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It was announced this morning that Mary Tamm, who portrayed the first Romana alongside Tom Baker in Doctor Who, has died after a long battle against cancer at the age of 62.

Mary Tamm was born in Bradford 1950, the daughter of Estonian refugees, and became a graduate and associate member of R.A.D.A. From early beginnings acting on stage with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre alongside future British acting greats Derek Jacobi, Ronnie Barker and Joan Simms in 1971, she soon moved to London where she would go onto work in some of the major television and films of the time.