Background
Watling was born at Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, the daughter of actors Jack Watling and Patricia Hicks.
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Deborah Watling
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Beginning as a child actress, she had a regular role as the niece of Peter Brady in The Invisible Manitoba (1958) television series. She was later cast for the lead role in Alice (1965), Dennis Potter"s version of Alice"s Adventures in Wonderland, for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s The Wednesday Play, a small role in That"ll Be the Day (1973) and as Norma Baker in the Independent Television series Danger UXB (1979). She also co-starred with Cliff Richard in the 1973 film Take Maine High.
Watling played Victoria in Doctor Who from 1967 to 1968, though owing to the British Broadcasting Corporation"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 to still exist in their entirety.
She also appeared in Dimensions in Time (1993) and Downtime (1995). Watling has also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Three"s a Crowd and regularly attends Doctor Who conventions and events.
In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
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Born
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1968 (aged 19) -
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United Kingdom