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'''Joanna Lumley, OBE, FRGS''' (born [[1 May (people)|1 May]] [[1946 (people)|1946]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/10/profile-joanna-lumley-gurkhas-rights|title=Joanna Lumley: Never mess with an old Avenger|author=McVeigh, Tracy|date of source=10 May 2009|website name=The Guardian|accessdate=10 September 2019}}</ref>) is a [[Britain|British]] actress, born in [[India]]. She played [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Thirteenth Doctor]] in the [[Comic Relief]] episode ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' in 1999; this makes Lumley one of only four women to date who have played the Doctor in a BBC-licensed production. The others are [[Arabella Weir]], who played [[The Doctor (Exile)|an alternate universe Doctor]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[Exile (audio story)|Exile]]'', [[Jodie Whittaker]], who plays the other [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Jo Martin]] who played [[The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)|a previously unseen incarnation]]. | '''Joanna Lumley, OBE, FRGS''' (born [[1 May (people)|1 May]] [[1946 (people)|1946]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/10/profile-joanna-lumley-gurkhas-rights|title=Joanna Lumley: Never mess with an old Avenger|author=McVeigh, Tracy|date of source=10 May 2009|website name=The Guardian|accessdate=10 September 2019}}</ref>) is a [[Britain|British]] actress, born in [[India]]. She played [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Thirteenth Doctor]] in the [[Comic Relief]] episode ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' in 1999; this makes Lumley one of only four women to date who have played the Doctor in a BBC-licensed production. The others are [[Arabella Weir]], who played [[The Doctor (Exile)|an alternate universe Doctor]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[Exile (audio story)|Exile]]'', [[Jodie Whittaker]], who plays the other [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Jo Martin]] who played [[The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)|a previously unseen incarnation]]. | ||
Joanna Lumley was the technically the first woman to portray ''[[The Doctor]] in [[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a [[Comic Relief|special]] with the Doctor also being played [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Jim Broadbent]] and many others. | Joanna Lumley was the technically the first woman to portray ''[[The Doctor]] in [[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a [[Comic Relief|special]] with the Doctor also being played [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Jim Broadbent]] and many others. | ||
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Joanna Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946[1]) is a British actress, born in India. She played the Thirteenth Doctor in the Comic Relief episode The Curse of Fatal Death in 1999; this makes Lumley one of only four women to date who have played the Doctor in a BBC-licensed production. The others are Arabella Weir, who played an alternate universe Doctor in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Exile, Jodie Whittaker, who plays the other Thirteenth Doctor and Jo Martin who played a previously unseen incarnation.
Joanna Lumley was the technically the first woman to portray The Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death, a special with the Doctor also being played Rowan Atkinson, Jim Broadbent and many others.
Outside of Doctor Who, she is perhaps best known for playing Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous (alongside Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield), Sapphire in the sci-fi series Sapphire & Steel and Purdey in The New Avengers (a continuation of the series created by Sydney Newman). She also had a small role in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service alongside Catherine Schell and also had a role in the two Pink Panther movies produced following the death of Peter Sellers.
In the DWU
Iris Wildthyme once claimed that she knew Joanna Lumley when she was a "Bond girl" in the story Came to Believe.
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Footnotes
- ↑ McVeigh, Tracy (10 May 2009). Joanna Lumley: Never mess with an old Avenger. The Guardian. Retrieved on 10 September 2019.
