 She made various low-key stage appearances, (including one headlining at the Talk of the Town, Reading, in which she fluffed her lines so badly that the crowd cheered when last orders was announced) and a one-line part in a "Doctor Who" episode (which had a very poor reputation in 1988, and would be cancelled the following year).She also mentioned that, owing to her career choice, she had long been estranged from her parents, not having seen or spoken to them for years.However, she supplemented her income with a part-time job as a stripagram, a fact Del only discovered when he unwittingly booked her for Uncle Albert's birthday party at the Nag's Head pub.