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* TeamNormal: Anji's the closest thing to a normal companion the Doctor has in this series. See below.

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* TeamNormal: TheTeamNormal: Anji's the closest thing to a normal companion the Doctor has in this series. See below.
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* CharacterDevelopment: A ton. She starts out as a sixteen-year-old wide eyed idealist, too inexperienced to understand that life isn't morally black and white. Over the course of the books, she becomes a calm, determined, realistic twentysomething. ''Unnatural History'' adds layers upon layers of character to her after that.

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* CharacterDevelopment: A ton. She starts out as a sixteen-year-old wide eyed wide-eyed idealist, too inexperienced to understand that life isn't morally black and white. Over the course of the books, she becomes a calm, determined, realistic twentysomething. ''Unnatural History'' adds layers upon layers of character to her after that.



--> So of course it was easy for her to run off with the Doctor and be a daring student radical cyberpunk traveller saving the universe. After all, there wasn't any way she would ever really get hurt.

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--> So of course course, it was easy for her to run off with the Doctor and be a daring student radical cyberpunk traveller saving the universe. After all, there wasn't any way she would ever really get hurt.



* SmittenTeenageGirl: Towards the Doctor. He's ObliviousToLove, and keeps getting naked in front of her without realising what it does to her. Much later, when travelling with dark-haired Sam, he catches on soon enough when she gets him out of his shirt and simply snogs him. (He returns the kiss before telling her to think ''really hard'' about whether or not she wants to shag a centuries-old mass murderer.)

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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Towards the Doctor. He's ObliviousToLove, ObliviousToLove and keeps getting naked in front of her without realising what it does to her. Much later, when travelling with dark-haired Sam, he catches on soon enough when she gets him out of his shirt and simply snogs him. (He returns the kiss before telling her to think ''really hard'' about whether or not she wants to shag a centuries-old mass murderer.)



* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: [[EverybodySmokes He's from the 1960s]] ''and'' halfway [[IncrediblyLamePun fits]] the "sexy", "cool", and "tough" criteria.

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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: [[EverybodySmokes He's from the 1960s]] ''and'' halfway [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} fits]] the "sexy", "cool", and "tough" criteria.



* ACupAngst: It's not a very [[IncrediblyLamePun prominent trait]], but she does on occasion bemoan her lack of anything resembling cleavage.

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* ACupAngst: It's not a very [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} prominent trait]], but she does on occasion bemoan her lack of anything resembling cleavage.

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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 TraumaCongaLine, but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27, and promptly developed a crush on him. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[CloningBlues got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''Series/DoctorWho'' history. Also showed up in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Dead Romance'' and in the Franchise/IrisWildthyme story "Only Living Girls", and had his own [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish episode]], "Fitz's Story", in summer 2009 (voiced by Matt [=DiAngelo=]). [[{{Troperiffic}} He's Trope-tastic.]]

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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 TraumaCongaLine, but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27, and promptly developed a crush on him. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[CloningBlues [[OpeningACanOfClones got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''Series/DoctorWho'' history. Also showed up in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Dead Romance'' and in the Franchise/IrisWildthyme story "Only Living Girls", and had his own [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish episode]], "Fitz's Story", in summer 2009 (voiced by Matt [=DiAngelo=]). [[{{Troperiffic}} He's Trope-tastic.]]



* BodyBackupDrive: Complicated. The Fitz who travels with the Doctor after ''Interference'' is [[spoiler: the TARDIS' memories of him, imprinted on the vat-grown body of a clone of a clone of a clone]] while the real deal [[spoiler: became a Faction Paradox Father / undying Remote horror]].



* CloningBlues: Complicated. The Fitz who travels with the Doctor after ''Interference'' is [[spoiler: the TARDIS' memories of him, imprinted on the vat-grown body of a clone of a clone of a clone]] while the real deal [[spoiler: became a Faction Paradox Father / undying Remote horror]].



* DeadpanSnarker: To say the least. Constantly making cynical wisecracks is such a central part of his personality that in ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresTheBlueAngel The Blue Angel]]'', in one of his first appearances after he was [[CloningBlues more or less cloned]] in the previous book, his attempt to reassert his identity manifests as being so constantly sarcastic that the Doctor gets cross with him.

