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}}'''Caroline Frances John''' ([[19 September (people)|19 September]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/21/caroline-john ''Guardian'' obituary] by [[Toby Hadoke]]</ref> - [[5 June (people)|5 June]] [[2012 (people)|2012]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/215764371903754240 BBC Doctor Who Official Twitter account]</ref><ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/caroline-john-1940-2012 Big Finish's obituary]</ref>) was an English actress who played [[companion]] [[Liz Shaw]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during its [[Season 7|seventh season]]. She revived the character for the [[BBV Productions|BBV]] ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' video series, as well as the [[Big Finish]] ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' line of audios.
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'''Caroline Frances John''' ([[19 September (people)|19 September]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/21/caroline-john ''Guardian'' obituary] by [[Toby Hadoke]]</ref>-[[5 June (people)|5 June]] [[2012 (people)|2012]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/215764371903754240 BBC Doctor Who Official Twitter account]</ref><ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/caroline-john-1940-2012 Big Finish's obituary]</ref>) was an English actress who played [[companion]] [[Liz Shaw]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during its [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|seventh season]]. She revived the character for the [[BBV Productions|BBV]] ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' video series, as well as the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' line of audios.


== On ''Doctor Who'' ==
== On ''Doctor Who'' ==
As the essential role of the companion in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is to ask a lot of questions which the viewers might be asking themselves, incoming [[producer]] [[Barry Letts]], who had "inherited" her from his predecessor [[Derrick Sherwin]], considered her character unsuitable and did not renew her contract — thus Liz ended up leaving without a proper departure scene. As Caroline was pregnant at the time, she might have had to resign had Letts exercised his option on her.
As the essential role of the companion in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is to ask a lot of questions which the viewers might be asking themselves, incoming [[producer]] [[Barry Letts]], who had "inherited" her from his predecessor [[Derrick Sherwin]], considered her character unsuitable and did not renew her contract — thus Liz ended up leaving without a proper departure scene. As Caroline was pregnant at the time, she might have had to resign had Letts exercised his option on her.


Caroline reprised the role of Liz in the anniversary episode ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', where her character's unearthly scream of "Stop him!" is still fondly remembered by ''Doctor Who'' fans. Liz later popped up in the special episode ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', part of the [[BBC]]'s annual ''[[Children in Need]]'' appeal. Shaw later returned as the star of the [[BBV Productions|BBV]] spin-off video series, ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''. Beginning in the late 2000s, Caroline resurrected Liz for a series of five entries in the first seven seasons of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicles]]''.
Caroline reprised the role of Liz in the anniversary episode ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', where her character's unearthly scream of "Stop him!" is still fondly remembered by ''Doctor Who'' fans. Liz later popped up in the special episode ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', part of the [[BBC]]'s annual ''[[Children in Need]]'' appeal. Shaw later returned as the star of the [[BBV Productions|BBV]] spin-off video series, ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''. Beginning in the late 2000s, Caroline resurrected Liz for a series of five entries in the first seven seasons of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicles]]''.
 
A popular story told by Caroline John recounted how, in preparing for her role on ''Doctor Who'', she purchased a dictionary of scientific terminology, then found that all the technical terms the writers had her character use were made up.{{fact}}


== Other work ==
== Other work ==
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Caroline was married to [[Geoffrey Beevers]], who is best known for playing [[the Master]] in ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''. The couple performed in two ''Doctor Who'' productions together: once during her televised run on ''Doctor Who'' — when he played [[UNIT]] Private [[Jeff Johnson|Johnson]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — and again in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio, ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''. The couple also appeared in the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' episodes ''[[The Devil of Winterborne]]'' and ''[[Unnatural Selection]]''.
Caroline was married to [[Geoffrey Beevers]], who is best known for playing {{Pratt}} in ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''. The couple performed in two ''Doctor Who'' productions together: once during her televised run on ''Doctor Who'' — when he played [[UNIT]] Private [[Jeff Johnson|Johnson]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — and again in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio, ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''. The couple also appeared in the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' episodes ''[[The Devil of Winterborne (home video)|The Devil of Winterborne]]'' and ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]''.


Caroline and Geoffrey Beevers had a daughter - [[Daisy Ashford]], who played Liz in ''[[Primord (audio story)|Primord]]''.
Caroline and Geoffrey Beevers had a daughter: [[Daisy Ashford]], who has played Liz in [[The Third Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Third Doctor Adventures]].


