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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) | 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) | ||
:I'm still not convinced. Throughout multiple sources, in-universe and real-world alike, it is stated that the Doctor's companions are those that travel through time and space with him in his TARDIS. If everyone who reappears is a companion, then the Master, Lytton and Captain Avery are companions, which is hardly correct. I'd really like for an admin or at least a third party to step in so that one or possibly none of us can get an upper hand and add some more zest (zest?) to this debate. I, much like you, don't think that Astrid and Adelaid and Christina are companions, they're just one-off allies. Expanding the term to those who make reappearances in multi-episode stories is a bad idea because, by these means, Richard Mace, Tallulah and Astra are companions, just to name three. And the Brigadier's travel in ''The Three Doctors'' is no more of an adventure of those of van Gogh and Duggan. [[User:Bigredrabbit|Bigredrabbit]] 10:16, August 7, 2011 (UTC) | |||
