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:The Brigadier did travel in the TARDIS, with the Fifth Doctor, not the Third. The point I'm trying to make is "companion" isn't a Doctor Who term for "recurring character". "Companions" are those who travel with the Doctor in his TARDIS, be they recurring or one-off characters. I myself don't really see van Gogh and Duggan as companions because its one small journey, much like the Brigadier's in ''Mawdryn Undead''. By all means, create a recurring characters section or something, but slamming them all in as companions is hardly correct. [[User:Bigredrabbit|Bigredrabbit]] 00:31, August 7, 2011 (UTC) | :The Brigadier did travel in the TARDIS, with the Fifth Doctor, not the Third. The point I'm trying to make is "companion" isn't a Doctor Who term for "recurring character". "Companions" are those who travel with the Doctor in his TARDIS, be they recurring or one-off characters. I myself don't really see van Gogh and Duggan as companions because its one small journey, much like the Brigadier's in ''Mawdryn Undead''. By all means, create a recurring characters section or something, but slamming them all in as companions is hardly correct. [[User:Bigredrabbit|Bigredrabbit]] 00:31, August 7, 2011 (UTC) | ||
Well, in-universe, it is hardly likely that there is an exact definition of companion. The Doctor will often call his friends companions, but there is no reason that he would distinguish between friends who don't travel in the TARDIS, friends who do travel in it, people who only go on one trip, etc. The only possible way to define a companion is to give it an out of universe definition. In my opinion, the best definition for a companion would be a character who is part of the main cast for more than one consecutive episode, excluding two parters. That definition would exclude characters like Astrid and Adelaide Brooke, but would include characters like the Brigadier and Liz Shaw. The Brigadier also travelled in the TARDIS in ''The Three Doctors'', although the TARDIS wasn't travelling under its own power.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] 03:04, August 7, 2011 (UTC) | |||
