The actress Barbara Shelley, one of the icons of 1950s and 1960s screen horror and described by her agent as the ‘technicolour queen of Hammer,’ has died at the grand age of 88. Considered a great beauty in her day, Shelley appeared in over 100 films and numerous television roles, including Doctor Who and Blake’s 7. As Sorasta in Planet of Fire (1984) Barbara Shelley was born Barbara Kowin on…