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| The iconic cliffhanger to episode one, featuring Jacqueline Hill |
1. The Dead Planet (6.9m)
2. The Survivors (6.4m)
3.The Escape (8.9m)
4. The Ambush (9.9m)
5. The Expedition (9.9m)
6. The Ordeal (10.4m)
7. The Rescue (10.4m)
Average audience for serial: 8.97m
William Hartnell (The Doctor) January 8th 1908 to April 23rd 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
William Russell (Ian Chesterton) November 19th 1924 to June 3rd 2024 For a full career biography for William Russell (aka Russell Enoch), click here.
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) December 17th 1929 to February 18th 1993 (bone cancer) For a full career biography for Jacqueline Hill, click here.
Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Born June 16th 1940 For a full career biography for Carole Ann Ford, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Philip Bond (Ganatus) November 1st 1934 to January 17th 2017
Career highlights
Philip's career began with Count Five and Die (1957), then The Voodoo Factor (1960), Walk a Crooked Mile (1961), Redcap (1965), The Avengers (1969), Jason King (1971), The Children of the New Forest (1977), The Sandbaggers (1980), Only Fools and Horses (1985), Lovejoy (1993), Fever Pitch (1997) and Midsomer Murders (2007). He also had a recurring role as Albert Frazer in The Onedin Line (1971-72) and Peter Findon in The Main Chance (1969-75).
Facts
Philip's daughter is actress Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Pierce Brosnan 007 films (1995-2002), as well as villainous Mrs Wormwood in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-08). He was married for a time to TV producer Pat Sandys (best known for helming soap EastEnders in the early-1990s). He died while holidaying in Madeira.
Chris Browning (Thal) March 11th 1939 to August 4th 2019
His only acting credit. Chris was also the double for Alydon's hand in episode 2.
Robert Jewell (Dalek operator) January 20th 1920 to May 10th 1998
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967), The War Games (1969)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Played: Clown [Bing Crosby] in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Macra in The Macra Terror (1967)
Career highlights
His other credits include Consider Your Verdict (1962), The Terrornauts (1967), various roles in Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979-86) and The Flying Doctors (1987).
John Lee (Alydon) March 31st 1928 to December 21st 2000 (natural causes)
Career highlights
Australian John's debut came in Beyond the River (1956), then Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958, as Peter Seaforth), The Net (1962, as Jim Haworth), Dr Crippen (1962), Paul Temple (1969), Marked Personal (1973), Cop Shop (1977), Mission: Impossible (1989), Blue Heelers (1997), Everybody Loves Raymond (1997) and Moby Dick (1998). He also had regular roles as Lieutenant Commander Kiley in Warship (1973-77), Christopher Bridgewater in The Wilde Alliance (1978), Andrew Reynolds in Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980), Philip Stewart in Return to Eden (1983/86) and perhaps most memorably as Len Mangel in Neighbours (1994).
Kevin Manser (Dalek operator) February 16th 1929 to December 21st 2001 (bowel cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Career highlights
Kevin was born in Australia and after emigrating to the UK in 1957, started his acting career in the 1960s in The Big Spender (1965) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). He returned Down Under in 1969 to continue in series such as Spyforce (1972), Shannon's Mob (1975), A Country Practice (1982), Prisoner: Cell Block H (1983-84), Vietnam (1987), Richmond Hill (1988) and All Saints (2001).
Facts
Kevin wrote his autobiography Memoirs of a Dalek in 2001, a copy of which is part of the Performing Arts Collection of South Australia in Adelaide.
Peter Murphy (Dalek operator) August 16th 1928 to May 5th 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64, as Peter Murphy), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964, as Peter Murphy), The Space Museum (1965, as Murphy Grumbar), The Evil of the Daleks (1967, as Murphy Grumbar), Day of the Daleks (1972, as Murphy Grumbar), Frontier in Space (1973, as Murphy Grumbar), Planet of the Daleks (1973, as Murphy Grumbar), Death to the Daleks (1974, as Murphy Grumbar)
Played: Mechanoids in The Chase (1965, as Murphy Grumbar)
Played: Arcturus in The Curse of Peladon (1972, as Murphy Grumbar)
Career highlights
Other credits include Moody and Pegg (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Jack of Diamonds (1983).
Facts
Peter Stanley C Murphy performed as Peter Murphy until 1964, after which he changed his professional name to Murphy Grumbar for the next decade (no doubt influenced by his marriage to the actor Dorothy Grumbar in 1963). From 1974, he went by the name Peter Bex.
Steve Pokol (Thal) Born August 28th 1935
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thal in The Daleks (1963-64)
Virginia Wetherell (Dyoni) Born May 9th 1943
Career highlights
Virginia's first credit was in The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1963), then Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Dracula (1973), The Gentle Touch (1983), Minder (1985) and Love is the Devil (1998). She also played Julie Serres in The Troubleshooters (1967).
