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Hampson liked to draw from life or from photographs taken in the studio, and
Tomlinson became the physical model for the character Professor Jocelyn Peabody, “a first class geologist, botanist, agriculturalist and a qualified space pilot”. Peabody was a prominent figure in the Dare stories and an influential one in a broader sphere, the character's capabilities and courage helping to challenge the stereotypical images of women more familiar to the
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weekly comic, first published in July that year. She worked closely with
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