Hex (Doctor Who)
| Hex | |
|---|---|
| Doctor Who character | |
| First appearance | The Harvest |
| Last appearance | Signs and Wonders |
| Portrayed by | Philip Olivier (voice) |
| Information | |
| Affiliated | Seventh Doctor |
| Species | Human |
| Home planet | Earth |
| Home era | 2021 |
Thomas Hector Schofield, nicknamed Hex, is a fictional character played by Philip Olivier in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A staff nurse working for St. Gart's Hospital in London in the year 2021, he is a companion of the Seventh Doctor.
Hex first appeared in the play The Harvest (2004), where he met the Doctor and Ace while the two were investigating signs of alien activity at St. Gart's. Ace was going by her real name of McShane and working in Human Resources, striking up a conversation with Hex to gain information on the mysterious C-programme. When Hex gave Ace a ride to her "lodgings" in Shoreditch, he spied her going into a police box at Totter's Lane. Since Hex was hammering on the door and demanding to know what was going on, Ace let him inside the TARDIS, and Hex's world was transformed forever.
Hex aided the Doctor and Ace in their investigations at St. Gart's, uncovering the latest invasion scheme of the Cybermen and helping the time travellers defeat their old foes. At the adventure's conclusion, Hex asked if he could accompany them in their travels. The Doctor accepted him as his newest companion.
Schofield, who hated his real name and preferred to go by Hex, was incredulous of the strange things he saw but adjusted rapidly and accepted the evidence of his eyes. As a result, although he admitted that he did not know what he was getting into when he asked to join the Doctor, the Doctor and Ace seemed confident that he would be able to cope.
Hex's first real trip in the TARDIS was to an Earth city floating in deep space, centred on Uluru, where he encountered beings from the mythical Dreamtime and the alien Galyari. Once again, despite initial culture shock, he adapted quickly to his circumstances and, with Ace, ably assisted the Doctor in persuading the Dreaming to stop consuming the human inhabitants of the city (Dreamtime, 2005). He aided the Doctor in overthrowing a corrupt regime in LIVE 34 and uncovered the truth behind supernatural murders in Night Thoughts, developing a slightly flirtatious relationship with Ace.
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