Facts
Her husband between 1973-91 was actor Ralph Bates, with whom she had two children - William (who played Toby in Ralph's sitcom Dear John) and actress Daisy. Virginia is now a trustee of the Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. From 1971-2013, Virginia ran her own vintage clothing store in Holland Park, London. In 2018, at the age of 75, Virginia was kicked, beaten and trampled in Paris during the yellow-vest protest riots. She almost lost an eye when her head was sliced open, and suffered a shattered shoulder which required surgery, as well as a fractured knee. She also had to have trauma therapy.
In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Virginia here.
Alan Wheatley (Temmosus) April 19th 1907 to August 30th 1991 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Alan's career began with Conquest of the Air in 1936, then roles in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Brighton Rock (1947), Sherlock Holmes (1951, as Holmes), The Pickwick Papers (1952), Danger Man (1961), The Midnight Men (1964), The Avengers (1969) and Department S (1970). His greatest role was as the Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-60).
Facts
Alan's Sheriff is the earliest TV interpretation of that character to survive to the present day - and he was also the first person ever to be exterminated by a Dalek on screen! He started as an industrial psychologist, then became a radio announcer in the 1930s for the BBC European Service before becoming a prolific pre- and post-war TV actor.
Average audience for serial: 8.97m
- A pictorial guide to the guest cast (Thals and Dalek operators/ voices) can be found at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story at Time Space Visualiser here!
William Hartnell (The Doctor) January 8th 1908 to April 23rd 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
William Russell (Ian Chesterton) November 19th 1924 to June 3rd 2024 For a full career biography for William Russell (aka Russell Enoch), click here.
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) December 17th 1929 to February 18th 1993 (bone cancer) For a full career biography for Jacqueline Hill, click here.
Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Born June 16th 1940 For a full career biography for Carole Ann Ford, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Philip Bond (Ganatus) November 1st 1934 to January 17th 2017
Career highlights
Philip's career began with Count Five and Die (1957), then The Voodoo Factor (1960), Walk a Crooked Mile (1961), Redcap (1965), The Avengers (1969), Jason King (1971), The Children of the New Forest (1977), The Sandbaggers (1980), Only Fools and Horses (1985), Lovejoy (1993), Fever Pitch (1997) and Midsomer Murders (2007). He also had a recurring role as Albert Frazer in The Onedin Line (1971-72) and Peter Findon in The Main Chance (1969-75).
Facts
Philip's daughter is actress Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Pierce Brosnan 007 films (1995-2002), as well as villainous Mrs Wormwood in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-08). He was married for a time to TV producer Pat Sandys (best known for helming soap EastEnders in the early-1990s). He died while holidaying in Madeira.
Chris Browning (Thal) March 11th 1939 to August 4th 2019
His only acting credit. Chris was also the double for Alydon's hand in episode 2.
Facts
An October 1963 edition of The People claims that Chris, who it reported had also appeared in Z Cars and Compact by that time, was being sued for not going through with a marriage proposal to 19-year-old bank clerk, Jennifer Soul. With thanks to Toby Hadoke.
Katie Cashfield (Thal) Born April 6th 1937
Career highlights
Katie's first role was in Nudist Paradise (1958), followed by Naked Fury (1959), The Ken Dodd Show (1961), Crying Down the Lane (1962) and Steptoe and Son (1964). She also appeared as a showgirl in the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars programme in 1959.
Jonathan Crane (Kristas)
His only acting credit.
Gerald Curtis (Elyon)
His only other acting credit was Nightfall at Kriekville (1961).
Vez Delahunt (Thal)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thal in The Daleks (1963-64)
Katie Cashfield (Thal) Born April 6th 1937
Career highlights
Katie's first role was in Nudist Paradise (1958), followed by Naked Fury (1959), The Ken Dodd Show (1961), Crying Down the Lane (1962) and Steptoe and Son (1964). She also appeared as a showgirl in the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars programme in 1959.
Jonathan Crane (Kristas)
His only acting credit.
Gerald Curtis (Elyon)
His only other acting credit was Nightfall at Kriekville (1961).
Vez Delahunt (Thal)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thal in The Daleks (1963-64)
Played: Galley slave in The Romans (1965, uncredited)
Played: Dead centurion in The Romans (1965, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Vez was also in Z Cars (1962), Moonstrike (1963), Up the Junction (1965), Breaking Point (1966), Sherlock Holmes (1968) and Eddie in August (1970).
Kevin Glenny (Thal) Born January 6th 1945
His only acting credit, although he did appear as a stunt performer and bit-part player in many productions, including The Battle of Britain (1969). In later years he became a good friend of Whittlesey Christian Church in Cambridgeshire.
