10 Saddest Doctor Who Companion Exits
6. Jamie and Zoe in The War Games
By the end of The War Games, the Second Doctor has been forced to request help from his own people to dismantle the perverse games of the War Chief. Their assistance comes at a cost, however, and the Doctor is put on trial for his meddling. Before he's marched off to court, he is allowed to say goodbye to his companions Jamie and Zoe before the Timelords send them back to their proper time and place.
Unfortunately for them, the Timelords wipe their memories of their adventures with the Doctor after the first time they met him. So Zoe remembers defeating the Cybermen on the Wheel and nothing else, whilst Jamie is left to fend for himself in brutal post-Culloden Scotland. It's an ending so sad and unjust that it's made a big impact on fans over the years.
Comic book writer Grant Morrison once gave Jamie a heroic death in a blaze of glory for a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. Big Finish, meanwhile, is about to release a boxed set of adventures that reunites the Second Doctor and Jamie between The War Games and Spearhead From Space. Justice for Jamie at last!