Watling was born at Loughton, Essex, the daughter of actors Jack Watling and Patricia Hicks (1919–2011). Her brother Giles and her half-sister, Dilys, are also actors.\n', 'Beginning as a child actress, she had a regular role as the niece of Peter Brady in The Invisible Man (1958) television series. She was later cast for the lead role in Alice (1965), Dennis Potter\'s play about Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell, for the BBC\'s The Wednesday Play, a small role in That\'ll Be the Day (1973) and as Norma Baker in the ITV series Danger UXB (1979). She also co-starred with Cliff Richard in the 1973 film Take Me High.\n', 'Watling played Victoria in Doctor Who from 1967 to 1968, though owing to the BBC\'s wiping policy of the time, The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and The Enemy of the World (1967–1968) are the only serials in which she appeared that still exist in their entirety. She also appeared in Dimensions in Time (1993) and Downtime (1995). \n', '

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