Adric
| Adric | |
|---|---|
| Doctor Who character | |
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| First appearance | Full Circle |
| Last appearance |
Earthshock Time-Flight (cameo) The Caves of Androzani (cameo) |
| Portrayed by |
Matthew Waterhouse Andrew Sachs (one Big Finish production) |
| Information | |
| Affiliated |
Fourth Doctor Fifth Doctor |
| Species | Alzarian |
| Home planet | Alzarius |
| Home era | Unspecified |
Adric /ˈædrɪk/ is a fictional character played by Matthew Waterhouse in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was a young native of the planet Alzarius, which exists in the parallel universe of E-Space. A companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, he was a regular in the programme from 1980 to 1982 and appeared in 11 stories (40 episodes). The name Adric is an anagram derived from Nobel Prize-winning physicist Paul Dirac. Waterhouse is the youngest male actor to play a companion so far in the series.
Adric first appears in the Fourth Doctor serial Full Circle. Attempting to escape from the mysterious Mistfall threatening his community, he stumbles across and finds refuge in the TARDIS, which has been drawn into E-Space via a wormhole-like phenomenon known as a Charged Vacuum Emboitment. He stows away when the Doctor, Romana and K-9 Mark II leave Alzarius and becomes a companion in the following serial, State of Decay, accompanying them on the rest of their adventures in E-Space. He remains with the Doctor when Romana and K-9 leave and the TARDIS finds its way back into its own universe.
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