RJ Barrella

RJ
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**Ruby "RJ" Barrella Jr** was the daughter of Damien Barrella and Milly Turzon, as well as a companion of the "Other" Doctor.

## Biography

In an alternate timeline where Damien left the Eighteenth Doctor to stay with Milly on Karison; the Doctor ,Orla, Johnathon, Alicia and Kate were all killed during an assault against the Sontarans and the Eye of Sontar - forcing the Doctor to regenerate and allowed the Sontarans to conquer the universe.

Damien and Milly eventually had a child together and named her after Damien's deceased sister, Ruby, nicknaming her RJ for short. However, the Sontarans invaded Karison and killed both Damien and Milly. The now orphaned RJ was then found by the "Other" Doctor and took her in, effectively raising her as they set out to find the TARDIS which had been stolen by the Zygritors.

The Doctor then took RJ back in time to before the Sontaran universal invasion in an attempt to prevent it from even happening. (TV: *Through the Looking Glass*)

RJ was present in New York City with the "Other Doctor" at the same time as the Eighteenth Doctor, Osric Tennyson and Orla were battling the Malevolent Empire. Present at James Stark and Fride Lehnsherr's underground camp for the Resistance against the Malevolent Empire, RJ interacted with the Eighteenth Doctor; where she indicated to him that she seemed to know who he was, but when questioned by him, she brushed it off as just stories she had heard. Later, after the Eighteenth Doctor had left the camp, RJ went to the "Other" Doctor and confirmed his identity to her. (TV: *The Empire of Doom*)

When Damien called the Eighteenth Doctor for help against a new enemy, the “Other” Doctor and RJ arrived instead, helping him in defeating the Lavakri. (TV: *Requiem of a Dream*)

Taking Damien with her and RJ, the Doctor assisted the Eighteenth Doctor and Orla in preventing the Sontarans and Rutans from taking over the Earth to be used as a strategic foothold. She left Damien with her past self and promised that she would explain everything at a later date. (TV: *World's At War*)

With time running out to save history, the Doctor tracked down the Eighteenth Doctor, Damien and Orla to explain the circumstances behind her existence, what happened in her timeline and how she met RJ. She also explained that RJ was Damien and Milly’s daughter from her timeline. (TV: *Through the Looking Glass*)

The presence of the "Other" Doctor and RJ influenced events enough for the timeline to change; causing Damien to remain with the Doctor and so he and Milly were both captured as well, with all four now being sent to Jaleidor. They all escaped as what also happened in the original timeline (TV: *Reality of Lies*) - and infiltrated a Sontaran Data Vessel in order to discover what the Eye of Sontar actually was. After finding out the truth, the Eighteenth Doctor activated a beacon that summoned RJ and the Doctor to Earth as well as gathering Kate, Johnathon and Alicia to help him on the planned assault.

The team were sorted into two groups; with RJ being placed in Team One alongside the Eighteenth Doctor, Damien and Milly who were tasked with reaching the Eye of Sontar and shutting it down once and for all. RJ watched Milly and Damien embracing and sharing a kiss, with a smile on her face but also remorseful. (TV: *Victory of the Sontarans*)

The Eighteenth Doctor was soon forced to surrender in order to stop the Sontarans from finding RJ, Milly and Damien. The three pressed on, but soon became pinned down by heavy fire from the Sontarans with just a button press between them and deactivating the Eye once. RJ told her parents that she hoped that she would see them again one day, before running through the crossfire and getting hit by the lasers before managing to press the button in time before she collapsed. She died in her parents' arms, telling them not to be sad because their success meant she wouldn’t have existed anyway and she would get to see them again.

After the assault on the Sontarans base, Damien elected to stay on Karison with Milly, in order to work on his grief and because he wanted to finally settle down. RJ along with her younger brother, mother and father would at an unspecified point in the future visit the grave of her aunt and namesake, Ruby Barrella to pay their respects. As well as her grandparents, Michael and Sophia. (TV: *The Eye of Sontar*)