Deaths of companions Companion (Doctor Who)

1 deaths of companions

1.1 list of companion deaths
1.2 mitigated
1.3 parallel world
1.4 spin-off media

deaths of companions

a few of companions have died during course of series. katarina sacrificed herself opening airlock save others mad fugitive kirksen, , blown vacuum of space. in same serial, sara kingdom rapidly aged dust time destructor. while adric attempted divert spaceship crashing earth, cyberman destroyed controls; hurtled through time , crashed planet, creating chicxulub crater , causing k-pg extinction event (this fulfilled silurians prophecy , facilitated evolution of mammals). android kamelion, after coming under master s control, convinced doctor destroy him, , doctor complied. astrid peth sacrificed herself kill max capricorn, saving lives of millions aboard interstellar space liner rms titanic , in greater london area. before river song s formal companionship began, sacrificed herself in order save trapped in library s computer servers simulations. doctor uploaded data ghost library servers, later able communicate across time , space madame vastra, jenny flint, strax, , clara oswald in name of doctor . adelaide brooke killed herself after doctor altered timeline rescuing her; ensured descendants explore galaxy , wider universe destined. rory williams touched weeping angel in 2012 , sent in time. encouragement of daughter, river song, , against doctor s pleas, amy pond allows herself touched weeping angel in 2012 in hope of being reunited husband in past. successful, , grow old in new york city, die, , buried in queens on spot later sent in time in 2012. in fighting ice governess in final hour of christmas eve 1892, victorian era incarnation of clara oswald falls off of cloud on tardis parked, plummeting ground. incarnation of clara oswald (named oswin oswald) dies in asylum of daleks ; character disabling planet s shielding enabling doctor, amy pond , rory williams escape.

not companion deaths have been permanent however. jack harkness resurrects after each death, having been made immortal rose tyler in parting of ways . rory williams suffered several deaths, each of negated alternate timelines, paradoxes, resurrection advanced alien medicine, or rebooting of universe. clara oswald dies in face raven , in subsequent episode ( hell bent ) time stream frozen @ moment of death time lords can interrogate hybrid; doctor takes advantage of save life, remains technically neither alive nor dead, not age or have pulse. after departure companion of twelfth doctor, teams immortal ashildr , travels in stolen tardis.

other companions died in alternate timelines or alternate lives. brigade leader alistair lethbridge-stewart, section leader liz shaw, , platoon leader john benton died in destruction of universe s earth. sarah jane smith, son luke smith, maria jackson, & clyde langer perished while trying stop plasmavore , judoon in royal hope hospital on moon in parallel universe of turn left . in same story, martha jones suffocated after giving oxygen classmate/co-worker oliver morgenstern while on moon. teenaged sarah jane smith died after falling pier in place of friend, andrea yates; maria jackson convinces adult yates correct timeline, restoring sarah jane life. after surviving decades in alien hospice deadly humans, amy pond compelled rory williams lock out of tardis in order protect younger self , allow latter have life rory former missed. amy , rory jointly jumped off of high-rise in new york on hunch doing create paradox , deliver timeline.

several other companions have died subsequent companionships. sir alistair lethbridge-stewart s death months earlier revealed in wedding of river song , , later remembered fondly daughter , eleventh doctor. harry sullivan s death implied sarah jane smith when former companion of whom spoke in past-tense , remarked loved him. when series relaunched in 2005, doctor believed himself time lord have survived last great time war, indicating believes susan foreman , romana killed, , leela, settled on gallifrey, lost when planet destroyed in last great time war. however, fiftieth anniversary episode day of doctor reveals planet still exists in separate pocket universe, leaving fates uncertain. in 2050, sarah jane smith implied dead rani chandra in mad woman in attic . vicki left first doctor circa 1250 bce , passed legend cressida.

