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A later attempt to use the [[fast return switch]] to get Ian and Barbara home, resulted in the group's return to Skaro, fifty [[cycle]]s after their last visit. Brought to the [[Thal City]], the group was shown some of their new inventions before it was found that Susan and [[Jyden]] had snuck off to the Dalek City. At the Doctor's request, Barbara stayed behind, in case Susan returned on her own, talking to [[Damadus]] about the Thals' evolution before Susan and Jyden returned with two active, yet unarmed, Dalek drones who claimed to want peace. When the Daleks were allowed to speak to the people however, they abandoned their ruse as the [[Dalek Supreme (Return to Skaro)|Dalek Supreme]] arrived with an army, striking the Thals with lightning from the ionising towers. Rallying the Thals once more, the group managed to free the Doctor who turned the towers against the Daleks, ending their invasion before the group left Skaro once again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'')
A later attempt to use the [[fast return switch]] to get Ian and Barbara home, resulted in the group's return to Skaro, fifty [[cycle]]s after their last visit. Brought to the [[Thal City]], the group was shown some of their new inventions before it was found that Susan and [[Jyden]] had snuck off to the Dalek City. At the Doctor's request, Barbara stayed behind, in case Susan returned on her own, talking to [[Damadus]] about the Thals' evolution before Susan and Jyden returned with two active, yet unarmed, Dalek drones who claimed to want peace. When the Daleks were allowed to speak to the people however, they abandoned their ruse as the [[Dalek Supreme (Return to Skaro)|Dalek Supreme]] arrived with an army, striking the Thals with lightning from the ionising towers. Rallying the Thals once more, the group managed to free the Doctor who turned the towers against the Daleks, ending their invasion before the group left Skaro once again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'')


The TARDIS then landed in [[Ekaterinburg]], shortly before the [[Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War.]] Susan and Barbara explored together for a while before finding that the ship had vanished. After speaking to Thomas Preston, the British Consul, Susan and Barbara posed as [[nun]]s to infiltrate the house of [[Nicholas II]] and his family, Susan befriending [[Anastasia Romanov]]. As Barbara questioned how useful she and Susan were, Ian and the Doctor returned only for Nicholas II to reveal that he had come to terms with death and encouraged them to flee. Running back to the TARDIS, Barbara spoke with Susan again, humoring her pupil's belief that Anastasia might have escaped execution. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Romanovs (audio story)|Last of the Romanovs]]'')
The TARDIS then landed in [[Ekaterinburg]], shortly before the [[Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War.]] Susan and Barbara explored together for a while before finding that the ship had vanished. After speaking to Thomas Preston, the British Consul, Susan and Barbara posed as [[nun]]s to infiltrate the house of [[Nicholas II]] and his family, Susan befriending [[Anastasia Romanov]]. As Barbara questioned how useful she and Susan were, Ian and the Doctor returned only for Nicholas II to reveal that he had come to terms with death and encouraged them to flee. Running back to the TARDIS, Barbara spoke with Susan again, humouring her pupil's belief that Anastasia might have escaped execution. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Romanovs (audio story)|Last of the Romanovs]]'')


