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1. The Lion (10.5m)
2. The Knight of Jaffa (8.5m)
3. The Wheel of Fortune (9.0m)
4. The Warlords (9.5m)
Average audience for serial: 9.38m
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.
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) Born June 29th 1943 For a full career biography of Maureen O'Brien, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
David Anderson (Reynier de Marun) Born August 1st 1945
Doctor Who credits
Played: Caravan warrior in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Palace guard in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Aztec captain in The Aztecs (1964)
Fight arranger: The Aztecs (1964), The Time Meddler (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Soldier in The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited)
Played: Reynier de Marun in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Sven in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Roger Avon (Saphadin) November 23rd 1914 to December 21st 1998
Doctor Who credits
Played: Saphadin in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Daxtar in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Wells in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Career highlights
Roger started his career in Fun at St Fanny's (1956), followed by roles in Variety Incorporated (1957), The Benny Hill Show (1958/65), Hancock's Half Hour (1959), Citizen James (1961), The Likely Lads (1965), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Good Old Days (1967), On the Buses (1970), The First Train Now Arriving... (1975), The Likely Lads (1976), When the Boats Comes In (1976-81), The Baker Street Boys (1983), Black Adder the Third (1987), Grace and Favour (1993), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Grafters (1998).
- A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be seen at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story on 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.
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) Born June 29th 1943 For a full career biography of Maureen O'Brien, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
David Anderson (Reynier de Marun) Born August 1st 1945
Doctor Who credits
Played: Caravan warrior in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Palace guard in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Aztec captain in The Aztecs (1964)
Fight arranger: The Aztecs (1964), The Time Meddler (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Soldier in The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited)
Played: Reynier de Marun in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Sven in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Roger Avon (Saphadin) November 23rd 1914 to December 21st 1998
Doctor Who credits
Played: Saphadin in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Daxtar in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Wells in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Career highlights
Roger started his career in Fun at St Fanny's (1956), followed by roles in Variety Incorporated (1957), The Benny Hill Show (1958/65), Hancock's Half Hour (1959), Citizen James (1961), The Likely Lads (1965), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Good Old Days (1967), On the Buses (1970), The First Train Now Arriving... (1975), The Likely Lads (1976), When the Boats Comes In (1976-81), The Baker Street Boys (1983), Black Adder the Third (1987), Grace and Favour (1993), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Grafters (1998).
Facts
In 1984 Roger had a triple heart bypass, which took him two years to recover from but which also gave him and his career a new lease of life. He was working right up until the day he died, ironically playing a man dying in hospital in Grafters. His son Crispin worked as an assistant floor manager on BBC comedies such as The Brittas Empire and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.
John Bay (Earl of Leicester) November 30th 1928 to November 7th 1982 (brain cancer)
Career highlights
American-born John's CV began with O.S.S (1958), then Richard the Lionheart (1962), The Hanged Man (1975), Two's Company (1976) and The Professionals (1978).
Facts
At the time of his death John was married to actress Elaine Stritch (see them acting opposite one another in a 1975 episode of Two's Company). For the length of their nine-year marriage they lived at the Savoy Hotel, London. In 1933, John's family established Bay's English Muffins in Chicago, well-known in the USA, and the muffins first used by McDonald's for their original Egg McMuffin in 1972.
David Brewster (Turkish bandit)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Gabor Baraker (Luigi Ferrigo) June 10th 1926 to April 30th 1983
Doctor Who credits
Played: Wang-Lo in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Luigi Ferrigo in The Crusade (1965)
Career highlights
After Doctor Who, Hungarian Gabor appeared in Compact (1964), Redcap (1965), Thunderball (1965), George and the Dragon (1966), Mickey Dunne (1967), Inspector Clouseau (1968), The Champions (1968), The Saint (1969) and From a Bird's Eye View (1970).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Wang-Lo in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Luigi Ferrigo in The Crusade (1965)
Career highlights
After Doctor Who, Hungarian Gabor appeared in Compact (1964), Redcap (1965), Thunderball (1965), George and the Dragon (1966), Mickey Dunne (1967), Inspector Clouseau (1968), The Champions (1968), The Saint (1969) and From a Bird's Eye View (1970).
Facts
Gabor's family were persecuted as Jews during the Second World War, resulting in his family's shops being confiscated and his parents and sister sent to a concentration camp. Gabor himself was sent to a Nazi labour camp, helping to construct railroads. After training as an actor, Gabor emigrated to Australia, but after buying a bicycle, he was knocked off and spent two months in hospital, where the nurses taught him to speak English. Gabor emigrated to the UK in 1962. He passed away in Algeria.
John Bay (Earl of Leicester) November 30th 1928 to November 7th 1982 (brain cancer)
Career highlights
American-born John's CV began with O.S.S (1958), then Richard the Lionheart (1962), The Hanged Man (1975), Two's Company (1976) and The Professionals (1978).
Facts
At the time of his death John was married to actress Elaine Stritch (see them acting opposite one another in a 1975 episode of Two's Company). For the length of their nine-year marriage they lived at the Savoy Hotel, London. In 1933, John's family established Bay's English Muffins in Chicago, well-known in the USA, and the muffins first used by McDonald's for their original Egg McMuffin in 1972.
