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Doctor Who character
Katarina
Affiliated with	First Doctor
Race	Human
Home planet	Earth
Home era	Ancient Greece
First appearance	The Myth Makers
Last appearance	The Daleks' Master Plan
Portrayed by	Adrienne Hill

Katarina is a fictional character played by Adrienne Hill in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An inhabitant of ancient Troy, she was a companion of the First Doctor and appeared in the programme from November to December, 1965.

Katarina is introduced in the serial The Myth Makers, which takes place during the siege of Troy. She is a handmaiden of the prophetess Cassandra, and helps the TARDIS crew survive the events of the siege. When Steven is wounded, she helps him into the TARDIS as Vicki decides to stay behind in Troy with the warrior Troilus.

A sweet, simple young woman who cannot really cope with the concept that the universe has suddenly opened up to her, Katarina believes that she is dead, and that the Doctor is a god transporting her to the next life. She refers to the TARDIS as a "temple", and literally worships the Doctor, referring to him as "Lord" (much to his annoyance) and having absolute faith in him.

During The Daleks' Master Plan, Katarina is taken hostage by the escaped prisoner Kirksen, who demands that the Doctor take him to Kembel, a planet taken over by the Daleks. To prevent the Doctor giving in to Kirksen's demands, she chooses to trigger the controls to the airlock she is being held in, propelling both herself and her captor into the vacuum of space.

Despite her brief tenure on the series, Katarina is significant for being the first of the Doctor's companions to die on-screen. However, she would not be the last. In some of the tie-in fiction, her death (and later that of Adric) is portrayed as weighing heavily on the Doctor's mind. Katarina also appears in the Short Trips: The Muses short story Katarina in the Underworld by Steve Lyons, describing the efforts of Katarina's spirit to pass into Elysium.

Season 3

• The Myth Makers
• The Daleks' Master Plan

• "Katarina in the Underworld" by Steve Lyons (Short Trips: The Muses)
• "Scribbles in Chalk" by Gareth Wigmore (Short Trips: Life Science)

• "Planet of the Dead" by Lee Sullivan and John Freeman (Doctor Who Magazine 141-142)... although technically that's not Katarina, but someone pretending to be her.