Lynda Baron RIP

[Starkers]

Actress Lynda Baron has died aged 82

For those of us Brits of a certain age she'll always be Nurse Gladys Emmanuel but she had multiple Doctor Who credits, starting with her singing on The Gunfighters and ending with her role in Closing Time, but she's perhaps best known for her wonderfully over the top portrayal of Captain Wrack in Enlightenment.

 

[Relayer1]

That's sad.

Bye Lynda, and thanks.

 

[diankra]

IiRC her daughter Sarah Lee was the production secretary in the early 80s.

 

[Qonundrum]

The ballad may have been overused in "The Gunfighters", but the song still had a place for a while. She delivers it quite well, but as far as experimental aspects of the story go, the direction was definitely ahead of its time from what I recall. Worked better for me as an adult, too, though those costumes the TARDIS crew wore were still ridiculous...

Baron must have relished the role of Wrack. Comes across with a lot of screen presence and I love it. Perhaps OTT, but not quite in a bad way. Simply perfect for the role, she was. Wrack was easily the best of the Eternals, though Mariner had key moments and Stryker had his moments too... Wrack still topped them all.

 

[diankra]

The ballad may have been overused in "The Gunfighters", but the song still had a place for a while. She delivers it quite well, but as far as experimental aspects of the story go, the direction was definitely ahead of its time from what I recall. Worked better for me as an adult, too, though those costumes the TARDIS crew wore were still ridiculous...

Baron must have relished the role of Wrack. Comes across with a lot of screen presence and I love it. Perhaps OTT, but not quite in a bad way. Simply perfect for the role, she was. Wrack was easily the best of the Eternals, though Mariner had key moments and Stryker had his moments too... Wrack still topped them all.

I rather like the song. Not in context but on a player.

 

[Qonundrum]

I rather like the song. Not in context but on a player.

Some outright hate it. I do feel it was overused a bit much, but never hated it as such.