COMPANION FOLLOW-UP: BARBARA WRIGHT

"This history book's got it all wrong, I know, I was there."

Troubled by a strange teen, Barbara and her friend followed her home on day and met with her grandfather. This led the paranoid old man kidnapping her for an amazing journey in time and space.

Origin: 20th century Earth.
Seasons: 1-2
Tenure: 23 November 1963-26 June 1965
Reason for Leaving: The TARDIS failed to bring Barbara home for two years, so she had to let the Daleks have a shot at it.
Assessment: Barbara was easily the best of the early companions and certainly one of the best overall. She started out as a scary mouse but eventually became level headed, self-assured and independent. Her best serials are The Aztecs (it's all about her, you know), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Barbara keeps it together for the sake of the revolution) and The Web Planet (for killing the Animus. Companions could kill monsters back in the day).