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Liz by the River Thames in a promotional photograph for Doctor Who. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.
Liz Shaw
Affiliated with Third Doctor
UNIT
Race Human
Home planet Earth
Home era 20th century
First appearance Spearhead from Space
Last appearance Inferno
The Five Doctors (cameo)
Portrayed by Caroline John

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Character history

Liz first appears in Spearhead from Space, having been drafted from the University of Cambridge by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart as a scientific advisor to UNIT. Spearhead from Space is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes Sceptical at first of UNIT's ambit to defend against alien invasion, she changes her mind when she encounters the newly-regenerated Doctor and becomes involved in defeating the plans of the Nestene Consciousness and its animated plastic Autons. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor

Liz is an accomplished scientist, an expert on meteorites with degrees in several disciplines, including physics and medicine. A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface Her extensive training, however, is still pale in comparison to the Doctor's own knowledge of the universe and scientific principles far beyond that of Earth's.

Liz continues to work with the Doctor and UNIT through encounters with the Silurians, the so-called Ambassadors of Death and the Inferno project. The name Silurians refers to a fictional race of Reptile -like beings in the long-running British Science fiction television series The Ambassadors of Death is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Inferno is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly She eventually resigns from UNIT and returns to Cambridge, but there was no "farewell scene" on screen for Liz, her departure simply being announced by the Brigadier at the beginning of Terror of the Autons. Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly She reportedly told the Brigadier that all the Doctor really needed was someone to pass him his test tubes and tell him how brilliant he was; this feeling probably contributed to her decision to return to her own research.

Uniquely of all the companions, she is never seen to actually travel in the TARDIS, as her time with the Doctor coincides with his exile to Earth imposed by the Time Lords and the removal of his knowledge of time travel. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series'

Liz's life after leaving UNIT is not explored in the series. Caroline John appeared as an illusory image of Liz in the 20th Anniversary television movie The Five Doctors (1983), and as Liz herself in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time. The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and

Appearances in other media

John also played Liz Shaw in a series of straight-to-video stories produced by BBV under the umbrella title of P. R. O. B. E. , in which the character works with a paranormal investigation organization not unlike UNIT, called the "Preternatural Research Bureau". Liz appeared again in The Blue Tooth, an audio story narrated by the character which deals with the period of Liz's departure from UNIT. The Blue Tooth is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series

The Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Scales of Injustice by Gary Russell also explores the events surrounding Liz's resignation from UNIT. The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MA s in fandom were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction The Scales of Injustice is a Virgin Missing Adventures original novel written by Gary Russell based on the long-running British science Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a freelance Writer and former Child actor. Liz eventually does travel in the TARDIS in the Past Doctor Adventures novel The Wages of Sin by David A. McIntee, which takes place after the Doctor regains his knowledge and freedom. The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction The Wages of Sin is a BBC Books original novel written by David A David A McIntee is a British writer He has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC Science fiction Television series Doctor A parallel version of her appears in the novel Blood Heat where she is still part of UNIT fighting against the Silurians in a world where the Third Doctor died before defeating the reptiles. Blood Heat is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor 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

According to the 1997 Virgin New Adventures novel Eternity Weeps by Jim Mortimore, Liz dies in 2003, the victim of an extraterrestrial terraforming virus contracted while she was part of a UNIT team investigating an alien artefact on the Moon. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Eternity Weeps is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Jim Mortimore is a British Science fiction writer who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series principally Doctor Who The terraforming (literally "Earth-shaping" of a Planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its The canonicity of the novels, like other spin-off media, is uncertain. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor

List of appearances

Television

Season 7
20th anniversary special
30th anniversary special

Video

Audio drama

Novels

Virgin Missing Adventures
Virgin New Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures

Short stories

Comics

External links

The Blue Tooth is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MA s in fandom were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction The Eye of the Giant is an original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Christopher Bulis is a writer best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. The Scales of Injustice is a Virgin Missing Adventures original novel written by Gary Russell based on the long-running British science Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a freelance Writer and former Child actor. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Eternity Weeps is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Jim Mortimore is a British Science fiction writer who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series principally Doctor Who The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction The Devil Goblins from Neptune is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping (developed from an original idea by Day Martin Day (born 1968 is a Screenwriter and Novelist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Keith Andrew Topping (born in Walker, Tyneside) is an author journalist and broadcaster most closely associated with his work relating to the BBC Television The Wages of Sin is a BBC Books original novel written by David A David A McIntee is a British writer He has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC Science fiction Television series Doctor Vanessa Bishop (fl 1990s is a British writer most known from the review section "Off the Shelf" in Doctor Who Magazine. The Virgin Decalog books were collections of Short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the Television series Doctor Who Ian Potter (born 1968 in Liverpool) is a UK based writer and broadcaster best known for a series of short stories in the Big Finish Short Trips Doctor Who Short Trips Zodiac is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction Short Trips Monsters is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction Nick Wallace (born 1972 in Yeovil) is a novelist and short story writer based in Tunbridge Wells, best known for his work in Doctor Who spin-offs Short Trips A Christmas Treasury is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science TV Comic was a British Comic book published weekly between November 9 1951 and June 22 1984 for 1696 issues TV Comic was a British Comic book published weekly between November 9 1951 and June 22 1984 for 1696 issues TV Comic was a British Comic book published weekly between November 9 1951 and June 22 1984 for 1696 issues Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author best-known for her books connected to the British Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television
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