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Jo in The Time Monster. The Time Monster is a serial in the British Science fiction Television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast
Josephine "Jo" Grant
Affiliated with Third Doctor
UNIT
Race Human
Home planet Earth
Home era 20th century
First appearance Terror of the Autons
Last appearance The Green Death
Portrayed by Katy Manning

Mildred Brown (The Claws of Axos)

Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running UNIT ( U nited N ations I ntelligence T askforce later the UN ified I ntelligence T askforce is a fictional military Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly The Green Death is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six Katy Manning (born 14 October, 1949 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British actress best known for her part as the companion The Claws of Axos is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in Katy Manning (born 14 October, 1949 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British actress best known for her part as the companion The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. A junior civilian operative for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats, she was a companion of the Third Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1971 to 1973, and the longest-serving female companion during the Third Doctor's tenure. UNIT ( U nited N ations I ntelligence T askforce later the UN ified I ntelligence T askforce is a fictional military Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running

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Conception

For his first series, producer Barry Letts had primarily worked on stories inherited from the previous production team. Barry Letts (born 1925 is a British actor television director and producer best known for his work on the BBC Science fiction Television series When it came to assessing his and script editor Terrance Dicks' approach to the next series, they identified a need to replace the Doctor's assistant, for the purposes of exposition and audience identification. Previous companion Liz Shaw had been conceived of as a brilliant scientist, and so could discuss matters with the Doctor on an equal footing; the replacement would be younger and more naive, someone who could ask, "Doctor, what's all this about?"[1][2] Along with the Brigadier's new second in command, Captain Mike Yates, the character of Jo Grant was inspired by the male-female companion pairing of Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield, whom Letts had previously directed, with the intention of a possible romantic subplot for the two. Liz Shaw, full name Dr Elizabeth Shaw, is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television Captain Mike Yates is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Richard Franklin James Robert McCrimmon, or simply Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television Victoria Waterfield is a fictional character played by Deborah Watling in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who [3]

Letts and Dicks also intended that Jo Grant would be cast so as to go beyond the stereotype of a "pretty doll. . . who can just stand there and scream. " They settled on young actress Katy Manning, whose personality had impressed in an otherwise shambolic audition. [2] Like previous companions, Manning's character was coded in contemporaneous fashions and attitudes, providing useful reference points for the audience of a science fiction series which couldn't incorporate events of the day. And similar to Pertwee's Doctor, Jo Grant was an "action-style" character, with the actress performing some of her own stunts — understandably so, given that her diminutive stature could not easily be doubled by a male stunt performer — though it is debatable whether the character fully broke any stereotypes. [4][5]

Character history

Jo first appears in the 1971 serial Terror of the Autons, having been assigned to the Doctor as a replacement for Liz Shaw. Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in Liz Shaw, full name Dr Elizabeth Shaw, is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television Apparently, she gained the assignment to UNIT because her uncle, a high ranking civil servant, had "pulled some strings". See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart assigns her to the Doctor, who is initially dismayed when he finds out that she is not a scientist, but accepts her because he does not have the heart to tell her otherwise. Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in

An enthusiastic, bubbly and sometimes scatter-brained blonde, Jo soon endears herself to the other members of UNIT, especially Captain Mike Yates and Sergeant Benton. Captain Mike Yates is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Richard Franklin Sergeant Benton is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by John Levene The Third Doctor is also particularly attached to her, and she is devoted to him, refusing to leave his side even where mortal danger was involved.

