Then in 1981 came Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), an Australian air stewardess who stepped into what she reasonably thought was a phone box for police when her car broke down.

One of the first non-Brit companions was a feisty aeroplane hostess called Tegan Jovanka, who stumbled into the TARDIS in the final story of Tom Baker's tenure as the Doctor, and stayed for two years.

Showrunner Davies has now explained to Doctor Who Magazine that Belinda is a "companion desperate to get home", much like former characters Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Tegan Jovanka.

Showrunner Davies has now explained to Doctor Who Magazine that Belinda is a "companion desperate to get home", much like former characters Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Tegan Jovanka. However, ...

Doctor Who has been on our screens for 60 years. Australians have been loving and contributing to the show for that entire time. Find out how the Doctor remains connected to fans Down Under.

Janet Fielding returns in the special short episode, "Tegan's Surprise Reunion," to help promote the Doctor Who Season 20 Blu-Ray boxset.

Doctor Who has reunited legendary companions Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa to promote the Blu-ray release of season 20.

Some of his companions were Adric (played by Matthew Waterhouse), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), among others.

In an art gallery located in the British capital, two of the Doctor’s companions from earlier eras reunited – with Janet Fielding reprising her role as Tegan Jovanka, companion to the fourth ...

The episode had the Thirteenth Doctor tangle with classic adversaries such as the Daleks and the Master (Sacha Dhawan); reunited her with former companions like Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and ...