Not a Dead Communist

Vicki leaves early in the third season, not long after Steven's arrival. She's initially replaced by Katarina , a Trojan handma...

Ian and Barbara left the show almost at the end of the second season, firmly cementing the idea that, in Doctor Who , all companions are t...

The Doctor's original companion, Susan, left the series early on in the second season, the first indication that the cast wasn't a...

Of the initial set of characters in the first season of Doctor Who , it's Susan who is the hardest to see as a typical PC. That's...

Continuing from last time's look at Ian, let's turn to another of the original trio of companions: Barbara Wright . Imagining th...

Having recently begun re-watching some of the Hartnell era episodes of Doctor Who , reading a couple of books reviewing them (I recommend ...

A bit of a departure as far as my sparse and occasional reviews are concerned, I know. Not least because I haven't got round to review...