History Characters / EighthDoctorAdventures

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Long hair, fancy clothes, enjoys cooking and baking. In ''Timeless'', it gets him called a "poof".[[note]]He is also, on multiple other occasions, called a [[Film/WithnailAndI ponce.]][[/note]]

* CharactersAsDevice: She starts out as the perfect companion. Until, in ''Alien Bodies'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: she's literally the perfect companion -- crafted from a much less suitable girl, by the Doctor's subconscious RealityWarper moments).

-->"I have a feeling I'll be much happier not knowing who or what this 'Enemy' are. They'll probably be terribly disappointing. With my luck it'll turn out to be Yartek, leader of the alien Voord, with a big stick."

* TheMentallyDisturbed: His mental health is somewhat variable. He's usually sort of a high-functioning CloudCuckoolander, but he has moments of being certifiably insane. ''The Slow Empire'' plays this for [[BlackComedy fairly dark humor]] and mentions that after developing TraumaInducedAmnesia, he occasionally couldn't distinguish between TV and reality, and so had attacks of being able to be DrivenToSuicide by the [[CrapsackWorld utter depressingness]] of ''EastEnders'' [[note]]suggesting, incidentally, that the boredom of WalkingTheEarth alone turned him into a bit of a DayTimeDramaQueen[[/note]], and due to watching {{Superman}} he got some odd ideas about [[ClarkKenting disguises]] and "the relative position of the trousers and [[UnderwearOfPower underpants]]". He also seems to think that someone who was having a nosebleed four days ago may still need a handkerchief. He even had what may have been a momentary AxeCrazy blackout in ''City of the Dead''. In ''The Blue Angel'' he has an alternate self who apparently suffers from schizophrenia, completely averting FunnySchizophrenia; it's reasonably understated and not PlayedForLaughs at all. (Also, his POV in ''The Blue Angel'' is occasionally written in a subtly strange way — for example, he tends to bring something up which doesn't make a lot of sense without further explanation and then drift away from the topic, which resembles some [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_disorder symptoms of schizophrenia]].)

The Eighth Doctor's first companion in the [=EDAs=]. She's 16 years old at the beginning of her run and comes from 1990s England -- a cheerful social justice activist looking for adventure. [[spoiler:(Except she ''isn't'' — she was supposed to be a dark-haired drug addict, but got altered into the "perfect companion" by the TARDIS/the Doctor's subconscious. After reality starts falling apart, she's replaced by this original self... who ends up sacrificing herself to bring this version back to save the Doctor.)]]

* BiTheWay

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's not perfect, but she's very wholesome. And significantly [[spoiler:her hair is only blond because the Doctor accidentally messed around with reality to change her appearance and personality to make her an ideal companion. The original version is dark-haired and much edgier]].
* InnocentBlueEyes

[[folder:Samantha "Sam" Jones]]

Characters appearing in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novels.

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

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--> '''Sam''': ...The way he looks at certain people. Women and men. But he never acts on anything. [[note]]He does eventually, when BerniceSummerfield pounces him, but even then it still took a while before the authors were allowed to clearly state what happened.[[/note]]

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 lot of very confusing homosexual emotions for him despite identifying as straight. 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 and was in a [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho BFA]] in Summer 2009. [[TropeOverdosed He's Trope-tastic.]]

Essentially a cult of Time Lords devoted to causing temporal paradoxes through voodoo. Following the events of their final encounter with the Eighth Doctor, they now exist in a separate timeline. They also fought Sutekh.

* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: {{Hand Wave}}d: he's not wealthy, but he's resourceful. [[spoiler:And [[IControlMyMinionsThrough his bosses probably pay him]].]] He also might be using TimeTravelForFunAndProfit. Anyway, he somehow manages to get a BigFancyHouse in the Victorian era (while the protagonists have to settle for subletting SherlockHolmes' flat), apparently just because a classy villain has to have his creature comforts.

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Long hair, fancy clothes, enjoys cooking and baking. In ''Timeless'', it gets him called a "poof".[[note]]I'd bet that there's at least one time he gets called a [[Film/WithnailAndI ponce.]][[/note]]

* DesignatedMonkey: [[DependingOnTheWriter In the Lance Parkin stories, at least.]]

* GentlemanAndAScholar: He has [[NoSocialSkills certain gaps]] in his understanding of human social skills, but he manages to be very polite despite stumbling on a few of the finer points. If he [[BewareTheNiceOnes drops the politeness]], it's generally well-deserved, whether because someone's genuinely [[{{Villains}} malevolent]] or just an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]]. (And he's sometimes rude to Fitz, but it's in more of a fraternal way than a mean-spirited way.) And, of course, his [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel appearance]] and [[TheSmartGuy intellect]] also match the Trope to a tee.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While Fitz and Sam are almost this Trope, her original full name of "Laura Tobin" was only established in ''a Bernice Summerfield novel'' by Dave Stone. But Compassion ''isn't'' Laura Tobin, she's a [[ReplacementGoldfish replica of her]].

* 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".

* [[CampGay Camp]] [[CampStraight Bisexual]]: More than a bit. French accents, Greta Garbo impressions, male renditions of "(I Wanna Be) Bobbie's Girl", swordfighting in a wedding gown, "Ohmigod", "Oh. My. God", his terrible dated jokes when pretending to be Frank Sinatra, most of his acting in ''The Banquo Legacy'', leather trousers, a purple velvet suit, a metallic gold suit...

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Compare the [[MagnificentBastard Faction Paradox]] of the earlier Eighth Doctor and stand-alone novels to the Gallifrey- and time-destroying {{Complete Monster}}s in ''The Ancestor Cell''. They barely seem like the same organisation.

The Eighth Doctor's first companion in the [=EDAs=]. She's 16 years old at the beginning of her run and comes from 1990s England — a cheerful, goody-goody blonde girl who hates drugs! [[spoiler:(Except she ''isn't'' — she was supposed to be a dark-haired drug addict, but got altered into the "perfect companion" by the TARDIS/the Doctor's subconscious. After reality starts falling apart, she's replaced by this original self...who ends up sacrificing herself to bring this version back to save the Doctor.)]]

* MistakenForGay: In ''Vampire Science'', she's assumed to be a ButchLesbian when she hangs out in a [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame lesbian bar]] in order to catch a LesbianVampire. But she's actually predominately straight.

* SoapBoxSadie: She's a vegetarian, supports Amnesty International, etc.

Please note this is part of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse, not the {{Whoniverse}}.

Please note this is part of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse, not the {{Whoniverse}}. However, the Eighth Doctor's companions have been mentioned once in the revival series, [[spoiler:immediately before his regeneration into the War Doctor in ''The Night of the Doctor''.]]