Despite dozens of heroes from across time and space venturing in and out of the TARDIS doorway , not a lot of Doctor Who ’s companions have really go out via the grim exit of death itself . You might cast your judgment back to someone like Adric , but the first companion putting to death hold out back much further … and is about to come back to haunt not just one Time Lord , but two .
Yes , well before Adric was a twinklingsilent - acknowledgment - over - that - maths - badgein someone ’s eye , the dubious honour of the first fellow traveller to get killed off in Doctor Who history fell to the First Doctor - era case Katarina , a handmaiden from 1200 BC Troy . And while there ’s debate about whether she ’s really a honest associate — because this is literally what Doctor Who fandom is all about , the debates will last as long as time itself — considering her dying came just five episode after she unite squad TARDIS in “ The Myth maker , ” Katarina is widely take the first major familiar causality on the show .
She perished during the very next ( and epic - distance ) series after her introduction , “ The Daleks ’ Master Plan , ” when she give herself in a hostage spot by blow both herself and her capturer out of an airlock in front of the Doctor . Her role in the rest of the story was give over to another killed - off - quasi - companion , Sarah Kingdom , who allied with the Doctor but finally pass at the end of “ Master Plan . ” earnestly , they had the time back in the day , that storey was 12 episodes long !
But now , Doctor Who Newsreports that virtually five and a one-half 10 since Katarina whooshed out of that airlock and into the history book , she ’s coming back as part of Big Finish ’s celebration of20 years in doc Who audio account .
Katarina ’s getting even will feature in Daughter of the Gods , the first taradiddle in Doctor Who — The Early Adventures ’ 6th serial , plant to release this November , with Ajjaz Awad lend her voice to the character in place of original actress Adrienne Hill , who go on by in 1997 . The chronicle will see the Second Doctor , Jamie , and Zoe meet the First Doctor , Steven , and Katarina after a cryptical piece of equipment Zoe re - attaches to the TARDIS cabinet causes a near - hit across time and blank space … but the problem is , Katarina should n’t actually be there at all .
The story — which sees original actors Frazer Hines , Wendy Padbury , and Peter Purves reprise their roles as Jamie , Zoe , and Steven ( with Hines and Purves also pulling timey - wimey double obligation as the Second and First Doctors , respectively)—marks the first really major re - appearance of Katarina in any form of Who media since “ The Myth Makers , ” outdoors of brief Easter nut present moment in a few novels and comics . Although she ’s a flyspeck , yet paradoxically important part of Doctor Who history , it ’s nice to see bragging Finish observe the power of what its audio dramas can do with Doctor Who storytelling by re - introduce Katarina to fans .
Doctor Who : The Early Adventures season six is gear up to unloosen November 2019 .
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