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'''Lalla Ward''' (born '''Sarah Ward''', [[28th June|28]] [[June]], [[1951]]) played first [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]] in "[[The Armageddon Factor]]" and then the part of [[Romana]], taking over from [[Mary Tamm]], from "[[Destiny of the Daleks]]" to "[[Warriors' Gate]]." She is also a noted illustrator and audio book narrator.
| image        = Lalla Ward.jpg
| birth date    = [[28 June (people)|28 June]] [[1951 (people)|1951]]
| role          = [[Romana II]], [[Astra of Atrios]], [[The Mistress (The Choice)|the Mistress]]
| job title    = [[Actor]]
| story        = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
| time          = 1979-81, 1999-present
| imdb          = 0911677
| clip          = Doctor Who Cares 2
}}{{You may|Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|n1=her DWU counterpart}}
'''Lalla Ward''' (born '''Sarah Jill Ward''' on [[28 June (people)|28 June]] [[1951 (people)|1951]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) played [[Romana II]] from ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' to ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'', later again returning to the role on audio for [[Big Finish Productions]].


==Genealogy==
She previously played [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]] in ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]''. She is also a noted illustrator and audio book narrator and the former wife of Fourth Doctor actor, [[Tom Baker]].
The daughter of [[Wikipedia:Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor|Edward Ward, the 7th Viscount Bangor]], and his fourth wife [[Wikipedia:Marjorie Alice Banks|Marjorie Alice Banks]]. She has a brother, [[Wikipedia:Edward Nicholas Ward|Edward]], two years her junior, and a half-brother, [[Wikipedia:William Maxwell David Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor|William]], who is the 8th [[Wikipedia:Viscount Bangor|Viscount Bangor]], and three years her senior. Lalla Ward is herself more properly addressed as '''The Honourable Sarah Ward'''.


She is descended from [[Wikipedia:George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence|George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence]], brother of [[Wikipedia:Edward IV|Edward IV]], via [[Wikipedia:Earl of Peterborough|John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough]], [[Wikipedia:John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt|John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt]], and [[Wikipedia:Viscount Bangor|Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor]].
== Genealogy ==
Lalla is the daughter of Edward Ward, the 7th {{w|Viscount Bangor}}, and his fourth wife, Marjorie Alice Banks. She has a brother, Edward Nicholas Ward, two years her junior, and a half-brother, William Maxwell David Ward, who is three years her senior and the 8th Viscount Bangor. Lalla Ward is herself more properly addressed as the Honourable Sarah Ward.


==Acting==
She is descended from {{w|George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence}}, brother of {{w|Edward IV}}, via {{w|Earl of Peterborough|John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough}}, {{w|John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt}}, and {{w|Viscount Bangor|Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor}}.
She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in [[London]]. Her stage name, "Lalla," comes from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She began her acting career in the [[Wikipedia:Hammer horror|Hammer horror]] film ''[[Wikipedia:Vampire Circus|Vampire Circus]]'', and played the teenage daughter of ''[[Wikipedia:The Duchess of Duke Street|The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' in the popular [[BBC]] drama series of the [[1970s]]. In [[1980]], she played Ophelia to [[Derek Jacobi|Derek Jacobi's]] [[Hamlet]] in the BBC television production. She was the second actress to play the [[Time Lord|Time Lady]] [[Romana]]. She was chosen to replace [[Mary Tamm]] in the part, after a guest appearance in another part in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' in [[1979]].


