Doctor Who's recent bi-generation twist introduces the possibility of unresolved storylines for past companions like Leela. The short featuring Leela's return confirms that the Fourth Doctor ...

Louise Jameson's badass warrior Leela accompanied the Fourth Doctor on nine different adventures between 1977 and 1978.

As progressive as Doctor Who is, it took a long time for it to employ more women behind the cameras and develop better female characters.

With Leela, a mentor. With Romana, he could even play the fool and let her be the clever one. Each companion brought out something different from the Doctor, and it worked brilliantly. For most of ...