 A
modest, kindly young Victorian girl Victoria Waterfield, like Vicki,
before her became an orphan during her first story. After being
held
by the Daleks,
who use her to ensure that Victoria's father continues to work for
them on his static electric time travel experiments, she
finds herself on the Dalek's home planet Skaro. She is eventually
rescued by The Doctor and Jamie
but not before her father sacrifices his own life to help The Doctor
defeat the Daleks. The dying Edward Waterfield made The Doctor his
daughter's guardian. A role that The Doctor accepts. With nowhere
to go The Doctor invites her to join him and Jamie aboard the TARDIS
("The
Evil of the Daleks").
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Like many of
The Doctor's previous companions she is someone that The Doctor can protect and
care for. The Doctor becomes a surrogate father figure to her and so to help
her overcome the recent loss of her father, and the cruelty that she has
endured from the Daleks, The Doctor he even shared with her his innermost
thoughts regarding his own family. She also instantly identifies with Jamie and
he takes on the role of a protective older brother.
Victoria and
Jamie became a very successful team and even though Victoria was born over a
century later than Jamie and because of her sheltered Victorian life, as is
fitting for a refined young lady of the Victorian era, she shares some of his
innocence and naiveté. She was often teased by both The Doctor and Jamie
about her prim manner. Even so she relied heavily on the both of them to
protect and look out for her.
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Despite
being a little prim and proper, and lacking in knowledge
of things modern, she is very resourceful and independent.
Being a very sensitive girl Victoria gradually adapted to
life aboard the TARDIS and she adopted a more serviceable
attire as her 19th century style of
dresses gave way to styles more suited to the sixties. At
first she is rather alarmed as The Doctor comments 'A bit
short? Oh I shouldn't worry about that -
look at Jamie's!' ("The
Tomb of the Cybermen").
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| The Ice Warriors |
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Even so her
sensitivity meant that she was virtually frightened of everything that moved
and would always end up screaming the house down when faced with even the
smallest of horrors. However, it was during her final story that her screaming
was put to good use when it was found that the intelligent seaweed creatures,
which were menacing a gas exploration rig, were vulnerable to her amplified
high pitched voice.
Never
a wanderer by nature the seemingly endless battle against
hideous creatures, vile alien monsters and cruel villains
eventually became to much for her. As she tells Jamie 'Why
can't we go somewhere pleasant? Where there's no fighting,
just peace and happiness.' And
so when given the opportunity to stay with the Harris family,
in relative peace and safety, she agrees to leave the TARDIS
despite knowing the distress it will
cause both The Doctor and Jamie ("Fury
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