History Creator / CarolineJohn

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 27 episodes / 6 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]"[[/labelnote]] (1970, 1983) -- Liz Shaw

She joined the show with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead From Space]]", the first story to feature Pertwee as the Doctor, and the first of a new format for the show in which the Doctor was stranded on contemporary Earth, unable to operate his TARDIS and travel through time and space as he had in his previous incarnations. Instead, the Doctor was stuck working for the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) as their scientific advisor. Caroline John's character, Liz Shaw, was a highly qualified scientist who worked alonside the Doctor as his assistant, perhaps the most intelligent human companion the Doctor ever had.

* ''Series/ChildrenInNeed'': "[[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime Dimensions in Time]]" (1993) -- Liz Shaw

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 27 episodes / 6 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime Dimensions In Time]]"[[/labelnote]] (1970, 1983, 1993) -- Liz Shaw

** ''Main Range'' release "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho021DustBreeding Dust Breeding]]" (2001) -- Madame Salvadori
** 5 ''Companion Chronicles'' releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E3TheBlueTooth The Blue Tooth]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS4E9ShadowOfThePast Shadow of the Past]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS5E10TheSentinelsOfTheNewDawn The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E9Binary Binary]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS7E4TheLastPost The Last Post]]"[[/labelnote]] (2007-12) -- Liz Shaw

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': episode "Blue Herrings" (2000) -- Florist

** In the unofficial direct-to-video spinoff ''P.R.O.B.E.'' in the 1990s, where John reprised her role as Liz Shaw and Beevers played Brian Rutherford.

** ''Main Range'' release "Dust Breeding" (2001) -- Madame Salvadori
** 5 ''Companion Chronicles'' releases (2007-12) -- Liz Shaw

* ''Series'{{Poirot}}'': episode "Problem at Sea" (1989) -- Mrs Tolliver

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 26 episodes / 5 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]"[[/labelnote]] (1970, 1983) -- Liz Shaw

Caroline John (19 September 1940 – 5 June 2012) was an English actress, best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Liz Shaw in Season 7 (1970) alongside Creator/JonPertwee's Third Doctor.

In 1970, the same year that she starred on Doctor Who, Caroline John married fellow actor Geoffrey Beevers, who would appeared on the show alongside John in a small role in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]", and would have a much more memorable role as [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters the Master]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken The Keeper Of Traken]]", over a decade later.

John made a cameo appearance as Liz Shaw in the Doctor Who 20th anniversary special "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", and from 2007 onwards reprised her role in audio form for AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho.

Her television acting career would continue all the way into the 21st century, with her final credit coming in 2008. Sadly, Caroline John died of cancer in 2012 aged 71, a year after fellow Doctor Who regulars from the Third Doctor era Creator/NicholasCourtney and Creator/ElisabethSladen had passed away from the same disease.

** They frequently acted together in repertory theatre early in their careers, in which they played, in Beever's words "every conceivable relationship, from brother and sister, to lovers, to husbands and wives, to mothers and sons".

** They frequently acted together in repertory theatre early in their careers, in which they played, in Beever's words "every conceivable relationship, from brother and sister, to lovers, to husbands and wifes, to mothers and sons".

** They both appeared in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho021DustBreeding Dust Breeding]]", though not as their characters from the televised series.

** They acted together in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho021DustBreeding Dust Breeding]]", though not as their characters from the televised series.

** They acted together in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho021DustBreeding Dust Breeding]]".

** They appeared together three times on-screen: during their engagement in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]" (1970), and (after they were married) in ''Series/AVeryBritishCoup'' (1988) and the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' episode "Problem at Sea" (1989), in which they played a married couple.

** They appeared together three times on-screen: during their engagement in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]" (1970), and (after they were married) in ''Series/AVeryBritishCoup'' (1988) and the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' episode "Problem at Sea" (1989), in which they played a married couple.

Her television acting career would continue all the way into the 21st century, with her final credit coming in 2008. Sadly, Caroline John died of cancer in 2012 aged 71, a year after fellow Doctor Who regulars from the Third Doctor era Creator/NicholasCourtney and Creator/ElisabethSladen had passed away from the same disease.

In 1970, the same year that she starred on Doctor Who, Caroline John married fellow actor Geoffrey Beevers, who would appear on the show as [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters the Master]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken The Keeper Of Traken]]", over a decade later.

Unfortunately, she was deemed ''too'' intelligent by the incoming producer Creator/BarryLetts, who believed the Doctor's companion needed to be someone more "ordinary" who could ask him the questions that would enable him to explain the plot to the viewer. As a result, he opted not a renew her contract at the end of her first season.

Caroline John (19 September 1940 – 5 June 2012) was an English actress, best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Liz Shaw in 1970 alongside Creator/JonPertwee's Third Doctor.