Ssard

Doctorwhocharacter

Ssard
name=Ssard
series=Doctor Who
affiliation=Eighth Doctor
race=Ice Warrior
planet=Mars
era=40th century
start= Descendance
finish= Coda (regular) Placebo Effect
portrayed=None

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

Character biography

Ssard first met the Doctor and Stacy on Mars in 3998Fact|date=April 2008. After the Doctor resolved a conflict between two rival families of Ice Warriors, Ssard joined them as a companion in the TARDIS. Their further adventures included defeating an alien infiltrator in Victorian era London.

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/Ssard Ssard] 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