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-continuouslyThe Time Warrior part 1 first aired 15 December 1973; The End of Time part 2 aired 1 January 2010, thirty-six years, 17 days, later. and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart had longest non-continuous run when the official BBC spin-off programmes are included.Part Three of "The Web of Fear" originally aired on 17 February 1968. Part two of "Enemy of the Bane" first aired on 8 December 2008, forty years, nine months, and twenty-one days later.

According to producer John Nathan-Turner, when he was thinking of a name for the character, it was either going to be Tegan, after a friend's niece in Australia, or Jovanka, after Jovanka Broz, the widow of Yugoslavian President Josip Broz Tito, so he wrote both down on a piece of paper. Script editor......
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