Janet Fielding

Janet Fielding (born Janet Claire Mahoney, 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress, known for her role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as companion Tegan Jovanka. 2Early life and career Fielding was born in Brisbane. After spending some of her childhood schooldays in America, Janet went on to study at Queensland University, from which she graduated with a degree in English. She planned to become a reporter for the ABC (then the Australian Broadcasting Commission), and journalism had been a major part of her degree course. Instead, she moved to Britain to become an actress. After arriving in Britain she joined an actors' cooperative. As 'Janet Clare Fielding' she made her UK TV debut in the Hammer House of Horror episode "Charlie Boy", which aired in October 1980 as it was announced she had been cast as the next Doctor Who companion. She got the Doctor Who companion role after a number of interviews and auditions. She was asked to change her hair colour to avoid being mistaken for co-star Matthew Waterhouse. Between 1981 and 1984, Fielding played the part of Tegan Jovanka, a companion of the Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker), and later of the Fifth Doctor, (Peter Davison