Deborah Watling
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thisbluespiritSome more sad news for Doctor Who fans (well, of the Classic variety at least): Deborah Watling has died, aka companion Victoria Waterfield. A lot of people have linked to the clip from Tomb, but it is such a beautiful scene, so I'm going to do it as well:
(Forgive the embed outside the cut this once.)
Victoria was a companion that I always liked the idea of more than what they actually did with her most of the time, but Debbie Watling always seemed pretty lovely, and she had a very good relationship and rapport with both Patrick and Frazer. My old telly adventures have also led to me watching her (at least briefly) appear in The Power Game, along with her father, Jack, who was a regular (a favour which she returned in DW, getting him cast as Professor Travers in two of the Yeti stories).
(Forgive the embed outside the cut this once.)
Victoria was a companion that I always liked the idea of more than what they actually did with her most of the time, but Debbie Watling always seemed pretty lovely, and she had a very good relationship and rapport with both Patrick and Frazer. My old telly adventures have also led to me watching her (at least briefly) appear in The Power Game, along with her father, Jack, who was a regular (a favour which she returned in DW, getting him cast as Professor Travers in two of the Yeti stories).
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Date: 23 Jul 2017 07:14 am (UTC)Hey, totally OT, but have you seen my original writing blog on Tumblr? It's @scribblelark: https://scribblelark.tumblr.com/
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Date: 23 Jul 2017 07:54 am (UTC)But, yes, she seems to have been very lovely - and she was, of all the companions, the champion screamer and proud of it. Monsters cowered from her scream...
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Date: 29 Jul 2017 09:41 am (UTC)(And as an interesting side note, there's a blog on tumblr that actually did a survey of every Doctor Who episode for how often companions scream, and statistically, Sarah Jane is the official champion screamer for Classic Who, with all the female New Who companions beating every classic companion in the 'screams per episode' department, lol! But Victoria is definitely the only companion to actually kill a monster with her screams, so maybe she still *is* the champion screamer in that regard!)
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Date: 29 Jul 2017 09:51 am (UTC)Most of the companions scream at some point, but Victoria got to use her screams.
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Date: 30 Jul 2017 09:01 am (UTC)(My sister was once, for GCSE drama, in a play where she had to finish by screaming and she used to wander around our house practising! It takes work! In that case, for all of us...)
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Date: 23 Jul 2017 07:52 am (UTC)If only anyone knew the answer to that! But, yes, it is sad. 69 isn't young, but it isn't that old these days, either. :-(
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Date: 23 Jul 2017 01:43 pm (UTC)I did enjoy Victoria in 'The Abominable Snowman' being feistier than normal. Companions could vary from story to story!
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Date: 23 Jul 2017 02:12 pm (UTC)Thanks for posting this clip. <3
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