Talk:Janet Fielding

Current Work

Best reference I can find for Fielding's current work is: http://www.rdwf.org.uk/where/wtnjanetfielding.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.51.50 (talk) 10:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I checked the One Plus One Website which showes a "Julie Chew" as finance director. Then found a news article in which Julie Chew and a colleague is alleging racism against the charity and Fielding is mentioned as a former finance director supporting the colleague's claims of racism. So she wasn't there for long, apparently. It's not correct to describe One Plus One as a major charitable organisation, but to be "charitable", instead of calling it a minor charity I have just referred to it as "a charity". DavidFarmbrough (talk) 16:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

A bit on how Fielding got the job in Dr. Who

I believe I read (as opposed to saw on television/video) someplace that Janet Fielding was considered to short as she was under the height requirement to be an airline stewardess at the time. It went on to say that she claimed that, I believe Singapore Air, or somesuch in the South East Asian/Australian region, had different regulations because people were shorter in that region. Also a couple of fibs on her resume were mentioned. The studio learned of these, but hired her anyway. It was a long time ago, so I don't remember the source, but it is out there if someone is willing to look for it. This is being added to both the actress' and character's talk pages. IMHO (talk) 19:35, 8 December 2008 (UTC) I read the very same info., in a book about the Companions of Dr. Who, so your source is correct.--Splashen (talk) 00:29, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Nick Davies

The reference given does not support that Nick Davies was "an agent and arms dealer", so I've removed this claim --163.1.221.174 (talk) 18:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I recall Nick Davies being in a lot of trouble at various times, though this is an article about Janet Fielding and not Nick Davies, so his apparent or alleged misdemeanours don't belong here. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 16:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Date of birth

I am rather doubtful as to the citation of Janet's date of birth as being the 1953 one given. Nor can I find any proof that she is the J. C. Fielding in the linked page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostart (talk • contribs) 22:15, 19 September 2012‎

It's tenuous, I'll agree. But according to

• Howe, David J.; Stammers, Mark (1996) [1995]. Doctor Who: Companions. London: Doctor Who Books. pp. 123–4. ISBN 0-86369-921-9.

Fielding was "born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1957" and was "a director of Marina Martin Associates, an actor's agency"; and at this page we find that Marina Martin Associates is a former name (used between 19 January 1988 and 24 August 1988 and also between 16 December 1993 and 20 January 2000) of Gordon & French Ltd, registered no. 01039917, which is exactly the same company as that used on the source in question, which states "09 Sep 1953". That might fail WP:NOR though. It is well known that actors often understate their ages; this may be a belief that it helps to advance their careers - but in a legal matter like becoming a company director, the truth is required. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:51, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

JNT's memoirs in DWM recounted an incident when Fielding presented him with an immigration form to sign off on with her DOB in pencil. Later on the form came through the office again with the DOB now in ink and it was some years earlier... Timrollpickering (talk) 14:14, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Conventions

I've tagged the comment that Fielding has "avoided conventions in the past." She may not be a frequent guest, but I met her at several cons in the 80s. I don't have any materials from them anymore, but there's proof out there somewhere.PacificBoy 17:56, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

I can verify what PacificBoy says--I went to a DW convention in Chicago, around 1983, and Janet was a guest at the convention. Peter Davison was also at the convention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.88.19.83 (talk) 04:56, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

There was a period in the 1990s when she dropped off the circuit, partially after controversial remarks at Panopticon 1993 when she attacked the show and said it shouldn't be revived for its portrayal of women, despite not having seen the last years of the show. I'm not sure exactly when she drifted back into the Who world. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:52, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

having to relearn accent?

what various reference books/interviews have claimed is that Janet had to "relearn" an Australian accent for the part of Tegan as her accent had anglicised during her time in the UK. Is this true? Certainly, for me, there are parts of The Five Doctors where her accent is so "Queensland", that she sounds just like Pauline Hanson. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 08:53, 27 September 2017 (UTC)