David Graham (Dalek voice) July 11th 1925 to September 20th 2024
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Daleks (2023 edit)
Played: Voice of the Mechanoids in The Chase (1965)
Played: Charlie in The Gunfighters (1966)
Played: Professor Kerensky in City of Death (1979)
Career highlights
David's acting career began in 1952 with the TV movie Portrait of Peter Perowne, followed by roles in Dial 999 (1959), The Avengers (1963), Danger Man (1965), Late Night Horror (1968), Timeslip (1970-71), Supergirl (1984), Shadow of the Noose (1989), Casualty (2002) and The Fixer (2008). David has also given his vocal skills to many series over the years, including Four Feather Falls (1960, as Fernando and Grandpa Twink), Sara and Hoppity (1962), Supercar (1961-62, as Dr Horatio Beaker, Mitch the Monkey and Bill Gibson), Fireball XL5 (1962-63, as Prof Matthew Matic, Lieutenant Ninety and Zoonie the Lazoon), Stingray (1964-65), Thunderbirds (1965-66, as Gordon Tracy, Parker and Brains), The Secret Service (1969), Space Precinct (1995), Peppa Pig (2004-16, as Grandpa Pig), and the relaunched Thunderbirds Are Go (2015-18, as Parker). He also provided English voices for Moomin (1990) and had a recurring role in the sitcom So Haunt Me (1992-94) as Mr Bloom. In 2015, he wrote an episode of Thunderbirds Are Go called The Abominable Snowman.
Played: UNIT soldier in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Vez was also in Z Cars (1962), Moonstrike (1963), Up the Junction (1965), Breaking Point (1966), Sherlock Holmes (1968) and Eddie in August (1970).
Kevin Glenny (Thal) Born January 6th 1945
His only acting credit, although he did appear as a stunt performer and bit-part player in many productions, including The Battle of Britain (1969). In later years he became a good friend of Whittlesey Christian Church in Cambridgeshire.
David Graham (Dalek voice) July 11th 1925 to September 20th 2024
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Daleks (2023 edit)
Played: Voice of the Mechanoids in The Chase (1965)
Played: Charlie in The Gunfighters (1966)
Played: Professor Kerensky in City of Death (1979)
Career highlights
David's acting career began in 1952 with the TV movie Portrait of Peter Perowne, followed by roles in Dial 999 (1959), The Avengers (1963), Danger Man (1965), Late Night Horror (1968), Timeslip (1970-71), Supergirl (1984), Shadow of the Noose (1989), Casualty (2002) and The Fixer (2008). David has also given his vocal skills to many series over the years, including Four Feather Falls (1960, as Fernando and Grandpa Twink), Sara and Hoppity (1962), Supercar (1961-62, as Dr Horatio Beaker, Mitch the Monkey and Bill Gibson), Fireball XL5 (1962-63, as Prof Matthew Matic, Lieutenant Ninety and Zoonie the Lazoon), Stingray (1964-65), Thunderbirds (1965-66, as Gordon Tracy, Parker and Brains), The Secret Service (1969), Space Precinct (1995), Peppa Pig (2004-16, as Grandpa Pig), and the relaunched Thunderbirds Are Go (2015-18, as Parker). He also provided English voices for Moomin (1990) and had a recurring role in the sitcom So Haunt Me (1992-94) as Mr Bloom. In 2015, he wrote an episode of Thunderbirds Are Go called The Abominable Snowman.
Facts
David suffered a stroke in 2020 and became largely housebound after that.
In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with David here.
Marcus Hammond (Antodus) Born 1938
Career highlights
Further work includes No Cloak - No Dagger (1963), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), Kate (1970) and Paul Temple (1971), as well as a regular role as PC Taylor in Z Cars (1964-65).
In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with David here.
Marcus Hammond (Antodus) Born 1938
Career highlights
Further work includes No Cloak - No Dagger (1963), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), Kate (1970) and Paul Temple (1971), as well as a regular role as PC Taylor in Z Cars (1964-65).
Facts
Marcus ran an art gallery in Somerset in the 1990s using his real name of John Hammond.
Ruth Harrison (Thal)
Ruth Harrison (Thal)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thal in The Daleks (1963-64)
Played: Shelterer in The Enemy of the World (1967-68, uncredited)
Career highlights
Also had small roles in Once Upon a Christmas Time (1959), The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), Londoners (1965), Scott On... (1968), Doctor in the House (1969), Up Pompeii (1969), The Doctors (1969) and Clochemerle (1972).
