Vicki is a fictional character played by Maureen O'Brien in the
long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An
orphan from the 25th century, she was a companion of the First Doctor
and a regular in the programme in Seasons 2 and 3 in 1965. Her last
name was never revealed during the series. Vicki appeared in 9 stories
(38 episodes).Vicki first appears in the serial The Rescue (1965), a
survivor of a spaceship crash on the planet Dido. She and fellow
survivor Bennett are being menaced by the monstrous Koquillion when
she meets the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his companions Ian
(William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill). They discover that
Koquillion is actually Bennett, who had killed the crew of the
spaceship, including Vicki's father. Still coping with his recent
parting from his granddaughter Susan at the end of The Dalek Invasion
of Earth, the Doctor invites the teenage girl to join the TARDIS
crew.Vicki is the one who persuades the Doctor to let Ian and Barbara
use a Dalek time machine to return to their own time in The Chase. At
the beginning of The Time Meddler, it is revealed that the refugee
Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) had stowed away on the TARDIS at the end
of The Chase, and he accompanies Vicki and the Doctor.Vicki eventually
falls in love with the warrior Troilus when the TARDIS lands during
the siege of Troy (The Myth Makers). After making sure that Steven and
the Doctor will be all right without her, she decides to remain with
Troilus, eventually passing into legend as Cressida, the name given to
her by King Priam. She ensures that the Trojan girl Katarina (Adrienne
Hill) enters the TARDIS in her place.
Vicki (Doctor Who) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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