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Doctor Who character
Melanie "Mel" Bush
Affiliated with Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Race Human
Home planet Earth
Home era 20th century
First appearance The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids
Last appearance Dragonfire
Portrayed by Bonnie Langford
Not to be confused with Mel Bush of Mel Bush Organisation Ltd., music promoter and manager - "The Man Who Hired The World"


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Contents

Fictional character biography

Mel first appears in the serial Terror of the Vervoids, part of the 14-part story The Trial of a Time Lord. Terror of the Vervoids is the title commonly used for a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who The Trial of a Time Lord is a serial that encompasses the entire twenty-third season of British science fiction television series At this point, she and the Sixth Doctor have been travelling together for some time. The events of Vervoids are shown as part of a Matrix projection of future events being shown to the Sixth Doctor, so from his point of view, he is seeing an adventure he will have with Mel even before he meets her in his own timeline. The Matrix, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a massive Computer system on the planet At the end of Trial, the Sixth Doctor leaves with this future Mel, presumably to drop her off somewhere, meet her past self for the first time (from her point of view), and then carry on from there.

Mel is at present the only one of the Doctor's companions (not counting the special case of his granddaughter, Susan) never to have her actual first adventure with the Doctor chronicled on screen. In his book Doctor Who: The Companions (Piccadilly Press, 1986 ISBN 0-946826-62-5), series producer John Nathan-Turner indicated his intent to chronicle this adventure in Season 24, which would have followed Trial of a Time Lord. John Nathan-Turner (born Jonathan Turner; August 12, 1947 &ndash May 1, 2002) was the ninth producer of the long-running However, the subsequent departure of lead actor Colin Baker prior to production of the new season made this impossible. Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor

Mel is a computer programmer from the 20th century who comes from the village of Pease Pottage in West Sussex, England. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Pease Pottage is a small Village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Settlements Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23 corridor England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland She has an eidetic memory, and a cheery, almost perky personality. Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall Images Sounds, or objects in Memory She greets most situations with a warm smile and good humour, and was an optimist whose views extend to believing the best of people's natures, but can also scream with the best of them. She is a health enthusiast and a vegetarian, often encouraging the slightly portly Sixth Doctor to exercise more. She is present (albeit unconscious at the time) when the Sixth Doctor regenerates into his seventh incarnation, and continues to travel with him. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in

In the serial Dragonfire, she decides to stay on Iceworld with the galactic confidence trickster, Sabalom Glitz, leaving the Seventh Doctor to travel on with his new companion, Ace. Dragonfire is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three Sabalom Glitz is a Fictional character from the long-running British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Ace (given name Dorothy) is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series

Appearances in other media

The novelisation of The Ultimate Foe includes a scene in which the Sixth Doctor returns Mel to his future self at the point she was taken from, with the Virgin Missing Adventures novel Time of Your Life stating this was during an adventure on the planet Oxyveguramosa. A novelization is a Novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who 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 Time of Your Life is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series The actual story in which the Sixth Doctor meets Mel for the first time was never shown in the programme, although the Past Doctor Adventures Business Unusual, by Gary Russell, covers this, and establishes that she comes from 1989. 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 Business Unusual is a BBC Books original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a freelance Writer and former Child actor. The novel Spiral Scratch, also by Russell, reveals that Mel's middle name is Jane and that she was born on 22 July 1964 (Langford's actual birthday). This article is about the book For other uses see Spiral Scratch. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.

Mel's history after she leaves the Seventh Doctor is not explored in the series. Some of the spin-off novels and short stories, however, reveal that her decision to leave the Doctor is actually due to psychic persuasion on the Doctor's part, so he can go on to become the darker and more manipulative Time's Champion. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor In the Virgin New Adventures novel Head Games by Steve Lyons, Mel confronts the Seventh Doctor over this, and at the end of the novel he returns her to 20th Century Earth and Pease Pottage (the short story Business as Usual by Gary Russell, published in the anthology More Short Trips). The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Head Games is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Steve Lyons is a British writer He has written several Doctor Who spin-off novels as well as programme guides for Star Trek EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001

In Heritage by Dale Smith, it is revealed that at some point Mel travels in time and space again, ending up on the planet Heritage, where she dies in the 61st Century. Heritage is a BBC Books original novel written by first-time novelist Dale Smith and based on the long-running British science Paul Dale Smith (born November 1976 is a Writer and Playwright from Leicester, England but currently living and working in Greater However, this story takes place during a story arc where enemies of the Doctor are attempting to eliminate his companions from the timeline, so Mel's fate in Heritage may be part of an alternate destiny that vanishes once those enemies are defeated.

Bonnie Langford played Mel once again in the 1993 charity special, Dimensions in Time, and has voiced the character in a series of audio plays from Big Finish Productions, alongside Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the Sixth and Seventh Doctors. Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. Langford has also voiced an alternative, more cynical version of Mel in the Doctor Who Unbound play He Jests at Scars.... He Jests at Scars is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series

The canonicity of non-television stories is unclear. 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

List of appearances

Television

Season 23
Season 24
30th anniversary special

Audio dramas

Novels

Virgin New Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures

Short stories

Comics

External links

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