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* DeadpanSnarker: To say the least. Constantly making cynical wisecracks is such a central part of his personality that in ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresTheBlueAngel The Blue Angel]]'', in one of his first appearances after he was [[CloningBlues more or less cloned]] cloned in the previous book, his attempt to reassert his identity manifests as being so constantly sarcastic that the Doctor gets cross with him.
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%%* BusCrash* BusCrash: She [[spoiler: ends up as a victim of the Council of Eight’s killing of the Doctor’s companions, and is later confirmed to still be dead after the Council’s actions are RetGone]].
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%%* TheDreaded: They're worse then the Daleks.

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%%* * TheDreaded: They're worse then The Time Lords are terrified that the Daleks.Enemy will overwrite their version of history.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: If they're not in the full [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset armor]], they usually still wear a mask carved from the skull of a creature that never existed.


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* ParadoxPerson: They revere temporal paradoxes and strive to become one themselves.

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* TheChick: He's [[TheKlutz clumsy]] and [[NonActionGuy almost useless in a fight]], and also more likely to [[TenderTears cry]] than most of the other EDA companions. He also often [[WhatTheHellHero calls the Doctor out for getting nasty]], and serves as a [[TeamMom reasonable, levelheaded presence]].

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* TheChick: TheLoad: He's [[TheKlutz clumsy]] and [[NonActionGuy almost useless in a fight]], and also more likely to [[TenderTears cry]] than most of the other EDA companions. He also often [[WhatTheHellHero calls the Doctor out for getting nasty]], and serves as a [[TeamMom reasonable, levelheaded presence]].



* TheHeart: He often [[WhatTheHellHero calls the Doctor out for getting nasty]], and serves as a [[TeamMom reasonable, levelheaded presence]].



* FemmeFatale: Not as much as some examples, but she's sort of [[GoldfishPoopGang mildly]] antagonistic when first introduced, she's far from trustworthy, her alignment can generally be best described as [[ChaoticNeutral Chaotic Selfish]], and she gets Fitz wrapped around her little finger (although she scares [[TheChick him]] on occasion). [[note]]He probably finds it unusual that in this list, he gets to top for once![[/note]] And she enjoys dressing glamourously (often in black) as often as possible.

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* FemmeFatale: Not as much as some examples, but she's sort of [[GoldfishPoopGang mildly]] antagonistic when first introduced, she's far from trustworthy, her alignment can generally be best described as [[ChaoticNeutral Chaotic Selfish]], and she gets Fitz wrapped around her little finger (although she scares [[TheChick him]] him on occasion). [[note]]He probably finds it unusual that in this list, he gets to top for once![[/note]] And she enjoys dressing glamourously (often in black) as often as possible.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: It's easy enough to see her a spiritual successor to Ace, as well as a sort of prototype for the new series companions.
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First mentioned in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Ship Of Fools'' and later introduced in ''Interference''. Compassion is a former member of a Faction Paradox paramility group known as the Remote: a big exercise in playing with AliensStealCable. She likes uncomplicated people, fighting, and snarking. She was born on Earth in the 26th Century, and got re-iterated in the Remote remembrance tanks after dying three times over, rebuilt from raw biomass and the other people's memories. Meaning that the version of her who ends up travelling with the Doctor is a culmination of the Remote's perception of her. Her life gets... [[BalefulPolymorph weird]].

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First mentioned in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Ship Of Fools'' and later introduced in ''Interference''. Compassion is a former member of a Faction Paradox paramility group known as the Remote: a big exercise in playing with AliensStealCable. She likes uncomplicated people, fighting, and snarking. She was born on Earth in the 26th Century, and got re-iterated in the Remote remembrance tanks after dying three times over, rebuilt from raw biomass and the other people's memories. Meaning that the version of her who ends up travelling with the Doctor is a culmination of the Remote's perception of her. Her life gets... [[BalefulPolymorph weird]].
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* [[{{Ubermensch}} Übermensch]]: He certainly seems to be aiming for this trope, in a less [[OmnicidalManiac mindlessly destructive]] way than the typical villainous NietzscheWannabe. He's surprisingly charismatic, considers himself AboveGoodAndEvil, and thinks the Doctor is [[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned]] for [[TheFettered having a strong moral code]]. In ''The Domino Effect'', he gives quite a lecture about how the Doctor's values and the Doctor himself are hopelessly outdated:

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* [[{{Ubermensch}} Übermensch]]: He certainly seems to be aiming for this trope, in a less [[OmnicidalManiac mindlessly destructive]] way than the typical villainous NietzscheWannabe. He's surprisingly charismatic, considers himself AboveGoodAndEvil, and thinks the Doctor is [[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned]] for [[TheFettered having a strong moral code]]. In ''The Domino Effect'', he an alternate version of Sabbath gives quite a lecture about how the Doctor's values and the Doctor himself are hopelessly outdated:
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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[ThePerfectionist pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are {{Mirror Character}}s, and have a ton of FoeYay, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.

