Jackie Lane career biography

Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet) Jul 10 1941 to Jun 7 2021

Doctor Who credits
Played: Dodo Chaplet in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, The Ark, The Celestial Toymaker, The Gunfighters, The Savages, The War Machines (1966)

Career

Jackie's non-Doctor Who appearances were credited to Jackie Lenya rather than Lane. Like her predecessor Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman), Jackie made an appearance on the pop panel show Juke Box Jury, where panellists listened to and then gave their opinion on the new releases of the week. Joining Jackie on her panel were Julia Lockwood and Sam Costa on the November 4th, 1961 edition. At the time Sam was a regular Juke Box Jury panellist, and was also known as a DJ on Thank Your Lucky Stars, while Julia Lockwood had been an actress since the age of six. It's not clear why Jackie was "known" enough to be on Juke Box Jury at this stage, however.

Jackie's first acting credit was playing a lady in waiting in the first part of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play broadcast in November 1962. Jackie had a different minor role in the first three episodes - in episode 2 she was a wedding guest and in episode 3 she was a peasant (quite a fall from grace!). It also starred Avril Elgar, Donald Eccles (The Time Monster, 1972), Patrick Godfrey (The Savages, 1966, and The Mind of Evil, 1971), James Grout, Derek Newark (An Unearthly Child, 1963, and Inferno, 1970), Michael Robbins (The Visitation, 1982) and John Ringham (The Aztecs, 1964; The Smugglers, 1966, and Colony in Space, 1971). Parts 2 and 3 of this four-part serial are missing, but parts 1 and 4 survive in the BBC archives.

Jackie's next role was as secretary Rosemary Gray in the soap Compact, set in the world of magazine publishing. Jackie's debut came in the episode Auld Acquaintance (broadcast May 23rd, 1963) and she appeared in a total of nine episodes, ending on July 11th. Predictably, all of Jackie's episodes are now missing (in fact, of the 373 episodes made, only four survive!). Director on Jackie's first show was Paddy Russell, who went on to direct her first Doctor Who story, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, in 1966. In Jackie's second episode (Family Crisis), Alison (played by Betty Cooper) breaks the news to Rosemary (Jackie's character) that her father Geoffrey (played by Edward Evans from Image of the Fendahl, 1977) is still alive. Perusing the Radio Times synopses for these episodes suggests that Rosemary is advice columnist Alison's stepdaughter, as Rosemary's father is also Alison's husband. Keep up...

After leaving Compact, Jackie was reportedly offered the role of Susan Foreman in Doctor Who, but she turned it down, not wanting to get tied to the one long-running series. Instead, she got a one-off role in Granada soap Coronation Street episode 322, shown on January 13th, 1964. She played Cheryl in an episode also featuring Eileen Derbyshire, Arthur Lowe, Doris Speed, Jack Howarth, William Roache, Anne Reid (The Curse of Fenric, 1989, and Smith and Jones, 2007), Pat Phoenix, Violet Carson, Peter Adamson, Shirley Stelfox and Jon Rollason (The Web of Fear, 1968). Jackie's role of Cheryl was a fan of window cleaner Walter Potts (aka Brett Falcon), who was "discovered" by talent scout Dennis Tanner and played by real-life pop wannabe Christopher Sandford. When Dennis Tanner returned to the soap in 2011, he mentioned that Brett Falcon was now very popular in Yugoslavia. I wonder if Cheryl is still a fan?

On March 20th, 1964 Jackie appeared in her first of two episodes of The Villains, an anthology series with the theme of, well... villainy! In Amateurs, written by H V Kershaw and directed by Stuart Latham, Jackie played Rita, and was joined on the cast by Alan Rothwell, Philip Stone and Neil Seiler (The Sea Devils, 1972, and Death to the Daleks, 1974).

On May 30th, 1964 Jackie appeared in an episode of ABC's The Protectors called The Deadly Chameleon. How and why is a timid bank clerk connected to a baffling fraud case? If they are to save an innocent man's life, the Protectors must find the answer. But their dilemma is that the chief suspect has disappeared. Written by Brian Clemens (under a pseudonym), the episode featured Andrew Faulds, Ann Morrish and Michael Atkinson, with Peter Barkworth (The Ice Warriors, 1967) and Basil Dignam, and Jackie playing a bank clerk.

On February 5th, 1965, Jackie appeared in her second episode of anthology series The Villains, and this would also prove to be her last acting part before joining Doctor Who. Sonny was written by Robert Kemp and directed by Graeme McDonald, but the most interesting aspect of this episode is that the title character was played by another future Doctor Who companion, Frazer Hines! Jackie played Anne, plus there was also Dennis Chinnery (The Chase, 1965; Genesis of the Daleks, 1975; and The Twin Dilemma, 1984), David Graham (Dalek voice artist) and Jeremy Young (An Unearthly Child, 1963).

Jackie as Dodo in Doctor Who (1966)

In early December 1965, Jackie was cast as Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, the new companion to join William Hartnell and Peter Purves in the TARDIS for Doctor Who. She was contracted on December 29th for an initial run of 13 episodes, starting with the final episode of The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. Jackie filmed her introductory scene on January 7th, 1966 (a shot of her running across Wimbledon Common and into the TARDIS), and joined the regular cast in studio on February 11th. She remained with the programme for a total of five stories, through to the end of the third broadcast season. On April 26th, the departure of both Steven and Dodo was announced to the press, and two days later, Jackie's contract was extended for one last run of eight episodes. She recorded her final scenes as Dodo on June 17th, 1966 for The War Machines episode 2, which was broadcast on July 2nd. Three days after Jackie had left the series, producer Innes Lloyd wrote to her to apologise for the abrupt nature of her departure.

Dodo is sent to the country to recover from being hypnotised by WOTAN, and is never seen again. Neither was Jackie Lane seen on television again as she quit acting to move into other areas (see below). However, she did make a very brief reappearance 47 years later, on November 23rd, 2013, in a video segment in the Doctor Who Live After Party. This is the only time she recorded anything Doctor Who-related after June 1966, aside from an edition of Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers in 1992.

Jackie Lane in 2013 for Doctor Who Live

Facts
Jackie gave up acting and became a secretary in the Australian embassy in Paris, and after that the head of an acting agency's voiceover department, representing Tom Baker, Janet Fielding and Nicholas Courtney. Jackie became something of a Doctor Who enigma since her departure, preferring not to revisit her time on the show, but for those of you wondering what she looked like in latter days, here's a delightful video of her on a trip to Paris in 2010 with her friend Julian Davies.

