Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants by Andy Frankham-Allen Page A
Authors: Andy Frankham-Allen
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His will is easily overcome by the Macra ( The Macra Terror ), who turn him against his travelling companions, but the brainwashing is eventually fixed by the Doctor, who has already prevented Polly from succumbing to the same brainwashing technique.
Polly maintains her usual level of optimism whilst travelling, although the horror of the events she has witnessed continues to affect her. She is sickened by the Daleks’ slaughter of the human colonists on Vulcan, but despite her revulsion at witnessing the death of Gascoigne ( The Faceless Ones ) she still goes to check his body. Regardless of her outward ‘dolly bird’ appearance, and her well-to-do upbringing, she remains a strong and determined person, not ashamed to use her feminine wiles to gain the assistance of British soldier Finch, while on the Scottish highlands of 1746, as well as dominating the much weaker Kirsty McLaren, daughter of the Laird of the clan McLaren. She considers Ben a ‘real man’ and never loses hope that one day the Doctor will take her home (she thinks of Chelsea in The Underwater Menace , which suggests that is where she is from). She is partly responsible for Jamie joining the Doctor. It is her who suggests that he should come with them, rather than be left to fend for himself on the Scottish highlands.
Much like Dodo before them, during their last adventure set in London ( The Faceless Ones ) Ben & Polly are sidelined. In this case both disappear by the end of the second episode; Polly is replaced by an alien Chameleon in the first episode, calling itself Michelle Leuppi, while Ben is last seen in the second episode being frozen by the Chameleon, Spencer. The Doctor never gives up looking for them and eventually frees them at the end of episode six, in which they return for one final scene. Ben is the first to realise that the date, July 20th 1966, is the exact same day the pair joined the Doctor in The War Machines . Ben & Polly want to remain in London for a while, glad to be in a normal place again away from monsters. They both decide it is time to stop travelling, but only if the Doctor doesn’t mind. The Doctor is saddened to see them go, but makes Polly promise to look after Ben, which she does.
We never see them again on television, but in 2010 we discover in The Sarah Jane Adventures that Polly made good on her promise, and she and Ben remained together running an orphanage in India.
James Robert McCrimmon was quite unique in Doctor Who history. Not only did he appear in more episodes than any other companion (not counting any return appearances), but he travelled with the Second Doctor for all but one of his adventures (the only companion who came close was Tegan Jovanka who travelled with the Fifth Doctor for all but two of his stories). It was, therefore, of little surprise to learn that even today the Doctor regarded Jamie with great affection, having mentioned him several times in later incarnations; he even used Jamie’s full name as an alias when, in his tenth incarnation, the Doctor encountered Queen Victoria on the moors of Scotland ( Tooth and Claw ).
Jamie McCrimmon – Frazer Hines ( The Highlanders to The War Games, and The Two Doctors )
The Doctor first encounters Jamie in the Scottish highlands during the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746 (even though Jamie later explicitly states he comes from 1745 when being questioned by the Security Chief in The War Games ). It is a violent first encounter, in which Jamie holds a dirk to Ben’s throat, but the Doctor soon convinces the highlanders that he and his friends are not English spies. At the time Jamie is a piper for the McLaren clan. Surviving death at the gallows, Jamie helps the Doctor, Ben & Polly across the glen, suspecting they will become lost if they try to find their way on their own. Realising the danger, Polly convinces the Doctor to let Jamie go with them. Jamie is a little uncertain at first, wondering what he has ‘come
Polly maintains her usual level of optimism whilst travelling, although the horror of the events she has witnessed continues to affect her. She is sickened by the Daleks’ slaughter of the human colonists on Vulcan, but despite her revulsion at witnessing the death of Gascoigne ( The Faceless Ones ) she still goes to check his body. Regardless of her outward ‘dolly bird’ appearance, and her well-to-do upbringing, she remains a strong and determined person, not ashamed to use her feminine wiles to gain the assistance of British soldier Finch, while on the Scottish highlands of 1746, as well as dominating the much weaker Kirsty McLaren, daughter of the Laird of the clan McLaren. She considers Ben a ‘real man’ and never loses hope that one day the Doctor will take her home (she thinks of Chelsea in The Underwater Menace , which suggests that is where she is from). She is partly responsible for Jamie joining the Doctor. It is her who suggests that he should come with them, rather than be left to fend for himself on the Scottish highlands.
Much like Dodo before them, during their last adventure set in London ( The Faceless Ones ) Ben & Polly are sidelined. In this case both disappear by the end of the second episode; Polly is replaced by an alien Chameleon in the first episode, calling itself Michelle Leuppi, while Ben is last seen in the second episode being frozen by the Chameleon, Spencer. The Doctor never gives up looking for them and eventually frees them at the end of episode six, in which they return for one final scene. Ben is the first to realise that the date, July 20th 1966, is the exact same day the pair joined the Doctor in The War Machines . Ben & Polly want to remain in London for a while, glad to be in a normal place again away from monsters. They both decide it is time to stop travelling, but only if the Doctor doesn’t mind. The Doctor is saddened to see them go, but makes Polly promise to look after Ben, which she does.
We never see them again on television, but in 2010 we discover in The Sarah Jane Adventures that Polly made good on her promise, and she and Ben remained together running an orphanage in India.
James Robert McCrimmon was quite unique in Doctor Who history. Not only did he appear in more episodes than any other companion (not counting any return appearances), but he travelled with the Second Doctor for all but one of his adventures (the only companion who came close was Tegan Jovanka who travelled with the Fifth Doctor for all but two of his stories). It was, therefore, of little surprise to learn that even today the Doctor regarded Jamie with great affection, having mentioned him several times in later incarnations; he even used Jamie’s full name as an alias when, in his tenth incarnation, the Doctor encountered Queen Victoria on the moors of Scotland ( Tooth and Claw ).
Jamie McCrimmon – Frazer Hines ( The Highlanders to The War Games, and The Two Doctors )
The Doctor first encounters Jamie in the Scottish highlands during the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746 (even though Jamie later explicitly states he comes from 1745 when being questioned by the Security Chief in The War Games ). It is a violent first encounter, in which Jamie holds a dirk to Ben’s throat, but the Doctor soon convinces the highlanders that he and his friends are not English spies. At the time Jamie is a piper for the McLaren clan. Surviving death at the gallows, Jamie helps the Doctor, Ben & Polly across the glen, suspecting they will become lost if they try to find their way on their own. Realising the danger, Polly convinces the Doctor to let Jamie go with them. Jamie is a little uncertain at first, wondering what he has ‘come
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