Cassidy (Mawdryn Undead)

Miss Cassidy
Species:	Human
Job:	Matron
Affiliated with:	Brendon Public School
Place of origin:	Earth
First appearance:	Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"]
Appearances:	PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"]
Main actor:	Sheila Gill

A matron named Miss Cassidy (PROSE: Mawdryn Undead ^[+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (novelisation)"]) worked at Brendon Public School.

Biography

In 1983, Miss Cassidy looked after Vislor Turlough after he was injured in a car crash. She later informed the headmaster, Mr. Sellick, that Turlough had left the school's sickbay without permission. (TV: Mawdryn Undead ^[+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"])

Miss Cassidy had a cat, which received a shock from which it never recovered when Daniel Hinton dabbled in black magic in 1992. (PROSE: Downtime ^[+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])

Behind the scenes

• Miss Cassidy was never named on-screen, and Sheila Gill's credit on part one reads only "Matron". Her name was given only in Peter Grimwade's novelisation of the story.