To celebrate, is running a daily countdown of every Doctor to date, providing our expert tips on which stories to see – and where to watch them online. She has directed youth productions of the works of William Shakespeare for local festivals and she has run a Sunday Drama College, based in her home town of Tunbridge Wells.Doctor Who turns 50 on Saturday 23rd November with a special anniversary episode on the BBC. One of her achievements was encouraging Leslie Grantham to become an actor while he was serving a murder sentence. As well as her acting roles, Jameson has been a prison visitor in her spare time. Between 19, Jameson played Rosa di Marco in the BBC's top soap opera EastEnders (1985), although Jameson later said she found the heavy schedule and lack of rehearsal time left her dissatisfied. In 1985, she became a regular in the BBC's Jersey-based detective drama Bergerac (1981) as star John Nettles's love interest.
In 1981, Jameson appeared as a regular in another popular BBC series, Tenko (1981), where she was cast by Pennant Roberts, who had auditioned her for Doctor Who and directed her first story.
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She decided to leave the series during the production of Image of the Fendahl: Part One (1977), when she was offered another prestigious stage role as Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Bristol Old Vic, and she left at the end of The Invasion of Time: Part Six (1978). Jameson completed another season of Doctor Who but her relationship with Tom Baker was strained. Hinchcliffe was replaced by Graham Williams at the end of the season and the new producer was told by the BBC to lighten the tone of Doctor Who. Despite the series' huge popularity, Doctor Who had been coming under increasing fire from Mary Whitehouse for its violent and horrific content.
She also attracted much tabloid attention due to her skimpy leather costume, with many people calling her the sexiest companion yet. Jameson joined the series midway through its 14th season and when it was at the height of its popularity under producer Philip Hinchcliffe her debut in The Face of Evil: Part One (1977) was seen by 10.7 million viewers. In 1976, Jameson got her big break into television when she won the role of Leela, the alien savage companion of Tom Baker's Doctor in the BBC's Saturday evening science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (1963). She auditioned for the role of a nurse in Angels (1975) and the role of Purdey in The New Avengers (1976). She also achieved several roles in television, including Z Cars (1962) and Emmerdale Farm (1972), and the horror film Disciple of Death (1972). Jameson had formal acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and embarked on a considerable amount of stage work, including two-and-a-half years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Louise Jameson is a classically trained actress whose first love is the stage, but she also became known to millions of British television viewers through her roles in such hugely popular television series as Doctor Who (1963), Tenko (1981), Bergerac (1981) and EastEnders (1985).
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