COMPANION FOLLOW-UP: VICKI

"The Doctor wanted to take us to 18th century Paris again, but that's sooo
last year!"

Vicki was a passenger on board the spaceship UK 201 en route to planet Astra. However, the ship crashed on planet Dido and this is where things went wrong. The only other survivor was a man named Bennett who pretended to be paralysed. While not paraplegic, it appeared that Bennett was certifiably insane.

Origin: Vicki is from the late 25th century, though it is never specified if she's from Earth, exactly.
Tenure: 2 January-6 November 1965
Reason for Living: Just like her predecessor, Susan, Vicki unexplicably fell in love with someone she barely knew, and belonged to a different time than her own. However, she will serve as inpiration for a Shakespeare play.
Assessment: To be honest, Vicki was always intended as a copy-paste replacement for Susan Foreman. But that,s where all similarities end. Vicki was certainly a superior companion: smart, witty, resourceful and mature beyond her years. Vicki is certainly not one to be afraid of her own shadow. Her best sierials are The Romans (nice double act with the Doctor, there), The Web Planet (for the well-written interplay with Barbara) and The Space Museum due to her nderstanding of space and time and the fact that she's the one who organises the Xeron Rebellion