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'''Barbara Chesterton''', née '''Wright''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') was one of the earliest [[companion]]s to travel with [[the Doctor]]. Before meeting the [[First Doctor]], Barbara was a [[history]] [[teacher]] at [[Coal Hill School]] in [[1960s]] [[London]]. After leaving the Doctor, she had an adventure with his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]], and at the end of that adventure she married close friend and fellow companion [[Ian Chesterton]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]''). As well as Ian, she travelled alongside [[Susan Foreman]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] and was acquainted with [[Steven Taylor]]. | '''Barbara Chesterton''', née '''Wright''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') was one of the earliest [[companion]]s to travel with [[the Doctor]]. Before meeting the [[First Doctor]], Barbara was a [[history]] [[teacher]] at [[Coal Hill School]] in [[1960s]] [[London]]. After leaving the Doctor, she had an adventure with his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]], and at the end of that adventure she married close friend and fellow companion [[Ian Chesterton]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]''). As well as Ian, she travelled alongside [[Susan Foreman]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] and was acquainted with [[Steven Taylor]]. | ||
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At some point during her travels with the Doctor, Susan and Ian, they visited [[Bob Dovie]] at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] on [[23 November]] [[1963]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') | At some point during her travels with the Doctor, Susan and Ian, they visited [[Bob Dovie]] at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] on [[23 November]] [[1963]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') | ||
She liked watching plays when they were in [[Alexandria]]. When she discovered that Ian was talking to [[Hypathia]] she got angry. When the [[Library of Alexandria]] was burning down she tried to save the Books. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library of Alexandria (audio story)|The Library of Alexandria]]'') | She liked watching plays when they were in [[Alexandria]]. When she discovered that Ian was talking to [[Hypathia]] she got angry. When the [[Library of Alexandria]] was burning down she tried to save the Books. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library of Alexandria (audio story)|The Library of Alexandria]]'') | ||
She was concerned for Ian when he was imprisoned by the [[Spanish Inquisition]]. She later helped him escape from being burnt alive. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'') | She was concerned for Ian when he was imprisoned by the [[Spanish Inquisition]]. She later helped him escape from being burnt alive. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'') | ||
They later landed in a flotila of ships on the planet [[Hydra (planet)|Hydra]] where they were captured by [[Amyra Kaan]] and [[Pan Vexel]] for being stowaways. When Ian volunteered to help a rescue mission after a shipwreck, Barbara became concerned on what he would find in the wreckage of one of the ships. The Doctor ordered her to evacuate the sinking ship with Susan and the injured [[Jonas Kaan]] but went back to get the Doctor. She was assumed to have died but was in fact imprisoned by [[Tarlak]] and maltreated for months. She also assumed the Doctor to have died. When Susan was to be converted into a Voord, Barbara was used as a bargaining chip to get Susan to comply with Tarlak's orders. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Domain of the Voord (audio story)|Domain of the Voord]]'') | They later landed in a flotila of ships on the planet [[Hydra (planet)|Hydra]] where they were captured by [[Amyra Kaan]] and [[Pan Vexel]] for being stowaways. When Ian volunteered to help a rescue mission after a shipwreck, Barbara became concerned on what he would find in the wreckage of one of the ships. The Doctor ordered her to evacuate the sinking ship with Susan and the injured [[Jonas Kaan]] but went back to get the Doctor. She was assumed to have died but was in fact imprisoned by [[Tarlak]] and maltreated for months. She also assumed the Doctor to have died. When Susan was to be converted into a Voord, Barbara was used as a bargaining chip to get Susan to comply with Tarlak's orders. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Domain of the Voord (audio story)|Domain of the Voord]]'') | ||
