Katy Manning Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Interview

[@Coxwaller]

Great, Katy Manning understands Dr Who! Excellent interview, one of my favourite companions. Love and respect.

[@janedoe4627]

+Coxwaller Same here :)

[@Via_The_Void]

I love her so much. My fave companion of all time, Jo Grant.

[@hiteck007]

She sure was a Babe & a cutie back in the day.

[@AndrewChapman]

Katy Manning still looks lovely. I'm glad she is happy about Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. I have "The Green Death" on DVD and I listened to the audio commentary where Katy actually cries towards the end. I have to admit, I actually found Jo Grant's farewell scene quite moving as well.

[@Via_The_Void]

She is an awesome actress. Doctor Who was lucky to get her. We are blessed we had her as Jo for three years.

[@sushifanatic37]

What do you remember from her commentary? I heard Roger Delgado’s death was a catalyst

[@CliffLewis28]

Katy is so lovely! She and Jon were magical together. I love to hear the joy and delight, she still has for the show and her sweet remembrances of her time as Jo. An absolutely delightful interview!

[@PussnBoot2516]

Yes 'they had great chemistry working together as Jo and the Doctor. One of my favourite pairings on Doctor Who also

[@thethinginthecrypt948]

What an amazing woman. Very insightful and full of great understanding of TV and the Doctor Who phenomenon. A joy to watch now as she was then as Jo Grant.

[@SJKPJR007]

My all-time favourite companion with my all-time favourite Doctor. Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning were magic together. You could see just how much they made one another smile. Fabulous rapport between the two of them which transmitted itself through the rest of the UNIT ensemble. The closing scenes of 'The Green Death' are often overlooked amongst the classic Doctor's pivotal moments. My heart breaks everytime I watch the Doctor drive Bessie across that sunset shot!

[@bobjg1956]

Katy is a joy, met her at the Dr Who con in WSM last year,she was so warm and friendly, and so easy to talk to, Bless you Katy...

[@madeleine5561]

My favorite thing about the third doctor doctor era was the dynamic of the UNIT family. The Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, and the Master. The third Doctor will always be my favorite and Jo my favorite classic companion.

[@loufortes7574]

I just love that woman, Katyyy i love you! She is a brilliant actor, and companion, love the third Doctor era with Katy Manning.

[@AnthonyWilliams-dj7zx]

Ah Katy manning , what a fabulous actor !!

[@Biggestofoofs]

I Really, Really want to see her in a Doctor who episode in the future, really, really, much.

[@mr.barcode3186]

She got to be in The Sarah Jane Adventures a few years back. Does that count?

[@julietfischer5056]

Next time the Doctor's adventures take him to an exotic location on Earth, he can run into her and her large family. "It was like this all the time, Mum?" "Well, more cloak and dagger, but otherwise, yes. Right down to being captured. So, Tuesday."

[@julietfischer5056]

Since the Doctor was also in that episode, sort of. I think the idea is for her to be in the parent show again. A day ending in the letter 'Y' and the Doctor: break out the running shoes.

[@Via_The_Void]

@@mr.barcode3186 Yes it does, as SJA is set in the same universe or whoniverse as Doctor Who.

[@josephchambers2000]

I want to see her run into Jodie Whittaker. It would be interesting if you had her and bradley Walsh being a bit flirty.

[@jcortese3300]

Still my favorite companion and to my favorite Doctor. They had the sweetest dad-and-daughter vibe. :-)

[@Skoora]

I’m rewatching her run with Dr. Who right now on Tubi and she’s so right in how well the writers and her grew the character. It’s nice to see some realism that someone would become more confident and capable with experience. Also the way they grew the way the Doctor felt about her as they spent more time together. They were so great together.

[@MADAMEARIES]

A wonderful ambassador for Doctor Who. Still enthusiastic after almost 40 years

[@coolsweetgroovy]

I've actually been lucky enough to meet Katy she's a real supernice lady check her out on twitter

[@AppleseedHumanityInc]

Love to follow her, what's her screen-name?

