Doctor Who: 10 Times The Doctor Was Actually A Bit Of A Dick
5. He Refused To Take Adric Home
Adric was from a pocket universe known as E-Space, where the coordinates for space travel were inverted. Adric snuck onto the TARDIS as a stowaway and ended up travelling with The Fourth and Fifth Doctors. Adric wasn’t hugely popular with the fanbase, but that doesn’t make his fate any less tragic.
Adric decides that he would like to return to his home to E-Space, claiming that he has already figured out the calculations, but The Doctor simply refuses to even acknowledge the possibility of returning there. While Adric does later admit he doesn’t actually wish to return home that much, it’s still shocking that The Doctor would refuse to even consider taking one of his companions home.
It becomes even more questionable when on that very adventure Adric, who is only nineteen, ends up dying in an attempt to stop a Cyberman plot to blow up a conference to unite military powers against the Cybermen. At least fans of the show at the time who didn’t enjoy Adric’s character were happy.