She was the aunt of [[Souska John]], who appeared as the [[Child (Castrovalva)|Child]] in ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', and sister of [[Nicholas John]], a [[production assistant]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the 1970s.
She was the aunt of [[Souska John]], who appeared as the [[Child (Castrovalva)|Child]] in ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', and sister of [[Nicholas John]], a [[production assistant]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the 1970s.
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* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''


===== Mini-episodes =====
==== Mini-episodes ====
* ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''
* ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''


=== Direct-to-video ===
=== Direct-to-video ===
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* ''[[Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)|Ghosts of Winterborne]]''
* ''[[Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)|Ghosts of Winterborne]]''


=== Audio dramas ===
=== Audio ===
==== Big Finish Monthly Range ====
==== Big Finish Main Range ====
* ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'' as Madame [[Salvadori]]
* ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'' as [[Salvadori|Madame Salvadori]]


==== Companion Chronicles ====
==== Companion Chronicles ====
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* ''[[The Sentinels of the New Dawn (audio story)|The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]''
* ''[[The Sentinels of the New Dawn (audio story)|The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]''
* ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
* ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
* ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]''
* ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]'' (released posthumous)


=== Audiobook readings ===
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
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* ''Myth Makers: Caroline John''
* ''Myth Makers: Caroline John''
* ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond]]''
* ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond]]''
* ''[[The UNIT Family]]''
* ''[[The UNIT Family (documentary)|The UNIT Family]]''
* ''[[Can You Hear the Earth Scream?]]''
* ''[[Can You Hear the Earth Scream? (documentary)|Can You Hear the Earth Scream?]]''
* ''What Lies Beneath''
* ''[[What Lies Beneath (documentary)|What Lies Beneath]]''
* ''[[Going Underground]]''
* ''[[Going Underground (documentary)|Going Underground]]''
* ''[[Celebration]]''
* ''[[Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (documentary)|Celebration]]''
* ''[[Tomorrow's Times]]''
* ''[[Tomorrow's Times: The Third Doctor (documentary)|Tomorrow's Times]]''
* ''[[Girls! Girls! Girls!]]''
* ''[[Girls! Girls! Girls!: The 1970s (documentary)|Girls! Girls! Girls!]]''


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
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Caroline Frances John (19 September 1940[1][2]-5 June 2012[3][4]) was an English actress who played companion Liz Shaw in Doctor Who during its seventh season. She revived the character for the BBV P.R.O.B.E. video series, as well as the Big Finish Companion Chronicles line of audios.

On Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the essential role of the companion in Doctor Who is to ask a lot of questions which the viewers might be asking themselves, incoming producer Barry Letts, who had "inherited" her from his predecessor Derrick Sherwin, considered her character unsuitable and did not renew her contract — thus Liz ended up leaving without a proper departure scene. As Caroline was pregnant at the time, she might have had to resign had Letts exercised his option on her.

Caroline reprised the role of Liz in the anniversary episode The Five Doctors, where her character's unearthly scream of "Stop him!" is still fondly remembered by Doctor Who fans. Liz later popped up in the special episode Dimensions in Time, part of the BBC's annual Children in Need appeal. Shaw later returned as the star of the BBV spin-off video series, P.R.O.B.E.. Beginning in the late 2000s, Caroline resurrected Liz for a series of five entries in the first seven seasons of Big Finish's Companion Chronicles.

Other work[[edit] | [edit source]]

In addition to her role as Liz Shaw, Caroline John appeared as Laura Lyons in a 1982 televised version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes. She also appeared in episodes of Z-Cars, Casualty, The House of Elliot, and EastEnders.

John read most of the audiobook of Elisabeth Sladen's posthumously-released autobiography, with David Tennant, Brian Miller and Sadie Miller reading their contributions.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Caroline was married to Geoffrey Beevers, who is best known for playing the Decayed Master in The Keeper of Traken. The couple performed in two Doctor Who productions together: once during her televised run on Doctor Who — when he played UNIT Private Johnson in The Ambassadors of Death — and again in the Big Finish Productions audio, Dust Breeding. The couple also appeared in the P.R.O.B.E. episodes The Devil of Winterborne and Unnatural Selection.

Caroline and Geoffrey Beevers had a daughter: Daisy Ashford, who has played Liz in The Third Doctor Adventures.

She was the aunt of Souska John, who appeared as the Child in Castrovalva, and sister of Nicholas John, a production assistant on Doctor Who in the 1970s.

Although Caroline died on 5 June 2012, her death was not actually announced publicly until the BBC issued a statement on Twitter on 21 June. According to her agent, she died of cancer.[5]

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Direct-to-video[[edit] | [edit source]]

P.R.O.B.E.[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Big Finish Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
  2. ↑ Guardian obituary by Toby Hadoke
  3. ↑ BBC Doctor Who Official Twitter account
  4. ↑ Big Finish's obituary
  5. ↑ Obituary at doctorwhonews.net

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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