Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Simon View Post
Says it all really, poor old Harry! (Ian Marter who played him did go on to write a substantial number of the novelisations, though).

Definitely Mel as Worst Companion Ever. Even if you're not fond of Billie Piper, Rose comes nowhere near in terms of badness. It doesn't help that the stories she appears in are pretty weak as well, but it's really Bonnie Langford's "eyes, teeth and jazz-hands" stage school "acting" that does it for me. She might have been acceptable as Violet-Elizabeth Bott when she was a kid, but ... no. Just no.

Dorothea "Dodo" Caplet (from the Hartnell period) is a bit of a dud too, mainly because the series producers couldn't decide if she was supposed to have a regional accent or not, so she veers from Cheery Cockerney to Manc to RP within a single episode. Bit like watching Frasier.
Agreed Mel is Worst Companion Ever. Though Adric and Thurlow were no great shakes either. Hmm Peter Davidson got a rough deal when it came to Comapanions didn't he