Portrait of Jackie Lane

Jackie Lane

Acting

Biography

Jackie Lane (1941-2021) is an English actress noted for her role as Dodo Chaplet, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She played the part from February to July 1966 alongside William Hartnell as the Doctor. She went on to become a theatrical agent, representing Tom Baker, who would play the Fourth Doctor, and Janet Fielding, who would play companion Tegan Jovanka and managed the late Nicholas Courtney. The agency which she manages is Jackie Lane Ad Voice.

Born: July 10, 1941

Place of Birth: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: The Savages

as Dodo Chaplet (voice)

2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as Dodo Chaplet (voice)

2019
Up Pompeii

as Nausius

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

as Dodo Chaplet (Archive footage / uncredited)

1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

as Dodo Chaplet (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
1966
1966
1966
Doctor Who: The Ark

as Dodo Chaplet

1963
Doctor Who

as Dodo Chaplet

1962
Compact

as Rosemary Gray

1960