Creator / Wendy Padbury

Wendy Padbury (born 7 December 1947) is an English actress, best known for playing Doctor Who companion Zoe Heriot from 1968-69, alongside Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor.

After retiring from on-screen acting, she became a theatrical agent. She counted fellow Doctor Who actors Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker and Mark Strickson among her clients, and famously discovered a young actor called Matt Smith at the National Youth Theatre, later successfully scouting him for the role of the Eleventh Doctor.

Since 2007, she has reprised the role of Zoe in audio form for Big Finish Doctor Who, starting with "Fear of the Daleks".

Works she has appeared in:

Films

• The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) — Cathy Vespers

Live-Action TV

• Crossroads, 97 episodes (1965-66) — Stephanie "Stevie" Harris
• Doctor Who: 48 episodes / 9 serials^{show list} "The Wheel in Space", "The Dominators", "The Mind Robber", "The Invasion", "The Krotons", "The Seeds of Death", "The Space Pirates", "The War Games", "The Five Doctors") (1967-68, 1983) — Zoe Heriot
• Z Cars: episode "Kid's Stuff" (1971) — Christina
• Emmerdale: 6 episodes (1987) — Rosemary Roberts
• The Bill: episode "The Negotiator" (1991) — Manageress

Western Animation

• Super Safe With SuperTed (1986) — Blotch

Audio Play

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • Big Finish Monthly Range story "Davros" (2003) — Lorraine Baynes
  • 2 Big Finish Monthly Range stories^{show list} "Legend of the Cybermen", "The Last of the Cybermen" (2010-15) — Zoe Heriot
  • Big Finish Special Releases story "The Light At The End" (2013) — Zoe Heriot
  • 4 The Lost Stories stories ^{show list} "Prison in Space", "The Rosemariners", "The Queen of Time", "Lords of the Red Planet" (2010-13) — Zoe Heriot
  • 3 The Early Adventures stories ^{show list} "The Isos Network", "The Wreck of the World", "Daughter of the Gods" (2016-19) — Zoe Heriot
  • 13 Companion Chronicles stories ^{show list} "Fear of the Daleks", "Echoes of Grey", "Tales from the Vault", "The Memory Cheats", "The Uncertainty Principle", "The Apocalypse Mirror", "The Dying Light", "Second Chances", "The Integral", "The Iron Maid", "The Tactics of Defeat", "The Prints of Denmark", "The Deepest Tragedian" (2007-22) — Zoe Heriot and various other characters
  • Short Trips story "The British Invasion" (2017) — Narrator
  • Jago & Litefoot story "Chronoclasm" (2011) — Time Eater

Tropes associated with her work:

• Real-Life Relative: She has acted alongside her real-life daughter Charlotte "Charlie" Hayes in several Big Finish Doctor Who "Companion Chronicles" audio dramas.
• The Runner-Up Takes It All: She finished runner-up in the 1964 televised talent contest Search For A Star. Today, the only reason anyone remembers the show is that it launched Padbury's career, and the winner has long since faded into obscurity.
• You Sound Familiar: In addition to reprising her role as Zoe for Big Finish Doctor Who, she has also voiced Lorraine Baynes in "Davros" and the Time Eater in "Chronoclasm".

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