Deborah was invited into the Doctor Who offices by the then-producer
Innes Lloyd. He had seen her in the "Play for Today"
series and thought she might be a good choice for a new companion
in the series.
After a discussion between the two, it was agreed that Deborah
would gain some more experience in the industry as she was only
eighteen at the time. After this Deborah worked on stage and some
TV, and in 1966 agreed to take the role of Victoria Waterfield,
opposite Patrick Troughton as 'The Doctor' and Frazer Hines as
'Jamie'.
Deborah stayed with the show for a year, and that period of the
shows history is now fondly remembered as The Monster Era. During
the time she saw battle with Cybermen, Yeti, Ice Warriors and,
in her very first story, the dreaded Daleks.
Sadly, many of Deborah's episodes have since been wiped by the
BBC. Only Tomb Of The Cybermen exists in it's entirety, after
being discovered in Hong Kong in 1992. It has recently been issued
on DVD and is one of the top-selling stories in the Doctor Who
range. Other singular episodes do exist from Enemy Of The World,
Abominable Snowmen, Web Of Fear and four of the six episodes still
survive from The Ice Warriors.
Click on the individual story titles to see Deborah's memories
working on one of TV's most memorable shows.