David Brewster (Turkish bandit)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Man in market in The Romans (1965, uncredited)
Played: Turkish bandit in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Turkish bandit in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Rill in Galaxy 4 (1965, uncredited)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Career highlights
David also made appearances in A for Andromeda (1961), The Big Pull (1962), The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), Lance at Large (1964) and Moving On (1965).
Tony Caunter (Thatcher) September 22nd 1937 to October 13th 2025
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thatcher in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Morgan in Colony in Space (1971)
Played: Jackson in Enlightenment (1983)
Career highlights
Tony's long career stems back to 24-Hour Call (1963), then The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), The Likely Lads (1966), The Avengers (1967), The Queen Street Gang (1968), Parkin's Patch (1969), Ace of Wands (1970), War and Peace (1973), Marked Personal (1974), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Blake's 7 (1978), Angels (1979), Home to Roost (1985), London's Burning (1988), Boon (1990), Westbeach (1993), May to December (1994), Down to Earth (2004) and Doctors (2004/08). Tony will be best remembered as Roy Evans in the soap EastEnders (1994-2003), but he also had regular roles in Queenie's Castle (1970-72) as Jack, All Our Saturdays (1973) as Ken Hicks, Beryl's Lot (1973-77) as Trevor Tonks, Juliet Bravo (1980-82) as Jim Logan, Big Deal (1984) as Henry Diamond, and The Chief (1990-94) as Arthur Quine.
Sandra Hampton (Maimuna)
Career highlights
Other work includes Up a Gum Tree (1962), The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Sherlock Holmes (1965), Three Hats for Lisa (1966) and The Cuckoo Patrol (1967). She was also a dancer and appeared in this capacity on the BBC's Jimmy Logan Show (1959-60).
Bernard Kay (Saladin) February 23rd 1928 to December 25th 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Saladin in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones (1967)
Played: Caldwell in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
Bernard's first acting job was in ITV Television Playhouse's One of Us (1957), followed by Carry on Sergeant (1958), The Avengers (1962), Compact (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Breaking Point (1966), Witchfinder General (1968), The Hunting Party (1971), Warship (1974), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Accident (1978-79), The Gentle Touch (1982), The Bill (1984), Remington Steele (1987), Bomber Harris (1989), Century Falls (1993), Jonathan Creek (1997), Foyle's War (2002), Harry Hill's TV Burp (2008), Casualty 1909 (2009) and Psychosis (2010).
Facts
Within months of Bernard being born, his mother tragically took her own life, while his father was admitted to an asylum when he was nine years old, leaving him to be brought up by his grandparents. His father later died when he was 12. Bernard's career began as a reporter on the Manchester Guardian and Bolton Evening News in the 1940s. In 2006, he won the creative non-fiction prize of the New Writing Ventures Awards for his account of life growing up in 1930s/40s Bolton. Between 1963-77 (her death), Bernard was married to actress Patricia Haines (first wife of Michael Caine).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Bernard here.
Chris Konyils (Saracen warrior)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: African ISC officer in The Tenth Planet (1966, uncredited)
Played: Crewmember in The Wheel in Space (1968, uncredited)
Career highlights
Chris' other screen work includes The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) and Carry On Up the Jungle (1970).
Robert Lankesheer (Chamberlain) April 28th 1914 to December 29th 1993 (emphysema)
Career highlights
Robert's earliest credit was in The Malory Secret (1951), followed by Emil and the Detectives (1952), Starr and Company (1958), Tales from Dickens (1960), Deadline Midnight (1961), Out of This World (1962), The Marriage Lines (1964), Dad's Army (1969), Doctor in Charge (1972), Beryl's Lot (1973), Fawlty Towers (1979), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) and Mixed Doubles (1985). He also regularly played the character Leamington Sparr in radio soap The Dales (1963-66).
Tutte Lemkow (Ibrahim) August 28th 1918 to November 10th 1991 (leukaemia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kuiju in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Ibrahim in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Cyclops in The Myth Makers (1965)
Choreographed: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Career highlights
Norwegian born Tutte had a long career appearing in The Lost People (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952), Hancock's Half Hour (1957), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Moon-Spinners (1964), The Wrong Box (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971, as the title character), Theatre of Blood (1973), Huntingtower (1978), Sphinx (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Red Sonja (1985). He was also an experienced choreographer, including on Casino Royale (1967), and helped adapt Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1983) for film, for which he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award.
Facts
Tutte's first wife between 1944-53 was Swedish actress Mai Zetterling, after which he married Ballet Rambert dancer Sara Luzita. A biography of Tutte's life was published in Oslo in 1989.
George Little (Haroun) November 6th 1928 to January 8th 2022
Career highlights
George debuted in Close My Door (1957), then Maigret (1961), Man of the World (1962), The Plane Makers (1963), A Tale of Two Cities (1965), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), I, Claudius (1976), The Professionals (1980), Minder (1984), Boon (1986), Evita (1996) and The Brief (2005). George also had regular roles as Rev Edward Ruskin in Emmerdale Farm (1973-74/93) and Dicker in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-90).
Facts
George was an expert on the composer Frederick Delius, an appreciation of whom he passed on to his classical violinist daughter, Tasmin Little.
