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| Have blaster, will travel! Jean Marsh is unveiled to the UK press as the space agent Sara Kingdom. |
Leading the way (if albeit briefly) for a new type of confident female companion for the series, Jean Marsh's sophisticated and capable Space Security Agent Sara Kingdom, no doubt based on the success of Diana Rigg's liberating and dynamic Emma Peel from The Avengers on the rival ITV channel, was a welcome addition to the show's then third year, and more than ready to fight the deadly Skaro monsters in the epic and creatively risk-taking The Daleks' Masterplan. Her ultimate sacrificial demise saving both the time-ravaged Doctor and the universe would also be one of the most memorable and genuinely shocking departures ever witnessed in the Classic Series...
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