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The Eighth Doctor's final ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' companion, an alien {{spoiler|princess who escaped her [[Dystopia|hellhole homeworld]] to see the universe}}. Got hit by an [[Aborted Arc]], courtesy of the TV series's return.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type V. Gets a better as time goes by, roughly a Type III be her final appearence.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]] - Interestingly one of ''two'' the Doctor knew at the same time. (The narrative uses this thematically.) Destrii fangirls 1960s and 70s sci-fi and westerns.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] - {{spoiler|Her final and very ugly break with her uncle Jodafra comes when she discovers that he's planning to feed a bunch of little kids to a monster in exchange for power - hurting children hits rather too close to home for her.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]] - Kills her mother. After looking at Destrii's childhood, you can see why.}}

* [[Totally Radical]]: Late 1990's-early 2000's variety, at least in her earlier appearances. Justified as she was raised on a selected batch of pop culture by her manipulative uncle.

 

A shapeshifter who prefers to take the form of a penguin. Has a daytime job as a private eye. Also appears in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who]] audios, where he is voiced by Robert Jezek. Not to be confused with the character from ''[[Torchwood]]: Children of Earth.''

 

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[A God Is You]]}}

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]

* [[Quest for Identity]]

* [[Walking the Earth]]

 

 

 

* [[Affably Evil]] (to an extent; she's more ruthless than evil, but she's terribly polite about it)

* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]

* [[Anti-Villain]] (see above)

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]

* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]

 

First non-white companion, albeit not on television.

 

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: So she's aged up four years and left on another planet in the arms of someone she's fallen in love with. Happy ending, right? [[Fridge Logic|But what about her family and friends back in Blackcastle?]]

 

 

* <s>[[Ascended Fanboy]]</s> [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]]

* [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Started off as a shy Geek who used travelling with the Doctor as a way of dodging her adoption issues, with kind of androgynous, frumpy features and clothing. Later morphed into a confidant Amazonian Action Girl (Wether a fish or a mammal) who had no qualms punching monsters.

* [[Changeling Fantasy]]: Subverted. Izzy fantasises about having special parents, but eventually realises how much she cares about her adopted parents and goes home to them. Her real parents' identities are never revealed.

* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: according to [[Word of God]], based initially on Louise Wener of [[Britpop]] band Sleeper, and later on the actor Luisa Bradshaw-White.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]

* [[Tomboyish Name]]

 

A kind of on- and off-again companion to the Eighth Doctor who he had allied with previously. A secret agent for the British Crown in the 1930s and 40s.

 

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]] - Unintentionally. [[Crazy Prepared]] baddies called The Threshold had given her an implant without her knowledge, so that she could act as a spy for them.}}

 

A creation of the Matrix Lords of Gallifrey, those Time Lords whose minds survive in the Matrix, serving as their agent in the wider universe. A sometime ally of the Fifth and Eighth Doctors, who through his adventures with them discovers he's slowly developing free will. Appears in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who]] audios, where he's voiced by Mark Donovan.

 

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Able to travel anywhere in time and space.

 

Abslom Daak was a thuggish Human criminal from the mid-26th century. Eventually he was convicted and given the choice between vaporisation or exile as a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Dalek Killer]]. He chose the latter. During this, his only true love was killed by a Dalek survivor that Daak had overlooked, leaving Daak grief-stricken and vowing to exterminate every Dalek in the galaxy. Made his first appearance in a back-up comic strip in 1980. He met the Fourth and Seventh Doctors and also Bernice Summerfield a couple of times (he lived during the same 26th century time period as her).

 

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His personal chainsword.

 

The version of the Master who appeared in a lengthy plot arc in the Eighth Doctor Comics. This Master was one of the most coolly manipulative and patient versions seen so far, simultaneously juggling a grand plan to achieve divine power with a pettier plan to morally humiliate the Doctor and turn his favourite species into the kind of culture he's spent his life fighting.

 

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* [[Not So Different]]: his plan revolves around destroying the Doctor's moral authority by setting up situations where [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|his flaws will damage people he interacts with]].

* [[Race Lift]]: this version of the Master happens to be black in human ethnic terms, although little is made of it.

 

An adorably cute alien fluffball who is actually a murderously psychotic [[Galactic Conqueror]]. Introduced in the Fourth Doctor comic story "The Star Beast", a parody of cute [[Alien Among Us]] narratives in which he crashed on contemporary Earth while fleeing justice and tried to pull a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]. Made several later appearances as a comedy villain.

 

 

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