Peter Hawkins (Dalek voice) April 3rd 1924 to July 8th 2006 (pneumonia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Space Museum (1965), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Voice of the Cybermen in The Tenth Planet (1966), The Moonbase (1967), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), The Wheel in Space (1968)
Played: Voice of Marc Cory in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Peter also provided memorable voices for series such as Whirligig (1950), The Flowerpot Men (1952), The Woodentops (1955), A Rubovian Legend (1955-56), Captain Pugwash (1957), Bleep and Booster (1963), Stories from ToyTown (1972), Rainbow (1972, as Zippy), The Perishers (1978), SuperTed (1982-84), The Family Ness (1984), Jimbo and the Jet-Set (1986) and Penny Crayon (1989-90), among others. He was also the legendary announcer for "Herge's Adventures of Tintin!" and the laughing Martian robots from the Smash adverts. Acting credits include The Machine Breakers (1957), Softly Softly (1966), A Family at War (1971), Dial M for Murder (1974) and The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995).
Facts
Peter was originally going to provide the voice of Gromit the dog of Wallace and Gromit fame (1989), but animator Nick Park decided he was more expressive without a voice. He was also considered to provide the voice of K-9, before the part went to John Leeson. However, none of the legendary voices Peter created in his lifetime would have happened if he had not survived the sinking of HMS Limbourne in Canada in 1943. He was married to actress Rosemary Miller. Peter was a lifelong smoker, which resulted in bouts of eczema, which his wife would constantly dress. In 1992, he had an operation to remove a brain tumour, which left him drowsy and unable to read. Ironically, Peter died on the same day Doctor Who's first ever Dalek/ Cyberman battle was broadcast in Doomsday (2006). His ashes were scattered at Fermain Bay, Guernsey, where HMS Limbourne sank.
Lesley Hill (Thal) Born March 26th 1944
Career highlights
Lesley was born with the surname of Hill, but later changed it to Langley as it was more "artistic". As Lesley Hill, she also appeared in the 1964 Comedy Playhouse The Hen House, and after changing her name to Lesley Langley appeared uncredited as a flying circus pilot in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), with later appearances in Juke Box Jury (1965), The Arthur Haynes Show (1965) and Hope and Keen (1966). In 1992 she appeared on an episode of daytime talk show Kilroy, and ten years later on After They Were Famous.
Facts
While Lesley's acting career may have been limited, she found much wider success and fame by winning both Miss United Kingdom, and then Miss World, in 1965 (the second Miss UK to win Miss World in a row). As a result of her wins, she posed for pictorials with the men's magazines Cavalcade, Cavalier, Penthouse and Escapade. Lesley was for a time married to jazz musician Alan Haven, who collaborated with John Barry on the score for the Bond films From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. In later life Lesley worked as a dentist's assistant.
Career highlights
Also had small roles in Once Upon a Christmas Time (1959), The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), Londoners (1965), Scott On... (1968), Doctor in the House (1969), Up Pompeii (1969), The Doctors (1969) and Clochemerle (1972).
Peter Hawkins (Dalek voice) April 3rd 1924 to July 8th 2006 (pneumonia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Space Museum (1965), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Voice of the Cybermen in The Tenth Planet (1966), The Moonbase (1967), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), The Wheel in Space (1968)
Played: Voice of Marc Cory in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Peter also provided memorable voices for series such as Whirligig (1950), The Flowerpot Men (1952), The Woodentops (1955), A Rubovian Legend (1955-56), Captain Pugwash (1957), Bleep and Booster (1963), Stories from ToyTown (1972), Rainbow (1972, as Zippy), The Perishers (1978), SuperTed (1982-84), The Family Ness (1984), Jimbo and the Jet-Set (1986) and Penny Crayon (1989-90), among others. He was also the legendary announcer for "Herge's Adventures of Tintin!" and the laughing Martian robots from the Smash adverts. Acting credits include The Machine Breakers (1957), Softly Softly (1966), A Family at War (1971), Dial M for Murder (1974) and The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995).
Facts
Peter was originally going to provide the voice of Gromit the dog of Wallace and Gromit fame (1989), but animator Nick Park decided he was more expressive without a voice. He was also considered to provide the voice of K-9, before the part went to John Leeson. However, none of the legendary voices Peter created in his lifetime would have happened if he had not survived the sinking of HMS Limbourne in Canada in 1943. He was married to actress Rosemary Miller. Peter was a lifelong smoker, which resulted in bouts of eczema, which his wife would constantly dress. In 1992, he had an operation to remove a brain tumour, which left him drowsy and unable to read. Ironically, Peter died on the same day Doctor Who's first ever Dalek/ Cyberman battle was broadcast in Doomsday (2006). His ashes were scattered at Fermain Bay, Guernsey, where HMS Limbourne sank.
