Victoria Waterfield

BACKSTORY.

Victoria Maud Waterfield was a companion of the Second Doctor.

She was the daughter of Edward Waterfield. She primarily had adventures with Jamie McCrimmon, and her contact with other companions was limited. She was known to be at least acquainted with Sarah Jane Smith and Peri Brown.

One of the youngest companions ever to travel with the Doctor, the 14- or 15-year-old was made an orphan by her mother's early death and her father's murder by the Daleks. The Doctor and Jamie, by mutual agreement, immediately chose to bring her along with them upon the death of her father. Thereafter, the duo was very protective of her, to an extent that the two did not typically exhibit towards their other female companions, Polly and Zoe. The two acted as a substitute father and brother to her, and patiently took the time to help her get over her sense of loss over her parents, and the great fear she experienced in some of the more dangerous parts of their adventures together. Indeed, she often displayed her fear by screaming with much greater frequency than the other female companions of the Second Doctor.

Her reasons for leaving the Doctor and Jamie were unique, and a consequence of her youth. She decided to live with the childless Frank and Maggie Harris in 1968. Though no details were known about the "formality" of this arrangement, it was apparent that Victoria stopped travelling in the TARDIS because she valued the comfort of family. While the Doctor saw the decision as very much a matter of her own choosing, Jamie was significantly distressed — much more so than he had been when Ben and Polly departed.