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Nyssa travelled with the Doctor between Keeper of Traken
and Terminus.
She was the aristocratic daughter of Counsel Tremas, who had been
chosen to become the next Keeper (a position of great importance).
The Master planned to use Tremas's investiture to give him a new regeneration
cycle, and was renewed when he merged with Tremas, killing her father.
The Watcher brought Nyssa, now orphaned and alone, to Logopolis where
she was re-united with The Doctor and Adric as well as new companion,
Tegan. She witnessed his regeneration and continued to travel with
the Fifth Doctor, forming a close affection for him. When they arrived
at Terminus, Nyssa was infected by lazar's disease, and after being
cured by the Garm she decided to stay behind to help the Vanir research
how others could be helped.
Sarah Sutton was born 12 December 1961 in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
She was a child actor in the 1970s. Her first ‘grown up’
role was that of Nyssa of Traken in The Keeper of Traken, a one off
part initially, but later she was offered a role as a regular companion.
Nyssa began travelling with Tom Baker’s last adventure and continued
with Peter Davison’s Doctor until 1983.
Her final full serial of Doctor Who was Terminus, written by Stephen
Gallagher and directed by Mary Ridge, in which she notoriously removed
her skirt, effectively playing out the rest of the serial in her undergarments.
The scripted reason for this was that she was feeling unwell and feverish;
in an interview, Sutton described it as "a present for the fans".
After Terminus, she made a brief appearance in Peter Davison's final
serial, The Caves of Androzani, but aside from that since leaving
Doctor Who she has done very little acting, focussing instead on raising
her daughter, although she has made appearances as Sarah Dryden in
Casualty (the 1989 episode "Charity"), and as Wendy in the
serial Unnatural Pursuits (1991, written by Simon Gray and starring
Alan Bates).
Sarah reprised the role of Nyssa in 1993, in the Doctor Who Children
in Need special Dimensions in Time, and subsequently in several of
the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who spin-off audio plays from 1999
onwards.
She has appeared in various other television programmes including
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) as Alice, The Moon Stallion
(1978) as Diana Purwell and The Crucible (1980) as Susannah Walcott.
Film and
TV
"Doctor Who" (51 episodes)
The Keeper of Traken: Part 1 (31 January 1981) - Nyssa
The Keeper of Traken: Part 2 (7 February 1981) - Nyssa
The Keeper of Traken: Part 3 (14 February 1981) - Nyssa
The Keeper of Traken: Part 4 (21 February 1981) - Nyssa
Logopolis: Part 1 (28 February 1981) - Nyssa
Logopolis: Part 2 (7 March 1981) - Nyssa
Logopolis: Part 3 (14 March 1981) - Nyssa
Logopolis: Part 4 (21 March 1981) - Nyssa
Castrovalva: Part 1 (4 January 1982) - Nyssa
Castrovalva: Part 2 (5 January 1982) - Nyssa
Castrovalva: Part 3 (11 January 1982) - Nyssa
Castrovalva: Part 4 (12 January 1982) - Nyssa
Four to Doomsday: Part 1 (18 January 1982) - Nyssa
Four to Doomsday: Part 2 (19 January 1982) - Nyssa
Four to Doomsday: Part 3 (25 January 1982) - Nyssa
Four to Doomsday: Part 4 (26 January 1982) - Nyssa
Kinda: Part 1 (1 February 1982) - Nyssa
Kinda: Part 2 (2 February 1982) - Nyssa
Kinda: Part 3 (8 February 1982) - Nyssa
Kinda: Part Four (9 February 1982) - Nyssa
The Visitation: Part 1 (15 February 1982) - Nyssa
The Visitation: Part 2 (16 February 1982) - Nyssa
The Visitation: Part 3 (22 February 1982) - Nyssa
The Visitation: Part 4 (23 February 1982) - Nyssa
Black Orchid: Part 1 (1 March 1982) - Nyssa
Black Orchid: Part 2 (2 March 1982) - Nyssa
Earthshock: Part 1 (8 March 1982) - Nyssa
Earthshock: Part 2 (9 March 1982) - Nyssa
Earthshock: Part 3 (15 March 1982) - Nyssa
Earthshock: Part 4 (16 March 1982) - Nyssa
Time-Flight: Part 1 (22 March 1982) - Nyssa
Time-Flight: Part 2 (23 March 1982) - Nyssa
Time-Flight: Part 3 (29 March 1982) - Nyssa
Time-Flight: Part 4 (30 March 1982) - Nyssa
Arc of Infinity: Part 1 (3 January 1983) - Nyssa
Arc of Infinity: Part 2 (4 January 1983) - Nyssa
Arc of Infinity: Part 3 (11 January 1983) - Nyssa
Arc of Infinity: Part 4 (12 January 1983) - Nyssa
Snakedance: Part 1 (18 January 1983) - Nyssa
Snakedance: Part 2 (19 January 1983) - Nyssa
Snakedance: Part 3 (25 January 1983) - Nyssa
Snakedance: Part 4 (26 January 1983) - Nyssa
Mawdryn Undead: Part 1 (1 February 1983) - Nyssa
Mawdryn Undead: Part 2 (2 February 1983) - Nyssa
Mawdryn Undead: Part 3 (8 February 1983) - Nyssa
Mawdryn Undead: Part 4 (9 February 1983) - Nyssa
Terminus: Part 1 (15 February 1983) - Nyssa
Terminus: Part 2 (16 February 1983) - Nyssa
Terminus: Part 3 (22 February 1983) - Nyssa
Terminus: Part 4 (23 February 1983) - Nyssa
The Caves of Androzani: Part 4 (16 March 1984) - Nyssa
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV) .... Nyssa
TravelWise (2000) (V)
Unnatural Pursuits (1991) .... Wendy
"Casualty" .... Sarah Dryden (1 episode, 1989)
- Charity (1989) TV Episode .... Sarah Dryden
The Crucible (1980) (TV) .... Susannah Walcott
"The Moon Stallion" (1978) TV Series .... Diana Purwell
"Westway" (1976) TV Series .... Sue Harvey
"Oil Strike North" .... Amanda Fraser (1 episode, 1975)
- Time of Hazard (1975) TV Episode .... Amanda Fraser
"Late Call" (1975) (mini) TV Series .... Myra Longmore
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) (TV) .... Alice
"Play for Today" .... Little Lavinia (1 episode, 1973)
- Baby Blues (1973) TV Episode .... Little Lavinia
"Menace" .... Belinda (1 episode, 1973)
- Boys and Girls Come Out to Play (1973) TV Episode .... Belinda
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