Jo Jones

Josephine "Jo" Jones (née Grant) was a United Nations Intelligence Taskforce agent who served as an assistant to the Doctor. She was later married to Nobel Prize winning biologist Cliff Jones.

Jo Grant (1972)

Biography

Jo Grant was born in the early 1950s. (SJA: "Death of the Doctor") She took general science at A-level, but did not pass. (DW: "Terror of the Autons")

Jo Jones (2010)

Appendices

Jo Grant on her first visit to an alien planet

Appearances

• Doctor Who:
  • "Terror of the Autons"
  • "The Mind of Evil"
  • "The Claws of Axos"
  • "Colony in Space"
  • "The Dæmons"
  • "Day of the Daleks"
  • "The Curse of Peladon"
  • "The Sea Devils"
  • "The Mutants"
  • "The Time Monster"
  • "The Three Doctors"
  • "Carnival of Monsters"
  • "Frontier in Space"
  • "Planet of the Daleks"
  • "The Green Death"
  • "Mawdryn Undead" (archive footage only) (2009 remastering)
  • "Resurrection of the Daleks" (archive footage only)
  • "Timelash" (photograph)
  • "The Day of the Doctor" (photograph)
  • "The Timeless Children" (archive footage only)
• "Global Conspiracy!" (photograph)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures:
  • "Death of the Doctor"
  • "The Man Who Never Was" (archive footage only)
• Meanwhile in the TARDIS: "Scene 2" (visual record)
• "Jo Grant Returns"
• "Farewell, Sarah Jane"
• "Return of the Autons"

References

• Doctor Who:
  • "Planet of the Spiders"
  • "Castrovalva"
  • "Mawdryn Undead"
• Hornets' Nest:
  • "The Stuff of Nightmares"
  • "The Dead Shoes"
• Demon Quest: "A Shard of Ice"
• Destiny of the Doctor: "Smoke and Mirrors"
• Redacted: "Hysteria"

Background

An excerpt from the BBC memo that outlined the characters to be introduced in Season 8

During the planning stages for Season 8 in the early months of 1970, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks issued a memo to the writers commissioned for the upcoming season. This memo laid out three new recurring characters to be featured in Season 8.

Amongst them was Jo Grant, the new companion who would replace Liz Shaw. The following was written about her:

"Glamorous young female intelligence agent newly attached to UNIT, [sic] Keen, professional, lots of charm. Works with the Doctor. Needs to be involved in the story in an active way, not just as a screaming heroine or passing the Doctor's test tubes. Not a scientist, though with enough basic background to understand what's going on.