After van Statten was outed from GeoComTex for the "Metaltron" incident, Adam become a companion to the Ninth Doctor, at Rose Tyler's urging. However, Adam disgraced himself by filching information from the future with intent to alter his timeline, and the Doctor spurned Adam from accompanying him any further. Years after being abandoned by the Doctor, Adam plotted to kidnap various companions from multiple incarnations of the Doctor with . However, when the Master made a ploy to destroy the universe, Adam sacrificed his life to stop him, and was buried with honours.