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Old 26-07-2012, 23:48   #76
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Very sad to hear this. 62 is far too young to go.

We have so few of the 70s companions left now. It's strange; I think we've only lost a couple of the 60s companions, but there's really only Katy, Louise and Lalla left of the 70s. I hope they're all with us for many years to come, and Tom too. Poor Tom, that's another old friend gone. And sympathies most of all to her family.
I think you mentioned after Caroline John's death how weird it is that a lot of the 60's companions are still going and the 70's ones are sadly falling by the wayside. It really is quite extraordinary and as you say, fingers crossed they continue for many more years.
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Old 27-07-2012, 01:56   #77
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she will be sorely missed, a great actress.
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Old 27-07-2012, 01:59   #78
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Really sad news. I couldn't believe it when I saw it this lunchtime.

RIP Mary
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Old 27-07-2012, 02:07   #79
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RIP Mary.
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Old 27-07-2012, 07:52   #80
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I hope all those who were important to Who that have sadly passed get a mention during the celebrations.
echoed.

I think we should all keep bumping Listentomes above post right into next year, in the hope that someone on the production team hears about it.
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Old 27-07-2012, 16:04   #81
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If I'm honest she wasn't my favourite Doctor Who character - as a child I found her a bit aloof and cold. But I remember her in a thriller around the same time - "The Assassination Run" with Malcolm Stoddard - which more than made up for it !

Very sad news at that age.
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Old 27-07-2012, 16:29   #82
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Mary Tamm only appeared on Doctor Who for one season, but she established the character of Romana — a member of the Doctor's own race, who travels around with him on the quest for the Key to Time.

Romana was the Doctor's first traveling companion who could lay claim to being his intellectual equal — even if she didn't have the same level of real-life experience. And Tamm had the unenviable task of going head to head with Tom Baker, challenging the authority of the most authoritative of Doctors. There were smart, independent companions before Tamm's Romana — but she was the first who could accuse him of flying the TARDIS the wrong way. (Just watch the opening scenes of "The Pirate Planet," and it's obvious how Steven Moffat drew on Tamm's version of Romana for River Song.)

And as Alun.Vega points out on Twitter, Tamm also livened up Doctor Who quite a bit, adding a twinkling, knowing sort of humor. Her version of Romana was often capable of laughing at the situation just as much as the Doctor — just in a more dry, sardonic fashion.
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Old 27-07-2012, 17:13   #83
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FFS what the Fk is going on!
How very sad she was a beautiful woman!
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Old 27-07-2012, 17:28   #84
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My childhood is being whittled away piece by piece!

Goodnight Mary, you gave joy to millions of us fans!
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Old 27-07-2012, 19:50   #85
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Really sad. I love the Key To Time season and Romana 1 is probably the main reason. Love her commentaries too, which shows me that someone that stunning can be just as likeable too.
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Old 28-07-2012, 19:56   #86
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How sad. And I've never even seen her yet!
What I mean is - her one and only series 'Key To Time' is the only full season I never got to see. I used to see pictures of her in the papers...and I remember thinking she looked a bit posh to be an assistant!
I'd just started work in a hotel - and Saturdays were a late finish! No video in those days!
I've kept meaning to buy the Box Set.....that's a must now!!!
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Old 28-07-2012, 20:21   #87
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As nice as Mary Tamm looked, the time she joined Dr Who was the time it went downhill, IMO-although not because of her.
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Old 28-07-2012, 21:22   #88
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How sad. And I've never even seen her yet!
What I mean is - her one and only series 'Key To Time' is the only full season I never got to see. I used to see pictures of her in the papers...and I remember thinking she looked a bit posh to be an assistant!
I'd just started work in a hotel - and Saturdays were a late finish! No video in those days!
I've kept meaning to buy the Box Set.....that's a must now!!!
Quite cheap on Amazon and well worth a purchase!
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Old 29-07-2012, 00:19   #89
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I remember Lalla Ward commenting in another DVD (possibly Creature from the Pit), that Mary "could do glamour standing on her head".

That is perfectly true.
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Old 29-07-2012, 15:46   #90
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aww i just googled her, and i remember her
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