Lesley Hill (Thal) Born March 26th 1944
Career highlights
Lesley was born with the surname of Hill, but later changed it to Langley as it was more "artistic". As Lesley Hill, she also appeared in the 1964 Comedy Playhouse The Hen House, and after changing her name to Lesley Langley appeared uncredited as a flying circus pilot in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), with later appearances in Juke Box Jury (1965), The Arthur Haynes Show (1965) and Hope and Keen (1966). In 1992 she appeared on an episode of daytime talk show Kilroy, and ten years later on After They Were Famous.
Facts
While Lesley's acting career may have been limited, she found much wider success and fame by winning both Miss United Kingdom, and then Miss World, in 1965 (the second Miss UK to win Miss World in a row). As a result of her wins, she posed for pictorials with the men's magazines Cavalcade, Cavalier, Penthouse and Escapade. Lesley was for a time married to jazz musician Alan Haven, who collaborated with John Barry on the score for the Bond films From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. In later life Lesley worked as a dentist's assistant.
Robert Jewell (Dalek operator) January 20th 1920 to May 10th 1998
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966, film), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967), The War Games (1969)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Played: Clown [Bing Crosby] in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Macra in The Macra Terror (1967)
Career highlights
His other credits include Consider Your Verdict (1962), The Terrornauts (1967), various roles in Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979-86) and The Flying Doctors (1987).
John Lee (Alydon) March 31st 1928 to December 21st 2000 (natural causes)
Career highlights
Australian John's debut came in Beyond the River (1956), then Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958, as Peter Seaforth), The Net (1962, as Jim Haworth), Dr Crippen (1962), Paul Temple (1969), Marked Personal (1973), Cop Shop (1977), Mission: Impossible (1989), Blue Heelers (1997), Everybody Loves Raymond (1997) and Moby Dick (1998). He also had regular roles as Lieutenant Commander Kiley in Warship (1973-77), Christopher Bridgewater in The Wilde Alliance (1978), Andrew Reynolds in Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980), Philip Stewart in Return to Eden (1983/86) and perhaps most memorably as Len Mangel in Neighbours (1994).
Kevin Manser (Dalek operator) February 16th 1929 to December 21st 2001 (bowel cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Career highlights
Kevin was born in Australia and after emigrating to the UK in 1957, started his acting career in the 1960s in The Big Spender (1965) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). He returned Down Under in 1969 to continue in series such as Spyforce (1972), Shannon's Mob (1975), A Country Practice (1982), Prisoner: Cell Block H (1983-84), Vietnam (1987), Richmond Hill (1988) and All Saints (2001).
Facts
Kevin wrote his autobiography Memoirs of a Dalek in 2001, a copy of which is part of the Performing Arts Collection of South Australia in Adelaide.
Peter Murphy (Dalek operator) August 16th 1928 to May 5th 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64, as Peter Murphy), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964, as Peter Murphy), The Space Museum (1965, as Murphy Grumbar), The Evil of the Daleks (1967, as Murphy Grumbar), Day of the Daleks (1972, as Murphy Grumbar), Frontier in Space (1973, as Murphy Grumbar), Planet of the Daleks (1973, as Murphy Grumbar), Death to the Daleks (1974, as Murphy Grumbar)
Played: Mechanoids in The Chase (1965, as Murphy Grumbar)
Played: Arcturus in The Curse of Peladon (1972, as Murphy Grumbar)
Career highlights
Other credits include Moody and Pegg (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Jack of Diamonds (1983).
Facts
Peter Stanley C Murphy performed as Peter Murphy until 1964, after which he changed his professional name to Murphy Grumbar for the next decade (no doubt influenced by his marriage to the actor Dorothy Grumbar in 1963). From 1974, he went by the name Peter Bex.
Steve Pokol (Thal) Born August 28th 1935
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thal in The Daleks (1963-64)
Played: Rebel in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964, uncredited)
Played: Trojan soldier in The Myth Makers (1965, uncredited)
Played: Worker in The War Machines (1966, uncredited)
Played: Fleeing man in The War Machines (1966, uncredited)
Played: Alien technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Union recruit in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Born as Istvan Pokol, Hungarian Steve's other acting credits include Moonstrike (1963), The Likely Lads (1966), Adam Adamant Lives (1967) and No Exit (1972), although he is credited as a costume assistant on The Madness of King George (1994), Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee (2000) and three episodes of Judge John Deed (2003).
Played: Trojan soldier in The Myth Makers (1965, uncredited)
Played: Worker in The War Machines (1966, uncredited)
Played: Fleeing man in The War Machines (1966, uncredited)
Played: Alien technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Union recruit in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Born as Istvan Pokol, Hungarian Steve's other acting credits include Moonstrike (1963), The Likely Lads (1966), Adam Adamant Lives (1967) and No Exit (1972), although he is credited as a costume assistant on The Madness of King George (1994), Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee (2000) and three episodes of Judge John Deed (2003).
