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'''Vanessa''' was the aunt of [[Tegan Jovanka]]. She was driving Tegan to [[Heathrow Airport]] on [[28 February]] [[1981]] when the car had a flat tyre. While Tegan went for help, Vanessa was killed by {{Ainley}} with his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] after she entered his TARDIS thinking it was an actual police box. Her last words were "oh, my..." followed by screams. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
'''Vanessa''' was the aunt of [[Tegan Jovanka]]. Tegan was sent by [[William Jovanka|her father]] to live with Vanessa when she was a teenager after she ran away from [[Joy Jovanka|her mother]]'s in [[Sydney]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'')


== Later references ==
She often told Tegan to keep her mouth shut if she had nothing nice to say ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]'') and told her to stop being an [[air stewardess]] should it stop being fun. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') She was fond of saying "bog off" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]'') and kept [[Japanese knotweed]] in her garden. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'')
While in the [[Psychodrome]], Tegan told the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]] and [[Nyssa]] that Vanessa always said, "If you have nothing useful to say, keep your mouth shut." Adric quipped that she must have often said it to Tegan. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]'')


Vanessa once had [[Japanese knotweed]]s in her garden. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'')
She was driving Tegan to [[Heathrow Airport]] on [[28 February]] [[1981]] when the car had a flat tyre. Whilst Tegan went for help, Vanessa was killed by {{Ainley}} with his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] after she entered his TARDIS thinking it was an actual police box. Her last words were "oh, my..." followed by screams. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') Joy found it difficult to cope after Vanessa died. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')
 
She was reportedly fond of saying "bog off". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]'')


The presence of a photograph of her "Auntie" Vanessa in her cabin on [[Striker]]'s yacht alerted Tegan that her hosts had been reading her mind and using that information to make her cabin more homely and comfortable, a clue to their true nature as [[Eternal]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
The presence of a photograph of her "Auntie" Vanessa in her cabin on [[Striker]]'s yacht alerted Tegan that her hosts had been reading her mind and using that information to make her cabin more homely and comfortable, a clue to their true nature as [[Eternal]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
Vanessa once told Tegan to stop being a stewardess when it stopped being fun. Tegan applied this notion, citing it when she departed the Doctor after her encounter with the [[Dalek]]s in [[London]] in [[1984]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')


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Revision as of 16:07, 2 June 2020

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Vanessa was the aunt of Tegan Jovanka. Tegan was sent by her father to live with Vanessa when she was a teenager after she ran away from her mother's in Sydney. (PROSE: The King of Terror)

She often told Tegan to keep her mouth shut if she had nothing nice to say (AUDIO: Psychodrome) and told her to stop being an air stewardess should it stop being fun. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) She was fond of saying "bog off" (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar) and kept Japanese knotweed in her garden. (AUDIO: Aquitaine)

She was driving Tegan to Heathrow Airport on 28 February 1981 when the car had a flat tyre. Whilst Tegan went for help, Vanessa was killed by the Tremas Master with his Tissue Compression Eliminator after she entered his TARDIS thinking it was an actual police box. Her last words were "oh, my..." followed by screams. (TV: Logopolis) Joy found it difficult to cope after Vanessa died. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)

The presence of a photograph of her "Auntie" Vanessa in her cabin on Striker's yacht alerted Tegan that her hosts had been reading her mind and using that information to make her cabin more homely and comfortable, a clue to their true nature as Eternals. (TV: Enlightenment)