Jo Grant

Josephine Grant was placed in UNIT, against the Brigadier's wishes, by her Uncle - a high-ranking official in the UN. The Brigadier decided that Jo could replace Liz Shaw, who returned to Cambridge, as the Doctor's research assistant. Secretly hoping that the Doctor's attitude would put Jo off UNIT, the Brigadier tells the Doctor that Jo will be an admirable assitant.

Character Description
Jo's first meeting with the Doctor doesn't bode well for the future, as she mistakes an important experiment for a fire and ruins it by dousing it with a fire extinguisher. Despite this initial clumsiness, her failures fuel her enthusiasm, and she becomes more determined to prove people wrong about her. So much so, that, after recovering from being hypnotised by the Master to kill the Doctor, she disobeys orders and follows the Doctor to Rossini's Circus, and is able to rescue him. Having been hypnotised by the Master once, Jo is able to resist his hypnosis on further encounters by reciting nursery rhymes. One such time, she reacts to the hypno-sound by seeing a Drashig, a Mutant and a Sea Devil.

Jo claims to be a qualified agent, but she may have exaggerated about this, in the same way she exaggerated the extent of her A-Levels. After saying she took an A-Level in Science, she later says "I didn't say I passed." That said, there can be no doubt of Jo's escapology abilities, she can ride a motorbike, use karate, pick locks, abseil, and even pilot a helicopter - all of which come in very useful during her time as the Doctor's assistant. These abilities combined with her enthusiasm prove Jo to be an assest to UNIT.

Once the Doctor regains his knowledge of time travel, Jo is persuaded to take a short trip in the TARDIS. On this particular evening Jo was dressed up ready for a night on the town with Captain Mike Yates, which proves to be fortunate as she and the Doctor land on the planet of Peladon. The Doctor is mistaken for the Earth chairman of the committee assessing Peladon's application to join the Galactic Federation. Jo is introduced as an Earth Princess, as she is dressed in an appropriate manner - and only those of Royal blood are allowed to enter the conference chamber. King Peladon is smitten, and later proposes marriage, but Jo isn't impressed. Over the time she and the Doctor are on Peladon, Jo does grow to like the King, but decides that she really must return to her own planet.

Jo learns well with the Doctor, and when he is unwilling to complete the Time Ram, it is she who finished building it. She realises why the Doctor is reluctant, but sees the potential outcome of not completing it.

Wilst Jo is certainly a member of the team, her individualism make her stand out in UNIT, and her desire to follow her own instincts and speak her mind bring Jo and the Doctor close. They are both very different from the norm in UNIT. Nearing the end of her time with UNIT, Jo tells the Brigadier that she is going to Llanfairfach even if it means resigning. Ironically he has orders for her to go there anyway, so her threats are unneccessary.

Once Jo arrives in Llanfairfach, she meets Professor Clifford Jones. She is already aware of him, having read reports of his work, and ideals, in various newspapers. Jo already admires Cliff before she meets him, and as she is telling the Doctor about him she says that he reminds her of a younger version of the Doctor. Over the short time that UNIT are in Llanfairfach, Jo and Cliff fall in love. Jo agrees to marry him, and leave UNIT. This comes as something of a disappointment to Mike Yates, who had always hoped to be involved romantically with Jo himself. Despite his sadness, Mike does attend Jo and Cliff's celebration party, and puts on a brave face. The Doctor, on the other hand, is devestated, drinks his champagne in one, and leaves on his own, after giving Jo a blue crystal from Metabelis 3. Before Jo and Cliff leave for the Amazon, she asks her Uncle to get UN status for the Wholeweal community. A few months later the couple return the crystal to the Doctor, as it was bringing them bad luck. It is believed that Jo and Cliff have now parted company.

Quotes
"I've really got off to a terrific start haven't I? I find the man everybody's looking for, I forget where he is, and I end up by trying to blow you all sky-high."

Doctor: "I think the current jargon is schizoid dissociation. Because she was forced to do something against her will and her concious mind refuses to accept the fact.  The result is a deep trauma."

Terror of the Autons

"Well, what have you got in there anyway?" -- refering to the TARDIS in Colony in Space

King Peladon: "You bring a welcome beauty to a serious occassion"

"I'm very, very fond of you. But I can't stay, really."

The Curse of Peladon

"Think of all those millions of people who will die. Think of all those millions of people who will never be born."

The Time Monster

"It seems to me we have a choice of being shot by those idiots on the ship, or eaten by those horrors out there."

Carnival of Monsters

"All we've got to do is find out what's going on, who's behind the Ogrons, where they've taken the TARDIS, go and get it back, and then we can all go home... I don't know what I've been worrying about."

"If I hadn't asked my Uncle to pull those strings and get me this job, I'd neve have landed up in this mess in the first place..."

Frontier In Space

"He's fighting for everything that's important - for everything you've fought for. In a funny way he reminds me of a sort of younger you."

"I am a member of UNIT - orders, court martials and all that. But unless you arrest me, I mean unless you actually seize me and fling me into a dungeon..."

The Green Death