[@DrewWasMe]

Adore Katy Manning and her acting. Did anyone else notice she appears to be wearing one of Liza Minnelli's Elsa Peretti's sterling wrist cuff's? They're friends, and Liza is known for her original vintage Peretti jewelry. Maybe its a similar piece?

[@hereisthenews7793]

Jon Pertwee adored Katy.

[@xyon172]

What a smart and amiable lady. It's amazing to think that with the invention of Twitter and the boom in attendance at Comic Con, modern fandoms seem to think honest interaction and mutual admiration are a new thing... Who fans have been enjoying this for decades.

[@johnborlase1476]

I adore Katy Manning. My first companion. She was and still is gorgeous x

[@bondbug73]

Katy Manning understands Dr Who perfectly 1:37.

[@jaytops]

Gosh I just luv 'er. Met her in '93 and she was so charming and funny. Will never forget it.

[@Cam-pg4wl]

The Third Doctor will always be my favourite-I loved that whole 'Earth bound ' aspect that was brought in. I've always felt that Ms Manning as Jo Grant was under-rated as a companion from that era, and in general. I've heard her character referred to as ' dim ' or ' hapless' in commentaries, but she had a kind of innocent charm and warmth , and as a kid I was totally smitten by her-I was genuinely moved by her bittersweet departure, and was so jealous of the hippy guy who stole her away !

[@wardjunior1450]

Good god this lovely woman can talk.

[@chaossakura]

I never did get over my crush on her...

[@cipher.u.justice]

I'm 24 and just started my crush on Jo :(

[@UnchainedEruption]

bilwit She's absolutely adorable in her last season. Though the thing I love about Doctor Who is that because it's a kids show, you can always feel the love between the characters and yet never once is there any mention of romantic tension between the main characters or sexual innuendos to make things awkward. It's like the love Frodo and Sam have in Lord of the Rings. Familial. Which makes sense, the Doctor has always been a sort of father figure. I like that about the show. I hate how the only kind of "love" you seem to see in entertainment today is about sex.

[@ritaxxx5192]

I'm 16 and I started to have a crush on her XD

[@Loverboy19691]

I met her twice, Katy Manning is a wonderful human being !

[@rassilontdavros3004]

2:32 THANK YOU!!!

[@StevieWeevie66]

I love her, she's so bubbly

[@BluebirdFrank]

They were the best Dr Who and companion no question - wonderful teenage hood memories She was a big crush of mine and she looks amazing !

[@karmicselling4252]

Katy's Jo Grant was the perfect Companion for that particular time. The dynamic between the Pertwee Doctor and Jo Grant was terrific. Importantly, Jo Grant was the first Companion to encounter The Master. I imagine that Jon, Roger and Katy had a fantastic time working together because it really showed in their performances together. Great Days! We will soon have a 60th Anniversary celebration of the program. Surely, Katy must be involved in some way. The 50th was a wasted opportunity. The 60th can remedy that by including more of the Classic Serial characters.

[@HeyitsmeOakleyD]

Why if they film a four parter in a style of classic who and show the parts on the 60th and then after that on reruns show a new who styled four parter of the same story if you get what I mean

[@misscrouch]

Oh, the three of them were close and had so much fun together! There is an interview with Katy in the Doctor Who magazine, and she said that they once made an aeroplane out of all the props and everything in their rehearsal room, and Roger was the stewardess and Jon the pilot! And then the producer and other staff found them haha I think this is what makes the episodes even better, seing how much fun they had and how fond they were of each other!

[@markandresen1]

Love her dismissal of a woman Doctor.

[@NOWtheband]

Me too. :-)

[@timemechanic5055]

I enjoyed that too! Though it worked out far worse than she predicted.

[@MDK2_Radio]

That's insecure. FWIW Katy didn't keep toeing that line.

God, I love her. She is the best.