Pictured at a signing for the CD soundtrack of The Ark in 2006
are Jackie Lane with co-stars Terence Bayler and Ian Frost

The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

The Doctor (William Hartnell) and Steven
 (Peter Purves) enjoy a snifter at
a Parisian tavern

Four episodes (War of God, The Sea Beggar, Priest of Death, Bell of Doom)
First broadcast Feb 5 to 26 1966
Average audience for serial: 6.43m

• 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 at 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.

Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Born Feb 10 1939 For a full career biography of Peter Purves, click here.

Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet) Jul 10 1941 to Jun 7 2021 For a full career biography for Jackie Lane, click here.

GUEST CAST

Leslie Bates (Second guard) Died Jan 14 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: Shadow [the one cast across the TARDIS at the end of episode 1] in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Played: Tribesman in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Played: Man at Lop in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Mongol warrior/ bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Second guard in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Villager at inn/ pirate in The Smugglers (1966, uncredited)
Played: 1862 Confederate soldier in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: BBC3 TV crewmember in The Daemons (1971, uncredited)
Played: Lunar guard in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Draconian in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974, uncredited)
Played: Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1974, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Barnaby Rudge (1960), The Ghost Sonata (1962), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966) and David Copperfield (1974).

Michael Bilton (Teligny) Dec 14 1919 to Nov 5 1993
Doctor Who credits
Played: Teligny in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Collins in Pyramids of Mars (1975)
Played: Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin (1976)
Career highlights
Michael's first credit is in Sing Along With Me (1952), and over the course of his career he appeared in Quatermass II (1955), A Taste of Honey (1961), The Mind of the Enemy (1965), The Prisoner (1967), The Avengers (1968), Doctor at Large (1971), The Fenn Street Gang (1973), South Riding (1974), The Haunting of Julia (1977), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1977), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Bognor (1981), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Coronation Street (1983), The Fourth Protocol (1987), The New Statesman (1990) and the Alleyn Mysteries (1993). He had memorable roles as Ned in To the Manor Born (1979-81), Mr Thorpe in Grace and Favour (1992-93) and Basil Makepeace in Waiting for God (1990-93). He may also be remembered for playing an elderly gardener in a TV commercial for Yellow Pages.
Facts
Crippling arthritis prevented him from working on stage toward the end of his career. While serving in World War Two, he was wounded in the stomach at the Battle of El Alamein.

Clive Cazes (Captain of the Guard) Sep 6 1929 to Dec 24 1989
Career highlights
Clive had previously appeared in Dial 999 (1959), and also had roles in Man in a Suitcase (1967), Hadleigh (1969), The Music Lovers (1970), Freewheelers (1971), Jason King (1972) and Just in Time for Christmas (1972).

Erik Chitty (Preslin) Jul 8 1907 to Jul 22 1977
Doctor Who credits
Played: Preslin in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Coordinator Engin in The Deadly Assassin (1976)
Career highlights
Erik's prolific career began with James Simpson (1937) and continued through Alice (1946), The Pickwick Papers (1953), Footsteps in the Fog (1955), Summers Here (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960), Emergency Ward 10 (1960, as Ignatius Small), The Victorians (1963), Danger Man (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Casino Royale (1967), Virgin of the Secret Service (1968), Strange Report (1969), Doomwatch (1970), Lust for a Vampire (1971), The Stalls of Barchester (1971), The Vault of Horror (1973), Man About the House (1975), One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975), Midnight is a Place (1977) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He also had a regular role as Mr Smith in the sitcom Please Sir! (1968-72).
Facts
Erik was a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists and had carried out extensive research into the genealogy of his surname. He was also a founder of the Cambridge University Mummers.

Norman Claridge (Priest) Aug 29 1903 to Jun 11 1985
Career highlights
Norman's CV begins with Dance Pretty Lady (1932), then The Ringer (1938), The Small Voice (1948), Crow Hollow (1952), Womaneater (1958), Garry Halliday (1962), Ghost Squad (1963), They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Z Cars (1967), Gazette (1968), Clegg (1970), The Edwardians (1972) and Brothers and Sisters (1980).

Cynthia Etherington (Old woman) Jun 19 1926 to May 26 2020
Career highlights
Further credits include Compact (1963), The Massingham Affair (1964), Angel Pavement (1967), Pere Goriot (1968), The First Churchills (1969), The Moonstone (1972), Angels (1976), All Creatures Great and Small (1978) and The Squad (1980).

Edwin Finn (Landlord) Nov 18 1910 to Feb 2 1995
Career highlights
Edwin's career began in Armchair Theatre (1961) and saw roles in The Midnight Men (1964), Oliver! (1968), Loot (1970), Julius Caesar (1970), The Hole in the wall (1972), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Time Bandits (1981) and Coming Out of the Ice (1982).

Reginald Jessup (Servant) Feb 8 1920 to Feb 1 2000 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Servant in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Lord Savar in The Invasion of Time (1978)
Career highlights
Debuted in Puck of Pook's Hill (1951), then Quatermass II (1955), Silent Evidence (1962), The Saint (1964), Gideon's Way (1965-66), The Avengers (1968), The Signalman (1976), Target (1978), Shine On Harvey Moon (1984) and The Bill (1990/91/96).
Facts
Reginald was married to actor Janet Brandes until her death in 1983.

Barry Justice (Charles IX) Aug 18 1940 to Aug 6 1980 (suicide)
Career highlights
Indian born Barry also made appearances in No Hiding Place (1961), Emergency Ward 10 (1963), The Ordeal of Richard Feveral (1964), The Mill on the Floss (1965), David Copperfield (1966), The Vortex (1969), Doctor in the House (1969), The Pallisers (1974), Lillie (1978) and The Enigma Files (1980). He also played Dr Bill Conrad in 76 episodes of The Doctors (1969-71).

Andre Morell (Marshal Tavannes) Aug 20 1909 to Nov 28 1978 (lung cancer)
Career highlights
Andre's career began way back in 1938's Pride and Prejudice, and he went on to become one of the most prolific actors around, appearing in Three Silent Men (1940), The Merchant of Venice (1947), Flesh and Blood (1951), They Can't Hang Me (1955), Zarak (1956), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Ben-Hur (1959), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Shadow of the Cat (1961), The Human Jungle (1963), The Moon-Spinners (1964), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), The Vengeance of She (1968), The Caesars (1968), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The Adventurer (1972), Edward the Seventh (1975), The Slipper and the Rose (1976), Life of Shakespeare (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and The First Great Train Robbery (1979). Andre is best remembered as Professor Bernard Quatermass in Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59).
Facts
He was married to actress Joan Greenwood, while his son is actor Jason Morell, who appeared in Doctor Who's Christmas special The Next Doctor in 2008. Between 1973-74 Andre served as president of actors' union Equity, a time rife with controversy as Laurence Olivier was quoted as being interested in forming a breakaway actors union. Equity threatened to expel Olivier. Andre died of lung cancer after smoking up to 60 cigarettes a day until he quit in 1976.

