Deborah Watling
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Deborah Watling was an English actress best known for playing the companion Victoria Waterfield in the classic Doctor Who television series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deborah Watling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3680201 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deborah Watling Context triple: [The Tomb of the Cybermen, stars, Deborah Watling]
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A.
Deborah Falconer
Deborah Falconer is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and former model best known for her work in independent films and her past marriage to actor Robert Downey Jr.
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B.
Liz Watts
Liz Watts is an Australian film and television producer known for her work on acclaimed projects such as the crime drama film "Animal Kingdom."
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C.
Deborah Gould
Deborah Gould is best known as a former wife of British-American actor and Rat Pack member Peter Lawford.
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D.
Sandra Dickinson
Sandra Dickinson is an American-British actress best known for her role as Trillian in the original BBC television adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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E.
Susan Wakley
Susan Wakley is best known as the wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime sportscaster Merlin Olsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deborah Watling Target entity description: Deborah Watling was an English actress best known for playing the companion Victoria Waterfield in the classic Doctor Who television series.
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A.
Deborah Falconer
Deborah Falconer is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and former model best known for her work in independent films and her past marriage to actor Robert Downey Jr.
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B.
Liz Watts
Liz Watts is an Australian film and television producer known for her work on acclaimed projects such as the crime drama film "Animal Kingdom."
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C.
Deborah Gould
Deborah Gould is best known as a former wife of British-American actor and Rat Pack member Peter Lawford.
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D.
Sandra Dickinson
Sandra Dickinson is an American-British actress best known for her role as Trillian in the original BBC television adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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E.
Susan Wakley
Susan Wakley is best known as the wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime sportscaster Merlin Olsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Doctor Who
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Who serial "Fury from the Deep" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Abominable Snowmen" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Enemy of the World" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Evil of the Daleks" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Ice Warriors" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Tomb of the Cybermen" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Web of Fear" NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who serial "The Wheel in Space" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1948-01-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| characterInSeries | Doctor Who (Second Doctor era) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2017-07-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White British ⓘ |
| familyName | Watling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television ⓘ |
| givenName | Deborah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | companion of the Doctor ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0914578 ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Watling ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Deborah Watling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | playing Victoria Waterfield in Doctor Who ⓘ |
| notableRole | Victoria Waterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| parent |
Jack Watling
NERFINISHED
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Patricia Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctor Who companions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Victoria Waterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | British television ⓘ |
| residence | Essex, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Dilys Watling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Steve Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Frazer Hines
NERFINISHED
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Patrick Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–2010s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deborah Watling Description of subject: Deborah Watling was an English actress best known for playing the companion Victoria Waterfield in the classic Doctor Who television series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.