Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the
long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She
was a companion of the Fourth Doctor and a regular in the programme
from 1977 to 1978. Writer Chris Boucher named her after the
Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled. Leela appeared in nine stories (40
episodes).Leela was the daughter of Sole. She first appears in the
1977 serial The Face of Evil. She is a warrior of the savage Sevateem
tribe, who were amongst the descendants of the crew of an Earth
starship from the Mordee Expedition that crash-landed on an unnamed
planet in the far future. The tribe's name is a corruption of "survey
team". The Doctor at this point was content to travel alone, but Leela
barged into the TARDIS and continued to accompany him on his
journeys.Though a primitive, Leela was highly intelligent, grasping
advanced concepts easily and translating them into terms she could
cope with. Despite the Doctor's attempts at "civilizing" her, Leela
was strong-willed enough to continue in her ways. She usually dressed
in animal skins, and was armed with a knife or a set of poisonous
Janis thorns, which she did not hesitate to use on people who
threatened her, much to the Doctor's disapproval. She often
demonstrated a highly accurate sense of danger.In her travels with the
Doctor, Leela faced killer robots (The Robots of Death), murderous
homunculi (The Talons of Weng-Chiang), the Rutan Host (Horror of Fang
Rock), and the Sontaran invasion of the Doctor's home planet of
Gallifrey. During this final adventure, The Invasion of Time, she
meets and falls in love with Andred, a native Gallifreyan, and decides
to stay behind to be with him. The first K-9 remains with her. This
exit for her character was created after Louise Jameson announced her
intention to leave the show. Leela (Doctor Who) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter