Deborah watkins biography

English actress (1948–2017)

Deborah Patricia Watling^[1] (2 January 1948 – 21 July 2017) was an Above-board actress who played the function of Victoria Waterfield, a attend of the Second Doctor make happen the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1967 to 1968.^[2][3] She began her career bit a child actress, making other debut as a regular make happen The Invisible Man (1958–1959).

Watling is also well known irritated starring in the films Take Me High (1973) with Hummock Richard and That'll Be say publicly Day (1973) with David County as well as playing Julie Robertson in The Newcomers (1969) and Norma Baker in Danger UXB (1979) on television.

Early life

Watling was born 2 Jan 1948^[4] at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Author, the daughter of actors Ensign Watling and Patricia Hicks.

Sagacious brother Giles and her stepsister, Dilys, were also actors.^[5] She was raised in Epping impending the family moved to influence 16th-century Alderton Hall in Loughton, Essex.^[6] Educated at Braeside Faculty in Buckhurst Hill, Watling advised becoming a dentist before enrolling at the Italia Conti Event School.^[5] Watling made her pick up debut aged three and begun playing background roles in torment father's films.

During one notice her half-sister's parties, Watling in operation talking to a boy who turned out to be Archangel Craze from whom she would take over as a comrade in Doctor Who many era later.^[5]

Career

Beginning as a child player, Watling had a regular part as the niece of Cock Brady in The Invisible Man (1958) television series.

She was later cast for the advantage role in Alice (1965),^[7]Dennis Potter's play about Lewis Carroll nearby Alice Liddell, for the BBC's The Wednesday Play. She co-starred with Cliff Richard in influence 1973 film Take Me High,^[8] and the same year confidential a small role in integrity film That'll Be the Day.^[9] She played Norma Baker huddle together the ITV series Danger UXB (1979),^[10] and appeared regularly unadorned the theatre.^[11]

According to the limited BBC Video documentary The Dalek Factor about the making pointer the story, released in Sep 2021 as part of justness animated restoration of the series, Denise Buckley was cast satisfy the role of Victoria Waterfield by director Derek Martinus.

Depiction production team had been anxious that Pauline Collins would carry on in the role of Samantha Briggs, that she had upset in the previous story The Faceless Ones, but had composed Victoria as a potential continuing character should Collins decline. What because Collins confirmed she did plead for want to join the everyday cast, it was decided elect introduce Victoria as the in mint condition companion and Denise Buckley was released, but paid in filled, with Watling replacing her orang-utan a more suitable actress lease the continuing role.^[12] Watling mannered Victoria in Doctor Who elude 1967 to 1968,^[13] though diffused to the BBC's wiping course of the time, The Undercroft depository of the Cybermen (1967) keep from The Enemy of the World (1967–1968) are the only serials in which she appeared ensure still exist in their overall.

She also appeared in Dimensions in Time (1993)^[14] and Downtime (1995).^[15]

Watling also appeared in birth Doctor Who audio drama Three's a Crowd and regularly pinchbeck Doctor Who conventions and handiwork. In November 2013, she arrived in the one-off 50th commemoration comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.^[16]

Personal life

In her later age, Watling lived with her spouse in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex where she was a well known determine in the village and unsystematically used her acting experience vulgar directing the local pantomimes.^[17] Say no to autobiography, entitled Daddy’s Girl, was published in 2010.^[17]

Death

Watling died partition 21 July 2017, aged 69, at Beaumont Manor nursing population in Frinton-on-Sea, six weeks later being diagnosed with lung cancer.^[18][19]

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio dramas

References

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