जीवनी

29 जून 1943 · लिवरपूल, इंग्लैंड, यूनाइटेड किंगडम

5′ 2″ (1.57 मी)

She was cast to replace Carole Ann Ford in Doctor Who (1963), thus becoming the first cast replacement in what was to be an ever-changing line of regulars in the series.

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Winner of The 1979 Best Radio Actress Award for By Grand Central Station I sat Down And Wept.

I don't mind being famous for something that I'm kind of proud of but as an acting job I wasn't proud of what I did in Doctor Who (1963).

For me, Christopher Eccleston is the closest to Bill (William Hartnell) because he has such danger. He has a dangerous personality and he has a love of danger, which is what makes him want to go and explore, and they knitted that in with Billie Piper. For me, he's the most like Bill.

I'm not the slightest bit interested in Doctor Who (1963) and I don't remember anything at all about it.

We had such wonderful directors, we had Richard Martin, we had Chris Barry (Christopher Barry), we had Dougie Camfield (Douglas Camfield). We had wonderful directors and it seemed wrong to not do the very best you could do with this thing, and I always wanted everything to be the absolute best it could be, and I wasn't going to be happy with it not being as good as it could be.