Benjamin "Ben" Jackson is a fictional character played by Michael
Craze in the long-running British science fiction television series
Doctor Who. A seaman in the Royal Navy from 1966, he was a companion
of the First and Second Doctors and a regular in the programme from
1966 to 1967. Ben appeared in 9 stories (36 episodes). The War
Machines, the character's first appearance, is the only one of his
stories to exist fully in the BBC archives.Ben first appears in the
First Doctor serial The War Machines, when he meets Polly and Dodo in
a London nightclub called the Inferno. As an Able Seaman serving in
the Royal Navy, aboard HMS Teazer, Ben is feeling depressed and angry
because he has a six-month shore posting to barracks while his ship is
deployed to the West Indies, but Polly and Dodo try to cheer him up.
When Polly is accosted by another patron in the Inferno, Ben comes to
her rescue. Eventually, Ben and Polly aid the Doctor in his fight
against the rogue artificial intelligence known as WOTAN. Afterward,
Ben and Polly are the bearers of the news of Dodo's decision to stay
in 1966 to the Doctor, and accidentally get carried away in the TARDIS
when they try to return Dodo's key to the time machine. It is implied
that these events occurred on the last day of Ben's shore posting, for
in The Smugglers he pleads, "make sure that I get back by teatime,
Doctor. I've got to get back to my ship by tonight."Ben is a salt of
the Earth kind of fellow, dependable, faithful, but prone to be
suspicious when kept in the dark or not understanding what was going
on. In The Power of the Daleks Ben revealed that, as a child, he lived
opposite a brewery. He is very attached to Polly, whom he considers
posh, giving her the nickname of "Duchess" and appointing himself as
both her protector and that of the Doctor. He is present with Polly
when the First Doctor regenerates into the Second, and continues to
travel with the Second Doctor. Along his travels with Polly and the
new Doctor, he encountered Daleks, Cybermen, Macra, mad scientists as
well as meeting new companion, Jamie McCrimmon.Eventually, the TARDIS
finds its way back to 1966 London (in The Faceless Ones) on 20 July
â€" the very day Ben and Polly had left in the TARDIS (although about
a year had passed for them). They decide to remain behind to resume
their lives without disruption as the Doctor and Jamie travel on. Ben Jackson (Doctor Who) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter