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|role          = [[Melanie Bush]]
|role          = [[Melanie Bush]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
|story          = [[#Credits|See credits]]
|story          = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
|time          = 1986-87, 1993, 2000-03, 2005-07, 2012-13, 2015-19, 2021-present
|time          = 1986-87, 1993, 2000-03, 2005-07, 2012-13, 2015-19, 2021-present
|non dwu        = ''Bugsy Malone'', ''Just William'', ''Chicago'', ''Hotel Babylon'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''Pointless Celebrities'', ''9 to 5'', ''Anything Goes''
|non dwu        = ''Bugsy Malone'', ''Just William'', ''Chicago'', ''Hotel Babylon'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''Pointless Celebrities'', ''9 to 5'', ''Anything Goes''
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|official site  = www.bonnielangford.co.uk
|official site  = www.bonnielangford.co.uk
|twitter        = bonnie_langford
|twitter        = bonnie_langford
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'''Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford''' (born [[22 July (people)|22 July]] [[1964 (people)|1964]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) appeared as the Doctor's companion [[Melanie Bush|Melanie 'Mel' Bush]] debuting in ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', one of the stories in ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'', and departing at the conclusion of ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''. She has since reprised the role in several audio dramas for [[Big Finish Productions]].
'''Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford''' (born [[22 July (people)|22 July]] [[1964 (people)|1964]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) appeared as the Doctor's companion [[Melanie Bush|Melanie 'Mel' Bush]] debuting in ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', one of the stories in ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'', and departing at the conclusion of ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''. She has since reprised the role in several audio dramas for [[Big Finish Productions]].


Bonnie Langford was the first [[companion]] actor to have been born after ''[[Doctor Who]]'' began in 1963.
Bonnie Langford was the first [[companion]] actor to have been born after ''[[Doctor Who]]'' began in 1963.
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Langford has the distinction of being the first companion actor to have been born after the start of the original series, and the only such actor to appear in the original series.
Langford has the distinction of being the first companion actor to have been born after the start of the original series, and the only such actor to appear in the original series.


[[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]] praised Bonnie Langford in an extra for the [[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]] DVD Box Set. He states that in his long career, he has never worked with anyone more professional than her.
[[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]] praised Bonnie Langford in an extra for the [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]] DVD Box Set. He states that in his long career, he has never worked with anyone more professional than her.


She also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
She also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
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In 2015, she joined the cast of ''[[EastEnders]]'' in the role of Carmel Kazemi, over two decades after performing as Mel on the ''EastEnders'' set in ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. She left the role in 2018. Langord’s onscreen family in the show included [[Davood Ghadami]] and [[Shaheen Jafargholi]] as her two sons.
In 2015, she joined the cast of ''[[EastEnders]]'' in the role of Carmel Kazemi, over two decades after performing as Mel on the ''EastEnders'' set in ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. She left the role in 2018. Langord’s onscreen family in the show included [[Davood Ghadami]] and [[Shaheen Jafargholi]] as her two sons.


== Personal Life ==
== Personal life ==
Langford was born at {{w|Hampton Court}}, [[Surrey]]. She married fellow actor Paul Grunert in 1995 and has one daughter (born 2000). The couple divorced in 2015.
Langford was born at {{w|Hampton Court}}, [[Surrey]]. She married fellow actor Paul Grunert in 1995 and has one daughter (born 2000). The couple divorced in 2015.


== DWU Credits ==
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
==== Doctor Who ====
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* ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''
* ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)|The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]''/''[[Empire of Death (TV story)|Empire of Death]]''


=== Webcasts ===
=== Webcasts ===
==== ''The Collection'' ====
==== The Collection ====
* ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]''
* ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]''
* ''[[24 Carat (webcast)|24 Carat]]''
* ''[[24 Carat (webcast)|24 Carat]]''
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** ''[[Reverse Engineering (audio story)|Reverse Engineering]]''
** ''[[Reverse Engineering (audio story)|Reverse Engineering]]''
** ''[[Chronomancer (audio story)|Chronomancer]]''
** ''[[Chronomancer (audio story)|Chronomancer]]''
* ''[[Purity Unleashed (audio anthology)|Purity Unleashed]]''
** ''[[Broadway Belongs to Me! (audio story)|Broadway Belongs to Me!]]''
** ''[[Purification (audio story)|Purification]]''
** ''[[Time-Burst (audio story)|Time-Burst]]''
* ''[[Purity Unbound (audio anthology)|Purity Unbound]]''
** ''[[Girl in a Bubble (audio story)|Girl in a Bubble]]''
** ''[[The Corruptions (audio story)|The Corruptions]]''
** ''[[The Wrong Side of History (audio story)|The Wrong Side of History]]''


==== The Seventh Doctor Adventures ====
==== The Seventh Doctor Adventures ====
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** ''[[Bad Day in Tinseltown (audio story)|Bad Day in Tinseltown]]''
** ''[[Bad Day in Tinseltown (audio story)|Bad Day in Tinseltown]]''
** ''[[The Ribos Inheritance (audio story)|The Ribos Operation]]''
** ''[[The Ribos Inheritance (audio story)|The Ribos Operation]]''
* ''[[The Last Day 1]]''


==== Short Trips ====
==== Short Trips ====
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==== The Sixth Doctor Adventures ====
==== The Sixth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Maelstrom (audio story)|Maelstrom]]'' - [[Alef]]
* ''[[Maelstrom (audio story)|Maelstrom]]'' - [[Alef]]
* ''[[The Corruptions (audio story)|The Corruptions]]'' - [[Corruption (species)|Corruption]]


=== Audiobook Readings ===
=== Audiobook Readings ===
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* ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Dragonfire]]''
* ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Dragonfire]]''
* ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]''
* ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]''
* ''[[Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)|Wild Blue Yonder]]''


==== K9 Audio Annual ====
==== K9 Audio Annual ====
* ''[[Powerstone (short story)|Powerstone]]''
* ''[[Powerstone (short story)|Powerstone]]''
* ''[[Hound of Hell (short story)|Hound of Hell]]''
* ''[[Hound of Hell (short story)|Hound of Hell]]''
=== Documentary appearances ===
* ''[[Holiday Camp (documentary)|Holiday Camp]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:The Seventh Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Seventh Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:1963 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles in 2005 Doctor Who]]
[[Category:1963 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles in 2005 Doctor Who]]
[[Category:Peladon voice actors]]
[[Category:People interviewed on Doctor Who: Unleashed]]
[[Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters voice actors]]

Revision as of 04:02, 17 July 2024

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Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford (born 22 July 1964[1]) appeared as the Doctor's companion Melanie 'Mel' Bush debuting in Terror of the Vervoids, one of the stories in The Trial of a Time Lord, and departing at the conclusion of Dragonfire. She has since reprised the role in several audio dramas for Big Finish Productions.

Bonnie Langford was the first companion actor to have been born after Doctor Who began in 1963.

Career

She first achieved fame as a child actor, starring in the television series Just William and the film Bugsy Malone.

Her stage work includes Annie, Peter Pan: The Musical, Cats and The Pirates of Penzance. Langford was a regular guest (2003-2005) on Sandi Toksvig's weekday lunchtime show on LBC radio and occasionally deputised when Sandi was ill or on holiday. Langford had just completed a run in Peter Pan at the time she was announced as the Doctor's newest companion. A publicity photo was passed round of Langford in costume as Peter and Colin Baker in costume as the Doctor, "flying" together on wires.

She has received a fair amount of criticism over her career, as she has been widely perceived as an overly perky youth. Some Doctor Who fans have voiced similar complaints about the character of Mel. Noël Coward reportedly made the comment, after seeing a play with the young Bonnie Langford in it in which a horse also defecated on the stage, "If they had shoved the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once." Langford herself told interviewer Michael Parkinson on his television chat show that Coward had said the best way to improve the play was to "cut the second half and the child's throat!"

On 23 October 2005, Langford performed in Children Will Listen, a 75th birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. She then appeared in the pantomime Cinderella at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.

In January 2006, Langford was a celebrity contestant on ITV's Dancing On Ice, along with fellow ex-Doctor Who companion and musical theatre stalwart John Barrowman.

Langford has the distinction of being the first companion actor to have been born after the start of the original series, and the only such actor to appear in the original series.

Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker praised Bonnie Langford in an extra for the The Trial of a Time Lord DVD Box Set. He states that in his long career, he has never worked with anyone more professional than her.

She also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

She joined the West End cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre on September 16th 2014. She plays the part of Muriel Eubanks.

In 2015, she joined the cast of EastEnders in the role of Carmel Kazemi, over two decades after performing as Mel on the EastEnders set in Dimensions in Time. She left the role in 2018. Langord’s onscreen family in the show included Davood Ghadami and Shaheen Jafargholi as her two sons.

Personal life

Langford was born at Hampton Court, Surrey. She married fellow actor Paul Grunert in 1995 and has one daughter (born 2000). The couple divorced in 2015.

Credits

Television

Doctor Who

Webcasts

The Collection

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

The Lost Stories

The Sixth Doctor Adventures

The Seventh Doctor Adventures

Short Trips

Doctor Who Unbound

Peladon

Other Roles

Audio

The Sixth Doctor Adventures

Audiobook Readings

Target Novelisations

K9 Audio Annual

Documentary appearances

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
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