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Originally posted by Calybos: I assume you mean more than one continuous string of "being-a-companion" stories, right? Correct!   [qb]
[qb] In The Five Doctors, several companions were seen for an additional time: Susan, Sarah Jane, and the Brigadier most prominently, but also illusionary appearances by Jamie and Zoe, Capt. Yates and Liz Shaw (and a clip from "Shada" with the second Romana). That was an excellent episode, Calybos seeing Susan again (all grown up, as it were) - a pity they didn't have the technology to have William Hartnell appear instead of Michael Hordern, even if his appearances were culled from bits and pieces of his tenure. 
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The Five Doctors was a heck of an episode all around. Too bad Tom Baker backed out of it (he later said he regretted the decision).
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I do remember seeing one episode of Pertwee first and not liking it (I have since learned to appreciate those stories)
I did get hooked with Tom Baker.
As far as Companions go, I would say Sarah Jane & Leela are my favorites. Peri is my least favorite (very whiney and the way Colin Baker's Doctor treated her, I'm surprized she didn't leave no matter what planet or time they were in)
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Tom "Jelly-Beans" Baker was always my fave, closely followed by Peter "Cricket Jacket" Davidson... probably because they were the ones on when I was a kid and totally into that sort of thing. I loved every episode with the Daleks, didn't think too much of K-9, and was terrified by these bio-tech using red-pustule lined aliens that turned up in an arc with the Brigadier (loved the Brigadier).
Does anyone know who those aliens were? Creepy sorts with sucky-breathing sounding bio-machines. I think their ship/base was at the bottom of a lake? They scared the hell out of me as a kid...
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Could've been the Sea Devils or the Zygons.
Or, if they were reptilian and heavy-breathing, you could be talking about Silurians. If they mostly whispered and had helmets, it was the Ice Warriors.
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AAAAAAHHHHHH!!! It was Zygons! (I just did some image searches with Calybos' helpful suggestions.) Geez that brings back some memories... 
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Was it true that one Dr. Who episode arc had aliens who were defeated by one of the Doctor's female companions just by screaming her head off? Answer to my own question - just how on earth could Victoria's hysterics have driven off those aliens? Was she the inspiration for Black Canary?
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Yes, Victoria's amplified screaming defeated the "weed creatures" in Fury from the Deep (Second Doctor--Patrick Troughton). According to the story, her scream had a particular vibrational frequency that disrupted the possessing weed-creature's influence over humans, and when amplified via transmitters and loudspeakers, could be used to directly destroy the weeds themselves. Here's the episode summary: http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2r.htm
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Had a look, Calybos - much obliged for the info, mate
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