Maureen O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien is a British actress and novelist. She is perhaps most famous for her role as Vicki, the companion to William Hartnell's First Doctor in Doctor Who, becoming the first change to the original cast line up in 1965. She also played Elizabeth Straker in the second series of the long running BBC drama Casualty in 1987.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.772 |
| Birthday | 1943-06-29 |
| Place of Birth | Liverpool, England |
| Also Known As |
2021
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
8/2
The TARDIS lands on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which its orbits.
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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
6.237/19
After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands and many male an...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
2000
The Closer You Get
5.7/13
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. T...
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The Closer You Get
1985
Zina
6/6
Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in Pri...
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Zina
2022
Doctor Who: The Storyteller
7/1
Vicki is telling one of her stories.
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Doctor Who: The Storyteller
1990
Nocturne
4/3
Nocturne is a taut chamber drama, set in a musty suburban estate to which a pretty but drab-looking woman returns upon the death of her mother, who in...
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Nocturne
1969
The Double Agent
0/0
In London, a traitor is selling information. In Moscow, a Yorkshire cloth salesman is approached by the KGB, who believe he has more to sell than clot...
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The Double Agent
1965
Doctor Who: The Romans
8/10
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettu...
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Doctor Who: The Romans
1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
5.875/8
On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controll...
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Doctor Who: The Web Planet
1965
Doctor Who: The Crusade
6.625/8
In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen rul...
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Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
Doctor Who: The Rescue
6.9/8
On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara meet two survivors from a crashed spaceship who are terrorised by the monster Koquillion.
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Doctor Who: The Rescue
1965
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
6.85/10
On the planet Xeros, the TARDIS crew discover their own future selves frozen in time as exhibits in a galactic museum and must avert this potential fu...
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Doctor Who: The Space Museum
1965
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
7.545/11
In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.
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Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
6.889/9
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
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Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
6.4/5
The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the beautiful Drahvins and the hideous Rills. Each has crash-landed after a conf...
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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
7.2/4
When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus an...
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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
1997
A Royal Scandal
7.6/5
The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.
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A Royal Scandal
1978
The Lost Boys
8/1
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jac...
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The Lost Boys
1984
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
5.2/6
A humorous and revealing tale of a group of eight women from varying walks of life, who have volunteered for a rugged survival course at a tough mount...
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She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1998
The Land Girls
6/29
During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land...
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The Land Girls
1980
C₂H₅OH
8/1
Play on the problems of alcoholism.
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C₂H₅OH
1982
John David
0/0
Patrick and Judith have everything prepared for the arrival of their first child but when he is born, they are quite unprepared for the crisis they mu...
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John David
1990
Needle
10/2
Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and...
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Needle
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
7.9/7
Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Dalek...
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
2011
The End of the Line?
0/0
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...
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The End of the Line?
2022
Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation
0/0
In Conversation was a series of Doctor Who Blu-ray interviews, released as part of The Collection box sets. Each are hosted by Matthew Sweet, where h...
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Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation
2009
Mounting the Rescue
0/0
A look at the making of 'The Rescue' featuring members of the original cast and crew. Featured on the DVD "Doctor Who: The Rescue", available in the D...
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Mounting the Rescue
2005
Tales of Isop
8/1
Many of the original cast and crew recall the making of this story. Featuring contributions from William Russell (Ian), Maureen O'Brien (Vicki), Marti...
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Tales of Isop
1979
Certainties and Doubts
0/0
From 1979, exploring the life of Henrik Ibsen, through his plays and the words of his critics and admirers. With excerpts from the Ibsen canon.
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