cbspt002@abnjh.UUCP (Marc E. Kenig @ ATT-IS Piscataway NJ) (05/14/84)
I recently picked up a fanzine hoopla-ing the 20th anniversary of Dr. Who
(in a B. Dalton of all places!). It contained all sorts of goodie info
the best of which I found was an A-to-Z listing of all of the companions,
including mini-bio's and when and why the character signed on with the
doctor and why the character left. Indeed, under the listing for Romana II
was the tid-bit that the actress (who's name escapes me now) did marry
Tom Baker, although they are now seperated. (An instance of the BBC
emulating Hollywood, much?).
Not suprisingly it seems most of the actors who have played companions
have left acting. Most going to Australia or having families and becoming
telephone sanitizers and the like. Notable exception was Jean Marsh of
Upstairs/Downstairs fame who played a short stint in 1965. Also the actress
Mrs. Tom Baker (for lack still of a better name) alias Romana II can be seen
as Ophelia in the BBC's Hamlet with Derek Jacobi. Romana I was in The Odessa
File, as well as a supporting role in Jane Eyre of Masterpiece Theatre of
a few seasons ago.
***I promise to submit a reader's digest version of the companion
listing as soon as time permits (within, say, a month!).***
[Unless it's been done - somebody reply since I'm just back to
the net after an almost 3 yr absence.]
Did anybody in the NY metro area catch WOR (channel-9) showing of
a movie - Dr. Who and the Daleks - on the 'Fright Night' movie at
2am Sunday May 13? Starred Christopher Plummer as a most William Hartnell
like Dr. Who. Really horrid movie-making, but I did video tape it.
Also, New Jersey (Public broadcasting) Network has begun to show Dr. Who
episodes as one long serial one Saturday nights starting at 9pm. They have even
taken the unheard of (in the NYC area) action of actually buying episodes
beyond the well worn-out Tom Baker and {Sarah-Jane and Leela}!
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