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'''Dame 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]].
'''Dame 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)|an alternative version of the Thirteenth Doctor]] in the [[Comic Relief]] episode ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' in 1999.


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]]'', [[Comic Relief|special]] with the Doctor also being played [[Rowan Atkinson]][[Jim Broadbent]] and many others.
Joanna was the technically the first woman to portray the Doctor, followed by [[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 mainstream [[Thirteenth Doctor]]) and [[Jo Martin]] (who portrays the [[Fugitive Doctor]]).


== Career ==
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 and Steel|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.
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 and Steel|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.



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Dame Joanna Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946[1]) is a British actress, born in India. She played an alternative version of the Thirteenth Doctor in the Comic Relief episode The Curse of Fatal Death in 1999.

Joanna was the technically the first woman to portray the Doctor, followed by Arabella Weir (who played an alternate universe Doctor in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Exile), Jodie Whittaker (who plays the mainstream Thirteenth Doctor) and Jo Martin (who portrays the Fugitive Doctor).

Career

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.

She was made a Dame in the New Year Honours list 2022.[2]

In the DWU

Iris Wildthyme once claimed that she knew Joanna Lumley when she was a "Bond girl" in the story Came to Believe.

External links

Footnotes

  1. McVeigh, Tracy (10 May 2009). Joanna Lumley: Never mess with an old Avenger. The Guardian. Retrieved on 10 September 2019.
  2. BBC Entertainment