Margaret Helen "Maggie" Stables (1932-2014) was a British actress who played the part of the companion Evelyn Smythe in a range of audio dramas by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC television series Doctor Who.
Career
Stables began acting as a second career after retiring from a long-held position as a French teacher. After some experience in musical theatre, in 1991 she acted in a production of
Jane Eyre, with
Nicholas Briggs. This led to Briggs' later casting Stables as Ruthley in Big Finish's first
Doctor Who play,
The Sirens of Time, and as Evelyn the following year.
[ Interview with Real Time; accessed 29 September 2014.]
Stables appeared in several Big Finish audio roles beyond Evelyn. In addition to Ruthley, Stables appeared in Zagreus as the Great Mother, in as Mrs Lythe, and the Bernice Summerfield audio drama Just War as Ma Doras. Stables also portrayed Evelyn Smythe in the webcast Doctor Who story Real Time.
Last years and death
Stables retired from acting in 2013 due to a long-term illness.
[ Nicholas Briggs interview, docohobigfinish.blogspot.com; accessed 29 September 2014.] She died in her sleep, on 26 September 2014.
External links
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Video interview with Maggie Stables, BBC.co.uk; accessed 29 September 2014.
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http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/a-whology-maggie-stables-67290.htm], DoctorWhoTV.co.uk; accessed 21 March 2015.
