The Incredible Resurrections of These 9 Doctor Who Companions Will Leave You Astonished!

Summary

Death is not permanent for many companions on

Doctor Who

, with characters like Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and Clara Oswald experiencing multiple deaths and coming back to life.

Time travel adds complexity to the notion of death in the series, as characters often perish before their own births or during events that are subsequently undone or erased from existence.

Notwithstanding the perils they encounter, the Doctor consistently endeavors to rescue their companions, even if not all can be saved. Amy, Rory, and Clara each have endings that are both poignant and hopeful, finding solace in the afterlife.

Throughout its 60-year run, Doctor Who has had numerous companions. Many of them have faced death head-on and defied it, but there are a few supporting characters who have actually died and returned to life. Death is a common occurrence within the Doctor Who universe. Despite the Doctor's best efforts to protect everyone, not all of them manage to make it back home safely. However, it's important to mention that not everyone who dies on the show remains deceased.

Doctor Who often finds companions caught up in perilous situations, yet with the aid of time travel, they somehow find a way to escape. Even if the Doctor is unable to save everyone, they always make an earnest attempt to do so. It is worth noting that due to complex timelines, some characters have died before they were even born, and others have met their demise during events that were eventually reversed or erased from existence.

9 Amy Pond

Amy Pond meets her demise multiple times while serving as the Eleventh Doctor's companion on Doctor Who. In season 5, "The Pandorica Opens" sees Amy being accidentally shot by Auton Rory and subsequently placed in the Pandorica by the Doctor for revival. After an astonishing 2,000 years in the Pandorica, Amy awakens in a museum and aids her younger self, who is still alive. In the episode "The Big Bang," the Doctor resets the universe, causing everyone, including Amy, to technically perish. However, Amy wakes up in her childhood room on the day of her wedding.

In the sixth season's episode "The Girl Who Waited," a paradox occurs, leading to an older Amy being trapped in a facility for decades, mistakenly believing she had been abandoned by Rory and the Doctor. Witnessing her younger self being rescued by Rory, the older Amy embraces her demise to ensure the safety of Team TARDIS. Tragically, she is ultimately erased from existence.

8 Rory Williams

Amy's final demise occurs in her ultimate installment, entitled "The Angels Take Manhattan." Following their successful endeavor to save the world, Rory is snatched away to the past by a Weeping Angel, leading Amy to come face-to-face with his gravestone. Realizing that Rory's fate is now irrevocably tied to residing in a bygone era, she resolves to never be separated from him, willingly accepting the creature's offer to transport her to him. Despite Amy's physical passing in the present era, she and Rory spend the remainder of their lives together in 1930s New York, where they also embrace the opportunity to raise another child.

Rory Williams, a companion of the Eleventh Doctor, gained fame in the Doctor Who series for his numerous deaths. Some of his demises were temporary, such as his drowning ordeal followed by resuscitation in "Curse of the Black Spot" and his demise at the hands of the Eknodine while trapped in a mirage crafted by the Dream Lord in "Amy's Choice." Another significant but less enduring death occurred in "The Doctor's Wife," where Amy discovers Rory's skeleton in the TARDIS while enduring mental anguish.

The notable demise of Rory occurs in the Doctor Who episode "Cold Blood" in season 5. He is ruthlessly murdered by a member of the Silurian community and subsequently collapses near a profound rift in the fabric of the universe. Tragically, this rift erases his existence completely. Amy, devastated by the loss, desperately endeavors to preserve his memory within her thoughts, yet her efforts prove futile as she gradually forgets her beloved fiancée's very existence. Remarkably, Rory is eventually resurrected as an Auton Roman Centurion in "The Pandorica Opens," fully recollecting his identity as Rory.

Just like Amy, he dies once again in "The Big Bang" as the universe is rebooted. He then reawakens in Leadworth on the morning of his wedding to Amy. Rory's ultimate demise occurs when he is taken by a Weeping Angel, condemning him to spend the remainder of his days in the past. Amy makes the decision to join him, and even though they are technically deceased in the future, Rory enjoys a fulfilling life with her and their son Anthony, providing Amy and Rory with a perfect ending.

7 Oswin Oswald / Clara Oswin Oswald

Assuming that every iteration of Clara Oswald throughout the Doctor's timeline meets a tragic end, the character possesses an endless array of possible deaths. Nevertheless, before her official introduction as a companion on Doctor Who, two significant versions of Clara make appearances on-screen: Oswin Oswald in "Asylum of the Daleks" and Clara Oswin Oswald in "The Snowmen." Oswin, the first variant encountered by the Eleventh Doctor, is oblivious to the fact that she has been transformed into a complete Dalek as a result of her exceptional intelligence. Upon realizing this devastating truth, she selflessly sacrifices herself, enabling the Doctor to escape and ensuring the destruction of the planet.