[@TerryTanktop]

She looks well!

[@bugsby4663]

Give Katy her due, her reaction to the casting of Jodie Whittaker, an experienced character actor was "12 actors have given their superb magic touch to creating their Doctors & I feel 13 will be a corker good on you Chris Chibnall"

[@captainz9]

A corker is right... The cork on a bottle of cow dung.

[@joeduffy4547]

@@captainz9 That is both original and stupid, congratulations.

[@TimelordShepherd]

More truth from her than the whole BBC and Doctor Who production staff today.

[@kaimcnamee3658]

I think Katy would make a great Doctor! Although, she has got her own version of the character in Iris Wildthyme, despite being very, very different to the Doctor.

[@thomasstevens2746]

Love Katy Manning

[@nukezap6528]

well she just nailed what happened next with the female as the who....

[@SJKPJR007]

Sad but true. I, personally, think the Doctor can be played by a woman. However, not just any woman. They have to be as capable of portraying a version of the character as the male actors were that preceded her were. Sadly, Jodie Whittaker clearly isn't and the writers, for their part, are equally incapable of giving her the narrative tools to create one.

[@rickyred001]

After all these years, she hasn't changed !

[@alithealien]

What a marvelous lady

[@alicehodges9964]

Katy is very Pretty too

[@thejacal2704]

She's so beautiful, still makes me think of Day of the Daleks when you can see Jo's pants...

[@Via_The_Void]

Naughty boy, Jacal! But I know what you mean.

[@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz]

1:45- well said Katy!!!!!

[@alicehodges9964]

Katy is amazing

[@HymnfortheDudes]

She was, she helped me through my teenage years 😔

[@alicehodges9964]

@@HymnfortheDudes What Do You Mean?

[@HymnfortheDudes]

@@alicehodges9964 ...it was a difficult time.

[@nerdicwarrior]

I wonder what she thinks of The Master becoming a woman.

[@CalumRhysJones]

She loves it, someone asked her at a convention I went to but she hopes they don't make the Doctor a woman.

[@nerdicwarrior]

Calum Rhys Jones I see.

[@retrotechtive]

I agree that the role has always been written for a man, but we are talking about a character that can utterly change physical appearance AND personality, and has the weight of the universe on (currently) his shoulders. The writing would indeed have to change, but really the Doctor is an all-purpose vessel, able to dynamically adjust to *anything*. Additionally, in every incarnation, the essential quality of the Doctor remains the same - but the style of writing changes for the lead at the time: the same can happen for a female lead, to my mind there is no difference (assuming good writers, of course). I have enormous respect for Katy Manning as a huge fan of her and Pertwee's era, but I think she is simply not thinking big enough - which is a shame. The Doctor can be *anything* he or she wants to be - that's why I'm a fan of the character, and there is no reason on Earth or beyond that that couldn't - or shouldn't - extend beyond gender.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Granted (pun totally unintentional), I read it more as her saying that there shouldn't be a female Doctor just for the sake of having a female Doctor, and that it should be about the actor. I could be reading it totally wrong. I'm on the fence about the issue, myself. It certainly shouldn't be done just to be done. While I have no issues with it myself, and I don't think it's a fundamental change to the character, I worry that others would perceive it as such. The biggest pitfall is if the writers treat it as a fundamental change- throughout all 52 years, the Doctor has always been the Doctor, and tampering with THAT would be a big mistake.

[@madeleine5561]

Katy says quite a few insightful things here. In particular saying that the Doctor shouldn't be a woman for the sake of it being a woman. I wish the BBC had realized that (or at the very least cast an actress who can portray more than two emotions and cares about the show.) Another good thing she says here is that doctor who was a show families wanted to sit down and watch together. Now almost nobody wants to watch. Man I miss when the show was good. RIP DOCTOR WHO 1963-2017

[@timemechanic5055]

Being a dim-wit and being a nag are technically not emotions.

