- Vicki
Doctorwhocharacter
name=Vicki
series=Doctor Who
affiliation=First Doctor
race=Human
planet=Earth
era=25th century
start= The Rescue
finish=The Myth Makers
portrayed=Maureen O'Brien Vicki is a fictional character played by
Maureen O'Brien in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who ". An orphan from the 25th century, she was a companion of theFirst Doctor and a regular in the programme in Seasons 2 and 3 in 1965. Her last name was never revealed during the series.Character history
Vicki first appears in the serial "The Rescue", a survivor of a spaceship crash on the planet Dido and menaced by the monstrous Koquillion when she meets the Doctor and his companions Ian and Barbara. Still coping with his recent parting from his granddaughter Susan at the end of "
The Dalek Invasion of Earth ", the Doctor invites the teenage girl to join theTARDIS crew.Vicki is in many respects an ordinary teenage girl. She is a surrogate granddaughter to the Doctor and takes care of him like her own grandfather. She rarely takes the initiative, relying instead first on Ian and Barbara and then Steven Taylor, whom she treats like an older brother. Like many, however, her travels with the Doctor change and mature her. She is the one who persuades the Doctor to let Ian and Barbara use a
Dalek time machine to return to their own time in "The Chase".Vicki eventually falls in love with the warrior
Troilus when the TARDIS landed during the siege ofTroy ("The Myth Makers "). After making sure that Steven and the Doctor will be all right without her, she decides to remain with Troilus, eventually passing into legend asCressida , the name given to her by KingPriam .Other appearances
Vicki appears in the spin-off short story "Apocrypha Bipedium" by Ian Potter, where the
Eighth Doctor advises her and Troilus to move toCornwall to avoid the tragic conclusion to their story as related byWilliam Shakespeare .The audio story "
Frostfire " is told by an older Vicki living inCarthage , where she and Troilus traveled withAeneas , had children and settled, although it is shown that she now regrets her decision to stay in Troy. "Frostfire" portrays Vicki as somewhat lonely and isolated, conversing with a somewhat malevolent living cinder (a spark of the phoenix) because it is the only being with whom she can discuss her travels with the Doctor.The novel "
The Eleventh Tiger " byDavid A. McIntee (set during Vicki's time with the First Doctor, Ian and Barbara) reveals that her full name is Vicki Pallister. Like all spin-off media, the canonicity of these stories is unclear.List of appearances
Television
;Season 2
*"The Rescue"
*"The Romans"
*"The Web Planet "
*"The Crusade"
*"The Space Museum "
*"The Chase"
*"The Time Meddler ";Season 3
*"Galaxy 4 "
*"The Myth Makers "Audio drama
*"
Frostfire "Novels
;
Virgin Missing Adventures
*"The Plotters " by Gareth Roberts
*"The Empire of Glass " byAndy Lane ;
Past Doctor Adventures
*"Byzantium! " byKeith Topping
*"The Eleventh Tiger " byDavid A. McIntee hort stories
*"Romans Cutaway" by David A. McIntee ("More Short Trips")
*"Planet of the Bunnoids" by Harriet Green ("Short Trips and Sidesteps")
*"Apocrypha Bipedium" by Ian Potter ("")
*"Corridors of Power" byMatthew Griffiths ("")
*"The Schoolboy's Story" byTrey Korte ("")
*"Every Day" byStephen Fewell ("")
*"Mars" byTrevor Baxendale ("")
*"Snowman in Manhattan" by John Binns ("")Comics
*"Are You Listening?" by
Warwick Gray andColin Andrew ("Doctor Who Summer Special 1994")External links
* [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Vicki Vicki] at [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/ "The TARDIS Index File" website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/companions/page4.shtml Vicki on the BBC's "Doctor Who" website]Vicki: An ancient name meaning GODESS
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