The Time Lords quickly sent the Doctor a new companion: Romana (Mary Tamm), a Time Lady from Gallifrey, and an intellectual equal. After one season, Lalla Ward was cast as Romana after she wowed ...

Mary Tamm is said to have suggested Lalla Ward as a potential replacement, in an attempt to keep Tom Baker happy. Having previously played Princess Astra in the season 16 finale, Ward played a ...

In Doctor Who, the Doctor more often than ... However, this wasn't the end for Romana, enter Lalla Ward and Romana II. When the show returned for season 17, Mary Tamm did not reprise her role ...

Why, Doctor?' After 26 episodes ... and recommended Lalla Ward to play the regenerated second incarnation of Romana. Tamm was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, to parents who fled Estonia in ...

Romana II was the second regeneration of the Fourth Doctor's Time Lord companion. Initially played by Mary Tamm, Lalla Ward took up the role when her predecessor chose to leave the show.

There are some who celebrate the arrival of Lalla Ward as the second Romana, a dynamic, intellectual foil for the Fourth Doctor that was his equal and as close to a love interest (thanks to off ...

When Tamm left Doctor Who the role of Romana was taken over by Lalla Ward. Watch a clip of Tamm as Romana in Doctor Who, The Ribos Operation, first aired in 1978. Mary Tamm as Romana in Doctor Who.

The story will feature the newly-recorded voices of the original cast, including Tom Baker as the Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, performing the original script – her fifth time playing her ...

The 17 th season of Doctor Who, Tom Baker's penultimate as the 4 th Doctor, with Lalla Ward as Romana, is getting a Blu-Ray boxset stuffed with exclusive extras, including a new, definitive ...

Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward is an English actress, voice artist and author. She is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1979 to 1981.

In Tom Baker's final season of Doctor Who, script editor Christopher ... allow for the departure of long-time companions Romana (Lalla Ward) and K9 (John Leeson), while introducing a new traveler ...