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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[ThePerfectionist pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are {{Mirror Character}}s, and have a ton of FoeYay, FoeRomanceSubtext, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.
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* DayOfTheWeekName: Interesting in that he chose it because a major event in his life occured on a ''Saturday''; he's quite interested in Jewish mysticism.

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* DayOfTheWeekName: Interesting in that he chose it because a major event in his life occured occurred on a ''Saturday''; he's quite interested in Jewish mysticism.



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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen]] Sabbath to regenerate into a New Doctor. [[spoiler: The Doctor would die because of his body decaying after his second heart had been stolen, and Sabbath’s DNA would get corrupted by The Doctor’s Second Heart, which Sabbath had stolen,]] leading to effectively a body swap and Sabbath regenerating. Thankfully, that didn't happen.

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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen for Sabbath to regenerate into a New Doctor.Doctor]]. [[spoiler: The Doctor would die because of his body decaying after his second heart had been stolen, and Sabbath’s DNA would get corrupted by The Doctor’s Second Heart, which Sabbath had stolen,]] leading to effectively a body swap and Sabbath regenerating. Thankfully, that didn't happen.



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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[YouMakeMeSic pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are {{Mirror Character}}s, and have a ton of FoeYay, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.

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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[YouMakeMeSic [[ThePerfectionist pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are {{Mirror Character}}s, and have a ton of FoeYay, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.
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* UnfortunateNames: Yes, his name really [[IncrediblyLamePun Fitz]] him. Sure, he's NeverHeardThatOneBefore. His last name is still a nuisance, but less of an entertaining one — in recently-post-WWII England, having a German surname is apparently enough to make him worry about getting his head kicked in, so he goes by Fitz Fortune when first introduced. It's mentioned that, since "Fritz" is such a [[StockForeignName stereotypical German name]] that it's used to refer to all Germans, the other kids used to call him "Fitz the Fritz".

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* UnfortunateNames: Yes, his name really [[IncrediblyLamePun Fitz]] him. Sure, he's NeverHeardThatOneBefore. His last name is still a nuisance, but less of an entertaining one — in In recently-post-WWII England, having a German surname is apparently enough to make him worry about getting his head kicked in, so he goes by Fitz Fortune when first introduced. It's mentioned that, since "Fritz" is such a [[StockForeignName stereotypical German name]] that it's used to refer to all Germans, the other kids used to call him "Fitz the Fritz".

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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[YouMakeMeSic pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are NotSoDifferent, and have a ton of FoeYay, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.

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* {{Expy}}: Of the Master. He's far from the same character with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but they have a lot of similar personality traits, such as [[YouMakeMeSic pedantry]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a fondness for elegant dark clothes]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]], etc. They both function as a recurring villain who often [[EnemyMine collaborates with the Doctor against a more immediate menace]], occasionally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero of their own making]]. In general, their relationships with the Doctor are quite similar: they often get along civilly, are NotSoDifferent, {{Mirror Character}}s, and have a ton of FoeYay, despite the fact they're, you know, arch-enemies. Also, Sabbath was originally supposed to have been [[TheManBehindTheMan working for the Daleks]], something the Master's done once or twice. Where the Master had Ogrons (ape-like aliens) as henchmen, Sabbath just has regular old apes. Interestingly, Lawrence Miles, who came up with Sabbath, objected to Sabbath's gradual drift into {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}hood, as he intended the character as more of a DarkerAndEdgier version of the Doctor.



* MirrorCharacter: The main difference between them, morality-wise, is that the Doctor feels more remorse when he has to ShootTheDog or do anything else dubiously moral, and when he doesn't it's because of his BlueAndOrangeMorality tendencies. But Sabbath is only slightly more likely to think the ends justify the manipulative or murderous means.