list of companion deaths

during course of show s history, there have been few occasions when companions have died while on adventures doctor. are:

katarina, killed in episode 4 of daleks master plan when opens airlock of spaceship after being taken hostage convict.
sara kingdom, killed in episode 12 of daleks master plan when undergoes extreme aging side-effect of first doctor s activation of time destructor device.
adric dies @ end of episode 4 of earthshock in explosion of bomb-laden space freighter in earth s atmosphere.
kamelion, android companion, destroyed fifth doctor in episode 4 of planet of fire act of mercy after kamelion taken on master , asks doctor destroy him.
k-9 mark iii sacrifices himself in school reunion in order save doctor , friends group of aliens. subsequent k-9 mark iv doctor leaves sarah jane tells mark iii s files have been transferred new machine.
astrid peth sacrifices herself in order kill max capricorn driving him reactor core @ end of voyage of damned . tenth doctor partially resurrects , sends atoms flying space.
adelaide brooke kills herself in waters of mars preserve fixed point in time.
clara oswald killed quantum shade in face raven . in hell bent , doctor uses time lord technology extract clara moment before death, remains fixed event must return.

it should noted that, of examples given above, adric , clara , ongoing, long-term companions of doctor. others listed either appeared first time , died in same storyline (sara, astrid, adelaide), or died in second on-screen appearance in doctor storyline (katarina, kamelion, k-9 mark iii).

others implied or stated have died years after parting company doctor.

the eleventh doctor learns of death of brigadier lethbridge-stewart in wedding of river song via phone call, coinciding death of actor portrayed him, nicholas courtney.
in angels take manhattan , rory williams , amy pond displaced in time weeping angel; amy allows angel send can rory. gravestone reveals died, amy @ age of 87 , rory age 82.

mitigated

in trial of time lord, peri brown killed king yrcanos in mindwarp, after brain has been replaced of kiv, member of mentor race. however, in ultimate foe revealed peri had not been killed , had instead become yrcanos consort.
grace holloway killed master revived tardis link eye of harmony during 1996 television movie.
jack harkness killed daleks brought life , given immortality rose tyler in parting of ways . has since died numerous times in both doctor , torchwood, returning life after. in last of time lords , implied harkness becomes face of boe, dies peacefully in gridlock after living billions of years.
river song sacrifices herself in forest of dead save doctor s life, able upload digital copy of consciousness data core. river continues appear in series @ earlier points in life, , post-death consciousness reappears in name of doctor .
sarah jane smith dies teenager in alternate timeline in whatever happened sarah jane?.
rory killed silurian restac @ conclusion of cold blood , sacrificing himself protect doctor. subsequently consumed crack in time, wipes him existence. reappears in pandorica opens auton duplicate, created amy pond s memories, , restored old life along rest of universe in big bang .
rory shown dying of old age in angels take manhattan , in front of himself, amy, eleventh doctor , daughter river song. , amy negate timeline jumping off roof, thereby preventing him being sent further in time die of old age downstairs. kills both him , amy, both resurrected timeline died negated.
an older version of amy pond killed handbot in girl waited gives medicine doesn t know kill her, existence erased when doctor , rory able convince them rescue younger amy, allowing them erase timeline older amy existed.

parallel world

the parallel world turn left sees off-screen deaths of sarah jane smith , martha jones of world.

spin-off media

a number of tv companions have died in spin off media several spin off exclusives companions have died list concerned tv companions:

liz shaw dies in 1997 virgin new adventures novel eternity weeps jim mortimore, victim of extraterrestrial terraforming virus contracted while part of unit team investigating alien artefact on moon. later contradicted sarah jane adventures episode death of doctor indicates liz shaw still alive - although still working on moon - in 2010; novel set in 2003.
ace killed explosion in comic storyline ground 0 while still companion of seventh doctor. contradicted sarah jane adventures storyline death of doctor indicates still alive in 2010, no longer travelling doctor, , running charity called ace.
jamie mccrimmon dies elderly man in comic storyline world shapers.
nyssa sacrifices herself fellow companions can escape e-space in big finish productions audio entropy plague.
adam mitchell killed explosion in comic storyline prisoners of time, sacrificing himself thwart master s attempt destroy reality , saving eleven doctors , gathered companions.




^ daleks master plan
^ earthshock
^ king s demons
^ voyage of damned
^ forest of dead
^ cite error: named reference waters of mars invoked never defined (see page).
^ angels take manhattan
^ snowmen
^ asylum of daleks
^ inferno
^ whatever happened sarah jane?
^ girl waited
^ power of 3
^ death of doctor
^ cite error: named reference invasion of time invoked never defined (see page).
^ myth makers
^ doctor who: companions, 1995