| Doctor Who character | |
|---|---|
Stacy Townsend |
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| Stacy | |
| Affiliated | Eighth Doctor |
| Species | Human |
| Home planet | Earth |
| Home era | 23rd century |
| First appearance | Dreadnought |
| Last appearance | Coda (regular) Placebo Effect |
| Portrayed by | None |
Stacy Townsend, or simply Stacy, is a fictional character in the Radio Times comic strips based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the comic strip Dreadnought by Gary Russell, and she went on to become one of his companions. The canonicity of the comic strips, like other Doctor Who spin-offs, is unclear.
Stacy was born in 2220. In 2246, at the age of 26, her ship, the Dreadnought came under attack from the Cybermen. The Eighth Doctor, having left Sam Jones at a Greenpeace rally, responded to the Dreadnought's distress call and defeated the Cybermen, but not in time to save the ship's crew, except Stacy. She then joined him in his travels.
Although the Doctor was supposed to (and did) pick Sam up after an hour had elapsed for her, he took three years to eventually get back. With Stacy, the TARDIS materialised on Mars in 3998. There, she met an Ice Warrior named Ssard, who subsequently also joined her and the Doctor in the TARDIS.
The stories featuring the Eighth Doctor, Stacy and Ssard were terminated prematurely due to a change of management at the Radio Times, resulting in the hurried two-part final story Coda being written to tie up the loose ends and terminate the story.
At some point after Coda, Stacy and Ssard left the TARDIS and eventually their friendship turned into something more. In the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel, Placebo Effect by Gary Russell, the Eighth Doctor was invited to attend their wedding, which took place on Micawber’s World in 3999.