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| The Monk (Peter Butterworth) is intrigued to find a TARDIS which isn't his |
First broadcast Jul 3 to 24 1965
Average audience for serial: 8.43m
- A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be found at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode by episode review of this story on Time Space Visualiser here!
REGULAR CAST
William Hartnell (The Doctor) Jan 8 1908 to Apr 23 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) Born Jun 29 1943 For a full career biography of Maureen O'Brien, click here.
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Born Feb 10 1939 For a full career biography of Peter Purves, click here.
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) Born Jun 29 1943 For a full career biography of Maureen O'Brien, click here.
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Born Feb 10 1939 For a full career biography of Peter Purves, click here.
GUEST CAST
David Anderson (Sven)
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)
Peter Butterworth (The Monk) Feb 4 1919 to Jan 16 1979 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Monk in The Time Meddler (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Peter's distinguished career began uncredited in William Comes to Town (1948), and he went on to appear in over 80 TV series and films, including Will Any Gentleman? (1953), Tom Thumb (1958), Moll Flanders (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Dad's Army (1975) and Alan Bennett's Afternoon Off (1979). Peter is best known for his varied roles in 16 Carry On films (1965-78), three Carry On Christmas specials (1969-73) and the Carry On Laughing series (1975). He had regular roles as Mr Oddy in Those Kids (1956), Groome in Catweazle (1970-71) and Wilf in Odd Man Out (1977).
Facts
Peter was in the British Navy during World War Two, and when the plane he was travelling in was shot down over Holland in 1940, he was sent to a Prisoner of War camp, where he met future Carry On writer Talbot Rothwell. He tried to escape the camp three times, one of which was later filmed as The Wooden Horse (1950), for which Peter auditioned but was told he didn't look heroic enough! Peter was married to actress and impressionist Janet Brown, and their son is actor Tyler Butterworth, who is married to actress Janet Dibley. Peter died while waiting in the wings to go on stage for a pantomime in Coventry.
This is Your Life: Peter was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 5th, 1975, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews while shopping with his wife Janet Brown at Selfridge's in London.
Alethea Charlton (Edith) Aug 9 1931 to May 6 1976 (malignant melanoma)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hur in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Edith in The Time Meddler (1965).
Career highlights
Alethea's earliest role was in Touch of Death (1961), followed by roles in Silent Evidence (1962), The Villains (1964), The Woman in White (1966), Paul Temple (1969), Hardy Heating Company Ltd (1970), Doomwatch (1971), Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), Thriller (1973) and The Cedar Tree (1976). Her most successful recurring role was as Ethel Barraclough in Sam (1973-75).
Facts
Before training as an actor, Alethea was a teacher. Alethea was one of six siblings. Tragically, Alethea was one of three that pre-deceased their parents: sister Elsie died in 1975 aged 60, and sister Miriam died four months after Alethea, aged 59. It must have been a devastating period for the Charlton family.
Geoffrey Cheshire (Viking leader) Mar 26 1927 to Oct 5 2004
Doctor Who credits
Played: Viking leader in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Garge in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Roboman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Played: Tracy in The Invasion (1968)
Career highlights
Geoffrey's other credits include The Skull (1965), The Saint (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Doctor in Charge (1972), The Thief of Baghdad (1978) and The Bill (1989).
Michael Guest (Saxon hunter)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Saxon hunter in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Interviewer in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
His acting debut came in Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), then Pathfinders in Space (1960), R3 (1965), The Champions (1968), Menace (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Special Branch (1974) and Dixon of Dock Green (1975), after which he went into production, helming Memoirs of a Survivor (1981), Starship (1985), A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993) and The Toybox (2005).
Norman Hartley (Ulf) Jun 13 1930 to Jan 13 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ulf in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Sergeant Peters in The Invasion (1968)
Career highlights
Norman's debut came in The Shop at Sly Corner (1948), followed by The Gay Lady (1949), The History of Mr Polly (1959), Our Man at St Mark's (1964), The Spies (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Paul Temple (1971), Beasts: The Dummy (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Breakaway (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), The Piglet Files (1990) and Between the Lines (1993). Norman also co-wrote the Canadian TV play The Insurance Man from Ingersoll (1975).
Facts
Norman was the godfather of the son of director Douglas Camfield and actor wife Sheila Dunn.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Norman here.
Michael Miller (Wulnoth) Apr 6 1922 to Jun 27 1987
Career highlights
Michael's career began in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green (1961) and saw appearances in Contract to Kill (1965), three episodes of The Prisoner (1967/68), Paul Temple (1970), Crossroads (1976-78, as Tom Reed), Supernatural (1977), Henry IV, Part II (1979) and Baal (1982). His role as a man at the bar in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) ended up on the cutting room floor.
Ronald Rich (Gunnar the Giant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Gunnar the Giant in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Trantis in Mission to the Unknown (1965, uncredited)
Career highlights
6ft 8in Ronald's other work includes The Lance Percival Show (1965), Alfie (1966), You Only Live Twice (1967) and The Benny Hill Show (1968).
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Monk in The Time Meddler (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Peter's distinguished career began uncredited in William Comes to Town (1948), and he went on to appear in over 80 TV series and films, including Will Any Gentleman? (1953), Tom Thumb (1958), Moll Flanders (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Dad's Army (1975) and Alan Bennett's Afternoon Off (1979). Peter is best known for his varied roles in 16 Carry On films (1965-78), three Carry On Christmas specials (1969-73) and the Carry On Laughing series (1975). He had regular roles as Mr Oddy in Those Kids (1956), Groome in Catweazle (1970-71) and Wilf in Odd Man Out (1977).