==Marriages==
== Acting ==
Following her exit from the series in [[1981]], she married her co-star, actor [[Tom Baker]], that [[December]], but the marriage lasted only sixteen months. (Once, when asked what her favorite monster on ''Doctor Who'' was, she quipped, "Tom Baker.") [[Douglas Adams]], who worked with her on ''Doctor Who'', introduced her to his friend [[Wikipedia:Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins]], biologist and author of such books as ''[[Wikipedia:The Selfish Gene|The Selfish Gene]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Blind Watchmaker|The Blind Watchmaker]]'', whom he had met after Dawkins sent him a fan letter. They met at Adams' fortieth birthday party in [[1992]]. She married Dawkins the same year. She illustrates his books and also wrote two books on [[Wikipedia:knitting|knitting]] in the [[1980s]], and one on embroidery. She created the [[1985]] Shell Calendar, with embroidered pictures of sea birds.
She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in [[London]]. Her stage name, "Lalla", comes from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She began her acting career in the {{w|Hammer horror}} film {{wi|Vampire Circus}}, and played the teenage daughter of {{wi|The Duchess of Duke Street}} in the popular [[BBC]] drama series of the 1970s. In 1980, she played Ophelia to [[Derek Jacobi]]'s [[Hamlet]] in the BBC television production. She was the second actress to play the [[Time Lord|Time Lady]] [[Romana]]. She was chosen to replace [[Mary Tamm]] in the part, after a guest appearance in another role in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'' in 1979.


Ward has seldom appeared on screen since her marriage to Dawkins. However, she has reprised the character of Romana in the [[1993]] charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time]],'' the [[2003]] webcast version of ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]],'' and in several ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'' audio dramas produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] and also a pair of audio dramas under the ''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]'' title produced by [[BBV]]. She has also recorded audio books, including [[Wikipedia:Steven Pinker|Steven Pinker]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Language Instinct|The Language Instinct]]'' and Dawkins' ''[[Wikipedia:The Ancestor's Tale|The Ancestor's Tale]]''.
== Marriages ==
Following her exit from the series in 1981, she married her co-star, actor [[Tom Baker]], that December, but the marriage lasted only sixteen months. (Once, when asked what her favourite monster on ''Doctor Who'' was, she quipped, "Tom Baker.")


==Trivia==
Later, [[Douglas Adams]], who had worked with her on ''Doctor Who'', introduced her to his friend [[Richard Dawkins]], biologist and author of such books as {{wi|The Selfish Gene}} and {{wi|The Blind Watchmaker}}, whom he had met after Dawkins sent him a fan letter. They met at Adams' fortieth birthday party in 1992 and married the same year.[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-richard-dawkins-and-lalla-ward-1423554.html] They then separated in 2016.
*[[Wikipedia:Meanings of asteroid names (8001-8500)#301|Asteroid 8347 Lallaward]] is named after her.


== Other work ==
Ward illustrates Dawkins' books. She also wrote two books on [[knitting]] in the 1980s, and one on embroidery (in one of these books, [[Louise Jameson]] models some of Ward's creations). She created the 1985 Shell Calendar, with embroidered pictures of sea birds.


==External links==
Ward has seldom appeared on screen since her marriage to Dawkins. However, she reprised the character of Romana in the 1993 charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', a [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|pair of audio dramas]] produced by [[BBV Productions]], and in the 2003 webcast version of ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]''. Since [[Big Finish Productions]] acquired the ''Doctor Who'' license in 1999, Ward has starred in a multitude of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas, primarily under the ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'' and ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' ranges.
*{{imdb name|id=0911677|name = Lalla Ward}}
{{Wikipedia|Lalla_Ward}}


[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast|Ward, Lalla]]
She has also recorded audio books, including {{w|Steven Pinker}}'s {{wi|The Language Instinct}} and Dawkins' {{wi|The Ancestor's Tale}}, {{wi|The God Delusion}}, and {{wi|The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution|The Greatest Show on Earth}}.
[[Category:Doctor Who voice actors|Ward, Lalla]]
 
{{w|Meanings of asteroid names (8001-8500)#301|Asteroid 8347 Lallaward}} is named after her.
 
== In the DWU ==
[[Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|Lalla Ward]] is mentioned as being one of the guests at a party in the novel ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''.
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'' (as [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]])
* ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''
* ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]''
* ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]''
* ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]''
* ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''
* ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]''
* ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]''
* ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]''
* ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]''
* ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]''
 
==== Mini-episodes ====
* ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''
 
=== Webcasts ===
* ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]''
 
=== Direct-to-video ===
* ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'': DVD release
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]''
* ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''
* ''[[The Chaos Pool (audio story)|The Chaos Pool]]'' (also as [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]])
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]''
* ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Doctor Who]]''
** ''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]''
* ''[[The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)|The Legacy of Time]]''
** ''[[Collision Course (audio story)|Collision Course]]''
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[The Doomsday Contract (audio story)|The Doomsday Contract]]''
 
