Love at First Sight!
- Publication: TV Scene
- Date: 1980-12-13
- Author:
- Page: 29
- Language: English
DR WHO and his faithful assistant Romana have been having an off-screen love affair.
The couple plan to marry before Christmas.
Tom Baker, who plays the doctor, came down to earth with a bump when Romana — actress Lalla Ward — left the long-running sci-fi series recently.
"I couldn't bear to see her go ... to live without her," said 45-year-old Tom.
Speaking during a break from BBC rehearsals, he went on: "I felt something right from day one — the very day Lalla started work on the show two years ago.
"It was only when Lalla finished, leaving me to carry on with my last series, alone, that we both realised we had to make the fateful decision to get married.
"We suddenly discovered we were appalled to face the prospect of being apart."
Tom, a divorcee with two teenage sons, will live with 29-year-old Lalla in a Chelsea flat.
Lalla, who fell in love with Tom during filming in Paris, said: "We've always got on terribly well, but it is a lot easier to know one's true feelings now we are not working together.
"The difference in our ages doesn't matter. All I know is, I want to be with him all the time."
The couple plan to marry in a registry office within the next few weeks — if Tom's busy schedules allow.
Lalla is the daughter of authors Viscount and Lady Bangor.
Caption: LALLA ... fateful decision.
Caption: TOM ... series alone.
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