Annette Robertson (Anne) Born 1940
Career highlights
Annette's first role was in Police Surgeon (1960), followed by Four Winds Island (1961), The Young Ones (1961), A Kind of Loving (1962), The Larkins (1963), Sanctuary (1967), Coronation Street (1968), The Woodlanders (1970), Couples (1976), Angels (1976), The Light Princess (1978), Shroud for a Nightingale (1984) and Boon (1988).
Facts
Annette was married to War Doctor actor John Hurt between 1962-64. He apparently married her in the mistaken belief that she was pregnant. The marriage collapsed soon after, mainly owing to the fact Annette reportedly had an affair with the film director Ken Russell.

Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny) Sep 26 1909 to Jun 15 1990
Doctor Who credits
Played: Admiral de Coligny in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Borusa in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Career highlights
South African born Leonard's acting career stems back as far as 1936 with Secret of Stamboul, and he took roles in The Ringer (1946), Richard II (1950), Robin Hood (1953), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), White Hunter (1958), Hancock's Half Hour (1959), Oscar Wilde (1960), Konga (1961), The Plane Makers (1963), Thunderball (1965), Sexton Blake (1967), Elizabeth R (1971), Coronation Street (1974), Victorian Scandals (1976), Pig in the Middle (1983) and Late Starter (1985). He was perhaps best known for hosting music hall variety show The Good Old Days (1955-83).
Facts
In 1937 Leonard helped found an old time music hall venue named the Players' Theatre in London; it closed in 2002. In 1984 Leonard was fined £75 for importuning men for immoral purposes in a public toilet. His son was the late actor Robin Sachs (who appeared in Torchwood: Miracle Day in 2011), and he was married to actress Eleanor Summerfield. He and his wife were poles apart in their political support, so they agreed to differ. As a result, each election the windows on the left side of their home were adorned with Vote Labour posters and the right hand side with Vote Conservative.

John Slavid (Officer) Oct 28 1931 to Dec 30 2002
Doctor Who credits
Played: Officer in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Man in telephone box in The War Machines (1966)
Career highlights
John's other credits include A Hundred Years Old (1952), Danger Man (1960), Crossroads (1964), The Gamblers (1967), Madame Sin (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Life and Death of Penelope (1976), When the Boat Comes In (1981) and Executive Stress (1987). John specialised in playing croupiers, a credit he had on 16 different productions.

Ernest Smith (Second man)
This is Ernest's only credit.

Will Stampe (First man) Oct 7 1920 to Sep 1 1981
Career highlights
Other credits include Loss of Innocence (1961), The Main Chance (1964), Cluff (1965), Hereward the Wake (1965), Gentleman Jim (1967), Inspector Clouseau (1968), The Flaxton Boys (1969), Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971), Rentadick (1972), Thursday's Child (1973), Notorius Woman (1974), A Christmas Carol (1977), Wings (1977), Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Professionals (1979), Cream in my Coffee (1980), Bernie (1980) and Shillingbury Tales (1981). He also had a regular role as Fred the barman in Til Death Us Do Part (1966-74).
Facts
Will (born Bernard Cohen) was married to actor Julie May.

Jack Tarran (First guard)
This is Jack's only credit.

Eric Thompson (Gaston) Nov 9 1929 to Nov 30 1982 (pulmonary embolism)
Career highlights
Eric's other acting credits include Pool of London (1951), The Black Arrow (1958), The Lost King (1958), The Avengers (1961), Crying Down the Lane (1962), The Villains (1965), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Jokers (1967), Man in a Suitcase (1967), The Challengers (1972), Ego Hugo (1973) and The Italian Way (1975). Eric is best remembered for presenting the children's series Playschool in the 1960s and narrating The Magic Roundabout (1965-77) and The Magic Ball (1971-72), writing English scripts based on the French visuals from Le Manege Enchente.
Facts
He had two children with actress Phyllida Law (who appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures): actresses Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson.

John Tillinger (Simon) Born Jun 28 1938
Career highlights
After appearing first in Espionage (1964), Iranian born John went on to appear in Hit and Run (1965), The Adams Chronicles (1976), Resurrection (1980) and Hello Again (1987). He also directed an episode of Monsters in 1991, and was nominated for Broadway's 1986 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for a revival of Joe Orton's Loot.
Facts
He is now a busy theatre director in the United States. In the 1970s John was married to American actress Dorothy Lyman. Their daughter Emma Tillinger Koskoff is now an Oscar-nominated film producer.

Christopher Tranchell (Roger) Born Apr 13 1941
Doctor Who credits
Played: Roger in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Jenkins in The Faceless Ones (1967)
Played: Andred in The Invasion of Time (1978)
Career highlights
Christopher's other credits include The Whisperers (1961), 199 Park Lane (1965), Out of the Unknown (1971), Churchill's People (1975), Survivors (1975-76, as Paul Pitman), County Hall (1981), Casualty (1992/93), Between the Lines (1993) and The Bill (1987/96), and he also presented Playschool (1976-84).

David Weston (Nicholas) Born Jul 28 1938
Doctor Who credits
Played: Nicholas in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Biroc in Warriors' Gate (1981)
Career highlights
David first appeared in An Age of Kings (1960), then Tales of Mystery (1962), That Kind of Girl (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), UFO (1971), The Tomorrow People (1973), Minder (1984), Lovejoy (1993), Barbara (1999), Doctors (2005) and King Lear (2008).
Facts
David is married to the actor Dora Reisser. In 2011 he wrote a book called Covering McKellen, all about being Ian McKellen's understudy, while in 2013 he published his first novel, The Further Adventures of the Artful Dodger.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with David here.

Joan Young (Catherine de Medici) Feb 1 1900 to Oct 9 1984
Career highlights
Joan was the daughter of music hall performers and was a favourite of Allied troops both on stage and on the radio during World War Two. Her career started in Victoria the Great (1937), and also included roles in School for Secrets (1946), Trottie True (1949), Anne of Green Gables (1952), Child's Play (1954), Tons of Money (1954), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), Carry on Constable (1960), Dr Kildare (1963), Danger Man (1964), The Plank (1967), The Sex Game (1968), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), The Chiffy Kids (1978) and All Creatures Great and Small (1980).

