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Annette Badland (born 26 August 1950[1]) played several parts, both for Doctor Who on television and also several of the Big Finish audios and spin-offs.
Her dramatic training took place at East 15 Acting School, London. She has appeared in many television roles including Bergerac, 2point4 children, Jackanory, The Demon Headmaster, The Worst Witch, The Queen's Nose, Coronation Street and Russell T Davies and Phil Ford-created Wizards vs Aliens. In 2014, she started appearing in long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders as Aunt Babe. She left the role in early 2017.
She has also appeared in many films including Jabberwocky (1977) and most recently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Badland has appeared in several radio dramas including BBC Radio 4's Rolling Home (2001), Smelling of Roses (2003) and an adaptation of George MacDonald's novel At the Back of the North Wind. In 2005 she took the role of Hazel Woolley, the "bad seed" adopted daughter of Jack Woolley in the long-running BBC Radio soap opera The Archers.
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Television
Doctor Who
Audio
Doctor Who Main Range
Fourth Doctor Adventures
Bernice Summerfield
The Diary of River Song
The Paternoster Gang
Torchwood
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