Tegan Jovanka

Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character played by Janet Fielding in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An Australian airline stewardess and a native of Brisbane who was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1981 to 1984. Tegan was the longest-serving companion in terms of continuous years on the series (3 years, 1 month), closely followed by Sarah Jane Smith (whom Tegan briefly meets in the serial The Five Doctors). Jamie McCrimmon was in more episodes and serials than Tegan, while Rose Tyler was in more serials, but not as many episodes. Sarah Jane was the longest-serving companion non-continuously and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart had the longest...