10 Most Useless Doctor Who Characters

Adam Mitchell had one job - to be an expert on the alien technology held in Henry van Statten's underground facility - and he wasn't very good at it. Then, once the Dalek gets loose in the facility, he even leaves Rose for dead. And yet, the Doctor still agrees to Rose's request to let him travel with them. Didn't the Doctor learn his lesson with Turlough?

Adam doesn't improve when he takes his first trip in the TARDIS to Satellite 5, putting the Doctor and Rose's lives at risk. While those two investigate the strange goings on at Satellite 5, Adam swans off and gets his brain upgraded in a craven attempt to profit from future knowledge. The guy's a total liability.

While this knowledge may have actually helped him in his role with Henry van Statten, it actually informs the Editor and the Jagrafess about the Doctor and Rose. As a result, Adam experiences the righteous fury of the Doctor, who throws him out of the TARDIS. Quite right too: as a self-obsessed and cowardly figure, Adam is a fundamentally useless Doctor Who character who only makes things worse for those around him.