History Creator / JanetFielding

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress. Based in the UK for most of her career, she is best known for playing ''Series/DoctorWho'' companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Fourth Doctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor Fifth Doctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 66 episodes / 20 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday Four to Doomsday]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda Kinda]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid Black Orchid]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight Time-Flight]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Arc of Infinity]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance Snakedance]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead Mawdryn Undead]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus Terminus]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment Enlightenment]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]",[[/labelnote]] (1981-84, 2022) -- Tegan Jovanka

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 65 episodes / 19 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday Four to Doomsday]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda Kinda]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid Black Orchid]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight Time-Flight]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Arc of Infinity]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance Snakedance]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead Mawdryn Undead]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus Terminus]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment Enlightenment]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]",[[/labelnote]] (1981-84) -- Tegan Jovanka

** ''The Fifth Doctor Adventures'': 7 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsPsychodrome Psychodrome]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheIterationsOfI The Iterations of I]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho5DAS2E1TheLostResort The Lost Resort]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho5DAS2E2ThePerilsOfNellieBly The Perils of Nellie Bly]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho5DAS2E3NightmareOfTheDaleks Nightmare of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho5DAS3E1SecretsOfTelos Secrets of Telos]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho5DAS3E2GodOfWar God of War]]"[[/labelnote]] (2014-22) -- Tegan Jovanka

Since leaving ''Doctor Who'', [[CreatorBacklash she has often been critical of the show and her time on it]], frequently complaining about the way she and her fellow companions were treated. This reached its highpoint with a notorious on-stage outburst at Panopticon 1993 when she told a room full of fans that any show that treated its female characters as badly as ''Doctor Who'' did deserved to have been cancelled.

** ''The Fifth Doctor Adventures'': 7 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsPsychodrome Psychodrome]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheIterationsOfI The Iterations of I]]", "The Lost Resort", "The Perils of Nellie Bly", "Nightmare of the Daleks", "Secrets of Telos", "God of War"[[/labelnote]] (2014-22) -- Tegan Jovanka

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 65 episodes / 19 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday Four to Doomsday]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda Kinda]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid Black Orchid]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight Time-Flight]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Arc of Infinity]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance Snakedance]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead Mawdryn Undead]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus Terminus]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment Enlightenment]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]"[[/labelnote]] (1981-84) -- Tegan Jovanka

** ''The Fifth Doctor Adventures'': 5 releases (2014-22) -- Tegan Jovanka

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 65 episodes / 19 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday Four to Doomsday]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda Kinda]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid Black Orchid]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight Time-Flight]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Arc of Infinity]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance Snakedance]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead Mawdryn Undead]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus Terminus]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment Enlightenment]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]",[[/labelnote]] (1981-84) -- Tegan Jovanka

** ''The Lost Stories'': 4 releases (2011-19) -- Tegan Jovanka

** ''Main Range'': 37 releases (2006-2020) -- Tegan Jovanka

* WesternAnimation/PrisonerZero'': episode "Breakout" (2016) -- Dr. Mendez

For a long time, she declined to reprise her role as Tegan for [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish audio plays]], but she agreed to make a one-off appearance in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho087TheGathering The Gathering]]", and eventually returned on a regular basis starting with "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho136Cobwebs Cobwebs]]" (2010).

Since leaving ''Doctor Who'', she has often been critical of the show and her time on it, frequently complaining about the way she and her fellow companions were treated. This reached its highpoint with a notorious on-stage outburst at Panopticon 1993 when she told a room full of fans that any show that treated its female characters as badly as ''Doctor Who'' did deserved to have been cancelled.

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress. Based in the UK for most of her career, she is best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Fourth Doctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor Fifth Doctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

Since leaving Doctor Who, she has often been critical of the show and her time on it, frequently complaining about the way she and her fellow companions were treated. This reached its highpoint with a notorious on-stage outburst at Panopticon 1993 when she told a room full of fans that any show that treated its female characters as badly as Doctor Who did deserved to have been cancelled.

She has also blamed Doctor Who for killing her acting career; having achieved limited success in the years since leaving the show, in 1991 she gave up acting to become a theatrical agent. Her clients included Creator/PaulMcGann, who was cast as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor Eighth Doctor]] while represented by her.

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress. Based in the UK for most of her career, she is best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Fourth Doctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor FifthDoctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress. Based in the UK for most of her career, she is best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor FourthDoctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor FifthDoctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

Since leaving Doctor Who, she has often been critical of the show and her time on it, frequently complaining about the way she and her fellow companions were treated. This reached its highpoint with a notorious on-stage outburst at Panopticon 1993 when she told a room full of fans that any show that treated its female characters as badly as Doctor Who did deserved to have been cancelled.

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress. Based in the UK for most of her career, she is best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor FourthDoctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor FifthDoctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress, best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor FourthDoctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor FifthDoctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

Janet Fielding (born 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress, best known for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984. She joined the show in "[[ Logopolis]]", the final serial to feature Creator/TomBaker's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor FourthDoctor]], and remained on the show for almost the entirety of Creator/PeterDavison's run as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor FifthDoctor]], departing two stories before Davison in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection Of The Daleks]]".

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