aztec [[god]], [[Yetaxa]], with the others as her servants, to find a way back. Barbara tried and failed to change the Aztecs' history of [[human sacrifice]] for the better, which the Doctor strongly advised her against. | ||
Susan was to be punished for denying marriage to the [[Perfect Victim]] and Ian to be executed when he was framed by the [[High Priest of Sacrifice]] [[Tlotoxl]] for attacking the [[High Priest of Knowledge]] [[Autloc]]. Autloc's faith in Yetaxa was shattered, and he left for the wilderness. The Doctor, Ian and the Doctor's accidental fiancée [[Cameca]] distracted Ian and Susan's [[Aztec Captain|guard]] to escape. Ian prevented Tlotoxl's murder of Barbara and fought off the warrior [[Ixta]]. They worked on a wheel and pulley system | Susan was to be punished for denying marriage to the [[Perfect Victim]] and Ian to be executed when he was framed by the [[High Priest of Sacrifice]], [[Tlotoxl]], for attacking the [[High Priest of Knowledge]], [[Autloc]]. Autloc's faith in Yetaxa was shattered, and he left for the wilderness. The Doctor, Ian and the Doctor's accidental fiancée, [[Cameca]], distracted Ian and Susan's [[Aztec Captain|guard]] to escape. Ian prevented Tlotoxl's murder of Barbara and fought off the warrior [[Ixta]]. They worked on a wheel and pulley system to open the doorway back to the TARDIS. As they departed, the sacrifice of the Perfect Victim continued as planned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | ||
[[File:Susan and Barbara resist Sensorites.jpg|thumb|left|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and Barbara defy the [[Telepathy|telepathic]] attack from the [[Sensorite]]s. ([[TV]]: "[[The Unwilling Warriors]]")]] | [[File:Susan and Barbara resist Sensorites.jpg|thumb|left|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and Barbara defy the [[Telepathy|telepathic]] attack from the [[Sensorite]]s. ([[TV]]: "[[The Unwilling Warriors]]")]] | ||
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Passionate about history, Barbara could see both sides to a story. When the travellers arrived in revolutionary France, she befriended [[Léon Colbert]]. When he died, she was distraught and defended his treachery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') | Passionate about history, Barbara could see both sides to a story. When the travellers arrived in revolutionary France, she befriended [[Léon Colbert]]. When he died, she was distraught and defended his treachery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') | ||
On [[22nd century]] Earth, the travellers found the | On [[22nd century]] Earth, the travellers found the Daleks had invaded and occupied the planet. Barbara helped a small resistance group in their plotting and with [[Jenny (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)|Jenny]] took [[Dortmun]] through [[London]]. With the Daleks defeated, Susan left their company. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
When they arrived on the [[planet]] [[Dido]], they met an inhabitant there named [[Vicki]]. Vicki was initially unable to closely bond with Barbara, who had killed Vicki's pet [[sand beast]] [[Sandy]], thinking it to be dangerous. After Barbara offered an apology, the two got on well and Vicki joined them on their travels. | When they arrived on the [[planet]] [[Dido]], they met an inhabitant there named [[Vicki]]. Vicki was initially unable to closely bond with Barbara, who had killed Vicki's pet [[sand beast]], [[Sandy]], thinking it to be dangerous. After Barbara offered an apology, the two got on well and Vicki joined them on their travels. | ||
Perhaps owing in part to Barbara missing Susan, she and Vicki became confidantes. Despite how well Barbara and Vicki got along, Barbara seemed unamused when Vicki said that she must be "about five hundred and fifty years old", as she came from 1963. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') | Perhaps owing in part to Barbara missing Susan, she and Vicki became confidantes. Despite how well Barbara and Vicki got along, Barbara seemed unamused when Vicki said that she must be "about five hundred and fifty years old", as she came from 1963. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') | ||
The strength of character Barbara showed when accepting the fate of the Aztecs allowed her to persevere through the discomforts she faced on their travels. While on [[Vortis]], Barbara survived working for the [[Zarbi]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'') and although she was captured by a [[Saracen]] band led by [[El Akir]], she had the strength of mind to survive this as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade]]'') | The strength of character Barbara showed when accepting the fate of the Aztecs allowed her to persevere through the discomforts she faced on their travels. While on [[Vortis]], Barbara survived working for the [[Zarbi]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'') and although she was captured by a [[Saracen]] band led by [[El Akir]], she had the strength of mind to survive this as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade]]'') | ||
[[File:Mind-Controlled.jpg|thumb|Barbara, Vicki, and the scientists are put under the control of the [[Animus]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time (comic story)|Prisoners of Time]]'')]] | |||
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki then travelled to [[1868]], where they attended a lecture by [[Thomas Huxley]]. The four of them travelled into the [[London Underground]] to investigate a group of missing students and discovered that the Zarbi had populated themselves in the there. Travelling further into the sewers, they found the [[Animus]], who had reformed itself and had moved to [[Earth]] to take revenge on the human race. Ian was able to kill it by driving a [[train]] into it. The Doctor and his companions prepared to leave, but the Doctor discovered that his companions were missing; having been pulled out of time by [[Cloaked figure (Prisoners of Time)|an entity]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time (comic story)|Prisoners of Time]]'') | |||
Barbara's knowledge of history prepared the travellers for the hardships they would encounter when they landed in [[Rome]]. She warned Ian, once they had been captured to be sold as [[slave]]s, just how badly Roman slaves were treated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') Here she gained her most treasured keepsake from her travels - the gold bracelet she had been given by [[Nero]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'', ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | Barbara's knowledge of history prepared the travellers for the hardships they would encounter when they landed in [[Rome]]. She warned Ian, once they had been captured to be sold as [[slave]]s, just how badly Roman slaves were treated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') Here she gained her most treasured keepsake from her travels - the gold bracelet she had been given by [[Nero]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'', ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
