Lalla Ward (Romana) and John Leeson (voice of K9) at the Doctor Who Cares 2 convention, Slough, June 2015. In aid of Denville Hall, the care home for elderly actors denvillehall.org.uk
I'll forever be in love with Lalla Ward, and I live in hope that her Romana will return to Doctor Who. After all, Romana departed outside our universe, and could have survived the time war.
Depends on whether you consider Big Finish and Virgin Books New Adventures canon. At some point, she came back to N-space and was elected President of the High Council of Time Lords on Gallifrey, which continued for a long time...
It's my theory that the Time Lords sent out a special message: "Gallifrey Needs You!" Or something like that. All Time Lords everywhere responded to it except, initially, the Doctor.
Beautiful Classy Lady. The last of her kind. Absolutely stunning, talented and reserved. The epidemy of sophistication and class. Amazing British woman. Iconic.
"The worst episode of Doctor Who ever" The Creature from the Pit (4 parts): IMDB rating 7.0, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9. Under Chiball: Arachnids in the UK (4.9), The Tsuranga Conundrum (4.9), Orphan 55 (4.0), Praxeus (5.0), The Timeless Children (5.0), and many more. In fact there is only 1 episode ever from CC with a higher rating than that first "disastrous" Lalla Ward filming, Fugitive of the Judoon (7.3). It is hard to understand how the BBC cannot see the mess Doctor Who has been over the last 2 series.
The Creature from the Pit is one of my favourite Doctor Who stories.Wolf weeds, a quirky seer, an evil villainess a rag tag group of thieves and BDSM costumes. What's not to love? Even the 'monster' made from parachute material and gaffer tape is memorable. Certainly worth a rewatch, which is more than I can say of any of the Chibnall era stories.
I sorta enjoyed this interview except that Lalla took a very cheap shot at Tom Baker. Tom isn't perfect, but then again nobody is. We all have are rough patches but if you look at the behind the scenes footage during that period, rehearsal footage or listen to some of the commentaries on the DVD'S....Tom was still getting on well with most of his co-stars and some of the Directors and behind the scene guys. He has been more then apologetic about his behaviour at times but also his caring very deeply for the character and what it meant to his life. I think he also realized that even though they still had some good stories some of the scripts were not that good and fustration began to settle in for Tom. Lalla just comes across as bitter and not being grateful for getting a chance to even be in the show. Nobody I am wrong in assuming that though.
Linda Taylor She was very lucky that someone like Tom even loved her. With her track record with men maybe she will have a long hard look at herself before dissing Tom. I have never seen or heard her saying sorry which tells me that she is rather self centred privately
What does she say? My video kinda skips so i must be missing it. The only thing I heard was "I was the only one Tom Baker could stand"? But that can't be it, that's not even worth mentioning.
@Linda Taylor Yes, I didn't get that either. Never heard anyone say they didn't get along with him. Liz Sladen said she had a ball working with him, and Tom said he adored her and that she left Dr Who too soon.
