Barbara Wright

Played by Jacqueline Hill

"Look, I know we thrust ourselves upon you, but we've been through a great deal together since then. And all we've been through will remain with us always."

School teacher Barbara is curious about one of her students – Susan Foreman. She persuades fellow teacher Ian to help her follow Susan home one day, and their lives are never the same again. Whisked off into time and space, historian Barbara encounters cavemen, Aztecs, ancient Romans and almost loses her head on the guillotine. She and Ian leave the Doctor using a Dalek time machine, and return to Earth – although two years after they had left!