One Classic Doctor Who Companion Almost Didn’t Get A Farewell Scene – Doctor Actor Reveals Fight To Include

Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy, who portrayed the Seventh Doctor, revealed that he vehemently persuaded the showrunners to give his companion co-star a proper sendoff scene after her exit from the show. Bonnie Langford played Mel Bush, a 20th-century computer programmer who traveled with the Sixth and Seventh Doctors and initially replaced Nicola Bryant during the “Trial of a Time Lord” storyline. After appearing on the show between 1986 and 1987, Langford decided to leave, after which she was replaced by Sophie Aldred, who played the Doctor’s companion until it was cancelled in 1989.