[@madeleine5561]

@@timemechanic5055 True🤣

[@julietfischer5056]

Any woman cast as the Doctor needs a ton of qualifications beyond what most actors possess.

[@GCAbleism158]

no, it is just hard to get someone that looks the part

[@rich695]

If your queuing for her autograph on one of these events..you'll be there for ages..as she speaks to everyone..pictures taken..the works

[@RobertPearson777]

I think they should have another 70 year old dr. and have Katy be his companion.

[@adamwalkervfx]

Joanna Lumley was the best female Doctor.

[@nedlogwarrengwylock1]

I thought she was the only one? xD

[@adamwalkervfx]

Ned Warren There was one in the Doctor Who Unbound series by Big Finish

[@nedlogwarrengwylock1]

Ah, yes, forgot about that! Honestly i preferred that one...

[@rickyred001]

Lindsay Duncan would make a great female Dr, but a female Dr is a no go really....

[@DavidTyler]

wasn't that made as a joke to make fun of the femist who said that the doctor should be female and that mad fun of them

[@YeoYeo32]

WTH is she wearing? She's got more bling on her wrist than I've ever seen on a person

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

CFYeomans she wears so much to stop herself biting her nails

[@Petey8482]

Can't not love this fabulous lady! And the latest campaign for a lady dr- look at this! It's not sexism, get a grip!

[@obiwankenobi5845]

I love Katy manning but she is wrong on one thing peter capaldi is totally eye candy

[@Retroboxmedia]

She never worked with Bill Hartnell. 8 Min mark.

[@BrotherTree1]

The Three Doctors.

[@Retroboxmedia]

BrotherTree1 Ahh yes. But he was never on set. Read cards from home, right?

[@BrotherTree1]

Oh yeah, he was just there as a pre-recorded cameo. Forgot about that.

[@timrob12]

Travis Doucette He wasn't home. He recorded his scenes in Ealing TV studios, but other than that, he was not involved in it.

[@michellecatholic]

I agree. The Doctor should NEVER be a woman.

[@robertslipek7311]

OOPS

[@DanielField2023]

What a BS

[@yell50]

Yes i agree all of a sudden we have a female doctor its like having a female playing John Lennon, political correctness liberals are systematically destroying common sense. i no longer watch doctor who because it's lost all credibility in my eyes.

[@robertslipek7311]

^ cringe

[@undertakerismy1stfanofamyb757]

See I told you. From the START it SHOULDN'T be a woman. Look they did they made a 13th Doctor a woman. This show will be ruined.

[@Timmymantwo]

Katy Manning was wrong to think the Doctor would be a good Doctor. We all stopped watching because it got shit, they scrapped alot of things.

[@hiteck007]

Always liked her,and she's right to a point, the new Doctors (new remake program ) after the first new doctor then went down hill fast and went WOKE & I can't stand that rubbish & Won't watch it, so I only ever watch the Classics when it was done right.

[@timfly767]

So classy. So unlike the no-talent slebs who've done such a great job dumbing down British TV.

[@sweiland75]

Katy, what have you done to your face?

[@slumdogjay]

It's called aging lol.

[@sweiland75]

jay mcgurran No. It's called obvious facelift.

[@coolsweetgroovy]

sweiland75 No Katy has never had any plastic surgery except for some reconstructive surgery on her face when she was a teen

[@sweiland75]

coolsweetgroovy What happened?

[@coolsweetgroovy]

She was in a car accident

[@marcussewell7678]

Cant be a woman ...that did nt age well lol

[@TheMastermind729]

It actually aged marvelously

[@davidskeeterskeeter1835]

Fuck me,!!,, who on earth did that face job abortion,,🤮🤮🤮☠️☠️ Ask for your many Back girlfriend,,🐖💨💨💨

[@16Arson]

“The Power of the Doctor, that’s what’s attractive.” - and all of these years later she appears in an episode called The Power of the Doctor.

[@killdianette]

Wonderful Katy :)