Following the ship suddenly losing power, the Doctor and Susan managed to force it to self-repair which necessitated an emergency landing. The travellers found themsleves on a dystopian future Earth where they were taken prisoner and forced to submit to a genetic scan to prove they were human. Though the Doctor had sabotaged the machine to read Susan as human, intending for Ian and Barbara to look after her, humanity's genes had evolved so much over the eons that Ian and Barbara did not read as human. As a result, they were sent to work in the mines with the gestalt being [[Brooskin]]. When Ian tried to escape, he wound up exposing himself to the vacuum of space with Brooskin informing the humans that they were not on Earth but on [[Urth]], a space habitat smaller than [[London]]. Following Susan currying the favor of the settlement's rulers, she managed to free her friends before representatives from the remainder of the human race arrived. Convinced that the problems would sort themselves out very shortly, the travellers made for the TARDIS and left. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[For the Glory of Urth (audio story)|For the Glory of Urth]]'')
Following the ship suddenly losing power, the Doctor and Susan managed to force it to self-repair which necessitated an emergency landing. The travellers found themselves on a dystopian future Earth where they were taken prisoner and forced to submit to a genetic scan to prove they were human. Though the Doctor had sabotaged the machine to read Susan as human, intending for Ian and Barbara to look after her, humanity's genes had evolved so much over the eons that Ian and Barbara did not read as human. As a result, they were sent to work in the mines with the gestalt being [[Brooskin]]. When Ian tried to escape, he wound up exposing himself to the vacuum of space with Brooskin informing the humans that they were not on Earth but on [[Urth]], a space habitat smaller than [[London]]. Following Susan currying the favour of the settlement's rulers, she managed to free her friends before representatives from the remainder of the human race arrived. Convinced that the problems would sort themselves out very shortly, the travellers made for the TARDIS and left. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[For the Glory of Urth (audio story)|For the Glory of Urth]]'')


When the Doctor was convinced that the ship had been fully repaired, the group found themselves in London [[1601]]. When they attempted to visit the [[Globe Theatre]], they instead found a volatile political climate before they met [[Judith Shakespeare]] who introduced them to [[William Shakespeare]] and hosted them for dinner. After Susan and Judith had bonded over being treated like children and escaped the house, Barbara was asked to stay behind in case Susan returned. Growing bored of this, Barbara eventually caught up with the group at the Globe when Susan had been drawn into [[Lady]] [[Penelope Rich]]'s plot to dethrone [[Elizabeth I]]. Though Barbara tried to deter Susan, the stunt resulted in Shakespeare's arrest. As the travellers scrambled to correct history, Queen Elizabeth returned and brought the conflict to a swift end. When the time came to leave, Susan, Barbara and Ian expressed a desire to stay and see a play before an outside source activated the TARDIS and sent it flying away from England. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollow Crown (audio story)|The Hollow Crown]]'')
When the Doctor was convinced that the ship had been fully repaired, the group found themselves in London [[1601]]. When they attempted to visit the [[Globe Theatre]], they instead found a volatile political climate before they met [[Judith Shakespeare]] who introduced them to [[William Shakespeare]] and hosted them for dinner. After Susan and Judith had bonded over being treated like children and escaped the house, Barbara was asked to stay behind in case Susan returned. Growing bored of this, Barbara eventually caught up with the group at the Globe when Susan had been drawn into [[Lady]] [[Penelope Rich]]'s plot to dethrone [[Elizabeth I]]. Though Barbara tried to deter Susan, the stunt resulted in Shakespeare's arrest. As the travellers scrambled to correct history, Queen Elizabeth returned and brought the conflict to a swift end. When the time came to leave, Susan, Barbara and Ian expressed a desire to stay and see a play before an outside source activated the TARDIS and sent it flying away from England. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollow Crown (audio story)|The Hollow Crown]]'')
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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 she 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 she 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]]'')


