Companions of the Doctor
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The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Companions of the Doctor canonical | 3 |
| Doctor Who companions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T751052 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companions of the Doctor Context triple: [Weeping Angels, enemy, Companions of the Doctor]
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A.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
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B.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series for younger audiences that follows former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith as she investigates alien activity on Earth.
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C.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
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D.
Citadel of the Time Lords
The Citadel of the Time Lords is the towering, domed stronghold on Gallifrey that houses the Time Lords’ ruling councils, academies, and key temporal technologies in the Doctor Who universe.
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E.
the War Doctor
The War Doctor is a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who universe, portrayed by John Hurt as a battle-hardened Time Lord who fought in the Last Great Time War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companions of the Doctor Target entity description: The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
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A.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
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B.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series for younger audiences that follows former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith as she investigates alien activity on Earth.
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C.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
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D.
Citadel of the Time Lords
The Citadel of the Time Lords is the towering, domed stronghold on Gallifrey that houses the Time Lords’ ruling councils, academies, and key temporal technologies in the Doctor Who universe.
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E.
the War Doctor
The War Doctor is a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who universe, portrayed by John Hurt as a battle-hardened Time Lord who fought in the Last Great Time War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who concept
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fictional group of characters ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Doctor Who audio dramas
ⓘ
Doctor Who comics ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who comic strips
Doctor Who novels ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who expanded universe
Doctor Who television series ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who
|
| associatedWith | TARDIS ⓘ |
| basedOn | idea of a viewpoint character in serial adventure fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
C. E. Webber
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Donald Wilson ⓘ Sydney Newman ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | An Unearthly Child ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ally of the Doctor
ⓘ
audience surrogate ⓘ emotional support for the Doctor ⓘ moral compass for the Doctor ⓘ travelling partner of the Doctor ⓘ |
| includesNonHumanCharacters | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Ace
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Adric ⓘ Amy Pond ⓘ Barbara Wright ⓘ Bill Potts ⓘ Captain Jack Harkness ⓘ Clara Oswald ⓘ Donna Noble ⓘ Graham O'Brien ⓘ Ian Chesterton ⓘ Leela ⓘ Martha Jones ⓘ Nardole ⓘ
linked to:
The Doctor
Peri Brown ⓘ River Song ⓘ Romana ⓘ Rory Williams ⓘ Rose Tyler ⓘ Ryan Sinclair ⓘ Sarah Jane Smith ⓘ Susan Foreman ⓘ Tegan Jovanka ⓘ Yasmin Khan ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
companions eventually leave the Doctor
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companions face danger while travelling ⓘ |
| travelsWith |
the Doctor
ⓘ
linked to:
The Doctor
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| typicalFunction |
ask explanatory questions
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assist in resolving conflicts ⓘ offer human perspective on events ⓘ provide emotional grounding ⓘ |
| typicalSpecies | human ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Companions of the Doctor Description of subject: The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Companions of the Doctor