Adric travelled with the Doctor between Full Circle and Earthshock.

Adric was a very young teenage boy with a gift - and badge - for mathematical excellence. He was a member of a ‘Lord of the Flies’ style gang of wild youths n the planet Alzarius, along with his brother, Varsh. When Varsh died saving The Doctor and his friends and the other humanoids of Alzarius left the planet in their starliner, Adric chose to stow away on the TARDIS with The Doctor and Romana.

Adric was not always a happy companion. He felt left out of The Doctor’s relationship with Romana, his intellectual equal, and later with Tegan and Nyssa. His clumsiness often irritated The Doctor, although he tried to make up for any harsh words to him.

It was the final irony that Adric, like his brother, died in an attempt to save others, in this case the whole Earth. The Doctor keenly mourned his loss, perhaps regretting he wasn’t kinder to him.

Matthew Waterhouse was born on December 19th, 1961 in Hertford. He grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex and was educated at Shoreham Grammar School. He had a very short TV career, playing one part in the mini series “To Serve Them all my Days” before landing the role of Adric in Doctor Who. After leaving Doctor Who he concentrated on his stage career.

Matthew has the distinction of being the youngest male actor to play a Doctor Who companion. (Jackie Lane, who played Dodo Chaplet, holds the distinction of being the youngest female actor).

Matthew returned to the sphere of Doctor Who to take part in the audio commentaries for the DVD releases of Earthshock and The Visitation in 2003 and 2004 respectively. He also took part in the The Keeper of Traken commentary for the New Beginnings boxset, released in 2007.

In 2006, Matthew self-published his debut novel, Fates, Flowers.

Matthew Waterhouse's name was used by comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams for a character in their sketch show Little Britain. Waterhouse in the programme is an unsuccessful inventor of bizarre and ridiculous new versions of things such as board games and breakfast cereals. Little Britain has also featured two other characters named after Doctor Who companion actors, Michael Craze and Mark Strickson, while the actual programme is narrated by Tom Baker.

Film and TV

"Doctor Who" (35 episodes)
Full Circle: Part 1 (25 October 1980) - Adric
Full Circle: Part 2 (1 November 1980) - Adric
Full Circle: Part 3 (8 November 1980) - Adric
Full Circle: Part 4 (15 November 1980) - Adric
State of Decay: Part 1 (22 November 1980) - Adric
Warriors' Gate: Part 1 (3 January 1981) - Adric
Warriors' Gate: Part 4 (24 January 1981) - Adric
The Keeper of Traken: Part 1 (31 January 1981) - Adric
The Keeper of Traken: Part 4 (21 February 1981) - Adric
Logopolis: Part 1 (28 February 1981) - Adric
Logopolis: Part 3 (14 March 1981) - Adric
Logopolis: Part 4 (21 March 1981) - Adric
Castrovalva: Part 1 (4 January 1982) - Adric
Castrovalva: Part 2 (5 January 1982) - Adric
Castrovalva: Part 3 (11 January 1982) - Adric
Castrovalva: Part 4 (12 January 1982) - Adric
Four to Doomsday: Part 1 (18 January 1982) - Adric
Four to Doomsday: Part 2 (19 January 1982) - Adric
Four to Doomsday: Part 3 (25 January 1982) - Adric
Four to Doomsday: Part 4 (26 January 1982) - Adric
Kinda: Part 1 (1 February 1982) - Adric
Kinda: Part 2 (2 February 1982) - Adric
Kinda: Part 3 (8 February 1982) - Adric
Kinda: Part Four (9 February 1982) - Adric
The Visitation: Part 1 (15 February 1982) - Adric
The Visitation: Part 2 (16 February 1982) - Adric
The Visitation: Part 3 (22 February 1982) - Adric
The Visitation: Part 4 (23 February 1982) - Adric
Black Orchid: Part 1 (1 March 1982) - Adric
Earthshock: Part 1 (8 March 1982) - Adric
Earthshock: Part 2 (9 March 1982) - Adric
Earthshock: Part 3 (15 March 1982) - Adric
Earthshock: Part 4 (16 March 1982) - Adric
Time-Flight: Part 1 (22 March 1982) - Apparition of Adric
The Caves of Androzani: Part 4 (16 March 1984) - Adric

To Serve Them All My Days" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Briarley