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'''Samantha Briggs''' was the sister of [[Brian Briggs]]. When he disappeared while taking a [[Chameleon Tours]] trip to [[Rome]], she travelled from her home in [[Liverpool]] to [[Gatwick Airport]] to investigate. She teamed up with the [[Second Doctor]] to find the other missing persons and with defeat the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'')

* Samantha was originally intended to become the Doctor's full-time companion at the end of ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'', but Pauline Collins turned down the offer to become a series regular. In her absence, [[Victoria Waterfield]] from the following story ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' was chosen as the next companion. The production crew had also considered [[Mollie Dawson]] as a companion. Pauline Collins would return to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' for ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', in which she played [[Queen Victoria]].