Janet Fielding



Janet Fielding (born Janet Mahoney 1957, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ) played companion Tegan Jovanka from "Logopolis" to "Resurrection of the Daleks," with a later cameo appearance as Tegan in the conclusion of "The Caves of Androzani."

Fielding played the part between 1981 and 1984. She made a guest appearance on Jim'll Fix It in a Doctor Who related sketch alongside Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in 1985 (A Fix with Sontarans). She is a theatrical agent, once representing Paul McGann when he first took the role of the Eighth Doctor.

In 1982, Fielding married Daily Mirror foreign editor Nick Davies, notable for later allegations of being an arms dealer and Mossad agent. They later divorced. Their wedding coincided with the filming of "Mawdryn Undead" and a gag publicity portrait of the time showed Fielding in her bridal gown, wearing the make-up used for the scene in which Tegan and Nyssa are turned into aged crones by physical contact with Mawdryn.

Despite distancing herself from Doctor Who for many years and vocal in her criticisms of the program, Doctor Who Magazine issue #361 confirmed that Fielding will be returning to the role of Tegan for a Big Finish Productions audio play titled "The Gathering" due for release in 2006, once again alongside Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.