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Wave of Destruction (audio story)|Wave of Destruction]]''
* ''[[The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)|The Labyrinth of Buda Castle]]''
* ''[[The Paradox Planet (audio story)|The Paradox Planet]]'' / ''[[Legacy of Death (audio story)|Legacy of Death]]''
* ''[[Gallery of Ghouls (audio story)|Gallery of Ghouls]]''
* ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]''
* ''[[The Pursuit of History (audio story)|The Pursuit of History]]'' / ''[[Casualties of Time (audio story)|Casualties of Time]]''
* ''[[The Beast of Kravenos (audio story)|The Beast of Kravenos]]''
* ''[[The Eternal Battle (audio story)|The Eternal Battle]]''
* ''[[The Silent Scream (audio story)|The Silent Scream]]''
* ''[[Dethras (audio story)|Dethras]]''
* ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]''
* ''[[Subterranea (audio story)|Subterranea]]''
* ''[[The Movellan Grave (audio story)|The Movellan Grave]]''
* ''[[The Skin of the Sleek (audio story)|The Skin of the Sleek]]'' / ''[[The Thief Who Stole Time (audio story)|The Thief Who Stole Time]]''
* ''[[Purgatory 12 (audio story)|Purgatory 12]]''
* ''[[Chase the Night (audio story)|Chase the Night]]''
* ''[[The Planet of Witches (audio story)|The Planet of Witches]]''
* ''[[The Quest of the Engineer (audio story)|The Quest of the Engineer]]''
 
==== Ravenous 3 ====
* ''[[Companion Piece (audio story)|Companion Piece]]''
 
==== Novel Adaptations ====
* ''[[The Romance of Crime (audio story)|The Romance of Crime]]''
* ''[[The English Way of Death (audio story)|The English Way of Death]]''
* ''[[The Well-Mannered War (audio story)|The Well-Mannered War]]''
 
==== Destiny of the Doctor ====
* ''[[Babblesphere (audio story)|Babblesphere]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Beautiful People (audio story)|The Beautiful People]]''
* ''[[The Pyralis Effect (audio story)|The Pyralis Effect]]''
* ''[[The Invasion of E-Space (audio story)|The Invasion of E-Space]]''
* ''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]''
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]''
* ''[[Square One (Gallifrey audio story)|Square One]]''
* ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]''
* ''[[A Blind Eye (audio story)|A Blind Eye]]''
* ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]''
* ''[[Spirit (audio story)|Spirit]]''
* ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]''
* ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]''
* ''[[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]]''
* ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]''
* ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]''
* ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]''
* ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]''
* ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]''
* ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]''
* ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]''
* ''[[Annihilation (audio story)|Annihilation]]''
* ''[[Forever (audio story)|Forever]]''
* ''[[Emancipation (Gallifrey audio story)|Emancipation]]''
* ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]''
* ''[[Arbitration (audio story)|Arbitration]]''
* ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]''
* ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]''
* ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]''
* ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]''
 
==== Gallifrey: Time War ====
* ''[[Time War: Volume One]]''
** ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]''
** ''[[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|Soldier Obscura]]''
** ''[[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]]''
** ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Two]]''
** ''[[Havoc (audio story)|Havoc]]''
** ''[[Partisans (audio story)|Partisans]]''
** ''[[Collateral (audio story)|Collateral]]''
** ''[[Assassins (audio story)|Assassins]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Three]]''
** ''[[Hostiles (audio story)|Hostiles]]''
** ''[[Nevernor (audio story)|Nevernor]]''
** ''[[Unity (audio story)|Unity]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Four]]''
** ''[[Dissolution (audio story)|Dissolution]]''
** ''[[Beyond (audio story)|Beyond]]''
** ''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]''
 
==== The Eighth of March ====
* ''[[Stolen Futures (audio story)|Stolen Futures]]''
 
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive]]''
 
==== BBC Novelisations ====
* ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]''
* ''[[City of Death (novelisation)|City of Death]]''
 
