Mickey Smith is a
fictional character portrayed by
Noel Clarke in the British
science fiction television series
Doctor Who. The character is introduced as the ordinary, working class boyfriend of
Rose Tyler (
Billie Piper), a London shopgirl who becomes a
travelling companion to the
Ninth and
Tenth incarnations of an alien
Time Lord known as
the Doctor. Mickey first appears in the first episode of the 2005 revival, "
Rose". Initially someone who struggles in the face of danger, Mickey nevertheless acts as an Earth-based ally to the Doctor and Rose. In the second series he joins the pair as a second companion of the Doctor's, though leaves during the 2006 series to pursue his own adventures. He returns to aid the Doctor and Rose in the series finale later that year, and then again for the 2008 finale "
Journey's End," as well as fleetingly in 2010 in the Tenth Doctor send-off
The End of Time.