Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku (born December 30, 1980) played Cassandra Campbell from Season 34 in 2004 to Season 35 in 2005.

She returned to play the role for one episode in Season 36 before returning full time again in Season 41 to Season 43.

Prior to Doctor Who
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Work on Doctor Who
Eliza Dushku was chosen for Cassandra after she had considered an interest into the show at one point during her time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially after hearing the good news from guest-star and Romana III actress, Juliet Landau.

Eliza signed on for Season 35 and a possible second season in Season 36. This would later cause problems as she did not know if she wanted to sign on for her second season after hearing Rowan Atkinson was to leave at the end of Season 35 but her mind was changed after Rowan was to be brought back for the first story of Season 36.

Eliza was in the audition suite that hosted incoming showrunner, Russell T Davies and casting director, Andy Pryor for auditions for the actors playing the Tenth Doctor. It was shown that she worked more with James McAvoy than any other actor, so he was chosen.

Eliza asked a couple of days after the Tenth Doctor was chosen to reduce her role in Season 36 [which was supposed to be for the whole season] from 10 episodes to 6 as she wanted to give herself a break with the tough schedules that imposed her during filming for Season 35.

Eliza's last scenes as Cass for her run were recorded on November 23, 2004 whilst wrapping up on different scenes for The Satan Pit and her last episode, The Madness of Professor Lazarus. A month later, she received a phone call from Russell, who asked her if she would be able to return for the second story of Season 36 in which she accepted, guessing that this could be the last chance to play the character.

Personal Life
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As Cassandra Campbell

 * The Sainted Healer
 * The Physician’s Apprentice
 * Ghost Machine
 * The Nightmare Man
 * Blunt Madness
 * Intervention of the Zygons
 * The Zygon Inversion
 * The House With No Upstairs
 * The Entrapped
 * The Oncoming Storm
 * The Only Family in The Universe
 * In Sickness and In Doubt
 * The Brave and the Bold
 * The Impossible Planet
 * The Satan Pit
 * The Madness of Professor Lazarus
 * Revenge of The Slitheen

Writer

 * Revenge of The Slitheen (co-written with Gareth Roberts)