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{{Infobox person
| name = Deborah Watling
| image = DeborahWatling (cropped).JPG
| caption = Deborah Watling at the Television & Movie Store, Norwich on 20 September 2008
| image_size = 200px
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|01|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Loughton]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date ={{death date and age|2017|07|21|1948|01|02|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Frinton-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England
| death_cause = [[Lung Cancer]]
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1958–2014
| parents = [[Jack Watling]] (1923–2001)<br>Patricia Hicks (1919-2011)
}}
'''Deborah Patricia Watling'''<ref>http://www.deborahwatling.net</ref> (2 January 1948 – 21 July 2017) was an English actress known for her role as [[Victoria Waterfield]], a companion of the [[Second Doctor]] in the [[BBC]] television series ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/companions/page11.shtml |title=Doctor Who – Classic Series – Companions – Victoria Waterfield |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2014-09-24 |accessdate=2017-07-21}}</ref><ref>''A critical history of Doctor Who on television, ''John Kenneth Muir, McFarland & Co (1999), p.144</ref>

==Early life==
Watling was born at [[Loughton]], [[Essex]], the daughter of actors [[Jack Watling]] and Patricia Hicks. Her half-sister [[Dilys Watling|Dilys]] and her brother [[Giles Watling|Giles]] are also actors.<ref>''Daddy's Girl: The Autobiography,'' Deborah Watling and Paul W.T. Ballard, Fantom Films, 2012</ref>

==Career==
Beginning as a child actress, she had a regular role as the niece of Peter Brady in ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1958) television series. She was later cast for the lead role in ''Alice'' (1965), [[Dennis Potter]]'s play about [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[Alice Liddell]], for the BBC's ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'', a small role in ''[[That'll Be the Day (film)|That'll Be the Day]]'' (1973)<ref>[http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Deborah_Watling:_In_Time-travelling_they_can_hear_you_scream ]{{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref> and as Norma Baker in the ITV series ''[[Danger UXB]]'' (1979).<ref>''Variety international showbusiness reference'', Mike Kaplan, Garland Publications (1981), p.687</ref> She also co-starred with [[Cliff Richard]] in the 1973 film ''[[Take Me High]]''.<ref>''Cliff Richard: The Biography'', Steve Turner, Lion Books (2008), p.257</ref>

[[File:Jamie & Victoria (11027723533).jpg|thumb|200px|Deborah Watling and Frazer Hines at a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary event]]

Watling played Victoria in ''Doctor Who'' from 1967 to 1968, though owing to the BBC's [[wiping]] policy of the time, ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' (1967) and ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' (1967–1968) are the only serials in which she appeared that still exist in their entirety. She also appeared in ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' (1993) and ''[[Downtime (Doctor Who)|Downtime]]'' (1995).

Watling also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''[[Three's a Crowd (Doctor Who audio)|Three's a Crowd]]'' and regularly attended ''Doctor Who'' conventions and events. In November 2013, she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.<ref>"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013</ref>

==Death==
She died on 21 July 2017 at Beaumont Manor nursing home in Frinton-on-Sea, a few weeks after being diagnosed with [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40684318|title=Deborah Watling, Doctor Who companion dies aged 69|date=21 July 2017|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/15426589.Family_pay_tribute_to_actress_Deborah_Watling__who_played_Doctor_Who_s_second_companion__who_has_died__aged_69/|title=Tributes paid to former Doctor Who companion Deborah Watling|date=21 July 2017|work=Clacton Gazette|publisher=Newsquest}}</ref>

==Credits==
===Selected Television filmography===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role
|-
| 1958 - 1959 || ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' ||Sally Wilson
|-
| 1967-1968 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || [[Victoria Waterfield]]
|-
| 1969 || ''[[The Newcomers (TV series)|The Newcomers]]'' || Julie Robertson
|}

===Audio dramas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Doctor Who]]'': ''[[Three's a Crowd (radio)|Three's a Crowd]]''
| Auntie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/three-s-a-crowd-235|title=69. Three's a Crowd|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Doctor Who'': ''[[Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles#Series 3 (2008-2009)|The Great Space Elevator]]''
| [[Victoria Waterfield]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-great-space-elevator-466|title=3.2. The Great Space Elevator|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Doctor Who'': ''[[The Emperor of Eternity]]''
| Victoria Waterfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-emperor-of-eternity-484|title=4.08. The Emperor of Eternity|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Doctor Who'': ''[[Power Play (Doctor Who audio)|Power Play]]''
| Victoria Waterfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/power-play-417|title=3.05. Power Play|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Doctor Who'': ''[[Doctor Who: The Early Adventures#Series 2|The Black Hole]]''
| Victoria Waterfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-black-hole-1078|title=2.3. The Black Hole|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2016
| ''Doctor Who'': ''[[Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles#Series 10 (2016)|The Second Doctor Volume One]]''
| Victoria Waterfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-second-doctor-volume-01-1329|title=10. The Second Doctor Volume 01|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref>
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0914449|name=Deborah Watling}}
*[http://www.deborahwatling.net Deborah Watling's website]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/realmedia/nb/doctor_who_deborah_watling_holt_au_nb.ram BBC Norfolk Online – RealAudio interview] from the [[Holt, Norfolk|Holt]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Midsummer Invasion 2006
*[http://www.spotlightcd.com/interactive/cv/8739-1203-4142 The Spotlight: Deborah Watling]
*[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18014 Deborah Watling](Aveleyman)

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