Tegan Jovanka

Biography
Tegan was born in Brisbane on 22nd September 1960 (BFA:The Gathering). At some point prior to 28th February 1981, she moved to London and decided to pursue a career as an air stewardess.

Tegan first appears in the Fourth Doctor's last serial, Logopolis. Whilst on her way to Heathrow Airport to start her new job with Air Australia, her car suffers a flat tyre. She enters a roadside police box to seek help, not knowing that it is actually the Doctor's disguised TARDIS. She is present when the Doctor falls from the Pharos Project radio telescope and regenerates into his fifth incarnation, and continues to journey with the Doctor and his other companions.

Tegan is stubborn, loud, and direct, with a no-nonsense manner and not afraid to speak her mind (in Earthshock she describes herself as "just a mouth on legs"). Her time in the TARDIS coincides with that of Adric, Nyssa, Turlough and Kamelion. While she often bickers with them as well as with the Doctor, her strength of character keeps them together and her loyalty to her fellow crewmates is unquestionable. She is close to Nyssa, and is especially saddened at her leaving. The Doctor notes that she is a good coordinator, and often encourages her with the words, "Brave heart, Tegan." She is apparently able to speak one of the many Indigenous Australian languages fluently (DW:Four to Doomsday), and shows an ability to use firearms.

Despite her strong front, however, her adventures with the Doctor, both thrilling and terrifying, eventually take a psychological toll. She is deeply upset by the death of Adric in Earthshock. After being left behind in Heathrow due to a misunderstanding (DW:Time-Flight), she returns to the TARDIS in the subsequent adventure, Arc of Infinity. Nyssa's departure affects her as well, and she is initially suspicious of Turlough's intentions in joining the Doctor. Eventually, the carnage surrounding the events of Resurrection of the Daleks prove too much, and she bids an emotional good-bye to the Doctor and Turlough in 1984 London.

Tegan may have regained her job as a stewardess at some point, as she had a brief encounter with the Sixth Doctor, a young boy named Gareth Jenkins, and some Sontarans. (DW: A Fix with Sontarans)

Known Relatives
In addition to Tegan's Aunt Vanessa, who is killed by the Master, Tegan also had a cousin named Colin Frazer (DW: Arc of Infinity) and an uncle named Andrew Verney (DW: The Awakening)