![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The time between the show's cancelation in 1989 and its successful revival in 2005 is known as the "Dark Years," but Doctor Who nevertheless survived and prospered. She also has a day job, as a flight attendant, and is simply biding her time in the TARDIS until she can get back to the airport, as referenced in this recent promo for season 19 on DVD. Like Donna Noble, she wasn't about to take any nonsense from her slightly hippy-ish Time Lord friend. Played by Janet Fielding, Tegan was every inch the powerful '80s woman when she arrived in 1981. A feminist, she was the first companion who held on to her day job as an investigative reporter, and the first to star in her own spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sarah Jane (played by Elizabeth Sladen) was the Doctor's longest-serving and possibly most-beloved companion, serving his third and fourth incarnation played by Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker between 19. One of the first female directors in BBC television, Paddy became the first woman to helm episodes of Doctor Who when she took charge of the 1966 serial "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve." That has now unfortunately been lost to time, but we can still see her work in the three further serials she directed, "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" (1974), "Pyramids of Mars" (1975), and "Horror of Fang Rock" (1977). The Doctor's first ever companion was actually his granddaughter and a fellow Gallifreyan, played by Carole Ann Ford. The precocious youngster accompanied William Hartnell's incarnation of the time-traveller for just over a year, until she was left behind on 22nd-century Earth at the end of 1964 serial "The Dalek Invasion of Earth." She set the template for the Doctor's companion, though it's been a long time now since her grandfather promised he'd be back. She went on to release and perform music under the name of Unit Delta Plus and White Noise, out Radiohead-ing Radiohead before any of them were born. One of the first female television producers in the history of the industry, she was responsible for selecting the original cast, including William Hartnell as the First Doctor, and championing the Daleks, despite the fact her boss Sydney Newman had decreed "no bug eyed monsters!" She intuitively understood what would make the series successful – and under her guidance the fledging show became a national institution.Ĭalled the "unsung heroine of British electronic music," Delia was the musician responsible for turning Ron Grainer's theme tune into an unearthly masterpiece that instantly glued audiences to their screens. Without Verity there simply wouldn't be a Doctor Who at all. As Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker prepares to get to grips with the sonic screwdriver on Sunday (October 7), we've put together a list of 13 of the most influential. On screen and behind the scenes, women have steered Doctor Who since its inception in 1963. ![]()
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