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 to marry freedom fighter [[David Campbell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | 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 to marry freedom fighter [[David Campbell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
[[File:Barbara flare gun.jpg|thumb|Barbara about to fire a [[flare gun]] at [[Sandy]]. ([[TV]]: "[[Desperate Measures]]")]] | [[File:Barbara flare gun.jpg|thumb|Barbara about to fire a [[flare gun]] at [[Sandy]]. ([[TV]]: "[[Desperate Measures]]")]] | ||
When they arrived on the [[planet]] [[Dido]], Barbara was pushed off a cliff by [[Bennett (The Rescue)|Bennett]], one of two surviving passengers of the crash landed Earth ship the ''[[UK-201]]'' as part of Bennett's plan to get away with his murder of the crew and many of the Dido people. The other surviving passenger, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], brought Barbara to the ''UK-201'' after she survived her fall, but was upset when Barbara killed Vicki's pet [[sand beast]], [[Sandy]], thinking it to be dangerous. After Barbara offered an apology, the two got on well and, following Bennett's death and the revelation he murdered her father, Vicki joined the TARDIS to travel in time and space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') | When they arrived on the [[planet]] [[Dido]], Barbara was pushed off a cliff by [[Bennett (The Rescue)|Bennett]], one of two surviving passengers of the crash landed Earth ship the ''[[UK-201]]'' as part of Bennett's plan to get away with his murder of the crew and many of the Dido people. The other surviving passenger, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], brought Barbara to the ''UK-201'' after she survived her fall, but was upset when Barbara killed Vicki's pet [[sand beast]], [[Sandy]], thinking it to be dangerous. After Barbara offered an apology, the two got on well and, following Bennett's death and the revelation he murdered her father, Vicki joined the TARDIS to travel in time and space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') | ||
The travellers stayed in a villa in [[Assisium]] near [[Rome]] for several weeks in the year [[64]]. Ian and Barbara were taken as [[slave]]s by the slave traders [[Sevcheria]] and [[Didius]], with Barbara sold into [[Nero]]'s palace to serve Nero's wife, the Empress [[Poppaea]]. While at the palace, Barbara received a bracelet from Nero as a present. After believing Barbara had ambitions to become Empress, Poppaea tried poisoning Barbara, but was unwittingly saved by Vicki, who didn't know Barbara was in the palace. With the help of Ian, [[Tavius]] and [[Delos]], Barbara escaped, and Ian and Barbara returned to the villa before the Doctor and Vicki returned from their own adventures in Rome. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') | The travellers stayed in a villa in [[Assisium]] near [[Rome]] for several weeks in the year [[64]]. Ian and Barbara were taken as [[slave]]s by the slave traders [[Sevcheria]] and [[Didius]], with Barbara sold into [[Nero]]'s palace to serve Nero's wife, the Empress [[Poppaea]]. While at the palace, Barbara received a bracelet from Nero as a present. After believing Barbara had ambitions to become Empress, Poppaea tried poisoning Barbara, but was unwittingly saved by Vicki, who didn't know Barbara was in the palace. With the help of Ian, [[Tavius]] and [[Delos]], Barbara escaped, and Ian and Barbara returned to the villa before the Doctor and Vicki returned from their own adventures in Rome. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') | ||
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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 [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'') | 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 [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'') | ||
When Vicki told Barbara that the siesta machine that were being used on [[Hisk]] were like her traching machines, Barbara got annoyed at the fact that her job was replaced by a machine. When she realised a local was severely depressed she help to try and overcome the feeling by helping to bake some cakes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sleeping City (audio story)|The Sleeping City]]'') | When Vicki told Barbara that the siesta machine that were being used on [[Hisk]] were like her traching machines, Barbara got annoyed at the fact that her job was replaced by a machine. When she realised a local was severely depressed she help to try and overcome the feeling by helping to bake some cakes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sleeping City (audio story)|The Sleeping City]]'') | ||
