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Originally Posted by Chris
No, that sort of thing really didn't happen in the classic series. Mixing characters and the format up a bit was something RTD was very keen on, as he wanted to make the characters, situations and relationships between them more true to life.
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Indeed, as Janet Fielding (Teegan in Classic who) said in one of her commentaries, the assistants in the classic series where frequently there as plot devices, as someone for the Dr to explain some plot point to. She said that she actually likes the way that new Who actually does build the companions (as they are now) into full, 3d, characters complete with outside relationships and backgrounds.
Thinking about it, I agree. Not in all cases (Romana was a companion who was as much of an integral character as the Dr, for instance), but in a lot.