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One of the Second Doctor's companions.  The demure and attractive Victoria was orphaned after her father, Victorian scientist Edward Waterfield, was killed by the Daleks. She was taken hostage by the Daleks, then joined the TARDIS' crew on Skaro after her father's death (LL).

She tried, without a great deal of success, to adapt and accept the vast differences between her former sheltered Victorian existence and a life roaming the Universe.

Victoria helped the Doctor and Jamie against the Cybermen, the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, the Ice Warriors, Salamander and intelligent sea weed creatures, which turned out to be vulnerable to the ultrasounds in her voice. 

Victoria eventually left the Doctor exhausted, physically as well as emotionally, she elected to remain on Earth towards the end of the twentieth century with the childless Harris family (RR).

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Deborah Watling was born on the 2nd January 1948 in Loughton, into a well-established acting family. It was perhaps surprising therefore that Debbie initially wanted to become a dentist, but upon failing all of her 'O' levels, enrolled at stage school. Her time there was short-lived, as she walked out three weeks later.

Debbie's TV debut came in 1957 playing the semi-regular character Sally in the TV series of H. G. Well's "Invisible Man" (1957-58).  Other roles followed including the title role in Alice a 1965 play, "The Sound of Laughter" (1966), "The Power Game" (1966), "No Hiding Place" (1967). 

In one of the Dr. Who episodes, "The Abominable Snowman" (NN), Victoria appeared with her father, Jack Watling. 

(1973) (1973) After leaving Doctor Who, Debbie appeared opposite her father Jack Watling in the soap opera "The Newcomers" (1969),

for the BBC, the comedy "Rising Damp" (1974), "Doctor in Charge", and in 1973 made two films; one called "Take Me High" with Cliff Richard, and a much racier one called "That'll Be The Day", with David Essex and Ringo Starr. For a period in the late seventies, Debbie ran her own boutique, but in the early eighties made a triumphant appearance in "Danger UXB" as 'Naughty' Norma.

Debbie has worked extensively in the theatre, with productions including a major tour of "Murder by Misadventure", a Far Eastern tour of "A Bedful of Foreigners" (with Derek Nimmo), "Ruby" (with Adam Faith), a long stint as Suzette in "Don't Dress for Dinner", Neil Simon's "Come Blow Your Horn" (directed by her father), and during Christmas 1997 appeared as the Fairy Godmother opposite Bonnie Langford's Cinderella in pantomime, and the following year starred as Jean Perkins in a tour of "Funny Money". In 2000, Debbie played opposite Colin Baker in the Ray Cooney farce "Out of Order".  

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