Stacy Townsend

Doctorwhocharacter

Stacy Townsend|
name=Stacy
series=Doctor Who
affiliation=Eighth Doctor
race=Human
planet=Earth
era=23rd century
start= Dreadnought
finish= Coda (regular) Placebo Effect
portrayed=None

Stacy Townsend, or simply Stacy, is a fictional character in the "Radio Times" comic strips based upon the British science fiction television series, "Doctor Who". The Eighth Doctor first met her in the comic strip "Dreadnought" by Gary Russell, and she went on to become one of his companions. The canonicity of the comic strips, like other "Doctor Who" spin-offs, is unclear.

Character biography

Stacy was born in 2220Fact|date=April 2008. In 2246Fact|date=April 2008, at the age of 26, her ship, the "Dreadnought" came under attack from the Cybermen. The Eighth Doctor, having left Sam Jones at a Greenpeace rally, responded to the "Dreadnought"'s distress call and defeated the Cybermen, but not in time to save the ship's crew, except Stacy. She then joined him in his travels.

Although the Doctor was supposed to (and did) pick Sam up after an hour had elapsed for her, he took three years to eventually get back. With Stacy, the TARDIS materialised on Mars in 3998Fact|date=April 2008. There, she met an Ice Warrior named Ssard, who subsequently also joined her and the Doctor in the TARDIS.

The stories featuring the Eighth Doctor, Stacy and Ssard were terminated prematurely due to a change of management at the "Radio Times", resulting in the hurried two-part final story "Coda" being written to tie up the loose ends and terminate the story.

At some point after "Coda", Stacy and Ssard left the TARDIS and eventually their friendship turned into something more. In the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel, "Placebo Effect" by Gary Russell, the Eighth Doctor was invited to attend their wedding, which took place on Micawber’s World in 3999.

External links

* [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Stacy_Townsend Stacy Townsend] at [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/ "The TARDIS Index File" website]
* [http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/radiotim/1990s/1996.htm Page with all the "Radio Times" Doctor Who comic strips] , with Gary Russell's permission