Anneke Wills
Anneke Wills is a British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Joan Collins. In 1970 Wills effectively gave up acting to be a full time mum. Following her divorce from Gough, she left the UK in 1980 and lived in various places in the 16 years afterwards, including in Laos, Vietnam and India in the early 1980s, in the USA from 1983–1986, and in Canada from 1986–1996. She returned to live in the UK in 1996 and is a popular figure on the Doctor Who convention circuit. She has returned sporadically to acting for Doctor Who themed productions and has published three volumes of her memoirs: Self Portrait (2007), Naked (2009), and In Focus (2012).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2687 |
| Birthday | 1941-10-20 |
| Place of Birth | Berkshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
2020
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
7/1
The Doctor and his friends Ben, Polly and Jamie arrive at Gatwick airport. They quickly stumble upon an alien plot, centring upon the mysterious ‘Cham...
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Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1965
The Pleasure Girls
5.6/14
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1962
Some People
7.5/6
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Some People
2023
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1/1
The Doctor and his friends find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the people of Atlantis that h...
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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
2019
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
7.5/4
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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1998
Lust in Space
9/1
Doctor Who travelled with the most gorgeous girls in the Cosmos. But was there any Lust in Space? Doctor Who is on trial - and the charge is sexism!...
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Lust in Space
2017
The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years
0/0
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special...
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The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years
2018
Remembering Deborah Watling
8/1
Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to Debbie Watling who played Victoria Waterfield, companion to Patrick Troughton's Doctor.
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Remembering Deborah Watling
2016
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
7.5/4
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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
1966
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
7.9/13
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1954
Child's Play
6.5/8
A science-fiction film about children who manage to split the atom and thereby create a new form of popcorn.
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1967
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
6.3/6
The time travellers arrive in Scotland just after the Battle of Culloden. The Second Doctor gains the trust of a small band of fleeing Jacobites by of...
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Doctor Who: The Highlanders
1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines
7.4/8
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Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
5.8/4
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Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1967
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
5/8
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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1967
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
7.25/8
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Doctor Who: The Moonbase
1967
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
8/5
When the Second Doctor, Polly, Ben and Jamie visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp, they think they have come across a truly ha...
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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
7.9/7
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Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
7.5/2
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Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
7.883/60
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
8.015/130
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Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
1966
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
8.1/10
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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
8/1
Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
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The Story of Doctor Who
1999
Carnival of Monsters
7/1
A look at the various monsters that have appeared in Doctor Who.
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Carnival of Monsters
1964
Nothing But the Best
6.136/11
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2006
The Dalek Tapes
7.5/1
A look at the appearances of the Daleks and Davros in the classic Doctor Who era.
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The Dalek Tapes
2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
6.5/17
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Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
7.9/7
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
2011
The End of the Line?
0/0
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2012
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
0/0
Writers, directors, actors and other people associated with Doctor Who discuss Patrick Troughton's time as the Second Doctor, from his first appearanc...
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Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
1960
The Light Fantastic
6/2
While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more...
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The Light Fantastic
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
0/0
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
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The Ties That Bind Us
1962
Candidate for Murder
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Professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers t...
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Candidate for Murder
2008
Now, Get Out of That
0/0
A trio of professional writers examine the art and impact of structuring Doctor Who's narrative around powerful cliffhangers.
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