Essays in this book consider how gender is presented in Doctor Who and how certain female companions have been able to break out of the gendered roles usually assigned to them through the classic and new series.

Table of ContentsPreface—"Traveling" in the Time of Covid: Tenacious, Addlepated, Rumbustical, Daunting, Insuperable, StupefyingSherry Ginn and Gillian I. LeitchIntroduction—Boldly Going Where No Doctor Had Gone Before … Until ThirteenSherry Ginn and Gillian I. LeitchWho Says the Doctor Ever Had a Penis?Caroline-Isabelle Caron"Come on, Ace! We've got work to do": The Development of the Modern Companion on DoctorMichael G. RobinsonFemininity and Indigeneity: Leela in DoctorGillian I. Leitch"Give me some of that ­Nitro-9 you're not carrying": Ace as an Intuitive ­Anarcha-Feminist in the CartmelLynne M. ThomasReclaiming Her Agency: The Life and Times of Dr. Martha JonesSherry Ginn"Is that really what we've learned today?" Revising Clara Oswald on DoctorHeather M. McHaleThe "Other" Women in the Whoniverse: The Social Significance of Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Bill PottsLynnette PorterHope Persists: Overcoming Trauma as Thirteen, the Doctor of HopePamela Achenbach"Are you my mummy?" Mothering Monsters and the Contradictions of Motherhood in DoctorZara T. WilkinsonFilmographyAbout the ContributorsIndex