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The Eighth Doctor's second companion and the one who stuck with him the longest, originally introduced in ''The Taint''. Fitz was born in 1936 to a German father and an English mother in London. His entire life was a bit of a [[Trauma Conga Line]], but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[Cloning Blues|got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' history and was in a [[Big Finish Doctor Who|BFA]] in Summer 2009. [[Trope Overdosed|He's Trope-tastic.]]
The Eighth Doctor's second companion and the one who stuck with him the longest, originally introduced in ''The Taint''. Fitz was born in 1936 to a German father and an English mother in London. His entire life was a bit of a [[Trauma Conga Line]], but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[Cloning Blues|got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' history and was in a [[Big Finish Doctor Who|BFA]] in Summer 2009. [[Trope Overdosed|He's Trope-tastic.]]


* [[Action Survivor]]: He starts out this way -- he didn't even really want to go with the Doctor that much, but he didn't really have [[You Can't Go Home Again|any other choice]]. But eventually he embraced the whole adventurer thing. He still has almost all the additional traits mentioned under the trope, though: [[Perma Stubble|stubbly]], [[Non-Action Guy|non-actiony]], uncommonly decent, etc.
* [[Action Survivor]]: He starts out this way -- he didn't even really want to go with the Doctor that much, but he didn't really have [[You Can't Go Home Again|any other choice]]. But eventually he embraced the whole adventurer thing. He still has almost all the additional traits mentioned under the trope, though: [[Perma-Stubble|stubbly]], [[Non-Action Guy|non-actiony]], uncommonly decent, etc.
* [[Affectionate Gesture to the Head]]: He ruffles the Doctor's hair at the end of ''Mad Dogs and Englishmen'', and does the same thing to Anji in ''The Book of the Still'', making her angry. It seems like he might be more comfortable showing affection this way than by hugging, since he tends not to initiate hugs.
* [[Affectionate Gesture to the Head]]: He ruffles the Doctor's hair at the end of ''Mad Dogs and Englishmen'', and does the same thing to Anji in ''The Book of the Still'', making her angry. It seems like he might be more comfortable showing affection this way than by hugging, since he tends not to initiate hugs.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: He's sort of a bookish geek with some kind of crush on the Doctor, and he thinks he's cool and sometimes is.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: He's sort of a bookish geek with some kind of crush on the Doctor, and he thinks he's cool and sometimes is.
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* [[Daydream Surprise]]: Who's this private eye all of a sudden? Fitzwilliam Fort? Do we know him? Oh, yes, we do!
* [[Daydream Surprise]]: Who's this private eye all of a sudden? Fitzwilliam Fort? Do we know him? Oh, yes, we do!
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: He's "died" at least twice (three or more if you count [[Future Me Scares Me|Father Kreiner]]). Once, he only survived because the Doctor, Anji, and the TARDIS loved him very, very much and believed in him. [[It's Been Done|He did the Tinkerbell Jesus routine first]], without the [[Narm]].
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: He's "died" at least twice (three or more if you count [[Future Me Scares Me|Father Kreiner]]). Once, he only survived because the Doctor, Anji, and the TARDIS loved him very, very much and believed in him. [[It's Been Done|He did the Tinkerbell Jesus routine first]], without the [[Narm]].
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]]: his mother [[Death By Origin Story|dies in his first book]]. However, she became psychotic after his father died, so she couldn't raise him, and once he was of age he had to take care of her. However, they were still apparently very close and he still misses her years later. The advice she gave him when he was younger is part of what made him such a [[Nice Guy|good person]].
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]]: his mother [[Death by Origin Story|dies in his first book]]. However, she became psychotic after his father died, so she couldn't raise him, and once he was of age he had to take care of her. However, they were still apparently very close and he still misses her years later. The advice she gave him when he was younger is part of what made him such a [[Nice Guy|good person]].
* [[Designated Monkey]]: [[Depending on the Writer|In the Lance Parkin stories, at least.]]
* [[Designated Monkey]]: [[Depending on the Writer|In the Lance Parkin stories, at least.]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Almost every time he's behind the wheel of a car, he hits something with it. It's [[Car Fu|usually intentional]], but sometimes it's not. Is there really any call to "crunch" the gearstick?
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Almost every time he's behind the wheel of a car, he hits something with it. It's [[Car Fu|usually intentional]], but sometimes it's not. Is there really any call to "crunch" the gearstick?
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* [[Nobody Poops]]: For some reason, he's the only character in the series who's ever mentioned to occasionally have to take a leak, which kind of creates the impression he has the world's smallest bladder. It seems to mostly come up in situations where it makes the reader sympathize with him even more, ie., he's in a stressful situation which is made worse by there being no loos for miles, or all that beer he had earlier is messing up his attempt to keep a [[Unbroken Vigil|vigil]] at the injured Doctor's bedside.
* [[Nobody Poops]]: For some reason, he's the only character in the series who's ever mentioned to occasionally have to take a leak, which kind of creates the impression he has the world's smallest bladder. It seems to mostly come up in situations where it makes the reader sympathize with him even more, ie., he's in a stressful situation which is made worse by there being no loos for miles, or all that beer he had earlier is messing up his attempt to keep a [[Unbroken Vigil|vigil]] at the injured Doctor's bedside.
* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: He once [[The Klutz|fell down]] what seemed to be a [[Pit Trap]] and [[Sarcastic Clapping|clapped sarcastically]] when the Doctor fell in after him while trying to rescue him.
* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: He once [[The Klutz|fell down]] what seemed to be a [[Pit Trap]] and [[Sarcastic Clapping|clapped sarcastically]] when the Doctor fell in after him while trying to rescue him.
* [[Perma Stubble]]
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Not only does he like children, he seems to care a lot about animals, and not just the [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|cute, cuddly ones]]: robot canaries that bite him, evil monkeys with guns, worms, etc.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Not only does he like children, he seems to care a lot about animals, and not just the [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|cute, cuddly ones]]: robot canaries that bite him, evil monkeys with guns, worms, etc.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Fitz is in about fifty books. In the eighth, he apparently dies (he's actually brainwashed by a cult and becomes Father Kreiner, but we'll ignore that bit for now) and the Doctor implants his memories into a clone of a clone of a clone (etc.) of the original Fitz. It's this duplicate who remains the Doctor's companion for the rest of the EDAs.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Fitz is in about fifty books. In the eighth, he apparently dies (he's actually brainwashed by a cult and becomes Father Kreiner, but we'll ignore that bit for now) and the Doctor implants his memories into a clone of a clone of a clone (etc.) of the original Fitz. It's this duplicate who remains the Doctor's companion for the rest of the EDAs.
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