Facts
In November 2024, Steve appeared in court accused of twice assaulting his elderly wife Sarah in front of their adult son the previous December.
Jeanette Rossini (Thal)
Career highlights
Jeanette Rossini (Thal)
Career highlights
Her further work includes R3 (1965), The Ken Dodd Show (1966), The Oblong Box (1969), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Steptoe and Son (1970), Doctor in the House (1970), Cry of the Banshee (1970), Scott On... (1970), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) and The Morecambe and Wise Show (1973).
Facts
Jan appeared on the cover of British Parade magazine (a men's title) in March 1967.
Eric Smith (Thal)
Career highlights
He was also in an episode of The Likely Lads (1965) and Softly Softly (1966).
Michael Summerton (Dalek operator) December 22nd 1943 to June 16th 2009 (cancer)
Career highlights
Michael's only TV acting credit was operating a Dalek in this story. On stage, he played Abanazer in a 1963 performance of Aladdin at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Opera House, which led to a 15-year legal battle with presiding agent Alan Gale over commission and the displacement of a large quantity of nose putty... There were also other uncredited TV roles in the 1960s, until he joined Hazel Malone's talent agency in the late 1960s where he met a pre-fame David Bowie (Michael didn't think much of his musical abilities at the time!). In 1970, he set up his own talent agency, representing Noele Gordon (of Crossroads fame - Michael is portrayed in Russell T Davies' 2022 drama Nolly), Top of the Pops dancers Hot Gossip, Birds of a Feather's Lesley Joseph, 1980s pop star Sinitta, one-time Doctor Who companion Bonnie Langford, and choreographers Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli.
Gerald Taylor (Dalek operator) October 11th 1940 to December 4th 1994
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Played: Voice of WOTAN in The War Machines (1966)
Played: War Machines in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Damon's assistant in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Baker's man in The Daemons (1971)
Played: Vega Nexos in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Career highlights
Gerald's acting career began in Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963), followed by Thorndyke (1964), St Ives (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Sex Thief (1974) and Moody and Pegg (1974).
Eric Smith (Thal)
Career highlights
He was also in an episode of The Likely Lads (1965) and Softly Softly (1966).
Michael Summerton (Dalek operator) December 22nd 1943 to June 16th 2009 (cancer)
Career highlights
Michael's only TV acting credit was operating a Dalek in this story. On stage, he played Abanazer in a 1963 performance of Aladdin at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Opera House, which led to a 15-year legal battle with presiding agent Alan Gale over commission and the displacement of a large quantity of nose putty... There were also other uncredited TV roles in the 1960s, until he joined Hazel Malone's talent agency in the late 1960s where he met a pre-fame David Bowie (Michael didn't think much of his musical abilities at the time!). In 1970, he set up his own talent agency, representing Noele Gordon (of Crossroads fame - Michael is portrayed in Russell T Davies' 2022 drama Nolly), Top of the Pops dancers Hot Gossip, Birds of a Feather's Lesley Joseph, 1980s pop star Sinitta, one-time Doctor Who companion Bonnie Langford, and choreographers Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli.
Gerald Taylor (Dalek operator) October 11th 1940 to December 4th 1994
Doctor Who credits
Played: Daleks in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Dr Who and the Daleks (1965, film), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Zarbi in The Web Planet (1965)
Played: Voice of WOTAN in The War Machines (1966)
Played: War Machines in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Damon's assistant in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Baker's man in The Daemons (1971)
Played: Vega Nexos in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Career highlights
Gerald's acting career began in Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963), followed by Thorndyke (1964), St Ives (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Sex Thief (1974) and Moody and Pegg (1974).
Virginia Wetherell (Dyoni) Born May 9th 1943
Career highlights
Virginia's first credit was in The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1963), then Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Dracula (1973), The Gentle Touch (1983), Minder (1985) and Love is the Devil (1998). She also played Julie Serres in The Troubleshooters (1967).
Facts
Her husband between 1973-91 was actor Ralph Bates, with whom she had two children - William (who played Toby in Ralph's sitcom Dear John) and actress Daisy. Virginia is now a trustee of the Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. From 1971-2013, Virginia ran her own vintage clothing store in Holland Park, London. In 2018, at the age of 75, Virginia was kicked, beaten and trampled in Paris during the yellow-vest protest riots. She almost lost an eye when her head was sliced open, and suffered a shattered shoulder which required surgery, as well as a fractured knee. She also had to have trauma therapy.
In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Virginia here.
