MARY TAMM, the actress most remembered for her portrayal of Doctor Who's assistant in the long-running BBC serial, drew the RNLI's twenty-fifth national lottery on Monday April 30 at Poole HQ. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, and Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary, supervised the draw which raised a record £49,630.50 for the lifeboats.

Miss Tamm, who was taking part in the play 'Good Morning Bill' which opened that same night at the Poole Arts Centre, set another record because the prizewinners, listed below, were for the first time scattered through all but one of the fund-raising regions: £2,000: Mr M. C. Warrey, Swansea, West Glamorgan.

£500: Mrs D. C. Harkin, London SW12.

£250: D. R. Debnam, Biggin Hill, Kent.

£100: Mr N. Lee, Lichfield, Staffordshire; Mr E. R. Latham, Whitchurch, Shropshire; William Rea, Bangor, Co Down; Mrs P. Huband, Weymouth, Dorset; Aston D. Piper, Kintbury, Berkshire; Mrs M. L. Stevens, Sidmouth, Devon; Mary E.

Worcester, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

£50: A. Jewell, London SE4; Mr F.

Bagshaw, Wimborne, Dorset; Miss Mary C. MacDonald, North Uist, Western Isles; Miss K. M. Ling, Diss, Norfolk; D. Magrath, Ramsgate, Kent; J. G. Milne Home, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire; Mr K.

Bowdler, Bracknell, Berkshire; M. E. Frake, Chessington, Surrey; Mr D. F. Aldred, Eccles, Greater Manchester; A. Sayers, Hayes, Middlesex.

The draw for the twenty-sixth RNLI lottery will be made at Poole on Tuesday, July 31..