TW Meets 5th Doctor Companion Janet Fielding aka Tegan Jovenka

Just as Tegan complained when she returned in the 13th Doctor final story, Power of the Doctor, that it had been nearly four decades since she had last heard from the Doctor, so it was for me when I met up with Janet Fielding in Lisburn for a comic con on 6th September 2025.

In my case, it had been an Ace situation, nearly three decades for me. We had last met at Panopticon in the Imperial College London back in the 80s. She was doing a panel with her Doctor, Peter Davison and fellow companion, Sarah Sutton who played Nyssa.

I asked a simple question, what was your favourite cliffhanger? For some reason, that pissed them off. Janet summoned me on stage where she threatened to throw a jug of water over me. I never understood why and that put me right off this tardis crew as the most unpleasant I had met.

I have never met Sarah Sutton again but I did meet Peter davison a few times. But all I had of Tegan was a black and white 10 x 8 of Janet which I bought on the day for three quid back then.

This time I wanted a photo with her and got a Doctor Who comic book signed.

It’s one of my favourite signatures to be honest. Janet was absolutely lovely. She didn’t want to drench me this time. We chatted about her return to the show and keeping it secret. Her time on the show and her era. We also talked about her time representing other actors and how the Dublin scene has decliend a bit. We had a great time chatting and I was so caught up, I forgot to get my photo so had to go back and tick that off the bucket list.

The fifth Doctor era is a favourite of mine and I am glad that I got her once again but also the fifth Doctor that day too.

Great memories.