Lalla Ward (born Sarah Ward, June 28, 1951) is an English actress and illustrator best known for playing the part of Romana in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ...

She is joint chairman (with Geraldine James) of the Actors' Charitable Trust.^[1] Geraldine James is a British actress who lives in London. ...

Genealogy

The daughter of Edward Ward, the 7th Viscount Bangor, and his fourth wife Marjorie Alice Banks. She has a brother, Edward, two years her junior, and a half-brother, William, who is the 8th Viscount Bangor, and three years her senior. The title of Viscount Bangor was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1781. ...

She is descended from George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, via John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor. George, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478) was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III of England. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... The title of Earl of Peterborough was created in the Peerage of England in 1628. ... The title of Viscount Bangor was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1781. ...

Though entitled to the prefix "The Honourable," she does not use it. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ...

Acting

She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her stage name, "Lalla", comes from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She began her acting career in the Hammer horror film Vampire Circus, and played the teenage daughter of The Duchess of Duke Street in the popular BBC drama series of the 1970s. In 1980, she played Ophelia to Derek Jacobi's Hamlet in the BBC television production. She was the second actress to play the Time Lady Romana. She was chosen to replace Mary Tamm in the part, after a guest appearance as Princess Astra in the Doctor Who story The Armageddon Factor in 1979. The Central School of Speech and Drama is a United Kingdom government funded higher education college in London. ... Hammer horror refers to a series of gothic horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s by the British film production company Hammer Film Productions Ltd. ... Vampire Circus is a 1972 horror film directed by Robert Young for Hammer Film Productions. ... The Duchess Of Duke Street is a British television drama series transmitted by the BBC. The programme lasted for two series, shown between 1976 and 1977. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ... Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... Doctor Who. ... Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Categories: People stubs | English actors | Doctor Who actors | 1950 births ... The Armageddon Factor is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from January 20 to February 24, 1979. ...

Lalla Ward as Romana II, from Doctor Who (publicity still) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...

Marriages

Following her exit from the series in 1981, she married her co-star, actor Tom Baker, that December, but the marriage lasted only sixteen months. Douglas Adams, who worked with her on Doctor Who, introduced her to his friend Richard Dawkins, biologist and author of such books as The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker and The God Delusion^[2], whom he had met after Dawkins sent him a fan letter. They met at Adams' fortieth birthday party in 1992 – according to Adams they were the only guests who turned up on time and hence were obliged to speak to each other. She married Dawkins the same year. She illustrates his books and also wrote two books on knitting in the 1980s, and one on embroidery. She created the 1985 Shell Calendar, with embroidered pictures of sea birds. For other persons named Tom Baker, see Tom Baker (disambiguation). ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British author, comic radio dramatist, and amateur musician. ... Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ... Original book cover from the painting The Expectant Valley by zoologist Desmond Morris The Selfish Gene is a very popular and somewhat controversial book on evolutionary theory by Richard Dawkins, published in 1976. ... Cover illustration by the zoologist Desmond Morris The Blind Watchmaker is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins in which he presents an explanation of, and argument for, the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. ... The God Delusion is a non-fiction book by British ethologist and atheist Richard Dawkins, Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles Close up of knitting Knitting is one of several ways to turn thread or yarn into cloth (compare to weaving, crochet). ...

Ward has seldom appeared on screen since her marriage to Dawkins. However, she has reprised the character of Romana in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time, the 2003 webcast version of Shada, and in several Doctor Who and Gallifrey audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. She has also recorded audio books, including Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Dawkins' The Ancestor's Tale and The God Delusion, in which she co-narrates with her husband. Dimensions in Time was a charity special crossover between the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and the soap opera EastEnders that ran in two parts on November 26 and 27, 1993. ... Shada is an unaired serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Vardan spaceship approaches Gallifrey from space (from The Invasion of Time). ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a prominent American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and popular science writer known for his spirited and wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. ... The Language Instinct is a book by Steven Pinker, published in 1995, in which he argues the case for the belief that humans are born with an innate capacity for language. ... The Ancestors Tale cover The Ancestors Tale (subtitled A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life) is a 2004 popular science book by Richard Dawkins, with contributions from Dawkins research assistant Yan Wong. ... The God Delusion is a non-fiction book by British ethologist and atheist Richard Dawkins, Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ...

Trivia

• Asteroid 8347 Lallaward is named after her.

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External links

• Lalla Ward at the Internet Movie Database

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about motion pictures, actors, movie stars, TV shows, TV stars, production crew personnel, movie pictures, cast, crew as well as video games. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.tactactors.org/who.htm
2. ^ http://www.edge.org/documents/adams_index.html