And it worked: After Adric, the grimmer tone dominated in the Fifth Doctor era, with an increasingly murky grey morality (including two companions secretly working for his enemies) and a level of ...

The 5th Doctor was played by Peter Davison ... The companions for this season were: Adric, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough, and Kamelion. Adric was a young man from an alternate plane ...

"Adric," the Doctor solemnly replies. This exchange references the devastating events of the 1982 story Earthshock, the Fifth Doctor and Tegan's first encounter with the Cybermen, which ended in ...

The Fifth Doctor, played by the fabulous Peter Davison ... They're chasing the Terileptil and Adric excitedly asks, "You know where he is?" To which Five replies with a withering, "Yes, that's ...

This was especially true of the Fifth Doctor’s companions. A key reason why Adric traveled with the Doctor was because his brother died, leaving him with no family and no reason to stay with the ...

In the realm of Morning, the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan battle to against the malign influence of Hooklight - part 2 ...

After witnessing the Doctor regenerate into his fifth incarnation, she joined Nyssa and Adric in their travels with the Doctor. Tegan's adventures with the Doctor were especially traumatic ...

In which the Doctor, Adric and Tegan explore Deva Loka and find ... the contrasts and awkward moments are ideal. Rarely for a Fifth Doctor story his companions actually react with appropriate ...

The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight will be told ... and Matthew Waterhouse (who played Adric) for "the greatest quest of their lifetimes". Related: First look at Matt Smith's radical hair ...

Now, in his fifth incarnation ... sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. Adric, determined to justify his place aboard the TARDIS ...

The now 54-year-old shot to fame on Doctor Who when he played the plucky sidekick to Peter Davidson and Tom Baker’s incarnations of the time travellers between 1980 and 1982. Adric had a number ...

The last Doctor Who assistant to die on screen was, of course, Adric. His demise came at the end of the terrific Peter Davison Cybermen adventure Earthshock, when he sacrificed himself to try and ...