Companion Stats: Dodo Chaplet

Names: Dodo Chaplet

Actress: Jackie Lane

Doctor/s: First

Year/s: 1966

Only properly in 4 serials, (with two the only remaining) Dodo is a highly overlooked companion, but for a good reason. Far too similar to Susan, Dodo didn't really bring anything new to the show (if accents that change half way through an episode don't count). In my opinion Dodo was fun and acted well along side Hartnell, and unfairly suffered the worst exit of any Doctor Who companion: no exit at all!

Episode Ranking

1. The War Machines (9/10)
2. The Gunfighters (7/10)
3. The Ark (6.5/10)

N.A. The Celestial Toymaker

N.A. The Savages

Note: I haven't included The Massacre as she was only in it for the last episode, for a few minutes at the end.

These add up to give Dodo an average episode rating of...                               7.5/10

And a range of...                                                                                                  2.5

This can be broken down into:

1 Amazing Episode (9+/10)

1 Good Episode (7+/10)

1 Okay Episode (6+/10)

In my opinion, of the surviving episodes, Dodo is best in The Gunfighters where she displays both her feisty and also her cute side.

Here is a rather pointless graph showing her run of episodes:

As usual the red line shows the average.

Comparison

We can see Dodo comes in last place in terms of quality of episodes:

1. Vicki Pallister - 8.08/10
2. Steven Taylor - 8/10
3. Susan Foreman - 7.7/10
4. Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright - 7.65/10
5. Dodo Chaplet - 7.5/10

But she has the best consistency of episodes (remember: the lower the range, the better the consistency of quality of episodes):

1. Dodo Chaplet - 2.5
2. Steven Taylor - 3
3. Susan Foreman - 5.5
4. Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright - 8
5. Vicki Pallister - 8

And thus concludes the final companion to leave during the Hartnell era! Join us tomorrow for a breakthrough blog announcement! (Don't get too excited)