There is plenty of danger to go around as well, especially after the Time Lords restore the Third Doctor's ability to travel through time and space. The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' Jo faces the hazards and wonders of travel with the Doctor with courage and plucky determination. Together with the Doctor and UNIT, she encounters such perils as killer daffodils, time-eating monsters, renegade Time Lords, is miniaturised, hypnotised, flung through time, nearly aged to death and menaced by giant maggots and ancient dæmons. Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly The Time Monster is a serial in the British Science fiction Television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Carnival of Monsters is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly Day of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in The Claws of Axos is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in The Green Death is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six The Dæmons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five

Over time, Jo also grows more confident and mature, until she is independent enough to stand up to the Doctor, which she does in her last serial, The Green Death. The Green Death is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six During the events of that story, Jo falls in love with Professor Clifford Jones, a young, Nobel Prize-winning scientist leading an environmentalist group. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature At the end, she agrees to marry Jones and go with him to the Amazon to study its vegetation, the news of which the Doctor greets with a mixture of pride and sadness. The Amazon Rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonía

Other appearances

Her life after she left the Doctor and UNIT is not explored in the programme. Jo is briefly mentioned in the serial Planet of the Spiders, when she sends a package back to UNIT from the Amazon. Planet of the Spiders is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast In the 1985 story Timelash The Sixth Doctor and Peri arrive on Karfel, a planet which was previously visited (off screen) by the Third Doctor and Jo. One of the locals wears a locket with a picture of Jo inside, Peri recognises that the girl in the picture is Jo Grant implying that they have either met or Peri has researched the Doctor's previous companions. A middle-aged Jo is featured in the spin-off novel Genocide, by Paul Leonard, where she and Jones have a son named Matthew and are divorced. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Genocide is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Paul J Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published as PJL Hinder, is an author best known for his work on various Jo's appearance in Genocide was highlighted in a trailer for the re-launched Doctor Who range which was included on a number of BBC videos in 1997-8. The trailer used a clip from Frontier in Space to illustrate Jo. Frontier in Space is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in

Jo is mentioned by both the Doctor and The Brigadier in Mawdryn Undead, and by the Doctor in The Mysterious Planet. Mawdryn Undead is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast The Mysterious Planet is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast

List of appearances

Television

Season 8
Season 9
Season 10

Audios

Novels

Virgin New Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
Eighth Doctor Adventures
Telos Doctor Who novellas

Short stories

Comics

References

  1. ^ Rigelsford, Adrian (1994). Short Trips Past Tense is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction Peter Anghelides is an author and dramatist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC television series Doctor Who. Short Trips Repercussions is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science Short Trips Monsters is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction Short Trips 2040 is a Big Finish original anthology edited by John Binns and based on the long-running British science fiction television Short Trips A Christmas Treasury is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science Stephen Cole (born 1971 is an author of children's books and Science fiction. Short Trips Seven Deadly Sins is a Big Finish original anthology edited by David Bailey and based on the long-running British science fiction Short Trips A Day in the Life is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science Simon Bucher-Jones (born Simon Jones on 6 September 1964) in Liverpool he is a British author and artist, best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin Short Trips The History of Christmas is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Simon Guerrier and based on the long-running British Short Trips The Ghosts of Christmas is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and based on the long-running Robert T Jeschonek is a writer whose credits include Star Trek fiction published by Pocket Books. Short Trips The Quality of Leadership is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Keith R Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968 is a British Television Screenwriter and Novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction Adrian Salmon is a Comic book artist and illustrator from England. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television Adrian Rigelsford (born Cambridge, 1969 is a writer and TV historian whose factual work has been subject to controversy The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel. Boxtree Limited, 79-80. ISBN 0-7522-0959-0.  
  2. ^ a b Alvarado, Manuel; John Tulloch (1983). Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text. Macmillan Education Ltd. , 211-212. ISBN 0-333-34848-6.  
  3. ^ Sullivan, Shannon Patrick (2005-05-14). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Serial EEE: Terror Of The Autons. A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved on 2007-08-31. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne
  4. ^ Alvarado, Manuel; John Tulloch (1983). Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text. Macmillan Education Ltd. , 101-104. ISBN 0-333-34848-6.  
  5. ^ “Star Profile: Katy Manning”, Doctor Who Monthly (no. 52), May 

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