* NotSoDifferent: The main difference between them, morality-wise, is that the Doctor feels more remorse when he has to ShootTheDog or do anything else dubiously moral, and when he doesn't it's because of his BlueAndOrangeMorality tendencies. But Sabbath is only slightly more likely to think the ends justify the manipulative or murderous means.

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* DeconstructedTrope: She's too young to fully understand that real life danger can have real life implications, and ends up in a hospital very quickly because of it.
--> So of course it was easy for her to run off with the Doctor and be a daring student radical cyberpunk traveller saving the universe. After all, there wasn't any way she would ever really get hurt.



* RealityEnsues: She's too young to fully understand that real life danger can have real life implications, and ends up in a hospital very quickly because of it.
--> So of course it was easy for her to run off with the Doctor and be a daring student radical cyberpunk traveller saving the universe. After all, there wasn't any way she would ever really get hurt.

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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 TraumaCongaLine, but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27, and promptly developed a crush on him. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[CloningBlues got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''Series/DoctorWho'' history. Also showed up in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Dead Romance'' and in the Franchise/IrisWildthyme story "Only Living Girls", and had his own [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish episode]], "Fitz's Story", in summer 2009 (voiced by Matt [=DiAngelo=]). [[TropeOverdosed He's Trope-tastic.]]

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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 TraumaCongaLine, but he maintained a cheerful, laid-back attitude despite it. He met the Doctor in 1963, when he was 27, and promptly developed a crush on him. He's an easy-going but intensely loyal guitarist whose personal timeline [[CloningBlues got a bit confusing]]. He's possibly the longest-running companion in ''Series/DoctorWho'' history. Also showed up in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Dead Romance'' and in the Franchise/IrisWildthyme story "Only Living Girls", and had his own [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish episode]], "Fitz's Story", in summer 2009 (voiced by Matt [=DiAngelo=]). [[TropeOverdosed [[{{Troperiffic}} He's Trope-tastic.]]



* BigDamnKiss: Gets one with the Doctor in his fourth book.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: And she doesn't like anybody either.
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* [[spoiler:RapeAsDrama: Well... sort of. In a very obvious [[ShootTheDog metaphorical way]] that one of the characters [[WhatTheHellHero points out]].]]
* [[spoiler:SpaceshipGirl: And ''how'' — she eventually turns into a walking, talking ''TARDIS''!]]

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* [[spoiler:ChildrenRaiseYou: In a strange way. Suddenly this CreepyChild is thrown at her! Geez! She doesn't even really want it!]]
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* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: The Bad.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Finally realises that his 'masters' are actually using him for their own agenda and joins the Doctor in opposing them.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath, reasoning that killing the Doctor instead could still be what the other party wants and would be a victory even if it isn't, chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]

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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath, reasoning that killing the Doctor instead could still be what the other party wants and would be a victory even if it isn't, chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]



* KickTheDog: He wastes basically no time doing this. He starts out ''The Adventuress of Henrietta Street'' giving the impression he's going to be hardly antagonistic enough to count as a FriendlyEnemy. And then he rips out the Doctor's heart. Also, since he considers himself AboveGoodAndEvil, he doesn't hesitate to kill if doing so has sufficient utility. In ''The Last Resort'', [[TheHeart Fitz]] has to talk him out of stabbing a [[InnocentBystander nursing mother]] who wanted to kill him for seemingly having killed her husband but probably wouldn't have been able to anyway.[[note]]Although generally when he does gratuitously vicious things like that, it's implied that it's part of some BatmanGambit that tends to come very close to paying off by the end. For example, he probably hadn't actually killed the woman's husband, but he wanted Fitz to think he had, and coming across as AxCrazy would play into that.[[/note]] And in ''The Domino Effect'', an [[AlternateUniverse alternate version]] of him even [[spoiler:goes ahead and shoots a particularly innocent and {{woobie}}ish [[BarrierMaiden barrier person]]. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Who went to his own]] [[{{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} alma mater]], too! It's really quite satisfying when it has the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard direct result]] of getting him [[KarmicDeath shredded]] by an extradimensional CreepyChild.]]

