Top Tier, Doctor Who: 10 Worst Companions

The Worst Traveling Companions

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We had the best; now it is time to look at the worst. Welcome back, everyone, to Feats N’ Faults. Today, we have the unfortunate job of labeling the 10 worst Doctor Who companions. These might not be the worst in terms of fandom, but they are definitely the worst in terms of what they achieved on the show. For this feed, I want you to go ahead and try to think of a couple of companions you might see on this list. If you get any right let me know in the comments! Also, let me know who comes to your mind when you think of the worst companions. I’m curious who you think is at the bottom of the list.

                                                              Let's Get Started! 

10th Place, Polly Wright: 5 FN’F Score (1966-1967) 36 ep.

OK, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. A lot of these characters are going to have episode counts that are not exactly correct. Between the sixties and the seventies, the BBC had limited storage space and just went around deleting shows. Doctor Who was one of these shows. Because of this, many early episodes are still missing to this day. The significance being that characters like Polly were almost erased. Very little of their screen time is still around for us to view. I did my best with what was available, but I know that their scores would be better if we could find those missing episodes. Until then, I will signify this by putting a slash through their scores.

Polly was a fine companion. I do not have much to say because she has almost been completely erased from Who history. I hope we find those episodes so I can remove her from this list.

9th Place, Wilfred Mott: 5 FN’F Score (2007-2023) 9 ep.

Oh no, not Wilf! It really pains me to see this lovable grandpa down here at the bottom. He doesn’t really have any excuses. He did alright and was significant to the Doctor and his growth. However, he just couldn’t score enough. Even with his single fault! Wilf will go down as one of the Doctor’s most loved companions. Unfortunately, Bernard Cribbins passed away recently, so there is no possibility for him to improve his score. I salute this old soldier. May he rest in peace.

8th Place, Astrid: 5 FN’F Score (2007) 1 ep.

Next up, we have the short-lived Astrid. She appeared in the Christmas special and quickly got the doctor's attention. When this first came out, everyone was positive that she would be the next companion. Plot twist! She died at the end. Continuing to scar our poor, fragile 10th Doctor. She did pretty well for only having one episode. Saving multiple people, including the Doctor, and taking out some groups. However, there are some real heavy hitters in the companions, and she just couldn’t cut it.

7th Place, Steven Taylor: 5 FN’F Score (1965-1966) 45 ep.

In 7th, we have another victim of lost episodes. Steven was a fun new addition to the Tardis team. A big departure from Ian. Steven was a bit more brash. He was not the kind of guy to think things through before doing them. I mean, he abandoned another companion so he could save his teddy bear. I do not mean he just left her in a room, oh no. He let her fall off a cliff! I told you he didn’t think things through.

6th Place, Katarina: 4 FN’F Score (1965) 8 ep.

Poor Katarina worshipped the Doctor. No, literally, she thought he was Zeus. Katrina came from Troy during the Trojan War. After she joined the Doctor, she was held hostage and threw herself and her capture out of an airlock to save the Doctor! Adric gets a lot of credit for being one of the first companions to die, but Katarina was the first. This is a missing episode, but some of the audio still remains with the script. So, I was able to award her these points even though we can't see this pivotal moment in the show’s history.

5th Place, Victoria Waterfield: 2 FN’F Score (1967-1968) 39 ep.

Poor Victoria is a huge victim of the Doctor Who purge. Most of her episodes are lost to time. She is mentioned by the fourth Doctor, and we get to see a couple of episodes of her traveling with the second. Besides that, she picked some locks and fought some seaweed. I guess now you know why she is all the way down here with two points.

4th Place, Kamelion: 1 FN’F Score (1983) 2 ep.

Kamelion deserves to be at the bottom. He did absolutely nothing on the show, and the Doctor ended up killing him! It was to save some people, but still! The production is to blame for this short-lived companion. Kamelion was not a puppet. He was a very sophisticated animatronic. The guy who knew how to control him died in a boating accident, and no one else could figure it out! Kamelion was way ahead of its time, and with no one to pilot him, they had to write him off. They did not have to give him such a brutal end. The Master controlled him and put him in so much pain. To the point where Kamelion begged the Doctor to end his life. What an insanely tragic thing to do to this poor lil’ robot! The madmen!