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Claire ✨

@astrozombies76.bsky.social

Barbara!🪶
#BarbaraWright

June 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM

Richard Binns

@moralavenger.bsky.social

Remembering the wonderful actress Jacqueline Hill on what would have been her 96th birthday🕯

#DoctorWho #BarbaraWright #Lexa

December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM

yournewlodger.bsky.social

@yournewlodger.bsky.social

Ian (and Barbara)! #art #sketchbook #doctorwho #ianchesterton #barbarawright

January 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Whoniverse News

@whoniversenews.bsky.social

Remembering Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) who died 33 years ago today aged 63.

#Whoniverse #DoctorWho #BarbaraWright #Barbara #Companion #JacquelineHill #Remembering #Tribute #33yearsagotoday

February 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Ellie Wilson

@elliewilson99.bsky.social

#HistoricalWho loves Barbara Wright!! The BEST companion! Here are the First Doctor episodes where we explain why:

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#doctorwho #podcast #history #barbarawright #jacquelinehill

December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM

Across the Whoniverse Podcast

@acrosswhoniverse.bsky.social

Remembering Jacqueline Hill on her heavenly birthday. She portrayed our first companion Barbara Wright across 16 stories in the first two seasons, and uttered the first lines of the series "Wait in here, please, Susan. I won't be long."

#DoctorWho #classicwho #JacquelineHill #BarbaraWright

December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM

T.L.Holley

@tlholley.bsky.social

Here's another rendition of Jaqueline Hill who performed the role of Barbara Wright.

#DoctorWho
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#JaquelineHill
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#BarbaraWright
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#art

December 9, 2024 at 11:47 PM

Whoniverse News

@whoniversenews.bsky.social

Remembering Jacqueline Hill, who played companion Barbara Wright and priestess Lexa, on what would have been her 96th birthday.

#Whoniverse #DoctorWho #BarbaraWright #Lexa #JacquelineHill #Birthday #Remembering

December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM

T.L.Holley

@tlholley.bsky.social

My rendition of Jaqueline Hill who performed the role of Barbara Wright starting with episode one of Doctor Who.
#DoctorWho, #JaquelineHill, #BarbaraWright, #art

December 9, 2024 at 8:40 PM

Sam Ogden

@the-fvckwizard.bsky.social

Kneel before Yetaxa. #BarbaraWright #DoctorWho Goddamn what a girlboss. #mommy

February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM

Stitches in Time: Doctor Who in Chronological Order!

@whostitched.bsky.social

Thanks to @lasertheboy.bsky.social for coming on to talk about… mainly a mystery man in a top hat?? #doctorwho #chronology #podcast #rewatch #fanedit #1stdoctor #williamhartnell #ianchesterton #williamrussell #barbarawright #jacquelinehill #vickipallister #maureenobrien

August 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM

Stitches in Time: Doctor Who in Chronological Order!

@whostitched.bsky.social

100,000 BC — Ian and Barbara invent… kindness? #doctorwho #chronology #podcast #rewatch #fanedit #1stdoctor #williamhartnell #ianchesterton #williamrussell #barbarawright #jacquelinehill #susanforeman #caroleannford @rileysilverman.bsky.social

Approximately 100,000 BC, Northern Africa. The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright must escape from a tribe of caveman struggling to make fire. Doctor Who (1963), Season 1, Episodes 2-4: “The Cave of Skulls,” “The Forest of Fear,” and “The Firemaker,” written by Anthony Coburn and directed by Waris Hussein.

December 1, 2024 at 3:25 PM

Seeing the Past

@garydavidplummer.bsky.social

Barbara Wright
Uncaptioned, part of “Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. New Mexico.” Circa 1941.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/item/2017869...

🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #barbarawright #photography

Barbara Wright, an occasional photographer for the Farm Security Administration, photographed a woman as if she were wearing a suit made of chili peppers somewhere in New Mexico in 1941. The woman holds the long, oval-shaped string of peppers in front of her as she stands next to a barbed wire fence strung on makeshift posts.

May 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM

Stitches in Time: Doctor Who in Chronological Order!

@whostitched.bsky.social

4.5 billion BC — Susan starts a-stabbin’. #doctorwho #chronology #podcast #rewatch #fanedit #1stdoctor #williamhartnell #ianchesterton #williamrussell #barbarawright #jacquelinehill #susanforeman #caroleannford stitches-in-time.simplecast.com

Approximately 4.5 billion BC, aboard the TARDIS. The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are trapped in the TARDIS when it starts to malfunction. From Season 1, Episodes 12-13, “The Edge of Destruction,” written by David Whitaker and directed by Richard Martin.

August 14, 2024 at 12:41 AM

Stitches in Time: Doctor Who in Chronological Order!

@whostitched.bsky.social

Episode 10 — 593 million BC. The TARDIS team find themselves amidst a war between the Hairlines and the Eyebrows. #doctorwho #chronology #podcast #rewatch #fanedit #1stdoctor #williamhartnell #ianchesterton #williamrussell #barbarawright #jacquelinehill #vickipallister #maureenobrien

Approximately 593 million BC, the planet Xeros. The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, and Vicki Pallister must change their timeline to avoid becoming exhibits in a space museum. Doctor Who, Season 2, Episodes 27-29, and then 26, “The Space Museum, Parts 2-4, and then Part 1,” written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield.

August 21, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Charles Skaggs

@charlesskaggs.bsky.social

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 300: "An Unearthly Child"

#DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild #DoctorWho60 #NextStopEverywhere #NextStop300 #WilliamHartnell #WilliamRussell #IanChesterton #JacquelineHill #BarbaraWright #CaroleAnnFord #SusanForeman #TARDIS

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Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast: An Unearthly Child

In this 300th episode, Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson are joined by special guest DJ Nik to celebrate Doctor Who's 60th anniversary by discussing "An Unearthly Child", the very first Doctor W...

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November 9, 2023 at 4:02 AM

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Johnny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@johnnymain.bsky.social

Today (21st December) in 1963, #TheDaleks, the second ever #DoctorWho story was broadcast on BBC1.

This picture taken from the cliffhanger of the first episode, as we saw the first ever appearance of a Dalek.
#TerryNation #WilliamHartnell #TheFirstDoctor #JacquelineHill #BarbaraWright

December 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM

fardell24.bsky.social

@fardell24.bsky.social

25th - 27th November 2025 Writings: fardell24.livejournal.com/644224.html

#alternatehistory #astrid #barbarawright #brittanytaylor #daria #dariamorgendorffer #doctorwho #fanfic #hiccup #httyd #ianchesterson #janelane #joteigan #mirrormirror #mykabering #novemberwritings #quinnmorgendorffer

25th - 27th November 2025 Writings

25th Excerpt from: Loneliness of Alex She had read a few pages when Daria and Jane arrived. “Morning,” she said. “Morning,” Daria said. “You asked about Pizza Forest?” Alex asked. “Yes,” Daria answere...

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November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM

Gabe Chase

@spicoli323.bsky.social

#DoctorWho #MtG
#BarbaraWright
#WilliamHartnell did essential work establishing the character, but the cast's secret sauce was #JacquelineHill. Her Barbara was the model for all future companions, and she's the most appealing character from the early episodes. She combined natural (1/3)