CREW

John Lucarotti (writer) May 20 1926 to Nov 20 1994 (spinal cancer) Click here for John Lucarotti's entry on Marco Polo

Donald Tosh (writer (episode 4) and script editor) Mar 16 1935 to Dec 3 2019 Click here for Donald Tosh's entry on The Time Meddler

Paddy Russell (director) Jul 4 1928 to Nov 2 2017
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966), Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974), Pyramids of Mars (1975), Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Career highlights
Paddy had worked in the 1950s as production assistant on various Rudolph Cartier shows, as well as the Quatermass serials and the 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Paddy also directed for Compact (1963), The Massingham Affair (1964), The Mind of the Enemy (1965), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Newcomers (1966-67), Late Night Horror (1968), Little Women (1970), The Moonstone (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), My Old Man (1974-75), Z Cars (1967-76), Within These Walls (1975-76), 3-2-1 (1979-80), The Omega Factor (1979), Emmerdale (1976-80), The Squad (1980) and Pick of the Week (1988), as well as various editions of the Yorkshire TV regional news programme Calendar in the 1980s. Paddy also produced a handful of the shows she directed, and had small acting parts in two 1950 BBC Sunday Night Theatres, and as a crash site onlooker in The Quatermass Experiment.
Facts
Along with Julia Smith (who directed two Doctor Who stories in 1966/67), Paddy was one of the first female directors for the BBC (and its very first female floor manager). After she retired, Paddy moved to the Yorkshire Moors and lived in relative seclusion, but worked for various cat charities.

John Wiles (producer) Sep 20 1925 to Apr 5 1999 Click here for John Wiles's entry on The Myth Makers

Gerry Davis (script editor) Feb 23 1930 to Aug 31 1991 (stomach cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Celestial Toymaker (episode 1, 1966, uncredited), The Tenth Planet (1966), The Highlanders (1966-67), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Script edited: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (episode 4), The Ark, The Celestial Toymaker, The Gunfighters, The Savages, The War Machines, The Smugglers, The Tenth Planet, The Power of the Daleks, The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks (episodes 1-3) (1966-67)
Career highlights
Gerry started out writing for the soaps Coronation Street and 199 Park Lane in the early 1960s, and also wrote for United! (1966), The First Lady (1968), Doomwatch (1970, which he also helped devise and script edited), The Bionic Woman (1976), Vega$ (1979), The Final Countdown (1980), Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987) and Deadly Nightmares (1989). He was also a script editor on The First Lady and Softly Softly: Task Force (1971-72). Gerry had a couple of appearances before the cameras too, in Out of the Unknown and Bachelor Father (both 1971).
Facts
In the 1970s, Gerry co-wrote three science-fiction novels with Dr Kit Pedler (Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters, Brainrack, and The Dynostar Menace), and after moving to the USA in the 1970s teamed up with Dalek creator Terry Nation in an unsuccessful bid to buy the rights to make Doctor Who after the BBC ceased its production in 1989. He also taught screenwriting at the UCLA film school in the 1980s. Gerry died within days of Doctor Who colleague Innes Lloyd. His final wish was for his ashes to be scattered in the River Thames.

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The Daleks' Master Plan

The horrifying conclusion, in which
Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh) ages to death

Twelve episodes (The Nightmare Begins, Day of Armageddon, Devil's Planet, The Traitors, Counter Plot, Coronas of the Sun, The Feast of Steven, Volcano, Golden Death, Escape Switch, The Abandoned Planet, Destruction of Time)
First broadcast Nov 13 1965 to Jan 29 1966
Average audience for serial: 8.61m

• 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 at 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.

Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Born Feb 10 1939 For a full career biography of Peter Purves, click here.

Adrienne Hill (Katarina) Jul 22 1937 to Oct 6 1997 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Katarina in The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
Career highlights
Adrienne's other work includes Compact (1964) and 199 Park Lane (1965). She also regularly played Myrna Podmore on the BBC Radio series Waggoners' Walk between 1969-71, and appeared in a few other radio productions, including the role of Gloria Watt in the BBC Light Programme's The Dales in 1965, and a part in Radio 4's Midweek Theatre: Fatty (1970). It is also thought that Adrienne may have had a role as a library assistant in New Zealand drama City Life (broadcast in January 1998, three months after her death), but this is unconfirmed. She also appeared at Children in Need's 1985 celebration of Doctor Who.
Facts
Adrienne had worked in repertory theatre before Doctor Who, and originally auditioned for the role of Joanna in The Crusade (1965). She moved to Holland and then the USA in the 1970s, returning to England in the 1980s to become a drama teacher.

GUEST CAST

Philip Anthony (Roald) Nov 17 1929 to Oct 8 2020
Career highlights
Philip debuted in Emergency Ward 10 (1959), then No Hiding Place (1960), The Big Pull (1962), The Avengers (1963/64), Coronation Street (1968), Menace (1970), Thriller (1973), The Internecine Project (1974), Lillie (1978), One By One (1984), Bergerac (1987), Casualty (1991), The Upper Hand (1992), Chandler & Co (1994), Silent Witness (1996), Baddiel's Syndrome (2001), Mayo (2006), Last of the Summer Wine (2007), Midsomer Murders (2011), Doctors (2003/08/09/12/14/15), Drifters (2013), Vicious (2015) and Heritage (2015).
Facts
Philip's daughter was actress Helen Pearson (best known as Frankie Dean in soap Hollyoaks).

Roger Avon (Daxtar) Nov 23 1914 to Dec 21 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).

Albert Barrington (Professor Webster) May 24 1885 to Oct 1970
Albert's only other known acting credit is Z Cars (1967). However, Albert was a newsreel and short films cameraman who had filmed the 1935 Grand National, as well as worked on John Bull's Garden (1938), Election Prelude (1945) and Girl Cyclists (1954). Albert had a brief cameo in the latter production too. Credit here to the diligent research of Matt Barker.

