Number 1 - Roberta Tovey
Career Resume to Date:
Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993) (TV) .... Herself/Susan
"My Husband and I" (1987) TV Series .... Samantha
Beast in the Cellar, The (1971) .... Paper Girl
... aka Are You Dying, Young Man? (1971)
"Not in Front of the Children" (1967) TV Series .... Trudi Corner (1967-69)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) .... Susan
Operation Third Form (1966) .... Jill
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) .... Susan
Runaway Railway (1965) .... Carole
High Wind in Jamaica, A (1965) .... Rachel Thornton
Piper's Tune, The (1962) .... Suzy
Touch of Death (1961) .... Pam
Never Let Go (1960) .... Sandra Cummings
Career Analysis:
Well this is interesting. From the above we can actually see that Roberta had a thriving career... before the curse of Who hit. Just as well, then, that she apparently started acting before she was out of nappies, as her small screen prospects would plummet the minute she did her star turn with Peter Cushing. It's tempting to think that her role as "paper girl", her first four years after Aaru, was awarded because it's what she was doing in real life too.
But wait! What's this? A career resurgence? We can see that she did somehow nab a role in an ITV sitcom 17 years later, but surely by this time she should have sacked her agent. When's the "My Husband And I" DVD release?
The verdict, then. Career killed stone dead when world sees how crap she is in 'Doctor Who'. Poor old Tovey!
