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* Barbara Wright has the distinction of being the first regular ''Doctor Who'' character to appear on screen. She also spoke the first line of dialogue ever heard in the series, "Wait in here please, Susan. I won't be long." She was the first character to meet a [[Dalek]] on screen. | * Barbara Wright has the distinction of being the first regular ''Doctor Who'' character to appear on screen. She also spoke the first line of dialogue ever heard in the series, "Wait in here please, Susan. I won't be long." She was the first character to meet a [[Dalek]] on screen. | ||
* Compared to later companions, Barbara was not a screamer, so when looking back at the famous cliffhanger to [[The Dead Planet|the first Dalek episode]], where the camera takes the Dalek's point of view as it closes in on her, her scream is all the more powerful. | * Compared to later companions, Barbara was not a screamer, so when looking back at the famous cliffhanger to [[The Dead Planet|the first Dalek episode]], where the camera takes the Dalek's point of view as it closes in on her, her scream is all the more powerful. | ||
* The role of Barbara in the Big Finish plays has been portrayed by [[Carole Ann Ford]], [[Maureen O'Brien]] and most recently by [[Jemma Powell]], as [[Jacqueline Hill]] had died 6 years prior to the company's first Who audio. | |||
* [[Russell T Davies]] has stated that he sees [[Tenth Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Donna Noble]] as how Barbara would be presented today ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale]]''): | * [[Russell T Davies]] has stated that he sees [[Tenth Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Donna Noble]] as how Barbara would be presented today ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale]]''): | ||
** "She's an equal to the Doctor, a friend, a mate, a challenge. It struck me — this is how Barbara Wright would be written, if she were a 2007/8 character." | ** "She's an equal to the Doctor, a friend, a mate, a challenge. It struck me — this is how Barbara Wright would be written, if she were a 2007/8 character." | ||
