Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor was a companion of the First Doctor.

He joined the TARDIS as a stowaway on the planet Mechanus, shortly after Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright left the Doctor's company. He remained with the Doctor for a relatively short time before the Time Lord's first regeneration. Steven had extensive contact with other companions, travelling alongside Vicki Pallister, Katarina, Sara Kingdom, Oliver Harper and Dodo Chaplet.

Steven was born on 10 February, (AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men) but his home era was unclear. According to some accounts, Steven was born in the 24th century (AUDIO: The Little Drummer Boy) as Vicki Pallister once noted that he came from an era that was less advanced than her own, (AUDIO: The Bounty of Ceres) the late 25th century. (TV: The Rescue, PROSE: Byzantium!) According to other accounts, he was born in a period after the Human-Draconian War, the Second Dalek War and the Third Dalek War, (PROSE: The Chase) the first two of these conflicts having been fought in the 26th century. (TV: Frontier in Space) He once suggested to Vicki that he hailed from the 28th century, having very fond memories of the 2784 Olympics. (AUDIO: The Ravelli Conspiracy) Yet another account claimed that, while Vicki's time was a few centuries before Steven's, his time was a few centuries before Sara Kingdom's home era of 4000. (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown)

Steven grew up during a war (TV: The Chase) on a Hiveblock on Earth. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass) As children, he and his classmates built a 5D representation of East Berlin. (AUDIO: The Anachronauts) He learned about Daleks (PROSE: The Chase), Cybermen, (PROSE: Salvation) Sontarans, (AUDIO: The Sontarans) and Rocket Men without encountering them. (AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men)

When Gaston de Leran suggested that he was a Protestant, Steven agreed. (TV: The Massacre)

On his 21st birthday, Steven was flying a cargo ship when he was attacked by the Rocket Men. Beaten and shot in the legs by their captain, Van Cleef, Steven was saved by his future self disguised as deceased Rocket Man Ramirez. Steven lost consciousness in his ship and was meanwhile recovered by the Protectorate arm of the Galactic Heritage and taken to a field hospital. (AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men)