Petra Markham (Safiya) Born March 17th 1944
Career highlights
Petra started her acting career playing Alice Beverley in The Children of the New Forest (1964), then appeared in Five More (1966), The Revenue Men (1967), The Expert (1969), Get Carter (1971), Marked Personal (1974), Angels (1983), Aliens in the Family (1987), Plotlands (1997), Doctors (2007), Hotel Babylon (2008), Criminal Justice (2009), Back to the Garden (2013) and Hoard (2023). She also had regular roles as Lydia Hackett in Albert and Victoria (1970-71), Mikki Diamond in Ace of Wands (1972) and Rose Chapman in EastEnders (1993).
Facts
Petra is the daughter of actor David Markham and radio dramatist Olive Dehn, and her sisters are actress Kika (widow of actor Corin Redgrave), Sonia (who worked as make-up artist on Doctor Who between 1964-66, including The Crusade) and writer Jehane (widow of Rise of the Cybermen actor Roger Lloyd-Pack).
Jean Marsh (Joanna) July 1st 1934 to April 13th 2025 (complications from dementia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Joanna in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Morgaine in Battlefield (1989)
Played: Party guest in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Jean's career began in The Infinite Shoeblack (1952), then The Limping Man (1953), The Twilight Zone (1959), I Spy (1967), UFO (1970), Frenzy (1972), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Hawaii Five-O (1978), Return to Oz (1985), Willow (1988), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989), The Tomorrow People (1994), Fatherland (1994), Dangerfield (1997), Sensitive Skin (2007), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Crooked House (2008), The Last Post (2011), Outlier (2014) and Grantchester (2014). Jean co-created the series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75 and 2010-12, and appeared in it as Rose Buck), and The House of Eliott (1991-94). She had regular roles as Sylvia Parrish in The Informer (1966-67), Roz Keith in 9 to 5 (1982-83) and Mrs Croker in The Ghost Hunter (2000-01).
Awards
1972: Royal Television Society Award for New Female Personality (Upstairs, Downstairs)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Career highlights
David also made appearances in A for Andromeda (1961), The Big Pull (1962), The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), Lance at Large (1964) and Moving On (1965).
Tony Caunter (Thatcher) September 22nd 1937 to October 13th 2025
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thatcher in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Morgan in Colony in Space (1971)
Played: Jackson in Enlightenment (1983)
Career highlights
Tony's long career stems back to 24-Hour Call (1963), then The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), The Likely Lads (1966), The Avengers (1967), The Queen Street Gang (1968), Parkin's Patch (1969), Ace of Wands (1970), War and Peace (1973), Marked Personal (1974), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Blake's 7 (1978), Angels (1979), Home to Roost (1985), London's Burning (1988), Boon (1990), Westbeach (1993), May to December (1994), Down to Earth (2004) and Doctors (2004/08). Tony will be best remembered as Roy Evans in the soap EastEnders (1994-2003), but he also had regular roles in Queenie's Castle (1970-72) as Jack, All Our Saturdays (1973) as Ken Hicks, Beryl's Lot (1973-77) as Trevor Tonks, Juliet Bravo (1980-82) as Jim Logan, Big Deal (1984) as Henry Diamond, and The Chief (1990-94) as Arthur Quine.
Facts
Tony passed away just eight days after his wife of 63 years, Frances.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Tony here.
Anthony Colby (Saracen warrior) 1937 to October 4th 2018
Career highlights
Anthony's other work includes No Hiding Place (1961/62), Teletale (1964), Redcap (1965), King of the River (1966), Sat'day While Sunday (1967) and Special Branch (1969).
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Tony here.
Anthony Colby (Saracen warrior) 1937 to October 4th 2018
Career highlights
Anthony's other work includes No Hiding Place (1961/62), Teletale (1964), Redcap (1965), King of the River (1966), Sat'day While Sunday (1967) and Special Branch (1969).
Facts
Anthony was married to fellow actor Jill Marlowe.
Billy Cornelius (Man-at-arms) Born August 18th 1934
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: Stunt double for Derek Newark in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Billy Cornelius (Man-at-arms) Born August 18th 1934
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: Stunt double for Derek Newark in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Stunts: Stunt double for William Russell in The Aztecs (1964, uncredited)
Played: Man-at-arms in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Morok guard in The Space Museum (1966)
Career highlights
Prolific stuntman Billy debuted in Very Important Person (1961), followed by roles in No Hiding Place (1963), Dave's Kingdom (1964), Redcap (1965), The Avengers (1965/68), The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970), Sam and the River (1975), Law and Order (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980) and The Nightmare Man (1981). Carry On fans will also know Billy from his numerous appearances in the franchise between 1964-75, most memorably as hairy Oddbod Junior in Carry On Screaming! (1966).
Played: Morok guard in The Space Museum (1966)
Career highlights
Prolific stuntman Billy debuted in Very Important Person (1961), followed by roles in No Hiding Place (1963), Dave's Kingdom (1964), Redcap (1965), The Avengers (1965/68), The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970), Sam and the River (1975), Law and Order (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980) and The Nightmare Man (1981). Carry On fans will also know Billy from his numerous appearances in the franchise between 1964-75, most memorably as hairy Oddbod Junior in Carry On Screaming! (1966).
Facts
Billy's older brother was fellow stuntman Joe Cornelius. After his stunt career ended, Billy became a pub landlord.
