Portrait of Deborah Watling

Acting

Deborah Watling

Career

Active from 1965 to 2022, with a break from 1974 to 1994, busiest in 1967 and 1968 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Deborah Watling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8
  • Eroticism
    1.2, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Technological Threat 3
  • Classic Sci-Fi Adventure 2
  • Vintage Television 2
  • Classic Sci-Fi 2
  • Base Under Siege 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)

as Victoria Waterfield (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (2022)

as Victoria (voice)

Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (2021)

TV show ยท as Victoria Waterfield (voice)

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021)

as Victoria Waterfield (voice)

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (2021)

as Victoria Waterfield (voice)

2010s

1 title ยท average score 72
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

as Victoria Waterfield (archive footage)

2000s

2 titles
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as Victoria Waterfield (archive footage)

Possessions
Possessions (2001)

as Lady Winkworth

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 51
Downtime
Downtime (1995)
GoodWatch score 55

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

as Victoria

1980s

1 title
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

as Victoria Waterfield (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

7 titles ยท average score 56
Danger UXB
Danger UXB (1979)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Norma

Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1977)
GoodWatch score 38

as Glauben (voice)

A Roof Over My Head
A Roof Over My Head (1977)

TV show

Rising Damp
Rising Damp (1974)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Lorna

Take Me High
Take Me High (1973)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sarah Jones

That'll Be The Day
That'll Be The Day (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sandra

Late Night Theatre
Late Night Theatre (1972)

TV show ยท as Jane

1960s

15 titles ยท average score 76
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (1968)

as Victoria

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (1968)

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space (1968)

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
GoodWatch score 80

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)

as Victoria

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors (1967)

as Victoria Waterfield

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (1967)

as Victoria Waterfield

Alice
Alice (1965)

as Alice Liddell

Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Sarah Richards

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show ยท as Gretchen Westermann / Alice Liddell

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Victoria Waterfield

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 70
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (1958)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Sally