Deborah Watling

Acting

Deborah Watling

Born 1948-01-02 · Loughton, Essex, England, UK

Deborah Watling (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Watling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster
7.8

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

Journey to the Centre of the Earth poster
5.1

A 19th-century expedition to the Earth's core reveals primordial wonders, prehistoric monsters and a subterranean civilization that may convey the greatest discovery of all.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

1977

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 poster
6.5

Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

2010

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors poster
7.3

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where scientists, commanded by Leader Clent, are using an ioniser device to combat the advance of a glacier.

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

1967

Possessions poster
NR

There's six suspects each with a terrible tale to tell, murder is most definitely in mind. What has grisly deeds have occurred in Fanny's farmhouse... And how does 'that' alien fit into it all!

Possessions

2001

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks poster
7.9

Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

Myth Runner poster
10.0

A spoof of Blade Runner, built around bloopers and outtakes from the Myth Makers series of videos, featuring interviews with actors from the Doctor Who TV series.

Myth Runner

1987

30 Years in the TARDIS poster
7.9

A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.

30 Years in the TARDIS

1993

That'll Be The Day poster
6.5

Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between a life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called rock & roll.

That'll Be The Day

1973

Royal Variety Performance 1984 poster
NR

In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales. From the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre stars from the world of entertainment bring you comedy and music.

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

The Ties That Bind Us poster
NR

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen poster
8.0

Aided by his two assistants Jamie and Victoria, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on Telos, last resting place of the infamous Cybermen. There he discovers a band of archaelogists on a secret expedition to unearth the reason for his old enemies' extinction. In the underground shadowy depths, they find the icy tomb. A whole army in hibernation. A threat to no one, if the temperature remains low. But if the traitor in their midst gets his way, things could really heat up.

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

1967

The World in Silence poster
NR

College student Sarah Richards is alone in fearing and disliking the new teaching machines but even she does not foresee the terrifying situation that arises when her supervisor, Stephen Kershaw, re-arranges the machines to conform with revised fire regulations.

The World in Silence

1966

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster
4.8

All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993

Downtime poster
5.7

Retired commander of the United Nations' Intelligence Taskforce, and long-time associate of the mysterious time traveler the Doctor, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart faces the toughest battle of his military career when he is embroiled in a plot unwittingly set in motion by university chancellor Victoria Waterfield, herself a former companion of the Doctor, to take over the Earth by an evil alien entity called the Great Intelligence, aided by its ferocious robot Yeti cohorts. Can the Brigadier defeat this menace to the Earth without the Doctor's help?

Downtime

1995

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' poster
10.0

A look at the making of the Doctor Who (1963) story "The Abominable Snowmen" (1967).

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

2022

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen poster
7.5

Mysterious forces are at work in 1930s Tibet. The once gentle Yeti have turned savage and besieged a Buddhist monastery. The Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive expecting a friendly welcome from the abbot, but soon become ensnared in the plans of the extradimensional being known as the Great Intelligence.

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

1967

Lust in Space poster
9.0

Doctor Who travelled with the most gorgeous girls in the Cosmos. But was there any Lust in Space? Doctor Who is on trial - and the charge is sexism! The scene is set, the witnesses called. We expose Doctor Who’s final taboo! It’s everything you wanted to know about sex (in Doctor Who) but were afraid to ask!

Lust in Space

1998

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks poster
8.3

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor. Once implanted, it will make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as the Doctor appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks.

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

1967

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour poster
5.8

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

2024

Take Me High poster
4.8

Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, but even his happy-go-lucky attitude is severely jolted when he is sent to Birmingham instead of his promised New York for his posting! But comedy reigns when the enterprising bank manager helps an unsuccessful Birmingham restaurant compete with its rivals by introducing a new fast food - the Brumburger!

Take Me High

1973

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years poster
NR

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this set also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Anneke Wills (Polly), Michael Craze (Ben), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Deborah Watling (Victoria) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe)!

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

2017

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World poster
7.9

On Earth in 2018, the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to his uncanny resemblance to the scientist/politician Salamander. He is hailed as the "shopkeeper of the world" for his efforts to relieve global famine, but why do his rivals keep disappearing? How can he predict so many natural disasters? The Doctor must expose Salamander's schemes before he takes over the world.

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

1968

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen poster
7.0

The Doctor revisits the Himalayas because he wants to return an ancient relic he was given many centuries ago. On arriving however, the Doctor is blamed for a series of brutal murders in the area. Jamie and Victoria discover the true culprits – the previously peaceful Yeti that live in seclusion on the mountainside have apparently turned violent.

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

2022