Roger Brierley (Trevor) Jun 2 1935 to Sep 23 2005 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Voice of Drathro in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Career highlights
6ft 6in Roger's long career began in an episode of The Likely Lads (1965) and he went on to take roles in Hadleigh (1969), Budgie (1972), Sykes (1973), Rising Damp (1977), Kids (1979), Superman II (1980), Wood and Walters (1982), Only Fools and Horses (1982), Shine on Harvey Moon (1984, as Mr Compton), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Victoria Wood (1989), Jeeves and Wooster (1990-91, as Sir Roderick Glossop), Bottom (1991), Mr Bean (1993), Pat and Margaret (1994), Have Your Cake and Eat It (1997), Tilly Trotter (1999), Ali G Indahouse (2002), About a Boy (2002), Spooks (2003), Footballers' Wives (2004), The Brief (2005) and The Alan Clark Diaries (2006). He also performed musical numbers in Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven (1978) and the game show 3-2-1 (1982).
Facts
A keen Manchester United fan, Roger was a founder member of the shareholders' independent organisation. Roger's partner for many years was actress Gillian McCutcheon, best known as Warren's therapist in This Life. For the last 20 years of his life he had suffered from angina.

Maurice Browning (Karlton) May 11 1919 to Dec 4 1983
Career highlights
Maurice's CV includes roles in Women of Dolwyn (1949), Interpol (1957), Compact (1965), The Saint (1967) and The Adventurer (1972). He also wrote a film adaptation of The Mikado in 1962 called The Cool Mikado, directed by Michael Winner and starring Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and Doctor Who guest star Stubby Kaye, and staged 10 episodes of The Granville Melodramas for TV in 1955-56.
Facts
As a child, Maurice suffered from polio and spent some time in an iron lung. In the mid-1950s, he was working as a waiter in West End restaurants, as compere at the Players' Theatre, and as personal secretary to Carry On star Hattie Jacques. According to the autobiography of celebrity caterer Bruce Copp (Out of the Firing Line, Into the Foyer), Maurice suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair for a period [in the 1950s?].

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.

Brian Cant (Kert Gantry) Jul 12 1933 to Jun 19 2017 (Parkinson's Disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kert Gantry in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Tensa in The Dominators (1968)
Career highlights
Before Brian's appearance in Doctor Who, he had acted in The Long Way Home (1960), Sir Francis Drake (1961), Detective (1964), No Hiding Place (1964) and Detective (1964), but he is more familiar as a children's TV presenter and voiceover artist in series such as Camberwick Green (1966), Trumpton (1967), Chigley (1969), Playschool (1964-98), Playaway (1971-84), Bric-a-Brac (1980), Dappledown Farm (1990) and Milkshake! (1997). Other acting roles include Weavers Green (1966), Z Cars (1970), The Dragon's Opponent (1973), Ever Decreasing Circles (1989), Doctors (2000/09/11) and Casualty (2005).
Facts
Brian's son was actor Richard Cant, who appeared in Blink (2007), while his wife was Cherry Britton, sister to TV presenter Fern. In 1999, Brian was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

Dallas Cavell (Bors) Sep 19 1925 to Feb 15 1993 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Roadworks overseer in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Bors in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Captain Jebb Trask in The Highlanders (1966)
Played: Quinlan in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Head of security in Castrovalva (1982)
Career highlights
Dallas (real first name Norman) debuted in The Voodoo Factor (1960), then Maigret (1961), The Avengers (1963), Crossroads (1964), The Caesars (1968), Brett (1971), The New Avengers (1976) and The Pickwick Papers (1985).
Facts
Dallas also worked as a bingo caller in London for a time.

Geoffrey Cheshire (Garge) 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).

Nicholas Courtney (Bret Vyon) Dec 16 1929 to Feb 22 2011 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Bret Vyon in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
Played: Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart in The Web of Fear (then ranked as Colonel, 1968), The Invasion (1968), Spearhead from Space (1970), Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), The Ambassadors of Death (1970), Inferno (1970), Terror of the Autons (1971), The Mind of Evil (1971), The Claws of Axos (1971), Colony in Space (1971), The Daemons (1971), Day of the Daleks (1972), The Time Monster (1972), The Three Doctors (1972-73), The Green Death (1973), The Time Warrior (1973-74), Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974), Planet of the Spiders (1974), Robot (1974-75), Terror of the Zygons (1975), Mawdryn Undead (1983), The Five Doctors (1983), Battlefield (1989), Dimensions in Time (1993), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane (2008)
Played: Brigade Leader Lethbridge Stewart in Inferno (1970)
Played: Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
His TV career began in Escape (1957), followed by roles in Looking About (1962), The Avengers (1962/67), The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), The Saint (1965), The Champions (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Jason King (1971), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973), Whodunnit? (1977), The Law Centre (1978), Shelley (1980), Sink or Swim (1981), Then Churchill Said To Me (1982), Minder (1984), Jenny's War (1985), Yes, Prime Minister (1987), Only Fools and Horses (1988), Bullseye! (1990), French Fields (1989-91), Satellite City (1996), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), Doctors (2005), The Bill (1991/2007), Casualty (2007) and Incendiary (2008).
Facts
Egypt born Nicholas also reprised the role of the Brigadier in the fan-made video production Downtime (1995), and an episode of Harry Hill (2000). Nicholas acted alongside seven of the TV Doctors in the series, and on audio with Eighth Doctor Paul McGann. Nicholas is one of only two actors to have appeared in Doctor Who as the same character in its first three decades (1960s, 70s and 80s, along with Patrick Troughton). He also appeared in Dimensions in Time in the 1990s, and spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures in the 2000s - thus beating Troughton!

Sheila Dunn (Blossom Lefevre) Apr 11 1940 to Mar 3 2004
Doctor Who credits
Played: Blossom Lefevre in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Computer voice/ telephone operator in The Invasion (1968)
Played: Petra Williams in Inferno (1970)
Played: Dr Petra Williams in Inferno (1970)
Career highlights
Sheila's other credits include R3 (1965), Z Cars (1967), Mistress of Hardwick (1972), The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974), Accident (1978), Kessler (1981), The Bill (1997) and Harry Hill (1997-2000, in which she played Harry's mother).
Facts
Sheila was married to director Douglas Camfield, who cast her in three of his Doctor Who stories, and her father was Bill Dunn, inventor of the bullet-proof Spitfire engine and chairman of ICI. In the 1980s and 90s Sheila was a leading light in the Richmond Shakespeare Society (as Sheila Camfield), and popped up on TV in the oddest of places - including playing an old and obese Baby Spice in An Audience with the Spice Girls (1997)!