=== Documentary ===
* ''[[Defining Shadows (documentary)|Defining Shadows]]''
* ''[[A Matter of Time (documentary)|A Matter of Time]]''
* ''[[The Vampire Lovers (documentary)|The Vampire Lovers]]''
* ''[[The Dreaming (documentary)|The Dreaming]]''
* ''[[Lalla's Wardrobe: A Frockumentary (documentary)|Lalla's Wardrobe]]''
* ''[[All Aboard the Starliner (documentary)|All Aboard the Starliner]]''
* ''[[Return to Skaro (documentary)|Return to Skaro]]''
 
=== Other ===
* ''[[Prime Computer advertisement]]''
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0911677}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{NameSort}}
 
[[Category:Articles that were originally Wikipedia forks]]
[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Romana]]
[[Category:The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot cast]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors]]
[[Category:Pre-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who actors that exist in the DWU]]
[[Category:BBCi actors]]
[[Category:Destiny of the Doctor voice actors]]
[[Category:Novel Adaptations voice actors]]
[[Category:The Companion Chronicles voice actors]]
[[Category:Bonus Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Special Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish regular cast]]
[[Category:Ravenous voice actors]]
[[Category:Adventures in a Pocket Universe voice actors]]
[[Category:The Legacy of Time voice actors]]
[[Category:The Lost Stories voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Swap Shop]]
[[Category:The Eighth of March voice actors]]

Latest revision as of 20:23, 3 November 2024

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Lalla Ward (born Sarah Jill Ward on 28 June 1951[1]) played Romana II from Destiny of the Daleks to Warriors' Gate, later again returning to the role on audio for Big Finish Productions.

She previously played Princess Astra in The Armageddon Factor. She is also a noted illustrator and audio book narrator and the former wife of Fourth Doctor actor, Tom Baker.

Genealogy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lalla is the daughter of Edward Ward, the 7th Viscount Bangor, and his fourth wife, Marjorie Alice Banks. She has a brother, Edward Nicholas Ward, two years her junior, and a half-brother, William Maxwell David Ward, who is three years her senior and the 8th Viscount Bangor. Lalla Ward is herself more properly addressed as the Honourable Sarah Ward.

She is descended from George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, via John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor.

Acting[[edit] | [edit source]]

She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her stage name, "Lalla", comes from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She began her acting career in the Hammer horror film Vampire Circus, and played the teenage daughter of The Duchess of Duke Street in the popular BBC drama series of the 1970s. In 1980, she played Ophelia to Derek Jacobi's Hamlet in the BBC television production. She was the second actress to play the Time Lady Romana. She was chosen to replace Mary Tamm in the part, after a guest appearance in another role in the Doctor Who story The Armageddon Factor in 1979.

Marriages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Following her exit from the series in 1981, she married her co-star, actor Tom Baker, that December, but the marriage lasted only sixteen months. (Once, when asked what her favourite monster on Doctor Who was, she quipped, "Tom Baker.")

Later, Douglas Adams, who had worked with her on Doctor Who, introduced her to his friend Richard Dawkins, biologist and author of such books as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, whom he had met after Dawkins sent him a fan letter. They met at Adams' fortieth birthday party in 1992 and married the same year.[1] They then separated in 2016.

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

Ward illustrates Dawkins' books. She also wrote two books on knitting in the 1980s, and one on embroidery (in one of these books, Louise Jameson models some of Ward's creations). She created the 1985 Shell Calendar, with embroidered pictures of sea birds.

Ward has seldom appeared on screen since her marriage to Dawkins. However, she reprised the character of Romana in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time, a pair of audio dramas produced by BBV Productions, and in the 2003 webcast version of Shada. Since Big Finish Productions acquired the Doctor Who license in 1999, Ward has starred in a multitude of Doctor Who audio dramas, primarily under the Gallifrey and The Fourth Doctor Adventures ranges.

She has also recorded audio books, including Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Dawkins' The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth.

Asteroid 8347 Lallaward is named after her.

In the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lalla Ward is mentioned as being one of the guests at a party in the novel The Dying Days.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ravenous 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novel Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey: Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth of March[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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