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2Wendy Padbury (born 7 December 1947) is an English actress, best known for playing ''Series/DoctorWho'' companion Zoe Heriot from 1968-69, alongside Creator/PatrickTroughton's Second Doctor.
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4After retiring from on-screen acting, she became a theatrical agent. She counted fellow ''Doctor Who'' actors Creator/NicholasCourtney, Creator/ColinBaker and Creator/MarkStrickson among her clients, and famously discovered a young actor called Creator/MattSmith at the National Youth Theatre, later successfully scouting him for the role of the Eleventh Doctor.
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6Since 2007, she has reprised the role of Zoe in audio form for ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', starting with "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]".
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8!!Works she has appeared in:
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10[[AC:Films]]
11* ''Film/TheBloodOnSatansClaw'' (1971) -- Cathy Vespers
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13[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
14* ''Series/{{Crossroads}}'', 97 episodes (1965-66) -- Stephanie "Stevie" Harris
15* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 48 episodes [=/=] 9 serials[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace The Wheel in Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E6TheSpacePirates The Space Pirates]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]"[[/labelnote]]) (1967-68, 1983) -- Zoe Heriot
16* ''Series/ZCars'': episode "Kid's Stuff" (1971) -- Christina
17* ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'': 6 episodes (1987) -- Rosemary Roberts
18* ''Series/TheBill'': episode "The Negotiator" (1991) -- Manageress
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20[[AC:Western Animation]]
21* ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperTed Super Safe With SuperTed]]'' (1986) -- Blotch
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23* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'':
24** ''Big Finish Monthly Range'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]" (2003) -- Lorraine Baynes
25** 2 ''Big Finish Monthly Range'' stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho135LegendOfTheCybermen Legend of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho199TheLastOfTheCybermen The Last of the Cybermen]]"[[/labelnote]] (2010-15) -- Zoe Heriot
26** ''Big Finish Special Releases'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheLightAtTheEnd The Light At The End]]" (2013) -- Zoe Heriot
27** 4 ''The Lost Stories'' stories [[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS2E3PrisonInSpace Prison in Space]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS3E8TheRosemariners The Rosemariners]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS4E2TheQueenOfTime The Queen of Time]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS4E3LordsOfTheRedPlanet Lords of the Red Planet]]"[[/labelnote]] (2010-13) -- Zoe Heriot
28** 3 ''The Early Adventures'' stories [[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS2E4TheIsosNetwork The Isos Network]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS4E4TheWreckOfTheWorld The Wreck of the World]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS6E2DaughterOfTheGods Daughter of the Gods]]"[[/labelnote]] (2016-19) -- Zoe Heriot
29** 13 ''Companion Chronicles'' stories [[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS5E2EchoesOfGrey Echoes of Grey]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E1TalesFromTheVault Tales from the Vault]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E3TheMemoryCheats The Memory Cheats]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS7E2TheUncertaintyPrinciple The Uncertainty Principle]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS7E11TheApocalypseMirror The Apocalypse Mirror]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS8E6TheDyingLight The Dying Light]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS8E12SecondChances Second Chances]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS10E3TheIntegral The Integral]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS12E3TheIronMaid The Iron Maid]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS12E4TheTacticsOfDefeat The Tactics of Defeat]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS14E3ThePrintsOfDenmark The Prints of Denmark]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS14E4TheDeepestTragedian The Deepest Tragedian]]"[[/labelnote]] (2007-22) -- Zoe Heriot and various other characters
30** ''Short Trips'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS7E8TheBritishInvasion The British Invasion]]" (2017) -- Narrator
31** ''Jago & Litefoot'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoJALS3E4Chronoclasm Chronoclasm]]" (2011) -- Time Eater
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33!!Tropes associated with her work:
34* RealLifeRelative: She has acted alongside her real-life daughter Charlotte "Charlie" Hayes in several AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho "Companion Chronicles" audio dramas.
35* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: 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.
36* YouSoundFamiliar: In addition to reprising her role as Zoe for AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho, she has also voiced Lorraine Baynes in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]" and the Time Eater in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoJALS3E4Chronoclasm Chronoclasm]]".
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