Anneke Wills

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Oct 20, 1941 (83 years old)

Anneke Wills

Known For

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1h 39m
Movie 2023

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

The Doctor and his friends find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the people of Atlantis that he can raise their sunken city from beneath the sea. However, the Doctor discovers a terrible secret behind Zaroff's plan — a secret that could destroy all life on Earth.

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1h 32m
Movie 2019

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

The original 1967 master recordings of ‘The Macra Terror’ were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated reconstruction of this lost classic.

Remembering Deborah Watling
0h 31m
Movie 2018

Remembering Deborah Watling

Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to Debbie Watling who played Victoria Waterfield, companion to Patrick Troughton's Doctor.

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
1h 0m
Movie 2017

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to change. It takes a captain, a glass avatar and a familiar face to convince the Doctors the universe still needs them.

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years
6h 0m
Movie 2017

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this set also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Anneke Wills (Polly), Michael Craze (Ben), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Deborah Watling (Victoria) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe)!

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
0h 52m
Movie 2012

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

Writers, directors, actors and other people associated with Doctor Who discuss Patrick Troughton's time as the Second Doctor, from his first appearance at the end of The Tenth Planet to his final appearance in The War Games.

The End of the Line?
0h 43m
Movie 2011

The End of the Line?

Once the nation's favourite, by its third year Doctor Who was in trouble. With changes afoot in the production office and increasing problems with its lead actor, the programme was heading for the Last Chance Saloon.

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
0h 4m
Movie 2010

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.

The Ties That Bind Us
0h 16m
Movie 2008

The Ties That Bind Us

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

The Dalek Tapes
0h 55m
Movie 2006

The Dalek Tapes

A look at the appearances of the Daleks and Davros in the classic Doctor Who era.

Biography

Anneke Wills is a British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Joan Collins. In 1970 Wills effectively gave up acting to be a full time mum. Following her divorce from Gough, she left the UK in 1980 and lived in various places in the 16 years afterwards, including in Laos, Vietnam and India in the early 1980s, in the USA from 1983–1986, and in Canada from 1986–1996. She returned to live in the UK in 1996 and is a popular figure on the Doctor Who convention circuit. She has returned sporadically to acting for Doctor Who themed productions and has published three volumes of her memoirs: Self Portrait (2007), Naked (2009), and In Focus (2012).

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