Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills (born Anna Katarina Willys in Berkshire on 20 October 1941REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany) played the First and Second Doctor's companion Polly from The War Machines to The Faceless Ones, as well as Michelle Leupi in her final story. She is sometimes credited in her dramatic works as Annika Wills and Anneke Willys.
She appeared in the show from 1966 to 1967 alongside William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. (According to the DVD featurette Doctor Who: Origins, she was also one of the actresses considered for the Doctor's first companion, Susan Foreman.) Other television credits include appearances in The Avengers episodes "Dressed to Kill" and "The £50,000 Breakfast," The Saint episode The Helpful Pirate and as Evelyn in . She also appeared in an episode of The Sentimental Agent called All That Jazz.
Though Wills has recreated Polly for the Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions, she is also notable for the role of Lady Louisa Pollard, mother of companion Charlotte Pollard, in Zagreus, The Next Life, Memory Lane and The Fall of the House of Pollard. She also voiced Doctor Kitzinger in the Bernice Summerfield audio story Beyond the Sun and Director Nrosha in the Doctor Who audio story The Sandman.
Wills has published her autobiography in two volumes: Self-Portrait and Naked, both published by Fantom Films.
In the 1990s, she filmed scenes for a fan-made production titled Devious, which also featured Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. While Pertwee's scenes were released with the DVD issue of The War Games, Wills' scenes have yet to be released, and the film remains "in production" in the 2010s.
She has a cameo appearance as an unidentified BBC staffer in the 2013 docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time. Ellie Spicer portrays Wills in two scenes.
She also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
== Personal life ==
During her time as Polly on television, she was married to Michael Gough. He made memorable appearances in Doctor Who as the Celestial Toymaker and the renegade Time Lord Hedin. They have two children, Jasper and Polly. Her daughter was not, however, named after the Doctor Who companion, as she was born in 1963.
== Credits ==
As Polly Wright
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* The War Machines
* The Smugglers
* The Tenth Planet
* The Power of the Daleks
* The Highlanders
* The Underwater Menace
* The Moonbase
* The Macra Terror
* The Faceless Ones
=== Audio ===
==== Special Releases ====
* The Five Companions
* The Light at the End
==== The Early Adventures ====
* The Yes Men
* The Forsaken
* The Night Witches
* The Outliers
* The Morton Legacy
* The Home Guard
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* Resistance
* The Forbidden Time
* The Three Companions
* The Selachian Gambit
* House of Cards
* The Mouthless Dead
* The Bonfires of the Vanities
* The Plague of Dreams
* The Curator's Egg
* The Crumbling Magician
==== Short Trips ====
* Lost and Found
* Falling
As Lady Louisa Pollard
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* Zagreus
* The Next Life
* Memory Lane
==== Charlotte Pollard ====
* The Fall of the House of Pollard
Other Roles
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* The Faceless Ones - Chameleon Polly
=== Other ===
* An Adventure in Space and Time - Party Guest
* The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* The Sandman - Director Nrosha
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* The Forbidden Time - Vist (uncredited)
* The Three Companions - Alice Warner (uncredited) / Florrie Cooper (uncredited)
* House of Cards - The Sidewinders (uncredited)
* The Mouthless Dead - Frances
* The Crumbling Magician - The Doctor / Continuity
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* Beyond the Sun - Doctor Kitzinger
==== Charlotte Pollard ====
* The Fall of the House of Pollard - Viyran
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* Doctor Who and the Cybermen
* The Highlanders
* The Macra Terror
* Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
* The Faceless Ones
* The Smugglers
* The Underwater Menace
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
* The Roundheads
==== Beyond the Doctor ====
* Sleeper Agents
==== Doctor Who Audio Annuals ====
* The King of Golden Death
* The Sour Note
* Only a Matter of Time
=== Documentary ===
* Lust in Space
* Myth Makers: William Hartnell
* Adventures in Space and Time
* The Story of Doctor Who
* The Dalek Tapes
* Girls! Girls! Girls!
* The End of the Line?
* Second Time Around
* Tomorrow's Times
* Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
* Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
* Lunar Landing
* A Fishy Tale
== External links ==
* Daily Mirror interview with Anneke Wills
== Footnotes ==
Category:Articles that were originally Wikipedia forks
Category:Doctor Who regular cast
Category:An Adventure in Space and Time cast
Category:The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot cast
Category:Pre-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish
Category:Big Finish Bernice Summerfield voice actors
Category:Big Finish Charlotte Pollard voice actors
Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers
Category:The Early Adventures voice actors
Category:The Companion Chronicles voice actors
Category:Bonus Releases voice actors
Category:Main Range voice actors
Category:Short Trips voice actors
Category:Special Releases voice actors
Category:Big Finish regular cast
Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor
Category:People interviewed on Doctor Who Live
Category:Behind the Sofa contributors
Category:Actors who have voiced for the Doctor
Category:Actors who portrayed the First Doctor
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