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* KickTheDog: He wastes basically no time doing this. He starts out ''The Adventuress of Henrietta Street'' giving the impression he's going to be hardly antagonistic enough to count as a FriendlyEnemy. And then he rips out the Doctor's heart. Also, since he considers himself AboveGoodAndEvil, he doesn't hesitate to kill if doing so has sufficient utility. In ''The Last Resort'', [[TheHeart Fitz]] has to talk him out of stabbing a [[InnocentBystander nursing mother]] who wanted to kill him for seemingly having killed her husband but probably wouldn't have been able to anyway.[[note]]Although generally when he does gratuitously vicious things like that, it's implied that it's part of some BatmanGambit that tends to come very close to paying off by the end. For example, he probably hadn't actually killed the woman's husband, but he wanted Fitz to think he had, and coming across as AxCrazy would play into that.[[/note]] And in ''The Domino Effect'', an [[AlternateUniverse alternate version]] of him even [[spoiler:goes ahead and shoots a particularly innocent and {{woobie}}ish [[BarrierMaiden barrier person]]. [[FelonyMisdemeanor Who went to his own]] [[{{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} alma mater]], too! It's really quite satisfying when it has the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard direct result]] of getting him [[KarmicDeath shredded]] by an extradimensional CreepyChild.]]



* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedTykebomb]]

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* TheManBehindTheMan: It's revealed that he's acting on someone else's orders.
* ManipulativeBastard: He enjoys it, too.

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* %%* ManipulativeBastard: He enjoys it, too.



* MoralityPet: He runs through them pretty fast, though.

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* %%* MoralityPet: He runs through them pretty fast, though.



* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: When he finally renounces working against the Doctor for once and for all, he ends up effectively killing himself within a few chapters.]]

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* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: When RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:When he finally renounces working against the Doctor for once and for all, he ends up effectively killing himself within a few chapters.]]



* TheStoic
* StoutStrength

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* SuperNotDrowningSkills[[spoiler:: Except not really.]]

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* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]
* WickedCultured

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* HollywoodVoodoo

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* TimeyWimeyBall: They're doing their best to smash it into little bits.

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* TheDreaded: They're worse then the Daleks.

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* %%* TheDreaded: They're worse then the Daleks.



* RetGone: What they can do to you.

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* BrokenBird

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* LatexPerfection
* MasterOfDisguise: Usually with a dose of WigDressAccent.

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* %%* MasterOfDisguise: Usually with a dose of WigDressAccent.



* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: She's occasionally ''dere'' for Fitz.]]

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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Sabbath to regenerate into a New Doctor. The Doctor would die because of his dying body, and Sabbath’s DNA would get corrupted by The Doctor’s Second Heart, which Sabbath had stolen, leading to effectively a body swap and Sabbath regenerating. Thankfully, that didn't happen.

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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen [[WhatCouldHaveBeen]] Sabbath to regenerate into a New Doctor. [[spoiler: The Doctor would die because of his dying body, body decaying after his second heart had been stolen, and Sabbath’s DNA would get corrupted by The Doctor’s Second Heart, which Sabbath had stolen, stolen,]] leading to effectively a body swap and Sabbath regenerating. Thankfully, that didn't happen.
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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Sabbath to take the Doctor's place as the hero]], turning into him via the Doctor's biodata or... something. Thankfully, that didn't happen.

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** Larry intended [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Sabbath to take the Doctor's place as the hero]], turning regenerate into him via the Doctor's biodata or... something.a New Doctor. The Doctor would die because of his dying body, and Sabbath’s DNA would get corrupted by The Doctor’s Second Heart, which Sabbath had stolen, leading to effectively a body swap and Sabbath regenerating. Thankfully, that didn't happen.
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Literally, but he doesn't really tick all the boxes. He seems to aspire to the aloof, superior aspects occasionally at first[[note]]'People,' sighed Fitz lazily, watching her go. 'They're all so... stupid!'[[/note]], but his naturally [[{{Adorkable}} friendly, awkward personality]] betrays him. Appearance-wise, he's apparently not bad, and according to his official bio he has a "quiet intensity [...] which both sexes find attractive".

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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Literally, but he doesn't really tick all the boxes. He seems to aspire to the aloof, superior aspects occasionally at first[[note]]'People,' sighed Fitz lazily, watching her go. 'They're all so... stupid!'[[/note]], but his naturally [[{{Adorkable}} friendly, awkward personality]] personality betrays him. Appearance-wise, he's apparently not bad, and according to his official bio he has a "quiet intensity [...] which both sexes find attractive".
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* TraumaCongaLine
* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexual}} something in common]] with [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.

