in conversation with Eddie

Mary Tamm is Whovian Royalty. In 1978 Season 16 took an unusual step away from the Gothic excesses of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era with a series of linking stories known collectively as The Key To Time. Given to the Doctor as a bona fide “assistant” – as apposed to “companions” Sarah and Leela, by The White Guardian, Time Lady Romanadvoratrelunar was haughty, clever, brave and naïve, and, it seemed, more than a match for the reluctant Doctor, and, of course played by the spectacular Mary Tamm who first appeared on screen in a sleek one piece white dress and feather boa raising more than the temperature for a thousand pre-pubescent fanboys and dads alike. But Romana was more than glamour and looks and Mary Tamm’s one season in the TARDIS has stayed in the memory and is thought of, for the most part, with great affection.