Facts
Peter was in the British Navy during World War Two, and when the plane he was travelling in was shot down over Holland in 1940, he was sent to a Prisoner of War camp, where he met future Carry On writer Talbot Rothwell. He tried to escape the camp three times, one of which was later filmed as The Wooden Horse (1950), for which Peter auditioned but was told he didn't look heroic enough! Peter was married to actress and impressionist Janet Brown, and their son is actor Tyler Butterworth, who is married to actress Janet Dibley. Peter died while waiting in the wings to go on stage for a pantomime in Coventry.
This is Your Life: Peter was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 5th, 1975, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews while shopping with his wife Janet Brown at Selfridge's in London.
Alethea Charlton (Edith) Aug 9 1931 to May 6 1976 (malignant melanoma)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hur in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Edith in The Time Meddler (1965).
Career highlights
Alethea's earliest role was in Touch of Death (1961), followed by roles in Silent Evidence (1962), The Villains (1964), The Woman in White (1966), Paul Temple (1969), Hardy Heating Company Ltd (1970), Doomwatch (1971), Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), Thriller (1973) and The Cedar Tree (1976). Her most successful recurring role was as Ethel Barraclough in Sam (1973-75).
Facts
Before training as an actor, Alethea was a teacher. Alethea was one of six siblings. Tragically, Alethea was one of three that pre-deceased their parents: sister Elsie died in 1975 aged 60, and sister Miriam died four months after Alethea, aged 59. It must have been a devastating period for the Charlton family.
Geoffrey Cheshire (Viking leader) Mar 26 1927 to Oct 5 2004
Doctor Who credits
Played: Viking leader in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Garge in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Roboman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Played: Tracy in The Invasion (1968)
Career highlights
Geoffrey's other credits include The Skull (1965), The Saint (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Doctor in Charge (1972), The Thief of Baghdad (1978) and The Bill (1989).
Michael Guest (Saxon hunter)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Saxon hunter in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Interviewer in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
His acting debut came in Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), then Pathfinders in Space (1960), R3 (1965), The Champions (1968), Menace (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Special Branch (1974) and Dixon of Dock Green (1975), after which he went into production, helming Memoirs of a Survivor (1981), Starship (1985), A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993) and The Toybox (2005).
Norman Hartley (Ulf) Jun 13 1930 to Jan 13 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ulf in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Sergeant Peters in The Invasion (1968)
Career highlights
Norman's debut came in The Shop at Sly Corner (1948), followed by The Gay Lady (1949), The History of Mr Polly (1959), Our Man at St Mark's (1964), The Spies (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Paul Temple (1971), Beasts: The Dummy (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Breakaway (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), The Piglet Files (1990) and Between the Lines (1993). Norman also co-wrote the Canadian TV play The Insurance Man from Ingersoll (1975).
Facts
Norman was the godfather of the son of director Douglas Camfield and actor wife Sheila Dunn.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Norman here.
Michael Miller (Wulnoth) Apr 6 1922 to Jun 27 1987
Career highlights
Michael's career began in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green (1961) and saw appearances in Contract to Kill (1965), three episodes of The Prisoner (1967/68), Paul Temple (1970), Crossroads (1976-78, as Tom Reed), Supernatural (1977), Henry IV, Part II (1979) and Baal (1982). His role as a man at the bar in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) ended up on the cutting room floor.
Ronald Rich (Gunnar the Giant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Gunnar the Giant in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Trantis in Mission to the Unknown (1965, uncredited)
Career highlights
6ft 8in Ronald's other work includes The Lance Percival Show (1965), Alfie (1966), You Only Live Twice (1967) and The Benny Hill Show (1968).
Peter Russell (Eldred) Mar 29 1931 to Jul 28 2003 (cancer)
Career highlights
Peter's debut came in The Three Princes (1959), followed by Bonehead (1960), Gideon's Way (1964), Softly Softly (1966), Ready When You Are Mr McGill (1976), It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1977), Last of the Summer Wine (1983), Making News (1990), Oasis (1993) and The Bill (1996). He also had a regular role as Rufus Wright in Swizzlewick (1964).
Facts
Peter was also a comedian and did multiple stage shows with many of the UK's well known TV comedians of the 1970s like Jimmy Tarbuck.
Career highlights
Peter's debut came in The Three Princes (1959), followed by Bonehead (1960), Gideon's Way (1964), Softly Softly (1966), Ready When You Are Mr McGill (1976), It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1977), Last of the Summer Wine (1983), Making News (1990), Oasis (1993) and The Bill (1996). He also had a regular role as Rufus Wright in Swizzlewick (1964).
Facts
Peter was also a comedian and did multiple stage shows with many of the UK's well known TV comedians of the 1970s like Jimmy Tarbuck.
CREW
Douglas Camfield (director) May 8 1931 to Jan 27 1984 (heart attack) Click here for Douglas Camfield's entry on Planet of Giants
Verity Lambert (producer) Nov 27 1935 to Nov 22 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: The Time Meddler, Galaxy 4, Mission to the Unknown, The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (episodes 1-3) (1965-66)
Wrote: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (episode 4, 1966), The Celestial Toymaker (from a story by Brian Hayles, 1966)
Played: Party guest in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Donald also script edited Compact (1964-65), Sherlock Holmes (1968) and Ryan International (1970), and penned scripts for Mystery Hall (1967), Sherlock Holmes (1968) and Happiness is E-Shaped (1968).
Facts
He helped create the format for what eventually became Coronation Street in 1960. In 1967, Donald submitted a script called The Rosemariners to the Doctor Who production team, but although this was not developed, it was made into a full-cast audio adventure by Big Finish in 2012. After leaving television, Donald worked for English Heritage and was also head custodian of Sherborne Old Castle in Dorset and St Mawes at Cornwall.
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