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* %%* TraumaCongaLine
* %%* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexual}} something in common]] with [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.most.
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath, reasoning that killing the Doctor instead chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Sabbath often falls victim to this; while intelligent enough to be a ManipulativeBastard who initially gets the Doctor to eliminate his enemies for him, his ‘business associates’ have manipulated him- actually, two different versions of Sabbath were manipulated by two different parties in two different timelines, no less- into developing flawed ideas about how Time works so that he can manipulate the space/time continuum on their behalf to create a universe better suited to their own agenda rather than Sabbath’s desires to benefit humanity.

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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath, reasoning that killing the Doctor instead could still be what the other party wants and would be a victory even if it isn't, chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Sabbath often falls victim to this; while intelligent enough to be a ManipulativeBastard who initially gets the Doctor to eliminate his enemies for him, his [[spoiler:his ‘business associates’ have manipulated him- actually, two different versions of Sabbath were manipulated by two different parties in two different timelines, no less- into developing flawed ideas about how Time works so that he can will manipulate the space/time continuum on their behalf to create behalf. As a result, while Sabbath believed he was ensuring the safety of the universe and the creation of a timeline where humanity would become the new Lords of Time, he instead created a universe better suited that his masters could more easily manipulate according to their own agenda rather than Sabbath’s desires to benefit humanity.agenda]].

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* [[spoiler:[[PutOnABusToHell Put On A Bus To Purgatory]]: See above. Debatable.]]



* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath instead chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]

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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Put in a position where he will apparently fulfil his former masters' goals if he essentially kills their leader but will save the universe by 'killing' the Doctor (actually banishing them to the Time Vortex to exist in eternal agony), Sabbath Sabbath, reasoning that killing the Doctor instead chooses to inflict such a fate on himself as the one thing nobody could have predicted he'd do.]]]]
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Sabbath often falls victim to this; while intelligent enough to be a ManipulativeBastard who initially gets the Doctor to eliminate his enemies for him, his ‘business associates’ have manipulated him- actually, two different versions of Sabbath were manipulated by two different parties in two different timelines, no less- into developing flawed ideas about how Time works so that he can manipulate the space/time continuum on their behalf to create a universe better suited to their own agenda rather than Sabbath’s desires to benefit humanity.
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* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexuality}} something in common]] with [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.

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* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexuality}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexual}} something in common]] with [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.

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* BiTheWay: Implied from his very first scene onwards:
-->Life was a never-ending series of dramas, some big, some small. The same dramas, experienced again and again by different people all through history. Only the trappings and circumstances changed. You got a job. You bought a house. You met someone. You got married and moved into their house. You had an affair. You got the wrong person pregnant and they married your best friend. You wished you could marry your best friend.
-->Whatever, the point of it was [...]
** Mentioned more explicitly in ''The Blue Angel'', when he admits via internal monologue that [[IfItsYouItsOkay he wants to "get laid by" the Doctor]], and flat-out admits to loving him in ''The Book of the Still''. In ''Interference'', he goes to ''insane'' lengths to be reunited with the Doctor. The Doctor merrily snogs him, is quite willing to discuss the matter and isn't exactly averse to all the HoYay.
** His relationship with George Williamson has quite a bit of HoYay as well.



* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[BiTheWay something in common with]] [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.

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* TrenchcoatBrigade: But, really, not half as edgy as most. Still, he's got [[BiTheWay [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexuality}} something in common with]] common]] with [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] that most examples don't have.
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* BiTheWay: And a gay rights activist.
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For the many, ''many'' tropes following her departure from the Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures, see ''Franchise/FactionParadox''. The Faction Paradox Protocols audios produced by BBV see her voiced by Jackie Skarvellis (albeit only in a temporary host body). Branching out from her arc in the Faction Paradox novels published by Mad Norwegian Press, she got her own series of spinoff novels published by Obverse, called ''The City Of The Saved''.

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For the many, ''many'' tropes following her departure from the Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures, see ''Franchise/FactionParadox''. The Faction Paradox Protocols audios produced by BBV Creator/BBVProductions see her voiced by Jackie Skarvellis (albeit only in a temporary host body). Branching out from her arc in the Faction Paradox novels published by Mad Norwegian Press, she got her own series of spinoff novels published by Obverse, called ''The City Of The Saved''.

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