John Flint (William des Preaux) August 1st 1929 to September 9th 1987
Doctor Who credits
Played: William des Preaux in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Captain Urquhart in Time-Flight (1982)
Career highlights
John's debut came in Jo's Boys (1959), then A House Called Bell Tower (1960), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), Boyd QC (1964), The Flying Swan (1965), Redcap (1966), Mrs Thursday (1967), Spyder's Web (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1973), Doctor on the Go (1977), The Rag Trade (1977), The Famous Five (1978), Angels (1980), Bognor (1981), Fame is the Spur (1982), King John (1984), Big Deal (1986) and The Fools on the Hill (1986).
Julian Glover (Richard the Lionheart) Born March 27th 1935
Doctor Who credits
Played: Richard the Lionheart in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Count Scarlioni/ Scaroth in City of Death (1979)
Career highlights
Prolific character actor Julian made his screen debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959), followed by roles in An Age of Kings (1960), The Alphabet Murders (1965), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Champions (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Spy Trap (1972), Churchill's People (1975), Couples (1976), Blake's 7 (1978), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), By the Sword Divided (1983), Remington Steele (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), King Ralph (1991), The Chief (1995), Holby City (2000), Troy (2004), Scoop (2006), Merlin (2012), Spies of Warsaw (2013), Atlantis (2013), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016), Black Earth Rising (2018), The Crown (2019), Inside No 9 (2021), Tar (2022), Willow (2023), Surface (2025) and Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2025). He also played Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones (2011-16).
Awards
1993: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2)
2013: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Julian has a number of interesting family connections. His mother was Honor Wyatt, a BBC journalist and writer who was related to politician Woodrow Wyatt; his father was writer Gordon Glover, who had an affair with novelist Barbara Pym after he and Honor separated (Pym was Honor's friend!); Julian's first wife was actor Eileen Atkins between 1957-66; his second wife is actor Isla Blair (who appeared in The King's Demons); Julian and Isla's son is actor Jamie Glover, who played William Russell in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), and who is married to actor Sasha Behar (who appeared in The Fires of Pompeii); his half-brother is musician Robert Wyatt, founder of the band Soft Machine.
John Flint (William des Preaux) August 1st 1929 to September 9th 1987
Doctor Who credits
Played: William des Preaux in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Captain Urquhart in Time-Flight (1982)
Career highlights
John's debut came in Jo's Boys (1959), then A House Called Bell Tower (1960), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), Boyd QC (1964), The Flying Swan (1965), Redcap (1966), Mrs Thursday (1967), Spyder's Web (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1973), Doctor on the Go (1977), The Rag Trade (1977), The Famous Five (1978), Angels (1980), Bognor (1981), Fame is the Spur (1982), King John (1984), Big Deal (1986) and The Fools on the Hill (1986).
Julian Glover (Richard the Lionheart) Born March 27th 1935
Doctor Who credits
Played: Richard the Lionheart in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Count Scarlioni/ Scaroth in City of Death (1979)
Career highlights
Prolific character actor Julian made his screen debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959), followed by roles in An Age of Kings (1960), The Alphabet Murders (1965), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Champions (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Spy Trap (1972), Churchill's People (1975), Couples (1976), Blake's 7 (1978), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), By the Sword Divided (1983), Remington Steele (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), King Ralph (1991), The Chief (1995), Holby City (2000), Troy (2004), Scoop (2006), Merlin (2012), Spies of Warsaw (2013), Atlantis (2013), We Still Steal the Old Way (2016), Black Earth Rising (2018), The Crown (2019), Inside No 9 (2021), Tar (2022), Willow (2023), Surface (2025) and Borley Rectory: The Awakening (2025). He also played Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones (2011-16).
Awards
1993: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2)
2013: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Julian has a number of interesting family connections. His mother was Honor Wyatt, a BBC journalist and writer who was related to politician Woodrow Wyatt; his father was writer Gordon Glover, who had an affair with novelist Barbara Pym after he and Honor separated (Pym was Honor's friend!); Julian's first wife was actor Eileen Atkins between 1957-66; his second wife is actor Isla Blair (who appeared in The King's Demons); Julian and Isla's son is actor Jamie Glover, who played William Russell in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), and who is married to actor Sasha Behar (who appeared in The Fires of Pompeii); his half-brother is musician Robert Wyatt, founder of the band Soft Machine.
Julian is believed to be the only actor to appear in the Star Wars, James Bond and Indiana Jones franchises. Julian was the first person to suggest Pierce Brosnan for the role of Bond while he was filming For Your Eyes Only in 1981.
Sandra Hampton (Maimuna)
Career highlights
Other work includes Up a Gum Tree (1962), The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Sherlock Holmes (1965), Three Hats for Lisa (1966) and The Cuckoo Patrol (1967). She was also a dancer and appeared in this capacity on the BBC's Jimmy Logan Show (1959-60).
Bernard Kay (Saladin) February 23rd 1928 to December 25th 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Saladin in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones (1967)
Played: Caldwell in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
Bernard's first acting job was in ITV Television Playhouse's One of Us (1957), followed by Carry on Sergeant (1958), The Avengers (1962), Compact (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Breaking Point (1966), Witchfinder General (1968), The Hunting Party (1971), Warship (1974), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Accident (1978-79), The Gentle Touch (1982), The Bill (1984), Remington Steele (1987), Bomber Harris (1989), Century Falls (1993), Jonathan Creek (1997), Foyle's War (2002), Harry Hill's TV Burp (2008), Casualty 1909 (2009) and Psychosis (2010).
