Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills is an English actress, best known for her role as the companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Wills studied drama at the Arts Educational School and RADA in London and quickly became one of the busiest actresses of her generation. Early roles included an appearance as Roberta in the second TV version of The Railway Children in 1957. Her other film roles included appearances in Some People (1962) and The Pleasure Girls (1965).

In 1966, she took the role of Polly in Doctor Who. She appeared in the show until 1967 alongside William Hartnell and then Patrick Troughton.

In October 2013, she recorded an abridged version of Who's There?, a biography of Hartnell written by his granddaughter, Jessica Carney.

In November 2013, she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot'.

She has been a popular guest at Doctor Who conventions, and has recorded various audio and DVD tie-in stories produced by the BBC and Big Finish.

Writing
The first volume of her autobiography, Self Portrait, was published in 2007[16] by Hirst Books and a second volume, Naked, followed in 2009. Her latest book, Anneke Wills - In Focus, was published in May 2012 by Fantom Films.[17]