Lynda Baron returns to Doctor Who?

Sunday, 6 March 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The Wales on Sunday have reported an actress previously appearing in Doctor Who in the 1980s will be returning to the show, during a summary of cast seen filming last week alongside James Corden in the episode currently being shot by Steve Hughes:

Corden was joined on set in Cardiff by well-known British actress Lynda Baron, Karen Gillan, who plays assistant Amy Pond, and Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory Williams, plus two bus loads of shoppers and a baby.

Lynda Baron appeared in the Fifth Doctor story Enlightenment (1983) playing Captain Wrack, and also sang "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" that featured throughout the First Doctor story The Gunfighters (1966). Outside of Doctor Who she is probably best remembered as nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the Ronnie Barker sitcom Open All Hours.

Update 9th March: No official confirmation of Baron's casting has been made at present, but the actress has been seen on location.

FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Production

This Week in Doctor Who

Sat 11:00pm PST
The Power of Kroll: Part One

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

Sat 11:30pm PST
The Power of Kroll: Part Two

(Repeated: Sun 4:30am)

Sat 11:00pm PST
The Power of Kroll: Part Three

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

Full Details

Subscribe to News

Like us on Facebook
Email

On This Day: 8th February

The Edge of Destruction premiered on BBC One in 1964 at 5:15pm GMT, watched by 10.40 million viewers.

The Seeds of Death: Episode Three premiered on BBC One in 1969 at 5:15pm BST, watched by 7.50 million viewers.

The Ark In Space: Part Three premiered on BBC One in 1975 at 5:32pm GMT, watched by 11.20 million viewers.

Blankety Blank - Series 1 Episode 4 (featuring Jon Pertwee) premiered on BBC One in 1979 at 7:30pm GMT

Kinda: Part Three premiered on BBC One (Not Wales) in 1982 at 6:56pm GMT, watched by 8.50 million viewers.

Mawdryn Undead: Part Three premiered on BBC One in 1983 at 6:49pm GMT, watched by 7.40 million viewers.

Resurrection of the Daleks: Part One premiered on BBC One in 1984 at 6:49pm GMT, watched by 7.30 million viewers.

Birthdays

Ralf Little is 45 today - 2 credits, including Steadfast in Smile

Sharon Duncan-Brewster is 49 today - 2 credits, including Margaret Cain in The Waters of Mars

Trinny Woodall is 61 today - credited as Trine-E in Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways

Malorie Blackman is 63 today - credited as Writer for Rosa

Roger Lloyd Pack (died 2014 aged 69) would be 81 today - credited as John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel

Reginald Jessup (died 2000 aged 79) would be 105 today - 2 credits, including Servant in The Massacre

Deaths

Jane Lumb (died 2008 aged 65) - credited as Thal in Dr Who and the Daleks(Aaru)

Elroy Josephs (died 1997 aged 57) - credited as Jamaica in The Smugglers

Cyril Luckham (died 1989 aged 81) - 2 credits, including The White Guardian in Enlightenment

Lynda Baron returns to Doctor Who?

This Week in Doctor Who

ARCHIVE

FILTER