Facts
Within months of Bernard being born, his mother tragically took her own life, while his father was admitted to an asylum when he was nine years old, leaving him to be brought up by his grandparents. His father later died when he was 12. Bernard's career began as a reporter on the Manchester Guardian and Bolton Evening News in the 1940s. In 2006, he won the creative non-fiction prize of the New Writing Ventures Awards for his account of life growing up in 1930s/40s Bolton. Between 1963-77 (her death), Bernard was married to actress Patricia Haines (first wife of Michael Caine).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Bernard here.
Chris Konyils (Saracen warrior)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: African ISC officer in The Tenth Planet (1966, uncredited)
Played: Crewmember in The Wheel in Space (1968, uncredited)
Career highlights
Chris' other screen work includes The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) and Carry On Up the Jungle (1970).
Robert Lankesheer (Chamberlain) April 28th 1914 to December 29th 1993 (emphysema)
Career highlights
Robert's earliest credit was in The Malory Secret (1951), followed by Emil and the Detectives (1952), Starr and Company (1958), Tales from Dickens (1960), Deadline Midnight (1961), Out of This World (1962), The Marriage Lines (1964), Dad's Army (1969), Doctor in Charge (1972), Beryl's Lot (1973), Fawlty Towers (1979), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) and Mixed Doubles (1985). He also regularly played the character Leamington Sparr in radio soap The Dales (1963-66).
Tutte Lemkow (Ibrahim) August 28th 1918 to November 10th 1991 (leukaemia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kuiju in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Ibrahim in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Cyclops in The Myth Makers (1965)
Choreographed: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Career highlights
Norwegian born Tutte had a long career appearing in The Lost People (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952), Hancock's Half Hour (1957), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Moon-Spinners (1964), The Wrong Box (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971, as the title character), Theatre of Blood (1973), Huntingtower (1978), Sphinx (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Red Sonja (1985). He was also an experienced choreographer, including on Casino Royale (1967), and helped adapt Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1983) for film, for which he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award.
Facts
Tutte's first wife between 1944-53 was Swedish actress Mai Zetterling, after which he married Ballet Rambert dancer Sara Luzita. A biography of Tutte's life was published in Oslo in 1989.
George Little (Haroun) November 6th 1928 to January 8th 2022
Career highlights
George debuted in Close My Door (1957), then Maigret (1961), Man of the World (1962), The Plane Makers (1963), A Tale of Two Cities (1965), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), I, Claudius (1976), The Professionals (1980), Minder (1984), Boon (1986), Evita (1996) and The Brief (2005). George also had regular roles as Rev Edward Ruskin in Emmerdale Farm (1973-74/93) and Dicker in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-90).
Facts
George was an expert on the composer Frederick Delius, an appreciation of whom he passed on to his classical violinist daughter, Tasmin Little.
Petra Markham (Safiya) Born March 17th 1944
Career highlights
Petra started her acting career playing Alice Beverley in The Children of the New Forest (1964), then appeared in Five More (1966), The Revenue Men (1967), The Expert (1969), Get Carter (1971), Marked Personal (1974), Angels (1983), Aliens in the Family (1987), Plotlands (1997), Doctors (2007), Hotel Babylon (2008), Criminal Justice (2009), Back to the Garden (2013) and Hoard (2023). She also had regular roles as Lydia Hackett in Albert and Victoria (1970-71), Mikki Diamond in Ace of Wands (1972) and Rose Chapman in EastEnders (1993).
Facts
Petra is the daughter of actor David Markham and radio dramatist Olive Dehn, and her sisters are actress Kika (widow of actor Corin Redgrave), Sonia (who worked as make-up artist on Doctor Who between 1964-66, including The Crusade) and writer Jehane (widow of Rise of the Cybermen actor Roger Lloyd-Pack).
Jean Marsh (Joanna) July 1st 1934 to April 13th 2025 (complications from dementia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Joanna in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Morgaine in Battlefield (1989)
Played: Party guest in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Jean's career began in The Infinite Shoeblack (1952), then The Limping Man (1953), The Twilight Zone (1959), I Spy (1967), UFO (1970), Frenzy (1972), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Hawaii Five-O (1978), Return to Oz (1985), Willow (1988), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989), The Tomorrow People (1994), Fatherland (1994), Dangerfield (1997), Sensitive Skin (2007), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Crooked House (2008), The Last Post (2011), Outlier (2014) and Grantchester (2014). Jean co-created the series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75 and 2010-12, and appeared in it as Rose Buck), and The House of Eliott (1991-94). She had regular roles as Sylvia Parrish in The Informer (1966-67), Roz Keith in 9 to 5 (1982-83) and Mrs Croker in The Ghost Hunter (2000-01).