Clifford Earl (Station sergeant) Aug 29 1933 to Jul 30 2015
Doctor Who credits
Played: Station sergeant in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Major Branwell in The Invasion (1968)
Career highlights
Clifford's CV also includes appearances in The History of Mr Polly (1959), Private Investigator (1959), The Franchise Affair (1962), Gideon's Way (1965), Department S (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Jason King (1972), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), Ike (1979), The Sea Wolves (1980), Third Time Lucky (1982) and The Upper Hand (1990). Clifford provided continuity announcements for Southern TV in the 1970s and TVS in the 1980s.
Facts
Clifford's real name was Kenneth Clifford Earl and he was a survivor/ victim of the Porton Down chemical tests into the common cold carried out on British soldiers by the MoD in the 1950s, which resulted in his colleague Ronald Maddison's death in 1953. Ken suffered from a number of health problems throughout his adult life, which he put down to being administered nerve agent sarin while at Porton Down - including prostate cancer, carcinoma, spondylosis, hepatic liver cysts, a lung embolism and depression.

Roy Evans (Trantis) Born 1930
Doctor Who credits
Played: Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Bert in The Green Death (1973)
Played: Miner in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Career highlights
After debuting in Touch of Death (1961), Roy went on to appear in Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Oliver! (1968), Budgie (1971), Poldark (1975), Jabberwocky (1977), Dick Turpin (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), The Black Adder (1983), Porterhouse Blue (1987), Only Fools and Horses (1989), Forever Green (1992), Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997), Children of the New Forest (1998), Fortysomething (2003) and Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003); he also appeared in Global Conspiracy (2004), an extra on the DVD for The Green Death in which he played the brother of the character he originally played.
Facts
Roy started out as a professional ballet dancer.

David Graham (Dalek voice) Jul 11 1925 to Sep 20 2024 Click here for David Graham's entry on The Daleks

Leonard Grahame (Darcy Trenton) Jun 13 1928 to Jan 31 2000
Career highlights
Leonard also had credits in Emergency Ward 10 (1959), Softly Softly (1966), They Came from Beyond Space (1967) and Champion House (1968). He also wrote an episode of The Saint (1962).

Pamela Greer (Lizan) Born Mar 7 1941
Career highlights
Pamela had previously appeared in Our House (1960), two Edgar Wallace Mysteries (1962/63), The Likely Lads (1965) and Riviera Police (1965). Shortly after appearing in Doctor Who, Pamela changed her name to Luanshya Greer, and went on to appear in Softly Softly (1966), Z Cars (1967, as WPC Shepherd), They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Man in a Suitcase (1968) and Armchair Theatre (1969). She then gave up acting to become a writer, penning scripts for Happy Ever After (1970), Harriet's Back in Town (1972-73), Dixon of Dock Green (1974), Thriller (1974), Triangle (1981), The Walls of Jericho (1981), Pas de Deux (1990) and Coup de Foudre (1992) under this name.
Facts
Luanshya, who has also written books such as Shadows in the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind, was married to actor John Carson, who appeared in Snakedance in 1983. She was earlier married to Peter Fraser, who appeared in 1964's The Dalek Invasion of Earth.

Michael Guest (Interviewer)
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).

James Hall (Borkar) Dec 14 1931 to Dec 22 1989
Doctor Who credits
Played: Soldier in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Borkar in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Other credits include Z Cars (1968), Paul Temple (1971), No Exit (1972), The Rough with the Smooth (1975), Poldark (1975), The Naked Civil Servant (1975) and Life of Shakespeare (1978).

Peter Hawkins (Dalek voice) Apr 3 1924 to Jul 8 2006 Click here for Peter Hawkins's entry on The Daleks

John Herrington (Rhynmal) Aug 4 1912 to Jul 3 1996
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rhynmal in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Holden in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
John's first role was uncredited in Quatermass II (1955), and he went on to take roles in Dixon of Dock Green (1959), A Shot in the Dark (1964), Timeslip (1971), Colditz (1972-73), The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974), Second Verdict (1976) and The Woman in White (1982).

Facts

It is believed John was born in Germany as Johannes Ludwig von Herzfeld.

Jeffrey Isaac (Khepren)
Career highlights
His CV also includes Crossroads (1964), Vendetta (1966) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966).

David James (Arab sheikh)
Career highlights
Other credits include Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Quick Before They Catch Us (1966) and Sherlock Holmes (1968).

Robert Jewell (Dalek operator) Jan 20 1920 to May 10 1998 Click here for Robert Jewell's entry on The Daleks

Steve Machin (Cameraman) Born May 10 1929
Career highlights
Other work includes The Lads (1963), Mustang (1975) and The Edison Twins (1985).

Kevin Manser (Dalek operator) Feb 16 1929 to Dec 21 2001 (bowel cancer) Click here for Kevin Manser's entry on The Daleks

Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom) Jul 1 1934 to Apr 13 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
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 was married to Third Doctor Jon Pertwee between 1955-60, and 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. Jean studied ballet as a child in order to overcome a nervous paralysis she suffered as a result of witnessing deaths and bombings during World War Two.

John Scott Martin (Dalek operator) Apr 1 1926 to Jan 6 2009 (Parkinson's Disease) Click here for John Scott Martin's entry on The Web Planet

Bill Meilen (Froyn) Sep 16 1932 to Sep 4 2006 (cancer)
Career highlights
Bill, who had a talent for dialect, first appeared on TV in The Six-Sided Triangle (1963), then Moulded in Earth (1965) and The Borderers (1969). After moving to Canada in 1969 as a drama professor, he went on to appear in The Grey Fox (1982), The Gunfighters (1987), Bingo (1991), Lonesome Dove (1995), The Outer Limits (2001), Just Cause (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), Scooby Doo 2 (2004), Smallville (2004), Battlestar Galactica (2004) and A Little Thing Called Murder (2006). He also provided voice for various video games of The Godfather (2006-07). He also wrote two TV plays in the 1960s.
Facts
Despite dying in 2006, Bill lives on through his website, particularly his guestbook.

Norman Mitchell (First policeman) Aug 27 1918 to Mar 19 2001
Career highlights
Norman appeared in over 140 productions, starting in 1951's Kaleidoscope and taking in William Tell (1958), Maigret (1961), various Carry On films (1963-78), The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967), Dad's Army (1969), On the Buses (1970-71), The Tomorrow People (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Ripping Yarns (1977), Come Back Mrs Noah (1978), The Jim Davidson Show (1980), Rentaghost (1980), Only When I Laugh (1982), Potter (1983), T-Bag Strikes Again (1986), You Rang, M-Lord? (1993), Last of the Summer Wine (1998) and Meanwhile (2003). He had a regular role as Piers Franklin in The Flying Swan (1965), Augustus Jones in Danger Island (1967), Charlie Mills in Beryl's Lot (1973-77) and PC Parsons in Worzel Gummidge (1979-80).
Facts
Norman's son was Christopher Mitchell, best known as Gunner "Parky" Parkin in It Ain't Half Hot Mum; Norman outlived his son by three weeks. Read about him on this tribute site (or buy the book!).

