are married. Film version In the film Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Barbara (portrayed by Jennie Linden) is one of Dr. Who’s granddaughters and the girlfriend of Ian Chesterton. Barbara does not appear in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) being replaced by Louise, Dr. Who's niece, with no mention as to her fate. Other Media Comics The character also appears in the Dell comic strip adaptation of the film and the short story The House on Oldark Moor by Justin Richards. In Dr. Who and the House on Oldark Moor, Barbara met an ancient Roman legion in 64 A.D., and travelled to Oldark Moor and met Count Tarkin. Barbara was absent during two of Dr. Who and Susan's subsequent adventures, as was Ian, with Susan believing that she eventually stopped seeing, though she had not actually gotten over him. In Doctor Who 3 - The Third Motion Picture, partway through the Scriptwriter's typing the script of the third Dr. Who film which would have featured Barbara rekindling her relationship with an increasingly, literally clownish Ian, Susan realised that she and all her family were fictional constructs; she reached out into the real world and killed the Scriptwriter by staking him through the heart. Reception In a review of Meglos (1980), in which Hill was cast as the villain, Radio Times Mark Braxton wrote that Barbara "will always be one of the great companions", speculating that her "magnificently haughty turn" as Yetaxa in The Aztecs was why she was cast in Meglos. Gavin Fuller of The Daily Telegraph named Barbara the sixth best female Doctor Who companion. Will Salmon of SFX listed the departure of Ian and Barbara as the eighth best companion departure. In 2010, readers of Radio Times voted Barbara as the 26th greatest companion, out of 48 options. References External links Barbara Wright on the BBC's Doctor Who website Television characters introduced in 1963 Doctor Who companions British female characters in television Fictional people from London Fictional schoolteachers simple:Doctor Who companions#Barbara Wright