TRIBUTES have been paid to Doctor Who actress Mary Tamm, who died in a London hospital today at the age of 62 after an 18-month battle with cancer.
She played Romana (pictured above and below), a Time Lady who was companion to Tom Baker's fourth Doctor from 1978 to 1979. Tamm opted not to return for another series and the role was recast with Lalla Ward.
The daughter of Estonian refugees, Bradford-born Tamm trained at RADA. Her first professional job was at the new Birmingham Repertory theatre where she spent nine months working alongside Derek Jacobi, Joan Sims and Ronnie Barker.
She also appeared on the big screen in The Odessa File and The Likely Lads and after leaving Doctor Who was in numerous other TV shows including EastEnders, Brookside and Wire in the Blood.
Doctor Who returns to our living rooms for a seventh series in August, with guest stars including Stratford-upon-Avon actor David Bradley, who played Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films.
Bradley, who recently received an honorary degree from Warwick University, will play a character called Solomon, whom he describes as an "old rocker."
He told the unversity's podcast: "He is a space pirate. We've modelled [him] on a well-known nightclub owner with long hair. He has lots of scars and wears black leather.
"He runs a ship the size of Canada, and has two giant robots that are a bit rusty."
Diana Rigg (TV's The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) and her daughter Rachael Stirling (Snow White and the Huntsman) are also to appear in the series.
Other guest stars include Ben Browder (Farscape), David Warner (Titanic, Tron, The Omen), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, Clash of the Titans), Jessica Raine (The Woman in Black, Robin Hood) and Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II, The Day of the Triffids, Desperate Housewives).
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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