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Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor

The Doctor's Companion: A person who explores time and space with the Doctor, fights enemies with the Doctor, and often has to save the Doctor's life.

If it wasn't for the companions, the Doctor probably wouldn't have made it out of so many scrapes. To celebrate the formidable women who have travelled in the TARDIS, dive into four fantastic new adventures with the Doctor, starring Rose, Sarah-Jane, Clara and Bill.

Written by Jenny Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, Dorothy Koomson and Susan Calman, these stories are the perfect way to celebrate the Doctor's fantastic female heroines, for fans of all ages.

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About the Author

Susan Calman

Susan Calman is a comedian, actor, presenter and writer. A regular on The News Quiz, Susan has written four series for BBC Radio 4 and her last tour, The Calman Before The Storm sold out nationally. In 2016 she published her memoir, Cheer Up Love: Adventures in Depression with the Crab of Hate. In 2017, she quickstepped into the nation's hearts as maybe the most joyful contestant ever on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. An advocate for LGBT and mental health issues, Susan lives in Glasgow with her wife Lee and their cats.

Susan Calman

Jenny T. Colgan

Jenny Colgan has written twenty-five novels under her own name and, as Jenny T. Colgan, has published extensively in the Doctor Who universe, including the novels In the Blood and Dark Horizons, and the Big Finish audio drama Time Reaver, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Jenny T. Colgan

Jacqueline Rayner

Jacqueline Rayner has written many books, audioplays and comic strips, many of them set in the world of Doctor Who, including the number one bestseller The Stone Rose and two 'Quick Reads' for World Book Day. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked at BBC Books as an editor on their Doctor Who range.

Jacqueline Rayner

Dorothy Koomson

Dorothy Koomson, The knitty-gritty. . . Dorothy Koomson is the author of twelve novels including That Girl From Nowhere, The Chocolate Run, The Woman He Loved Before, The Ice Cream Girls and My Best Friend’s Girl. While writing The Friend she took up, in the name of research, knitting and cocktail mixing – two things that are oddly compatible. Give it a try.

Dorothy Koomson

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Audio

Audio pick of the month | The Day She Saved The Doctor

A companion: explores time and space with the Doctor, gets into trouble with the Doctor, fights enemies with the Doctor... and - more often than not - has to save his life.
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Features

'There is more to black women and women of colour than the current narrative allows'

Dorothy Koomson, author of The Friend, reacts to how black women are represented in the blockbuster adaptation of Black Panther
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Quizzes

Which Doctor Who companion are you?

To celebrate the release of The Day She Saved the Doctor, four brilliant companion stories written by four female authors, we're giving you the chance to test out which Doctor Who female companion you are. Each companion deals with the Doctor, the TARDIS and adventures in different ways. Are you similar to any of the Doctor's companions? Take the quiz to find out...

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