It was announced this morning that Mary Tamm a Dr Who companion (Romana) to Tom Baker has died from Cancer.

This is very sad. I was watching her the other day in The Odessa File.

She will truly missed. She was a great actress.

And only 62, my mum is older than that now. That's just too young.

That's four of the Classic Doctor Who companions that have passed away in around 18 months. Two at such young ages too: Mary Tamm 62 and Elisabeth Sladen 63. Caroline Johns was a more respectable 71 and Nick Courtney achieved 81.

Sad to see from one of the articles about Mary Tamm, that Angharad Rees, another British actress I remember well from a series called Poldark, passed away on July 21st aged only 63. Cancer takes too many lives too soon

Just so sad.