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Victoria Waterfield is a fictional character played by Deborah Watling in the long-running British
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series ''
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''. A native of
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, she was a companion of the
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and a regular in the programme from 1967 to 1968. Only two complete serials to feature her exist in the BBC archives (''
The Tomb of the Cybermen ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' is the first serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 September 1967. In the serial, the ...
'' and ''
The Enemy of the World ''The Enemy of the World'' is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968. The serial is set in Aus ...
''). DVDs of her adventures '' The Evil of the Daleks'', ''
The Ice Warriors ''The Ice Warriors'' is the partly missing third serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 11 November to 16 December 1967. In this serial, the ...
'', '' The Web of Fear'' and ''
Fury from the Deep ''Fury from the Deep'' is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968. In this serial, the Do ...
'' were also released, where official BBC reconstructions complete the missing episodes of those serials. Watling reprised her role in the spin-off ''
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'' and a few audio dramas, one of which featured her as a temporary assistant to the
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. Victoria appeared in 7 stories (39 episodes).


Casting

According to the short BBC Video documentary ''The Dalek Factor'' about the making of the story, released in September 2021 as part of the animated restoration of the serial, Denise Buckley was cast in the role of Victoria Waterfield by director Derek Martinus. The production team had been hoping that
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would continue in the role of Sam Briggs, that she had played in the previous story ''
The Faceless Ones ''The Faceless Ones'' is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. In this serial, the Sec ...
'', but had created Victoria as a potential ongoing character should Collins decline. When Collins confirmed she did not want to join the regular cast, it was decided to introduce Victoria as the new companion and Denise Buckley was released, but paid in full, with Deborah Watling replacing her as a more suitable actress for the continuing role.


Character history

Victoria first appears in the 1967 serial '' The Evil of the Daleks''. She is the daughter of widowed scientist Edward Waterfield (played by John Bailey), who in 1866 is experimenting with
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and has attracted the attention of the
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s. In order to assure Waterfield's collaboration with their capture of the Doctor and their experiments with the Human and Dalek Factors, the Daleks with the help of Theodore Maxtable took Victoria as a prisoner. To measure his emotional responses, they then manipulated Jamie McCrimmon into rescuing her, although they ultimately re-captured her and took her to
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. At the conclusion of the adventure, Waterfield is killed saving the Doctor's life, and asks him to take care of Victoria. The Doctor and
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take her in as part of the
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crew. On the outside, Victoria is a typically fragile lady of her era, frequently screaming when faced with the creatures the Doctor and his companions encounter in their travels, such as the
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and the
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However, this exterior hides an inner strength that crops up when needed. Victoria may be young, but she has an instinct for when she is being lied to, and her sensibility is a contrast to the recklessness of Jamie and the curiosity of the Doctor. Jamie, in particular, is very protective towards and fond of Victoria, and is heartbroken when she chooses to leave. Despite being a good match to her two companions, Victoria eventually finds herself unsuited to extended travel with the Doctor. At the conclusion of the serial ''
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'', she decides to leave the TARDIS, settling with a family named Harris in the 20th century. Her subsequent life is not shown in the television series. She is mentioned, but not seen to be travelling with the Second Doctor in the 1985 serial '' The Two Doctors''.


Other appearances

Victoria's life after leaving the TARDIS is not explored in the series. The video release ''
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'' (1995) and its 1996 novelisation by Marc Platt as part of the
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range, reveals that she struggles to adapt to twentieth century life and eventually returns to the Detsen monastery in
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, where she again falls under the influence of the Great Intelligence, now trapped on Earth after the end of '' The Web of Fear''. The Intelligence manipulates Victoria into founding New World University, with the money left to her by her father (via a new will he drew up whilst working for the
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s in 1866), where Victoria serves as Vice Chancellor and the possessed Professor Travers as Chancellor. Using the university's computers, the Intelligence seizes control of the internet and creates new Yetis. Realising she has been misled, Victoria helps
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and
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defeat it. She is then approached by both the Fourth and Third Doctors, but chooses not to travel with them. The 1993 Children in Need campaign featured a short ''Doctor Who''/''
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'' crossover called ''
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''. In a story involving the various incarnations of the Doctor meeting up with various companions, Victoria ends up alongside the Third Doctor (
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) as they make their way back to the TARDIS after finding out that the culprit behind all the confusion is the Rani (
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). Watling had suffered a broken arm prior to filming, and so wore a long cloak to conceal her cast. Watling also returned to the role of Victoria Waterfield in the audio drama ''
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'', where she was campaigning against nuclear waste before she became caught up in a plot to frame the Doctor for the actions of an assassin who destroys entire planets, resulting in her meeting the
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and
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; as in ''Downtime'', she declined the offer to rejoin the Doctor, but was assured that the TARDIS doors will always be open to her.


List of appearances


Television serials

;Season 4 *'' The Evil of the Daleks'' (episodes 2–7) ;Season 5 *''
The Tomb of the Cybermen ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' is the first serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 September 1967. In the serial, the ...
'' *''
The Abominable Snowmen ''The Abominable Snowmen'' is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967. In this seri ...
'' *''
The Ice Warriors ''The Ice Warriors'' is the partly missing third serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 11 November to 16 December 1967. In this serial, the ...
'' *''
The Enemy of the World ''The Enemy of the World'' is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968. The serial is set in Aus ...
'' (episodes 1–3, 5–6) *'' The Web of Fear'' *''
Fury from the Deep ''Fury from the Deep'' is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968. In this serial, the Do ...
'' ;30th anniversary charity special *''
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''


Video

*''
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'' (also novelised by scriptwriter Marc Platt as part of the
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line)


Audio

*''The Great Space Elevator'' *'' The Emperor of Eternity'' *''
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'' (with the
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) *''The Black Hole'' *''The Story of Extinction''


Short Trips audios

*''The Way Forward''


Novels

;
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*'' Twilight of the Gods'' by
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*'' The Dark Path'' by
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;
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*'' Dreams of Empire'' by
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*'' Heart of TARDIS'' by
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*''
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'' by Mick Lewis


Short stories

*"Face-Painter" by
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('' Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors'') *"The Astronomer's Apprentice" by
Simon A. Forward Simon A. Forward (born 1967 in Penzance) is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs. He lives and works in Penzance (with his two cats) as a full-time writer. Work Forward specialises in sci-fi ...
('' Short Trips: The Muses'') *"The Farmer's Story" by Todd Green ('' Short Trips: Repercussions'') *"The Age of Ambition" by Andrew Campbell ('' Short Trips: Life Science'') *"Screamager" by
Jacqueline Rayner Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Pau ...
('' Short Trips: Monsters'') *"The Last Emperor" by Jacqueline Rayner ('' Short Trips: 2040'') *"The Cutty Wren" by Ann Kelly ('' Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas'') *"On a Pedestal" by Kathleen O. David ('' Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership'')


Comics

*"Freedom by Fire" by
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(''Doctor Who Annual 1969'') *"Atoms Infinite" by
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(''Doctor Who Annual 1969'') *"Bringer of Darkness" by Warwick Gray and
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(''Doctor Who Magazine'' Summer Special 1993)


References


External links


Victoria Waterfield on the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterfield, Victoria Television characters introduced in 1967 Doctor Who companions British female characters in television Fictional people from the 19th-century Orphan characters in television