Conrad Monk (Assistant director) Born Sep 4 1936
Career highlights
Other credits include Emergency Ward 10 (1962), Compact (1964), Bud (1963), The Trygon Factor (1966) and The Champions (1969).
Facts
Conrad was a good friend of actor Alan Bates.

Bryan Mosley/ Buddy Windrush (Malpha, Prop man) Aug 25 1931 to Feb 9 1999 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Malpha in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, as Bryan Mosley)
Played: Prop man in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, as Buddy Windrush)
Career highlights
Buddy Windrush was actor Bryan Mosley's alias. Bryan will be best known as Coronation Street regular Alf Roberts (1961-99), but started acting in A Kind of Loving (1962). Other roles included The Villains (1964), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Queenie's Castle (1970-71), Kate (1971) and Get Carter (1971).
Facts
He was a founder member of the British Society of Fight Arrangers. Bryan, who'd suffered a heart attack in 1990 and respiratory problems in 1997, collapsed in the High Street, Shipley, West Yorkshire after visiting Barclays Bank (he was due to go on holiday to Venice the next day).
This is Your Life: Bryan was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on November 3rd, 1997, surprised by host Michael Aspel on the set of the soap Coronation Street.

Reg Pritchard (Man in mackintosh) 1925 to Jan 18 2013
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ben Daheer in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Man in mackintosh in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Reg's CV begins with Dixon of Dock Green (1961), then No Hiding Place (1964), The Saint (1968), Budgie (1971), A Question of Guilt (1980) and Something in Disguise (1982).

Walter Randall (Hyksos) Jun 26 1929 to May 5 2006
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.

Malcolm Rogers (Second policeman) Nov 7 1936 to 2022
Doctor Who credits
Played: Count Dracula in The Chase (1965)
Played: Second policeman in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
Other credits include Compact (1964), The Big Spender (1965), Privilege (1967), The Blood Beast Terror (1968), Napoleon and Love (1972), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Out (1978), Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982, as the Teacher), Ever Decreasing Circles (1986), Rumpole of the Bailey (1988), Cold Lazarus (1996), Pure Wickedness (1999), The Sleeping Dictionary (2003), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Casualty (2006), Psychoville (2009) and The Man Who Married Himself (2010).

Mark Ross (Ingmar Knopf) Mar 5 1942 to Dec 11 2019
Career highlights
Other CV entries include Suspense (1962) and Up the Junction (1968). Mark's surname was misspelt on the end credits of The Feast of Steven; his real name was Mark Rose.

Douglas Sheldon (Kirksen) Born Jun 22 1936
Career highlights
Douglas other acting roles included The Long Way Home (1960), The Yellow Teddybears (1963), Up the Junction (1968), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Law and Order (1978), Secret Army (1979) and Iron Eagle II (1988). He regularly played Arthur Parker in soap Triangle (1981). In his pop star guise, he also appeared in Ready, Steady, Go! (1963/64), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961-63/66) and Disk-O-Tek Holiday (1966).
Facts
In the 1960s Douglas - real name Bernard Bobroff - shared a flat with Michael Caine and Sean Connery, and in 1961 was signed up by Decca Records with a recording contract, despite never having sung before. His first single was Book of Love, which failed to chart, but he did have hits with a cover of Runaround Sue, Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night, and I Saw Linda Yesterday. Douglas also performed an unsuccessful entry for 1962's A Song for Europe, entitled My Kingdom for a Girl, but this was beaten by Ronnie Carroll's Ring-a-Ding Girl. His pop career ended in 1964, and he returned to acting, although his entire back catalogue was released in 2007 by Vocalion Records.

Julian Sherrier (Zephon) Jun 21 1929 to Aug 2012
Career highlights
Julian debuted in Laughing Anne (1953), then A Mask for Alexis (1959), 633 Squadron (1963), Danger Man (1965), The Saint (1968), Barlow at Large (1973), Edward VII (1975), Lillie (1978) and Strong Medicine (1986).
Facts
Julian was also an Indologist and dealer in Gandharan Pakistani art and antiquities, and in 1988 was involved in a lawsuit with his former lover Bernice Richard which involved the ownership and theft of five Fasting Buddha statues. Here's a link to the appeal document - it makes for juicy but involved reading!

Kevin Stoney (Mavic Chen) Jan 22 1921 to Jan 22 2008 (skin cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion (1968)
Played: Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Career highlights
Kevin's career began in 1950's The Gentle Gunman, followed by David Copperfield (1956), William Tell (1959), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1958-60), The Six Proud Walkers (1962), Murder at the Gallop (1963), The Prisoner (1967), Doomwatch (1970), Spy Trap (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), The New Avengers (1976), Quatermass (1979), Bergerac (1981-83), Hannay (1988), Inspector Morse (1993) and Alleyn Mysteries (1993). Kevin also played the character Thrasyllus in both The Caesars (1968) and I, Claudius (1976).
Facts
Kevin was voted the Daily Mail's Villain of the Year in 1965 for his role in The Daleks' Master Plan. In 1985 Kevin's very premature death was announced in a Doctor Who fanzine, but he made an appearance at a 1987 convention to prove he was still alive and kicking!

Gerald Taylor (Dalek operator) Oct 11 1940 to Dec 4 1994 Click here for Gerald Taylor's entry on The Daleks

Kenneth Thornett (Detective Inspector) Sep 19 1925 to Jan 4 1983
Career highlights
Other credits include John and Paddy (1956), A Tale of Two Cities (1957), The Scales of Justice (1962), The Devil in the Fog (1968), Doctor in the House (1970), Jack the Ripper (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974), Upstairs, Downstairs (1975) and Rosie (1977). He also played PC Dickins in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-74)

Royston Tickner (Steinberger P Green) Sep 8 1922 to Jul 7 1997
Doctor Who credits
Played: Steinberger P Green in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Robbins in The Sea Devils (1972)
Career highlights
Royston's long career began on screen in an Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960) and included roles in The Avengers (1963), Mrs Thursday (1967), ITV Playhouse (1968), Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969), Timeslip (1970), 10 episodes of Z Cars (1962-70), Emmerdale Farm (1973), Porridge (1974), Treasure Island (1977), Danger UXB (1979), Nanny (1981), Just Good Friends (1983-84) and One by One (1985).
Facts
Royston became an actor in the early 1940s on the stage, also working as a stage manager. Between 1947-58, he left acting to work as a lighthouse keeper, fireman, publican and miner.

