Frances Barber played Madame Kovarian throughout the sixth series of Doctor Who and reprised the role in The Diary of River Song: Series Three.
File:The Gift (A Christmas Story) With Frances Barber - Doctor Who The Fan Show She also read some AudioGo audio adventures, including Snake Bite and Shroud of Sorrow, and contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
In 2016, she read the short story The Gift for The Fan Show.