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|individual name= Adelaide Lessage
|image = Adelaide Lessage (HOFR).jpg
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|species = Human
|race= [[Human]]
|origin = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|only = Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)
|home era= early [[20th century]]
|actor = Annette Woollett
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]
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|actor= [[Annette Woollett]]
'''Adelaide Lessage''' was the [[secretary]] of [[Henry Palmerdale|Lord Palmerdale]].
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'''Adelaide Lessage''' was the secretary of Lord [[Palmerdale]]. They travelled by boat off the English coast. When the boat sank, they managed to get to [[Fang Rock]].
== Biography ==
After visiting [[Deauville]], Adelaide was accompanying Palmerdale to [[Southampton]] when their [[steam yacht]] wrecked on [[Fang Rock]]. She, Palmerdale, [[James Skinsale]] and their [[bosun]] [[Harker (Horror of Fang Rock)|Harker]] were the only survivors. She had great faith in her employer and would not believe Skinsale when he told her of his shady business practices. Adelaide was distraught upon Palmerdale's death and became more panicked as others in the lighthouse died. Adelaide became one of the last victims of the [[Rutan scout]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'')


Adelaide is later killed by the [[Rutan]]
== Behind the scenes ==
* There would appear to be some debate over the exact spelling of Adelaide's surname. In [[Terrance Dicks]]'s [[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)|novelisation]], it is spelled "Lesage" (page 49); while according to the HoH subtitles on the BBC DVD release it is "Lessedge". The on-screen credits and ''Radio Times'' programme listings for parts two to four avoid the problem altogether, billing Annette Woollett simply as "Adelaide".
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External link: [http://adelaideshrine.tripod.com  A fan site for Adelaide, and Annette Woollett, who played her.]
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 27 May 2024

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Adelaide Lessage was the secretary of Lord Palmerdale.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

After visiting Deauville, Adelaide was accompanying Palmerdale to Southampton when their steam yacht wrecked on Fang Rock. She, Palmerdale, James Skinsale and their bosun Harker were the only survivors. She had great faith in her employer and would not believe Skinsale when he told her of his shady business practices. Adelaide was distraught upon Palmerdale's death and became more panicked as others in the lighthouse died. Adelaide became one of the last victims of the Rutan scout. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • There would appear to be some debate over the exact spelling of Adelaide's surname. In Terrance Dicks's novelisation, it is spelled "Lesage" (page 49); while according to the HoH subtitles on the BBC DVD release it is "Lessedge". The on-screen credits and Radio Times programme listings for parts two to four avoid the problem altogether, billing Annette Woollett simply as "Adelaide".
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