While on [[Vortis]], Barbara survived working for the [[Zarbi]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
While on [[Vortis]], Barbara survived working for the [[Zarbi]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
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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.
[[File:Ian_&_Barbara_wedding.jpg|thumb|Ian and Barbara are wed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')]]
[[File:Ian_&_Barbara_wedding.jpg|thumb|Ian and Barbara are wed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')]]
As the Tribe of Gum instructed the primitive humans to worship the Prometheans, the Doctor returned, having planted the image of the TARDIS throughout human history, and using that image to alter the neural platform, reversing the effect, destroying the platform, and "locking" the minds of the human race from being altered again. Incensed, the Tribe of Gum, at the Prometheans' urging, attacked the Doctor. Barbara and Ian landed their ship on a fragment of the neural platform, and convinced the Tribe to stop by telling them of love and sacrifice, and how the Doctor protected the people of Earth for years. When the Tribe of Gum ceased their assault, the Prometheans attacked Barbara and Ian. The Tribe of Gum then turned on the Prometheans. Both sides were destroyed in the ensuing struggle. Barbara and Ian returned to their own time, and married, with the Doctor attending their wedding. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')
As the Tribe of Gum instructed the primitive humans to worship the Prometheans, the Doctor returned, having planted the image of the TARDIS throughout human history, and using that image to alter the neural platform, reversing the effect, destroying the platform, and "locking" the minds of the human race from being altered again. Incensed, the Tribe of Gum, at the Prometheans' urging, attacked the Doctor. Barbara and Ian landed their ship on a fragment of the neural platform, and convinced the Tribe to stop by telling them of love and sacrifice, and how the Doctor protected the people of Earth for years. When the Tribe of Gum ceased their assault, the Prometheans attacked Barbara and Ian. The Tribe of Gum then turned on the Prometheans. Both sides were destroyed in the ensuing struggle. Barbara and Ian returned to their own time, and married, with the Doctor attending their wedding. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')
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Ian and Barbara attended [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s memorial on a "bright, cold [[Spring]] day", where they discussed Sarah Jane with other guests, and helped fight the [[Jackals of the Backwards Clock]] to foil [[the Trickster]]'s revenge plot. ([[WC]]: ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]'')
Ian and Barbara attended [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s memorial on a "bright, cold [[Spring]] day", where they discussed Sarah Jane with other guests, and helped fight the [[Jackals of the Backwards Clock]] to foil [[the Trickster]]'s revenge plot. ([[WC]]: ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]'')


=== Legacy ===
=== Alternate timelines ===
When the TARDIS was drawn to and destroyed [[Tick-Tock World|on a world where time was in a constant state of flux]], Barbara, along with Ian and the Doctor, was devoured by the [[Xesto]], creatures that consumed time and all other possible futures, Barbara throwing herself to them out of despair after Ian was killed. When a future Susan managed to make contact with her past self, the resulting explosion caused by their violation of the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] allowed the future Susan to reach back in time and help the Doctor avert the original crash. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'')
 
== Legacy ==
The [[Barbara Wright Building|main building]] at [[Coal Hill Academy]] was named after Barbara. It was completed in Spring [[2016]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
The [[Barbara Wright Building|main building]] at [[Coal Hill Academy]] was named after Barbara. It was completed in Spring [[2016]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')


An [[oak tree]] was planted at the Coal Hill quad in memory of Ian and Barbara. Surviving two [[Dalek]] invasions, it remained to at least the end of the [[22nd century]] when it was found by Susan, who lived in the block of flats which Coal Hill had been converted to over a hundred years prior. Realising that the commemorative plaque had since been replaced more than once, Susan found it did not say when they ultimately [[died]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[All Hands on Deck (audio story)|All Hands on Deck]]'')
An [[oak tree]] was planted at the Coal Hill quad in memory of Ian and Barbara. Surviving two [[Dalek]] invasions, it remained to at least the end of the [[22nd century]] when it was found by Susan, who lived in the block of flats which Coal Hill had been converted to over a hundred years prior. Realising that the commemorative plaque had since been replaced more than once, Susan found it did not say when they ultimately [[died]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[All Hands on Deck (audio story)|All Hands on Deck]]'')


[[The Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] would slightly remember Barbara in Rome when he turned himself human ([[PROSE: [[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]).
The [[Seventh Doctor]] slightly remembered Barbara in Rome after he turned himself human. ([[PROSE]]: [[Human Nature (novel)|''Human Nature'']])
 
=== Alternate timelines ===
When the TARDIS was drawn to and destroyed [[Tick-Tock World|on a world where time was in a constant state of flux]], Barbara, along with Ian and the Doctor, was devoured by the [[Xesto]], creatures that consumed time and all other possible futures, Barbara throwing herself to them out of despair after Ian was killed. When a future Susan managed to make contact with her past self, the resulting explosion caused by their violation of the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] allowed the future Susan to reach back in time and help the Doctor avert the original crash. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'')


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