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starhawk60.movieserialmess...	Caroline Johns	Lead	[-]
Jun 21 12 9:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just got the sad news that Caroline Johns, who starred as Liz Shaw alongside the 3rd Doctor Jon Pertwee, had passed away at the age of 67 on June 5th. Although her time on the show was brief I enjoyed the dry wit she displayed portraying a Cambridge trained scientist drafted into the British branch of UNIT. I especially enjoyed her dual roles as both Liz Shaw and Section Leader Shaw in the episode Inferno. My deepest sympathies go out to her family and friends. Here is a link to the article on Doctor Who News: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/06/dwn210612123117-caroline-john-1940-2012.html
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WalesGuy		#1	[-]
Jun 21 12 12:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Seems she was 71 according to the BBC. Hate to correct you again, but her surname was John, not Johns. Last Edited By: WalesGuy Jun 21 12 1:29 PM. Edited 1 times.
Dr Acula		#2	[-]
Jun 21 12 2:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	RIP to a fine actress & Doctor Who companion
Hu Phan		#3	[-]
Jun 21 12 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Pretty sad news - a good actress. I have been slowly working my way through all of Doctor Who in order and just watched her stories last month. The cast of classic Doctor Who is diminishing rapidly year on year now - soon there will be very few left. John was the last surviving regular actor from the show's seventh season with Jon Pertwee having died in 1996 and Nicholas Courtyney last year.
Dr Acula		#4	[-]
Jun 21 12 4:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This joke will only be funny to Doctor Who fans: "Now in heaven, I turned around - and they were all wearing eyepatches!"
starhawk60.movieserialmess...		#5	[-]
Jun 21 12 10:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	WalesGuy wrote: Seems she was 71 according to the BBC. Hate to correct you again, but her surname was John, not Johns. Sorry for the errors,WG you are quite correct on all counts.
ScareBear		#6	[-]
Jun 21 12 11:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As a girl Liz was a favorite companion. Very sad news.
WalesGuy		#7	[-]
Jun 22 12 12:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	starhawk60 wrote: WalesGuy wrote: Seems she was 71 according to the BBC. Hate to correct you again, but her surname was John, not Johns. Sorry for the errors,WG you are quite correct on all counts.
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HalLane		#8	[-]
Jun 22 12 7:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	During pledge breaks in the early seventies, our local PBS station hucksters used to refer to them as Dr. Who and Miss Where. Goofy, but endearing. I need to revisit Miss John's season sooner than later. Today may be the day. (Did not realize she was married to "The Master"). Rest in peace, Miss John.
Tom Thacker		#9	[-]
Jun 22 12 6:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Caroline also appeared in an episode of 'The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes' along with the original Master, Roger Delgado. I had the good fortune of meeting her at a Gallifrey One convention a few years ago. A genuinely nice person and a truly fine actress.
Dale Sherman		#10	[-]
Jun 22 12 10:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So, are we EVER going to see that notorious picture of her in the bikini? (I'd think she would have laughed at that.) Have just recently gone through a lot of Pertwee episodes and so I'm surprised to hear about the news. I loved the idea of her character on the show, although they never used her much in the way she was originally intended. Always felt as well that she kept a pretty good attitude about the situation considering how she in a way "dump" (even though she was considering leaving anyway). Sad to hear the news.
capmonte		#11	[-]
Jun 25 12 2:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Very sad news...like Lis Sladen, I had hoped to one day get to meet her at the big Who con in LA some day. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Helrunar		#12	[-]
Jun 30 12 12:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Caroline co-starred in the very first episode of Dr Who I ever clapped eyes upon, an episode of "The Silurians." Although Jo Grant became a fan favorite, I thought that Liz Shaw and her era had a delicious dry wit that was often the perfect leaven for the very taut suspense of many of her stories. One of these has yet to see DVD release, "The Ambassadors of Death." A very offbeat tale that was at times baffling the one time I viewed it on Connecticut PBS in the late 1980s. I would love it if "Ambassadors" got bumped to the front of the queue so that its release could serve as a tribute to one of the most unusual, and surely unforgettable, of all the Doctor's Companions. H.
Maximillian		#13	[-]
Jun 30 12 9:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Farewell, Liz Shaw. I hardly knew ye...
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