Awards
1972: Royal Television Society Award for New Female Personality (Upstairs, Downstairs)
1975: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Upstairs, Downstairs)
2012: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
Facts
Jean studied ballet as a child in order to overcome a nervous paralysis (Bell's palsy) she suffered as a result of witnessing deaths and bombings during World War Two. Her sister was actor Yvonne Marsh, best known for playing Madge Cartwright in sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?. Jean was married to Third Doctor Jon Pertwee between 1955-60. Trivia fans might like the fact she appeared in Nicholas Courtney's first and last stories in Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan and Battlefield! In 2011, she suffered a minor stroke and heart attack, causing her to miss much of the filming for the second series of the Upstairs, Downstairs reboot.
Diana McKenzie (Hafsa)
This is Diana's only known acting work.
Valentino Musetti (Saracen warrior) Born January 7th 1943
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Played: Prisoner in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Colony in Space (1971, uncredited), The Time Monster (1972, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other credited acting roles include The Avengers (1962-64), Callan (1972), The Professionals (1980), Bergerac (1988) and Batman (1989). Stuntwork includes The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The New Avengers (1977), Superman II (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), A View to a Kill (1985), Willow (1988), Nightbreed (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Pie in the Sky (1995), Bright Young Things (2003) and 55 Degrees North (2004).
Facts
Italian Valentino was British Junior Judo Champion in 1958, and later went on to become a motor racing driver, competing in the 1970 Brazilian series and in the MCD Formule Libre Championship (which he won), the ShellSport 5000 series, and selected Formula 1 & 2 races.
Raymond Novak (Saracen warrior)
His only other CV entry is for Carry On Cowboy (1966).
Reg Pritchard (Ben Daheer) 1925 to January 18th 2013
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ben Daheer in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Man in mackintosh in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Welshman Reg's CV begins with Dixon of Dock Green (1961), then No Hiding Place (1964), Six Shades of Black (1965), The Saint (1966), Public Eye (1968), The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1969), Budgie (1971), Brett (1971), General Hospital (1973), Billy Liar (1974), Fairies (1978), A Question of Guilt (1980) and Fame is the Spur (1982).
Walter Randall (El Akir) June 26th 1919 to May 5th 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tonila in The Aztecs (1964)
Played: El Akir in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Hyksos in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Patrolman in The Invasion (1968)
Played: Harry Slocum in Inferno (1970)
Played: Guard captain in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Career highlights
Dancer/ actor Walter's long career began in Rock You Sinners (1958), then Nudist Paradise (1959), Man from Interpol (1960), The Hands of Orlac (1961), Ghost Squad (1963), Danger Man (1964), All Gas and Gaiters (1967), Trial (1971), Follyfoot (1973), The Double Dealers (1974), Target (1977), The Professionals (1980) and Yes, Minister (1982).
Facts
Former dancer Walter went into partnership with Jon Pertwee in the 1970s, owning a hamburger diner called Pertwee's Takeaway for five years. In the late 60s and early 70s, Walter also ran nightclubs and restaurants in London, including the Fiasco Club, Davina's Place, CW's, the 606 Club and Tweedledum.
Zohra Segal (Sheyrah) April 27th 1912 to July 10th 2014 (heart attack) DOCTOR WHO CENTENARIAN!
Doctor Who credits
Played: Attendant to Ping-Cho in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Sheyrah in The Crusade (1965)
Career highlights
Indian Zohra's career began in 1946's Neecha Nagar, then Afsar (1950), Heer (1956), The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), The Vengeance of She (1968), Strange Report (1969), Tales That Witness Madness (1973), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974), Mind Your Language (1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Caravaggio (1986), Tandoori Nights (1985-87), Never Say Die (1987), Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Firm Friends (1992-94), Tamanna (1998), Dillagi (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), The Mistress of Spices (2005) and Cheeni Kum (2007). Zohra also worked as choreographer on productions in the 1940s and 50s.
2012: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
Facts
Jean studied ballet as a child in order to overcome a nervous paralysis (Bell's palsy) she suffered as a result of witnessing deaths and bombings during World War Two. Her sister was actor Yvonne Marsh, best known for playing Madge Cartwright in sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?. Jean was married to Third Doctor Jon Pertwee between 1955-60. Trivia fans might like the fact she appeared in Nicholas Courtney's first and last stories in Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan and Battlefield! In 2011, she suffered a minor stroke and heart attack, causing her to miss much of the filming for the second series of the Upstairs, Downstairs reboot.
Diana McKenzie (Hafsa)
This is Diana's only known acting work.
Valentino Musetti (Saracen warrior) Born January 7th 1943
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Played: Prisoner in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Colony in Space (1971, uncredited), The Time Monster (1972, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other credited acting roles include The Avengers (1962-64), Callan (1972), The Professionals (1980), Bergerac (1988) and Batman (1989). Stuntwork includes The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The New Avengers (1977), Superman II (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), A View to a Kill (1985), Willow (1988), Nightbreed (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Pie in the Sky (1995), Bright Young Things (2003) and 55 Degrees North (2004).
Facts
Italian Valentino was British Junior Judo Champion in 1958, and later went on to become a motor racing driver, competing in the 1970 Brazilian series and in the MCD Formule Libre Championship (which he won), the ShellSport 5000 series, and selected Formula 1 & 2 races.
Raymond Novak (Saracen warrior)
His only other CV entry is for Carry On Cowboy (1966).
