The main character has been played by men for decades, with 12 different names - from William Hartnell to David Tennant - holding the keys to the TARDIS.

She believes that Leela should have ended on a more heroic note, like sacrificing herself to save the Doctor – something befitting of a more gung-ho companion. The main reason Leela's exit is so ...

That means the female characters, usually the Doctor's companions, were often given short ... Even when they introduced Leela (Louise Jameson), a warrior from a future tribe of lost humans ...

Louise has played Mary since 2022 (Picture: ITV) Before joining Emmerdale, Frazer played Jamie McCrimmon, the companion ... Leela, who was the sidekick of Tom Baker’s incarnation of the Doctor ...

the companion of Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor between 1966 and 1969, before returning to make guest appearances in the BBC sci-fi series in the 1980s. Louise played Leela, who was the ...

When the Fourth Doctor arrives, with Leela and K-9, seeking to track down some temporal ... she’s an entertaining, if rather generic, companion to the Seventh Doctor. Hopefully further adventures, ...

Doctor Who has revealed that Christopher Chung will be playing Cassio in the new season, and revealed a few details about his ...

Christmas special relit the spark of excitement for Doctor Who' s future, thoughts have now turned to the upcoming Season 15 ...

But I especially like the idea of getting as many companions together for a Big Finish series where they team up to battle the forces of evil sans Doctor. Alex Kingston’s suggestion comes a few ...

Definitely not on a par with the likes of McCoy, Ecclestone and Capaldi when you need a Doctor to go dark. Yet what you forget about Tegan is that she’s the companion who left the TARDIS in “R ...