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2	Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 24 July 2012) was an English actress of UsefulNotes/{{Estonia}}n parentage. She is best remembered for playing the first incarnation of Time Lady and companion [[Characters/DoctorWhoRomana Romana]] on Series/DoctorWho from 1978-79, alongside Creator/TomBaker's Fourth Doctor.
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4	She was cast in the role of Romana at the start of Season 16 of Classic Doctor Who, playing a new kind of companion; the first to be the Doctor's true intellectual equal. She left the show after one season due to dissatisfaction with the writing of her character, whom she felt had devolved into a generic "screaming companion".
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6	Her final story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor The Armageddon Factor]]", did not feature any departure scene for her character, as she had not made a firm decision on whether to stay or leave when filming wrapped, and producer Creator/GrahamWilliams, who had been trying hard to persuade her to stay on, opted to proceed as if she was going to do so. As a result, the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks first story of the next season]] began with Creator/LallaWard, who had appeared as a guest character in Tamm's final story, as a newly regenerated Romana.
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8	Tamm reprised her role as Romana for AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho from 2005 onwards. Initially her appearances were confined to ''Companion Chronicles'' and the "Audioplay/Gallifrey" series, but shortly before her death in 2012, she recorded a set of ''Fourth Doctor Adventures'' alongside Creator/TomBaker, who had finally agreed to work with Big Finish after years of refusing. They were released posthumously in 2013.
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10	!! Her roles in works with TV Tropes pages:
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12	[[AC:Film]]
13	* ''Film/TheOdessaFile'' (1974) -- Sigi
14	* ''Film/TheLikelyLads'' (1976) -- Christina
15	* ''Film/{{Doghouse}}'' (2009) -- Meg Nut
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17	[[AC:TV]]
18	* ''Series/CoronationStreet'':
19	** 2 episodes (1973) -- Pauline Ogden
20	** 1 episode (2002) -- Diana Black
21	* ''Series/{{Whodunnit\|UK}}'': episode "Nothing to Declare" (1975) -- Valerie Austin
22	* ''Series/ReturnOfTheSaint'': episode "The Debt Collectors" (1978) -- Gerri Hanson
23	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 26 episodes / 6 stories (1978-79) -- Romana
24	* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'': episode "Made in Wales" (1982)
25	* ''Series/{{Jane Eyre\|1983}}'': 2 episodes (1983) -- Blanche Ingram
26	* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'': episode "Tug of War" (1984) -- Leslie West
27	* ''Series/{{Poirot}}'': episode "The Dream" (1989) -- Mrs. Farley
28	* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'': episode "A Grand in the Hand" (1989) -- Virginia Wilson
29	* ''Series/TheBill'' episodes:
30	** "Now We're Motoring" (1991) -- Ms. Crosby
31	** "Lick of Paint" (2001) -- Moira Sutherland
32	* ''Series/{{Brookside}}'': 6 episodes (1993) -- Penny Crosbie
33	* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfRobinHood'': episode "Witches of the Abbey" (1997) -- Alice
34	* ''Series/CrimeTraveller'': episode "A Death in the Family" (1997) -- Mary Chandler
35	* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'': episode "Bad Apple" (1997) -- Marilyn
36	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'':
37	** "God's Will" (2000) ... Lyn Baker
38	** "Mirror, Mirror" (2006) ... Sylvia Crawford
39	** "Dying to Please" (2007) ... Jemma Forrester
40	* ''Series/JonathanCreek'': episode "Satan's Chimney" (2001) -- Vivian Brodie
41	* ''Series/HolbyCity'': episode "Crossing the Line" (2006) -- Fliss Robson
42	* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'': "Unnatural Vices": Parts 1 & 2 (2008) -- Elektra
43	* ''Series/{{Eastenders}}'': 4 episodes (2009) -- Orlenda
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46	* AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho:
47	** ''Audioplay/{{Gallifrey}}'': 5 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"Lies", "Imperiatrix", "Fractures", "Warfare", "Reborn"[[/labelnote]] (2005-11) -- Romana / Pandora[[note]]Romana in "Lies" and "Reborn"; Pandora in "Fractures" and "Warfare"; both roles in "Imperiatrix"[[/note]]
48	** ''The Companion Chronicles'': 3 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS3E12TheStealersFromSaiph The Stealers From Saiph]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS5E11FerrilsFolly Ferril's Folly]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E1TalesFromTheVault Tales from the Vault]]"[[/labelnote]] (2009-11) -- Romana

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