Steven Taylor

When the Earth astronaut, Steven Taylor crashed on the planet Mechanus, he was cared for by the Mechonoids but held for two years as a virtual prisoner until he was rescued by the Doctor. He got into the Tardis, unknown to the Doctor and Vicki. Steven became a strong-willed companion of the Doctor with who he had a lot of arguments. Following his role in the overthrow of the Elders', Steven was elected by both Elders and Savages to become their leader and help them to build a humane society.

The Elders are one of two races, the other begin the Savages, who lived on a planet visited by the first Doctor. The Elders were an intelligent and civilised race. They used a machine to trasfer living energy from the Savages to themselves. they were finally persuaded to destroy the machine and Steven was elected to remain on the planet.

The Savages were a race of apparently Stone Age culture, they were misled by the Elders and they were left drained.

Steven Taylor was in The Time Meddler: Episode 1 to The Savages: Episode 4