On one place they landed on, she became a food preparation planet but took a leave day to reasearch the planet they were on. She was later arrested for unauthorised research. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Unwinding World (audio story)|The Unwinding World]]'') | On one place they landed on, she became a food preparation planet but took a leave day to reasearch the planet they were on. She was later arrested for unauthorised research. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Unwinding World (audio story)|The Unwinding World]]'') | ||
When Barbara and her friends landed near [[Sonning Palace]], the Doctor asked her to use her historical expertise to guess where they were. She was slightly disappointed at being in the reign of [[Henry IV]]. She spent her time making some clothing for the Doctor. She later went on a pilgrimage with the Doctor to [[Canterbury]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'') | When Barbara and her friends landed near [[Sonning Palace]], the Doctor asked her to use her historical expertise to guess where they were. She was slightly disappointed at being in the reign of [[Henry IV]]. She spent her time making some clothing for the Doctor. She later went on a pilgrimage with the Doctor to [[Canterbury]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'') | ||
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=== Life after the Doctor === | === Life after the Doctor === | ||
[[File:Ian, Barbara, and 11 - 3.jpg|thumb|Barbaba and Ian outside the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')]] | [[File:Ian, Barbara, and 11 - 3.jpg|thumb|Barbaba and Ian outside the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')]] | ||
In [[1965]], Ian and Barbara were pulled into an illusionary world, and made to believe they were in Coal Hill. They encountered the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who helped them overcome the illusion. Ian was sceptical when the strange young man proclaimed himself to be the Doctor, brushing off his intimate knowledge of their adventures as being a result of him being some sort of mind-reading alien. Barbara, on the other hand, was more willing to believe him, citing all the strange things the Doctor had done during their travels. They went with the Doctor to [[Cornucopia]], where they discovered the place in ruins. | In [[1965]], Ian and Barbara were pulled into an illusionary world, and made to believe they were in Coal Hill. They encountered the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who helped them overcome the illusion. Ian was sceptical when the strange young man proclaimed himself to be the Doctor, brushing off his intimate knowledge of their adventures as being a result of him being some sort of mind-reading alien. Barbara, on the other hand, was more willing to believe him, citing all the strange things the Doctor had done during their travels. They went with the Doctor to [[Cornucopia]], where they discovered the place in ruins. | ||
When the attackers (known as "the Hunters of the Burning Stone") attacked, the Doctor got their attention by claiming to possess the item they sought, allowing Ian to attack their leader from behind (and finally convincing him that he really was the same man he once knew). Barbara was then kidnapped by [[Annabel Lake|Miss Ghost]], and transported to her ship. There, Barbara learned that Miss Ghost was actually [[Annabel Lake]], an acquaintance of the Doctor's from [[20th century]] [[Prague]]. | When the attackers (known as "the Hunters of the Burning Stone") attacked, the Doctor got their attention by claiming to possess the item they sought, allowing Ian to attack their leader from behind (and finally convincing him that he really was the same man he once knew). Barbara was then kidnapped by [[Annabel Lake|Miss Ghost]], and transported to her ship. There, Barbara learned that Miss Ghost was actually [[Annabel Lake]], an acquaintance of the Doctor's from [[20th century]] [[Prague]]. | ||
Using Annabel's ship, they flew to the Prometheans' ship, narrowly escaping the Hunters (who were revealed to be the [[Tribe of Gum]]) and saved the Doctor, Ian and Annabel's father, [[Patrick Lake]]. Unfortunately, they could not prevent the Prometheans from using their "Neural Extractor" to regress humanity to a neanderthal mindset. On Annabel's ship, Ian and Barbara encouraged the Doctor to think of a plan, and he finally hit upon one, taking the TARDIS to the past. | Using Annabel's ship, they flew to the Prometheans' ship, narrowly escaping the Hunters (who were revealed to be the [[Tribe of Gum]]) and saved the Doctor, Ian and Annabel's father, [[Patrick Lake]]. Unfortunately, they could not prevent the Prometheans from using their "Neural Extractor" to regress humanity to a neanderthal mindset. On Annabel's ship, Ian and Barbara encouraged the Doctor to think of a plan, and he finally hit upon one, taking the TARDIS to the past. | ||