Reg Pritchard (Ben Daheer) 1925 to January 18th 2013
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ben Daheer in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Man in mackintosh in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Welshman Reg's CV begins with Dixon of Dock Green (1961), then No Hiding Place (1964), Six Shades of Black (1965), The Saint (1966), Public Eye (1968), The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1969), Budgie (1971), Brett (1971), General Hospital (1973), Billy Liar (1974), Fairies (1978), A Question of Guilt (1980) and Fame is the Spur (1982).
Walter Randall (El Akir) June 26th 1919 to May 5th 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tonila in The Aztecs (1964)
Played: El Akir in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Hyksos in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Patrolman in The Invasion (1968)
Played: Harry Slocum in Inferno (1970)
Played: Guard captain in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Career highlights
Dancer/ actor Walter's long career began in Rock You Sinners (1958), then Nudist Paradise (1959), Man from Interpol (1960), The Hands of Orlac (1961), Ghost Squad (1963), Danger Man (1964), All Gas and Gaiters (1967), Trial (1971), Follyfoot (1973), The Double Dealers (1974), Target (1977), The Professionals (1980) and Yes, Minister (1982).
Facts
Former dancer Walter went into partnership with Jon Pertwee in the 1970s, owning a hamburger diner called Pertwee's Takeaway for five years. In the late 60s and early 70s, Walter also ran nightclubs and restaurants in London, including the Fiasco Club, Davina's Place, CW's, the 606 Club and Tweedledum.
Zohra Segal (Sheyrah) April 27th 1912 to July 10th 2014 (heart attack) DOCTOR WHO CENTENARIAN!
Doctor Who credits
Played: Attendant to Ping-Cho in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Sheyrah in The Crusade (1965)
Career highlights
Indian Zohra's career began in 1946's Neecha Nagar, then Afsar (1950), Heer (1956), The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), The Vengeance of She (1968), Strange Report (1969), Tales That Witness Madness (1973), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974), Mind Your Language (1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Caravaggio (1986), Tandoori Nights (1985-87), Never Say Die (1987), Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Firm Friends (1992-94), Tamanna (1998), Dillagi (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), The Mistress of Spices (2005) and Cheeni Kum (2007). Zohra also worked as choreographer on productions in the 1940s and 50s.
Awards
2012: International Indian Film Academy Special Award for Cinema at 100
Facts
Zohra was born as Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan and became Doctor Who's first ever centenarian when she turned 100 years old in April 2012. When young, she travelled the world as a dancer and choreographer, and fell in love with a Hindu man eight years her junior. Despite opposition from her parents, the two married, but nobody ever insisted that her husband convert to Islam. Their children chose to reject both faiths, and Zohra became an atheist. Tragically, her husband took his own life in 1959, before Zohra moved to the UK. Her niece is Indian actor Ayesha Raza Mishra.
Vivianne Sorrel (Fatima) Born July 1943
Career highlights
Vivianne's only other credit is Theatre 625's Enter Solly Gold (1965).
Derek Ware (Saracen warrior) February 27th 1938 to September 22nd 2015 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Fight arranger/ stunts: An Unearthly Child (1963), The Aztecs (1964), The Crusade (1965), The Myth Makers (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965), The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967), The Web of Fear (1968), Terror of the Autons (1971, uncredited)
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Bus conductor in The Chase (1965, uncredited)
Played: Trojan soldier in The Myth Makers (1965, uncredited)
Played: Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan (1966)
Played: Spaniard in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Soldier in The Web of Fear (1968, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier/ sergeant in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Private Wyatt in Inferno (1970)
Played: Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos (1971)
Career highlights
Derek was a successful stuntman who worked in this capacity on Z Cars (1962), The Spread of the Eagle (1963), The Battle of Culloden (1964), Rupert of Hentzau (1964), The War Game (1965), The Italian Job (1969), The Changes (1975), Doom Castle (1980), Krull (1983), Jane (1984), Ever Decreasing Circles (1986), Hannay (1988), Willow (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), as well as acting in small roles (which often involved stuntwork) in Street Scene (1959), An Age of Kings (1960), The Primitives (1962), The Idol (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67), Up the Junction (1968), Witchfinder General (1968), The Italian Job (1969), Budgie (1971), The Lotus Eaters (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Onedin Line (1976), King Cinder (1977), Mind Your Language (1979), Cribb (1980), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Last of the Summer Wine (1985/86), Sky Bandits (1986), The Two Ronnies (1977-87), London's Burning (1988), Haggard (1990), Grange Hill (1990) and Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992).
Facts
Derek sustained an injury in 1990 which brought an end to his stunting career, but he became a fencing tutor soon after. In 1965, Derek formed the stunt team HAVOC to work in TV (namely Doctor Who (1970-72), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67) and Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979)); the name hails from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war". For many years, RADA awarded the Derek Ware Prize for the best fight based upon a classical text. In the early 1990s, Derek criticised actor Brian Blessed because the latter had been employed as an unregistered fight arranger for the panto Peter Pan at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. Derek believed this would put actors' safety at risk, and was particularly aggrieved as he'd had to take work as a department store Santa Claus over the Christmas period. Derek said: "Brian Blessed is no more a fight director than I am a large and revered character actor." Shortly after, actor Simon Bridge suffered an eye injury after being hit in the face by a sword in a stage fight directed by Blessed. Derek wrote books on his stunting profession: Stunting in the Cinema (1973) and Hollywood Tricks of the Trade (1986).
Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu) March 5th 1925 to January 8th 2009
Doctor Who credits
Played: William de Tornebu in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Scott in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Radio operator in Terror of the Zygons (1975)
Career highlights
New Zealander Bruce began his career in The Black Tulip (1956), then Blood of the Vampire (1958), The Rag Trade (1961), The Heart of Midlothian (1966), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) and Count Dracula (1977).
Facts
Bruce co-founded London's Dracula Society in 1973 with fellow actor Bernard Davies (who appeared in The War Games). During the 1970s and 80s, Bruce ran Dracula tours in Romania. In the 1990s, he lived in Bulgaria working as an art critic and journalist, but moved back to New Zealand in 2001 to continue writing about the career of Bram Stoker.
CREW
David Whitaker (writer) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
Douglas Camfield (director) May 8th 1931 to January 27th 1984 (heart attack) Click here for Douglas Camfield's entry on Planet of Giants
Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
Dennis Spooner (story editor) December 1st 1932 to September 20th 1986 (heart attack) Click here for Dennis Spooner's entry on The Reign of Terror
Facts
Zohra was born as Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan and became Doctor Who's first ever centenarian when she turned 100 years old in April 2012. When young, she travelled the world as a dancer and choreographer, and fell in love with a Hindu man eight years her junior. Despite opposition from her parents, the two married, but nobody ever insisted that her husband convert to Islam. Their children chose to reject both faiths, and Zohra became an atheist. Tragically, her husband took his own life in 1959, before Zohra moved to the UK. Her niece is Indian actor Ayesha Raza Mishra.
Vivianne Sorrel (Fatima) Born July 1943
Career highlights
Vivianne's only other credit is Theatre 625's Enter Solly Gold (1965).
Derek Ware (Saracen warrior) February 27th 1938 to September 22nd 2015 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Fight arranger/ stunts: An Unearthly Child (1963), The Aztecs (1964), The Crusade (1965), The Myth Makers (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965), The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967), The Web of Fear (1968), Terror of the Autons (1971, uncredited)
Played: Saracen warrior in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Bus conductor in The Chase (1965, uncredited)
Played: Trojan soldier in The Myth Makers (1965, uncredited)
Played: Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan (1966)
Played: Spaniard in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Soldier in The Web of Fear (1968, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier/ sergeant in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Private Wyatt in Inferno (1970)
Played: Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos (1971)
Career highlights
Derek was a successful stuntman who worked in this capacity on Z Cars (1962), The Spread of the Eagle (1963), The Battle of Culloden (1964), Rupert of Hentzau (1964), The War Game (1965), The Italian Job (1969), The Changes (1975), Doom Castle (1980), Krull (1983), Jane (1984), Ever Decreasing Circles (1986), Hannay (1988), Willow (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), as well as acting in small roles (which often involved stuntwork) in Street Scene (1959), An Age of Kings (1960), The Primitives (1962), The Idol (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67), Up the Junction (1968), Witchfinder General (1968), The Italian Job (1969), Budgie (1971), The Lotus Eaters (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Onedin Line (1976), King Cinder (1977), Mind Your Language (1979), Cribb (1980), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Last of the Summer Wine (1985/86), Sky Bandits (1986), The Two Ronnies (1977-87), London's Burning (1988), Haggard (1990), Grange Hill (1990) and Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992).
Facts
Derek sustained an injury in 1990 which brought an end to his stunting career, but he became a fencing tutor soon after. In 1965, Derek formed the stunt team HAVOC to work in TV (namely Doctor Who (1970-72), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67) and Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979)); the name hails from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war". For many years, RADA awarded the Derek Ware Prize for the best fight based upon a classical text. In the early 1990s, Derek criticised actor Brian Blessed because the latter had been employed as an unregistered fight arranger for the panto Peter Pan at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. Derek believed this would put actors' safety at risk, and was particularly aggrieved as he'd had to take work as a department store Santa Claus over the Christmas period. Derek said: "Brian Blessed is no more a fight director than I am a large and revered character actor." Shortly after, actor Simon Bridge suffered an eye injury after being hit in the face by a sword in a stage fight directed by Blessed. Derek wrote books on his stunting profession: Stunting in the Cinema (1973) and Hollywood Tricks of the Trade (1986).
Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu) March 5th 1925 to January 8th 2009
Doctor Who credits
Played: William de Tornebu in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Scott in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Radio operator in Terror of the Zygons (1975)
Career highlights
New Zealander Bruce began his career in The Black Tulip (1956), then Blood of the Vampire (1958), The Rag Trade (1961), The Heart of Midlothian (1966), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) and Count Dracula (1977).
Facts
Bruce co-founded London's Dracula Society in 1973 with fellow actor Bernard Davies (who appeared in The War Games). During the 1970s and 80s, Bruce ran Dracula tours in Romania. In the 1990s, he lived in Bulgaria working as an art critic and journalist, but moved back to New Zealand in 2001 to continue writing about the career of Bram Stoker.
CREW
David Whitaker (writer) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
Douglas Camfield (director) May 8th 1931 to January 27th 1984 (heart attack) Click here for Douglas Camfield's entry on Planet of Giants
Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
Dennis Spooner (story editor) December 1st 1932 to September 20th 1986 (heart attack) Click here for Dennis Spooner's entry on The Reign of Terror
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