Mel, also sometimes referred to as Melanie, is a fictional character
in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor
Who. A computer programmer from the 20th Century who is a companion of
the Sixth and Seventh Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from
1986 to 1987. Her family name was never revealed on-screen, but
production notes and promotional literature refer to her as Melanie
Bush. She was portrayed by Bonnie Langford. Mel appeared in six
stories (20 episodes) and is the penultimate companion of the classic
series.Mel first appears in the serial Terror of the Vervoids, part of
the 14-part story The Trial of a Time Lord. At this point, she and the
Sixth Doctor have been travelling together for some time. The events
of Vervoids are shown as part of a Matrix projection of future events
being shown by the Sixth Doctor to the court, so from his point of
view, he is seeing an adventure he will have with Mel even before he
meets her in his own timeline. At the end of Trial, the Sixth Doctor
leaves with this future Mel, presumably to drop her off somewhere,
meet her past self for the first time (from her point of view), and
then carry on from there. (This scenario is portrayed by The Trial of
a Time Lord screenwriters Pip and Jane Baker in their novelisation The
Ultimate Foe.)Mel is at present the only one of the Doctor's
companions never to have her actual first adventure with the Doctor
chronicled on screen. Series producer John Nathan-Turner indicated his
intent to chronicle this adventure in Season 24, which would have
followed Trial of a Time Lord. However, the subsequent departure of
lead actor Colin Baker prior to production of the new season made this
impossible. Aside from the continuity issues arising from The Three
Doctors and The Five Doctors that are never addressed nor apparently
acknowledged, Mel is the first companion who had already met the
Doctor before he met her and vice versa, and the only such companion
in the classic era, setting a precedent for numerous companions and
other characters in the revived era, most notably River Song.Mel is a
computer programmer from the 20th century who comes from the village
of Pease Pottage in West Sussex, England. She has an eidetic memory,
and a cheery, almost perky personality. She greets most situations
with a warm smile and good humour, and is an optimist whose views
extend to believing the best of people's natures, but can also scream
with the best of them. She is a health enthusiast and a vegetarian,
often encouraging the slightly portly Sixth Doctor to exercise more.
She is present (albeit unconscious at the time) when the Sixth Doctor
regenerates into his seventh incarnation, and continues to travel with
him. In the serial Dragonfire, she reunites with the galactic
confidence trickster, Sabalom Glitz, whom she met in The Trial of a
Time Lord and decides to travel with him aboard the Nosferatu II,
leaving the Seventh Doctor with new companion Ace. Mel Bush Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter