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Publication: Daily Star
Date: 2005-03-24
Author: Kate Jackson
Page: 33
Language: English

IF YOU CAN RUN LIKE CRAZY TO AVOID SLOBBERING ALIENS YOU CAN BE THE DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT

DR WHO WEEK

SEXY Billie Piper will be the latest babe battling intergalactic baddies when Doctor Who returns to our screens on Saturday.

The 22-year-old beauty is sure to be a big hit as she takes on the role of Rose Tyler —the Time Lord's young assistant alongside the new Timelord Christopher Eccleston, 41.

But she's not the first sexy side-kick to act as the time traveller's gorgeous right-hand woman.

Since the show first began back in 1963. there's been plenty of ballsy babes who have taken on awful aliens and scary monsters. So, to mark the return of the show, we've turned back the clock to remind you who played all the other Dr Who girls...

KATY MANNING

Played: Jo Grant

Doctor: Jon Pertwee

This sexy companion can't r.

have been too terrified of

the Daleks - because she

posed naked with one of

the Exterminators for a

magazine photo shoot.

After appearing in

Doctor Who in the

early 1970s. she emi-

grated to Australia in

1989. married, and.

aged 56, is still acting.

HONOR BLACKMAN

Played: Prof Lasky

Doctor: Colin Baker

The Bond girl, now 78.

once played a botanist in

a 1986 episode.

JANET ELLIS

Played: Teka

Doctor: Tom Baker

Before going on to pre-

sent Blue Peter, the mum of

pop star Sophie Ellis Bexter, aged

49, actually got her big break in

Doctor Who in the 1979 episode The

Horns of Nimon.

BONNIE LANGFORD

Played: Melanie Bush

Doctor: Colin Baker

Had to wear three-inch high heels to

appear in camera shots with the

Doctor between 1986 and 1987. She

became a big star of the West End.

Now, aged 40. she says: "You really

do become part of a family tree."

RULA LENSKA

Played: Dr Styles

Doctor: Peter Davison

The Rock Follies actress, 57. starred

in a 1984 episode.

LALLA WARD

Played: Romana

Doctor: Tom Baker

She married Baker in real life but the

pair were later divorced. Now aged

52 and living in Oxford.

WENDY PADBURY

Played: Zoe Herriot

Doctor: Patrick Troughton

Clad in a leather cat suit. Wendy spiced up the show between t968 and 1969. Now living in London and aged 56. she also starred in Emmerdale and says: "I have absolutely wonderful memories." LOUISE JAMESON

Played: Leela

Doctor: Tom Baker The former EastEnders actress starred as a scantily clad companion

between 1977 and 1978. Louise. who played Rosa di Marco in the soap. is

now 53. but was recently voted the sexiest Doctor Who companion of all time. NICOLA BRYANT Played: Peri

Doctor: Tom Baker Often caused outrage because of her scenes in a

bikini. Nicola, now 43, is still an actress. She lives in London's Notting Hill and says: -1 always seemed to be wearing revealing clothes." ,ROLINE JOHN

iyed: Liz Shaw

ctor: Jon Pertwee

peared on the show in 1970. cently starred in the movie Love tually. Caroline. 54. lives in Surrey :BORAH WATLING

wed: Victoria Waterfield 'ctor: Patrick Troughton e battled both the Cybermen and Daleks between 1967 and 1968. w 57 and living in Essex. she has me advice for Billie in the new 'ies: "No matter how ridiculous monsters are. you've got to keep traight face."

QUELINE HILL

wed: Barbara Wright

ctor: William Hartnett er appearing on the show tween 1963 and 1965. she it to raise a family and died 1993 from cancer.

k ROLE ANN FORD

iyed: Susan Foreman

ctor: William Hartnell

e was the Doctor's

inddaughter and first

'ekick back in 1963. w aged 64. she rks as a voice coach d lives in north ndon. She says: )u have to remem-that it was the 'y first of this kind thing. Much as I ored it. it became lurden."

XUREEN

G BRIEN

• lyed: Vicki

• ctor: William

irtnell

er appearing in the ow in 1965 as the ctor's second corn-

, Mon, she left to move Canada. Now back in tl • UK and aged 61

FAV-1111111111111111111M 1

THE WHO GIRLS: Mary Tamm top. Rula Lenska. above left, Louise Jameson. above right, Daphne Ashwood with Paul McGann. left, and Bonnie Tyler. righ she has starred in TV

drama Casualty and

is a crime writer.

ANNEKE WILLS

Played: Polly

Wright

Doctor: William

Hartnell

Played a secretary

before setting up a

design company.

Now 63, she says of

the sidekicks in Doctor

Who: -I was the first in a long

line of beautiful sexy ladies.-

ELISABETH SLADEN

Played: Sarah Jane Smith

Doctors: Jon Pertwee and Tom

Baker

A mini-skirted beauty who was in

the show between 1973 and 1976.

She returned for a spin off series

and. now 57. says: "Dr Who just did-

n't let me go and kept coming back

into my life."

SARAH SUTTON

Played: Nyssa

Doctor: Peter Davison

After Doctor Who, Sarah

worked in the theatre but

still goes to Doctor Who

conventions. Now 43, she

laughs at the costumes she

had to wear during her

appearance on the series

between 1981 and 1983.

MARY TAMM

Played: Romana

Doctor: Tom Baker

After her stint in Doctor Who

between 1978 and 1979. she

went on to appear in Jonathan

Creek. Now aged 54 she says:

"I quite fancy Christopher

Eccleston so I'll be watching

the new series avidly."

JANET FIELDING

Played: Tegan

Doctor: Tom Baker and

Peter Davison

Played an air hostess who

became the Doctor's compan-

ion between 1981 and 1984.

Now aged 48. she went on to

work as an agent.

SOPHIE ALDRED

Played: Ace

Doctor: Sylvester McCoy

The last Doctor's com-

panion before the show

was axed in 1989.

Now 42, she works

doing voice-overs

and lives in

London.

ty DAPHNE

ASHBROOK Played: Dr

A.., Holloway

Doctor: Paul

McGann

American-born

actress who starred in a 1996

Hollywood movie version. Now aged 38. she is a regular on American TV shows.

Caption: DALEK, YOU WERE WONDERFUL: Katy Manning poses with a dalek during her days on the show in the mid 70s

Caption: NEW WHO. IT'S ME: A Billie Piper is the latest assistant to Dr Who. Above inset. Honor Blackman

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