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Myths and (Urban) Legends
Playing Cassandra in 1965’s The Myth Makers might not have been the happiest experience of FRANCES WHITE’s career. But, she tells PAUL KIRKLEY, she’s proud to have been in Doctor Who – and definitely never asked for her name to be struck from the record...
Frances White.
The Doctor (William Hartnell), Odysseus (Ivor Salter) and Agamemnon (Francis De Wolff) in
Temple of Secrets,
the first episode of
The Myth Makers
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