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|individual name= Rachel Defwydd | |individual name= Rachel Defwydd | ||
|alias= Ray | |alias= Ray | ||
|image=[[ | |image=[[File:Ray2.jpg|250px]] | ||
|species=[[Human]] | |species=[[Human]] | ||
|home planet= [[Earth]] | |home planet= [[Earth]] | ||
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'''Rachel "Ray" Defwydd''' was a female mechanic and motorcycle enthusiast in [[1959]] [[Wales]]. | '''Rachel "Ray" Defwydd''' was a female mechanic and motorcycle enthusiast in [[1959]] [[Wales]]. | ||
==Biography== | == Biography == | ||
Ray was childhood friends with [[Billy (Delta and the Bannermen)|Billy]], whom she was in love with. He was a professional mechanic and part-time singer at a [[Welsh]] holiday camp, [[Shangri-La]]. However, her love for him turned out to be unrequited, as he fell in love with the [[Chimeron]] Queen, [[Delta]]. | Ray was childhood friends with [[Billy (Delta and the Bannermen)|Billy]], whom she was in love with. He was a professional mechanic and part-time singer at a [[Welsh]] holiday camp, [[Shangri-La]]. However, her love for him turned out to be unrequited, as he fell in love with the [[Chimeron]] Queen, [[Delta]]. | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
===Companion=== | === 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=== | === 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]]'') | 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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