List of Doctor Who supporting characters


Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well.

Companions

is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions. These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes on worlds they have visited. A few of the companions have died during the course of the series.

Recurring characters

UNIT personnel

This list includes characters who appear to be human and who are not known to be anything other than human, even if having originated extra-terrestrially.

Major

The Doctor Who comics, novels and audio dramas have created companions, villains and supporting characters of their own. Some of these originated in one medium and later appeared in another. The lists below indicate where a character has appeared.

Companions

with the First Doctor