When the Doctor encounters Clara Oswin Oswald, he fails to recognize her as Oswin since he has never seen her face before. This particular version of the character assumes the role of a bartender in 1842, who unexpectedly becomes entangled in assisting the Doctor against a nefarious group of alien snowmen. Perched upon a cloud where the TARDIS is stationed, Clara suddenly comes under attack by the Ice Governess, resulting in both of them plummeting rapidly to the ground. Despite the Doctor and Sontaran Strax's efforts, Clara succumbs to her serious injuries and the Doctor attends her funeral.

6 Donna Noble

Donna Noble, known for her argumentative banter and attitude towards the Tenth Doctor, experiences death only once during her time on Doctor Who. In the episode "Turn Left" of season 4, a soothsayer pulls Donna into an alternative timeline, preventing her from meeting her ex-fiance, Lance, and altering the events of "The Christmas Invasion." What initially appears to be a minor alteration actually leads to the destruction of the world, as the Doctor succumbs to the Racnoss on what was meant to be Donna's wedding day.

To undo the catastrophic chain of events and ensure the world's salvation as well as her reunion with the Doctor, Donna seeks the help of Rose Tyler. Rose sends Donna back in time to the pivotal moment when everything started. There, Donna must convince her past self to choose the left path in her car instead of the right, thus restoring the correct timeline and ensuring her encounter with the Doctor. However, due to an unforeseen error, Donna arrives at the wrong location. In a selfless act, she sacrifices herself by stepping in front of a car, resulting in a colossal traffic jam that reverts the course of history.

5 Doctor Grace Holloway

Doctor Grace Holloway serves as the sole companion of the Eighth Doctor in the Doctor Who TV movie. Her primary mission is to rescue the Doctor from the clutches of the Master, who has forcibly taken control of the Doctor's body in a cunning effort to steal his remaining regenerations. Following a successful intervention, the Master reverts to his own form and launches an attack against both Grace and the Doctor. In the ensuing struggle, the Master callously hurls Grace off a TARDIS balcony, causing her untimely demise.

However, as the Master is drawn into the Eye, the Doctor urgently employs the TARDIS to travel back in time to the previous day, when Grace and the others were still alive. During this temporal leap, powerful energy emanates from the Eye, miraculously reviving Grace, along with the previously deceased characters Chang and Lee. Although the Doctor extends an invitation for Grace to accompany him on his adventures aboard the TARDIS, she respectfully declines and bids him farewell with a tender farewell kiss.

4 Captain Jack Harkness

Captain Jack Harkness, a companion to the Ninth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Doctors, first encounters the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler during the World War II London blitz. From there, they journey together until Jack's demise in "The Parting of the Ways." During the defense of Satellite 5, Jack bravely confronts a Dalek, sacrificing his life while the Doctor ensures Rose's safety by sending her back to her TARDIS and her home.

In an effort to aid the two individuals, Rose decides to open up and harness the energy of the TARDIS's core, enabling her to return to Satellite 5 successfully. However, in her struggle to wield this newfound power, she unintentionally brings Jack back from death, but this resurrection proves to be permanent. Consequently, Jack is now bestowed with immortality, condemning him to endure an infinite number of demises throughout eternity.

3 Strax

In the Doctor Who season 5 episode "A Good Man Goes to War," Strax the Sontaran is introduced. The Doctor saves him after Strax becomes stranded on Earth. Later, the Doctor enlists Strax's help in rescuing Amy Pond and her newborn child at Demons Run. Tragically, Strax is killed in battle but, true to his Sontaran nature, he is content with dying in combat. However, Jenny Flint and Madame Vastra revive him off-screen, and together with Strax, they form the Paternoster Gang. In "The Snowmen," the gang returns to assist the Doctor.

2 Jenny

Jenny, introduced as the Tenth Doctor's daughter in Doctor Who season 4, meets a tragic fate in her initial episode. Jenny is a result of a machine using the Doctor's DNA to create life with only one biological parent. While attempting to intervene in a conflict between a group of humans and the Hath, the Doctor faces a threat from the human leader who tries to shoot him.

In a moment of panic, Jenny sacrifices herself by stepping in front of the bullet intended for her father. Despite inheriting Time Lord traits, Jenny is unable to regenerate and dies in the Doctor's embrace. However, it later becomes apparent that she miraculously survives with the help of the terraforming "Source" that the warring armies had been fighting over. Jenny sets off on a space-bound journey in search of new adventures. Surprisingly, she never makes a return to Doctor Who.

1 Peri Brown

Peri Brown, a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors, encounters them during a visit to Lanzarote in 1984. Her departure from Doctor Who takes an unexpected turn when she is abducted by the Croziers. In a horrific attempt to transfer the consciousness of the malevolent Lord Kiv, they plan to perform a brain transplant on her. Unfortunately, the valiant ally warlord Yrcanos arrives too late and is devastated to discover that mercy killing is the only option left for Peri. Believing her to be deceased, the Doctor mourns her loss. However, in a stunning revelation during the season's climax and subsequent trial with the High Council of Gallifrey, it is unveiled that Peri miraculously survives. Not only that, she marries Yrcanos and ascends to the role of his Queen.