Alan Wheatley (Temmosus) April 19th 1907 to August 30th 1991 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Alan's career began with Conquest of the Air in 1936, then roles in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Brighton Rock (1947), Sherlock Holmes (1951, as Holmes), The Pickwick Papers (1952), Danger Man (1961), The Midnight Men (1964), The Avengers (1969) and Department S (1970). His greatest role was as the Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-60).
Facts
Alan's Sheriff is the earliest TV interpretation of that character to survive to the present day - and he was also the first person ever to be exterminated by a Dalek on screen! He started as an industrial psychologist, then became a radio announcer in the 1930s for the BBC European Service before becoming a prolific pre- and post-war TV actor.
UNCREDITED GUEST CAST
Frans Van Nordo (Thal) Frans played a handful of small parts, most often Germans, between 1961-71. His partner was TV production designer Tom Lingwood (1927-2001). His actual name was Franz Van Norde.
CREW
Terry Nation (writer) August 6th 1930 to March 9th 1997 (emphysema)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Daleks (1963-64), The Keys of Marinus (1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Planet of the Daleks (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Genesis of the Daleks (1975), The Android Invasion (1975), Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Career highlights
Terry's writing career began in the 1950s writing radio scripts for comedians such as Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd, Eric Sykes and Terry Scott, before working with legendary comic actor Tony Hancock in 1962. Terry turned down an initial offer to write for Doctor Who, but when he was sacked by Hancock he approached the production team and came up with the serial The Daleks. He also created the cult shows Survivors (1975-77 - in a British High Court of Justice case in the mid-1970s, which was abandoned by both sides due to escalating costs, writer Brian Clemens claimed he had told Nation the concept for Survivors in the late 1960s and had registered the idea with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 1965. Nation strenuously denied this) and Blake's 7 (1978-81), worked for a time on The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956), The Ted Ray Show (1958-59), The Jimmy Logan Show (1959-60), What a Whopper (1961), Out of This World (1962), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Baron (1966-67), The Saint (1964-68), Department S (1969), The Avengers (1968-69), The Persuaders! (1971-72, which he also produced), The House in Nightmare Park (1973), The Protectors (1973-74), Thriller (1974) and A Fine Romance (1989), and toward the end of his career in the US, helped create the action series MacGyver (1985).
Awards
1975: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Children's Drama Script (Season 11, shared with Robert Holmes, Malcolm Hulke, Brian Hayles and Robert Sloman)
Christopher Barry (director) September 20th 1925 to February 7th 2014 (following a fall)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Daleks (episodes 1-2 & 4-5, 1963-64), The Rescue (1965), The Romans (1965), The Savages (1966), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Daemons (1971), The Mutants (1972), Robot (1974-75), The Brain of Morbius (1976), The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
His directing career began on an episode of Starr and Company (1958) and through his long career he worked on series such as Private Investigator (1958-59), Take a Pair of Private Eyes (1966), Paul Temple (1970-71), Moonbase 3 (1973), Poldark (1975), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), The Onedin Line (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-80), Juliet Bravo (1981-82) and The Tripods (1984-85). He was also producer on The Net (1962), No Cloak - No Dagger (1962), Broome Stages (1966) and Nanny (1981-83). His earliest TV work was as an uncredited third assistant director on A Run for Your Money (1949).
Facts
Christopher was also one of the many faces used during the mind battle sequence in The Brain of Morbius. In 1995 he directed the straight-to-video fan production Downtime. Christopher died following a fall down an escalator in a Banbury shopping centre.
Richard Martin (director) Born January 3rd 1935
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Daleks (episodes 3, 6-7, 1963-64), The Edge of Destruction (episode 1, 1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Web Planet (1965), The Chase (1965)
Career highlights
Richard's TV career began as an actor in the 1958 series Ivanhoe, and also appeared in Maigret (1961), but he soon went into directing, with Doctor Who among his earliest work. Richard also directed for Suspense (1962), Compact (1964), The Big Spender (1965-66), Ransom for a Pretty Girl (1966), The Newcomers (1966), Late Night Horror (1968), Elizabeth R (1971), Adam Smith (1972), Moody and Pegg (1974), Victorian Scandals (1976), Headmaster (1977), Crown Court (1978), The Mallens (1979), Take Three Women (1982), The Brief (1984), Capstick's Law (1989) and All Creatures Great and Small (1990). In the late 1960s and early 1970s he also worked on the current affairs series World in Action, as reporter, researcher and producer.
Facts
Richard's wife is actress Suzanne Neve.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Richard here.
Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) February 28th 1912 to May 20th 1966 Click here for Mervyn Pinfield's entry on An Unearthly Child
David Whitaker (story editor) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
Frans Van Nordo (Thal) Frans played a handful of small parts, most often Germans, between 1961-71. His partner was TV production designer Tom Lingwood (1927-2001). His actual name was Franz Van Norde.
