Mu 1973, Doctor Who mutambi Katy Manning, uyo akanga achitamba Third Doctor wacho mubatsiri Jo Grant pakatarisana Jon Pertwee, akanga achisiya akatevedzana; Z-Motokari mugadziri Ron Craddock akapa Sladen munhu nechido kurumbidza kuna Doctor Who mugadziri Barry Letts. Sladen akasvika audition asingazivi zvakanga kuti itsva shamwari basa, uye akashamiswa Letts kuti kunyatsogona. Akanga akasuma Pertwee, uyo akawana kutyisidzira panguva. Sezvo iye chatted pamwe Letts uye Pertwee, nguva dzose akatendeuka kutarisa mumwe wavo mumwe aizoita chiratidzo thumbs-up.
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