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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
===Companion=== | |||
Ray was originally created with the intention that she would replace [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] as a [[companion]] due to rumours that [[Bonnie Langford]] was leaving the show, but filming and airing schedules meant that Mel actually departed in ''[[Dragonfire]]'' and was replaced by [[Ace]]. ([[BBC DVD]]: ''[[Survival]]'') | Ray was originally created with the intention that she would replace [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] as a [[companion]] due to rumours that [[Bonnie Langford]] was leaving the show, but filming and airing schedules meant that Mel actually departed in ''[[Dragonfire]]'' and was replaced by [[Ace]]. ([[BBC DVD]]: ''[[Survival]]'') | ||
An unofficial book published in 2008, ''[[Eclectic Gypsy: The Unauthorised Biography of Doctor Who]]'', opens with an original short story, "[[The One That Got Away]]" in which a later incarnation of the Doctor (implied to be the [[Tenth Doctor]]) encounters a now-elderly Ray in the 21st century, and regrets the fact that he never took Ray on as a companion. | An unofficial book published in 2008, ''[[Eclectic Gypsy: The Unauthorised Biography of Doctor Who]]'', opens with an original short story, "[[The One That Got Away]]" in which a later incarnation of the Doctor (implied to be the [[Tenth Doctor]]) encounters a now-elderly Ray in the 21st century, and regrets the fact that he never took Ray on as a companion. | ||
===Casting=== | |||
Three of the actors who auditioned for the part of Ray were [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Lynn Gardner]] and [[Sara Griffiths]]. Gardner got the part but was injured in a scooter accident. The role went to Griffiths and Gardner was still paid. Aldred went on to play [[Ace]] in the following serial. ([[INFO]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'') | |||
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[[Category:Allies of the Seventh Doctor|Defwydd, Rachel]] | [[Category:Allies of the Seventh Doctor|Defwydd, Rachel]] | ||