CREW
Terry Nation (writer) August 6th 1930 to March 9th 1997 (emphysema)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Daleks (1963-64), The Keys of Marinus (1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), Mission to the Unknown (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Planet of the Daleks (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Genesis of the Daleks (1975), The Android Invasion (1975), Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Career highlights
Terry's writing career began in the 1950s writing radio scripts for comedians such as Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd, Eric Sykes and Terry Scott, before working with legendary comic actor Tony Hancock in 1962. Terry turned down an initial offer to write for Doctor Who, but when he was sacked by Hancock he approached the production team and came up with the serial The Daleks. He also created the cult shows Survivors (1975-77 - in a British High Court of Justice case in the mid-1970s, which was abandoned by both sides due to escalating costs, writer Brian Clemens claimed he had told Nation the concept for Survivors in the late 1960s and had registered the idea with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 1965. Nation strenuously denied this) and Blake's 7 (1978-81), worked for a time on The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956), The Ted Ray Show (1958-59), The Jimmy Logan Show (1959-60), What a Whopper (1961), Out of This World (1962), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Baron (1966-67), The Saint (1964-68), Department S (1969), The Avengers (1968-69), The Persuaders! (1971-72, which he also produced), The House in Nightmare Park (1973), The Protectors (1973-74), Thriller (1974) and A Fine Romance (1989), and toward the end of his career in the US, helped create the action series MacGyver (1985).
Awards
1975: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Children's Drama Script (Season 11, shared with Robert Holmes, Malcolm Hulke, Brian Hayles and Robert Sloman)
Christopher Barry (director) September 20th 1925 to February 7th 2014 (following a fall)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Daleks (episodes 1-2 & 4-5, 1963-64), The Rescue (1965), The Romans (1965), The Savages (1966), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Daemons (1971), The Mutants (1972), Robot (1974-75), The Brain of Morbius (1976), The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
His directing career began on an episode of Starr and Company (1958) and through his long career he worked on series such as Private Investigator (1958-59), Take a Pair of Private Eyes (1966), Paul Temple (1970-71), Moonbase 3 (1973), Poldark (1975), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), The Onedin Line (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-80), Juliet Bravo (1981-82) and The Tripods (1984-85). He was also producer on The Net (1962), No Cloak - No Dagger (1962), Broome Stages (1966) and Nanny (1981-83). His earliest TV work was as an uncredited third assistant director on A Run for Your Money (1949).
Facts
Christopher was also one of the many faces used during the mind battle sequence in The Brain of Morbius. In 1995 he directed the straight-to-video fan production Downtime. Christopher died following a fall down an escalator in a Banbury shopping centre.
Richard Martin (director) Born January 3rd 1935
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Daleks (episodes 3, 6-7, 1963-64), The Edge of Destruction (episode 1, 1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Web Planet (1965), The Chase (1965)
Career highlights
Richard's TV career began as an actor in the 1958 series Ivanhoe, and also appeared in Maigret (1961), but he soon went into directing, with Doctor Who among his earliest work. Richard also directed for Suspense (1962), Compact (1964), The Big Spender (1965-66), Ransom for a Pretty Girl (1966), The Newcomers (1966), Late Night Horror (1968), Elizabeth R (1971), Adam Smith (1972), Moody and Pegg (1974), Victorian Scandals (1976), Headmaster (1977), Crown Court (1978), The Mallens (1979), Take Three Women (1982), The Brief (1984), Capstick's Law (1989) and All Creatures Great and Small (1990). In the late 1960s and early 1970s he also worked on the current affairs series World in Action, as reporter, researcher and producer.
Facts
Richard's wife is actress Suzanne Neve.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Richard here.
Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
David Whitaker (story editor) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
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KEVIN GLENNY was born on 6 January 1945 (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/199CybyEHn/ - dunno why they say he was a Dalek). He moreorless became an extra in TV (such as Z Cars) and film (like Battle of Britain), as well as being a stand-in for the likes of Michael Caine and DAVID WARNER. In 1965, Kev and friend, actor Anthony Hennessy found an abandoned newly born baby girl wrapped in newspaper inside a carrier bag outside the William Booth Salvation Army Training College in Denmark Hill, Dulwich. The duo carried the baby into the college, where after treatment in hospital, she was named Sally Ann Booth. Later in life, KG became a hospital porter in Ravensthorpe. In 1990, while driving along Bretton Gate, the actor witnessed a mugger on a pushbike attacking a pensioner. He gave chase. The thug got away with a few pounds from the lady's purse but abandoned his pushbike and the handbag. Looks like in recent years, the Thal has been involved with Whittlesey Christian Church, working as a chair stacker amongst other things.
ReplyDeletePlease delete comment about KEVIN GLENNY as it is now moreorless covered on his entry
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