Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien
Birth date:	29 June 1943
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Vicki Pallister, The Union
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1965, 2005-07, 2009-11, 2013-19, 2021-present
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Emergency-Ward 10, Z-Cars, The Duchess of Duke Street, The Legend of King Arthur, Bergerac, Casualty, Sherlock Holmes, Cracker, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, A Touch of Frost, Doctors
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Maureen O'Brien (born 29 June 1943) played the First Doctor's companion Vicki Pallister in Doctor Who, beginning with The Rescue and ending with The Myth Makers.

Despite a stated lack of interest in science fiction (AUDIO: The Fearless: Part 1, extra interview), in recent years O'Brien has worked on a number of Doctor Who related audio plays for Big Finish Productions, initially playing a new character for the Dalek Empire IV miniseries, as well as for the audio story Year of the Pig, then reprising the role of Vicki for the Companion Chronicles. She has also participated in DVD commentaries and interviews for BBC Video releases of stories from her era.

Maureen in the 1960's.

Career

She has also appeared in many other television programmes, most notably Casualty.

Outside Doctor Who, O'Brien these days is known as a best-selling author of mystery novels, beginning with Close-Up on Death, which was published in 1989. Her most recent, Every Step You Take, was published in 2004.

Legacy

O'Brien is depicted in the 2013 docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time by Anna-Lisa Drew in one scene recreating the press photocall announcing O'Brien's casting in the series.

Credits

As Vicki Pallister

Television

Doctor Who

• The Rescue
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Crusade
• The Space Museum
• The Chase
• The Time Meddler
• Galaxy 4
• The Myth Makers

Webcasts

Tales of the TARDIS

• The Time Meddler

The Collection

• The Storyteller

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

• The Secret History

Special Releases

• The Light at the End

The Lost Stories

• The Dark Planet

The First Doctor Adventures

• Fugitive of the Daleks

The Early Adventures

• The Doctor's Tale
• The Bounty of Ceres
• The Fifth Traveller
• The Ravelli Conspiracy
• The Dalek Occupation of Winter
• An Ideal World
• Entanglement
• The Crash of the UK-201

The Companion Chronicles

• Frostfire
• The Suffering
• Upstairs
• Starborn - also as Stella
• The Unwinding World
• Fields of Terror
• Daybreak

Other Roles

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

• Year of the Pig - Miss Alice Bultitude

The Ninth Doctor Adventures

• Last of the Zetacene - Selo / First Gyra

Once and Future

• The Union - The Union

Dalek Empire

As Agnes Landen

• The Fearless: Part 1
• The Fearless: Part 2
• The Fearless: Part 3
• The Fearless: Part 4

Audiobook Readings

Target Novelisations

• The Chase
• The Rescue
• The Space Museum
• Galaxy Four
• The Romans
• The Waters of Mars

BBC Audio

• The Ice Kings

Documentary

• Myth Makers: William Hartnell
• Tales of Isop
• Mounting The Rescue
• The End of the Line?
• Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
• Toby Hadoke's Who's Round
• The Trouble with Chumblies
• Flight Through Eternity

Audio commentary

• The Space Museum
• The Chase
• Galaxy 4

Other

• Children in Need 1985

External links

• Maureen O'Brien at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website