Paula Topham (Vamp) Born Feb 4 1944
Career highlights
Other credits include Watch the Birdies (1966), Mackenzie (1980) and Bergerac (1990).

Derek Ware (Tuthmos) Feb 27 1938 to Sep 22 2015 (cancer) Click here for Derek Ware's entry on The Crusade

Bruce Wightman (Scott) Mar 5 1925 to Jan 8 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
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 Great Performances (1977).
Facts
Bruce co-founded London's Dracula Society in 1973 with fellow actor Bernard Davies (who appeared in The War Games in 1969). 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 to New Zealand in 2001 to continue writing about the career of Bram Stoker.

Terence Woodfield (Celation) Sep 18 1931 to Apr 3 2016
Doctor Who credits
Played: Celation in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Maharis in The Ark (1966)
Career highlights
Terence started out in Boyd QC (1961), then The Hidden Truth (1964), Object Z (1965), Object Z Returns (1966), Doctor in the House (1970), Robert's Robots (1973), Get Some In! (1978), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1979) and The Tomorrow People (1979).

Facts

Terence was credited as playing Celation in episodes 8 and 11 of The Daleks' Master Plan, whereas actor Ian East played Celation uncredited in episode 2. The spooky thing is, both these actors passed away on April 3rd, 2016!

CREW

Terry Nation (writer, episodes 1-5 & 7) Aug 6 1930 to Mar 9 1997 (emphysema) Click here for Terry Nation's entry on The Daleks

Dennis Spooner (writer, episodes 6 & 8-12) Dec 1 1932 to Sep 20 1986 (heart attack) Click here for Dennis Spooner's entry on The Reign of Terror

Douglas Camfield (director) May 8 1931 to Jan 27 1984 (heart attack) Click here for Douglas Camfield's entry on Planet of Giants

John Wiles (producer) Sep 20 1925 to Apr 5 1999 Click here for John Wiles's entry on The Myth Makers

Donald Tosh (script editor) Mar 16 1935 to Dec 3 2019 Click here for Donald Tosh's entry on The Time Meddler

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The Myth Makers

Vicki aka Cressida (Maureen O'Brien)
with her new love interest Paris
(James Lynn)

Four episodes (Temple of Secrets, Small Prophet, Quick Return, Death of a Spy, Horse of Destruction)
First broadcast Oct 16 to Nov 6 1965
Average audience for serial: 8.35m

• A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be seen at the bottom of the entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story at 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.

Adrienne Hill (Katarina) Jul 22 1937 to Oct 6 1997 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Katarina in The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
Career highlights
Adrienne's other work includes Compact (1964) and 199 Park Lane (1965). She also regularly played Myrna Podmore on the BBC Radio series Waggoners' Walk between 1969-71, and appeared in a few other radio productions, including the role of Gloria Watt in the BBC Light Programme's The Dales in 1965, and a part in Radio 4's Midweek Theatre: Fatty (1970). It is also thought that Adrienne may have had a role as a library assistant in New Zealand drama City Life (broadcast in January 1998, three months after her death), but this is unconfirmed. She also appeared at Children in Need's 1985 celebration of Doctor Who.
Facts
Adrienne had worked in repertory theatre before Doctor Who, and originally auditioned for the role of Joanna in The Crusade (1965). She moved to Holland and then the USA in the 1970s, returning to England in the 1980s to become a drama teacher.

GUEST CAST

Max Adrian (King Priam) Nov 1 1903 to Jan 19 1973 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Northern Ireland born Max's long career stemmed from The Primrose Path (1934) and included appearances in A Touch of the Moon (1936), Kipps (1941), The Young Mr Pitt (1942), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Show Parade (1956), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959), Oliver Twist (1962), Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Call My Bluff (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), The Baron (1967), Song of Summer: Frederick Delius (1968), The Music Lovers (1970), The Devils (1971) and The Boy Friend (1971). He also had a long-running role as Ludicrus Sextus in Up Pompeii (1969-70).
Facts
Before becoming principally a stage actor, Max was a singer and dancer during the intermissions at a silent film cinema. Max was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In the late 1960s, he toured as George Bernard Shaw in the one-man presentation By George, and originated the role of Pangloss in Leonard Bernstein's Candide on Broadway in 1956. In 1943, Max was imprisoned for three months for importuning in a lavatory, and was funded upon his release by actor Michael Redgrave. His longtime partner was television writer and director Laurier Lister (best known for devising Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure for television in 1956). It is said he died at home of a heart attack after returning from a BBC TV studio recording of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. However, the cast list for this now lost BBC Play of the Month, broadcast on May 16th 1973, does not seem to include Max, so maybe he was rehearsing, and his part recast following his death? Laurence Olivier, Joyce Grenfell and Alec Guinness attended his memorial service.

Francis de Wolff (Agamemnon) Jan 7 1913 to Apr 18 1984
Doctor Who credits
Played: Vasor in The Keys of Marinus (1964)
Played: Agamemnon in The Myth Makers (1965)
Career highlights
Francis's long career began in Flame in the Heather (1935) and took in roles in Fire Over England (1937), Under Capricorn (1949), Treasure Island (1950), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951), the Spirit of Christmas Present in Alistair Sims' Scrooge (1951), Moby Dick (1956), Corridors of Blood (1958), The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960), From Russia with Love (1963), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Woman in White (1966), Paul Temple (1971), the villainous Jedikiah in The Tomorrow People (1973-75) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
Facts
Francis's first wife (he had three wives, and seven children by two of them) was Jean Fairlie, who worked in the wardrobe and costume department on productions such as Alfie (1966), UFO (1970-73), Supergirl (1984) and Brazil (1985). In 1970, Francis appeared in a TV commercial for Birds Eye chicken pie, alongside fellow Doctor Who alumni June Whitfield.

Alan Haywood (Hector) Nov 30 1929 to Mar 6 1995 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Alan's other credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor (1955), Emergency Ward 10 (1959), Barnaby Rudge (1960), The Avengers (1963/65), Smuggler's Bay (1964), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Saint (1967), The Love Factor (1969), UFO (1970), Colditz (1972), The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris (1979), On the Razzle (1983), Jemima Shore Investigates (1983) and Laura and Disorder (1989). He also played Sir Geoffrey in more than 20 episodes of Richard the Lionheart (1962-63).

Barrie Ingham (Paris) Feb 10 1932 to Jan 23 2015
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alydon in Doctor Who and the Daleks (film, 1965)
Played: Paris in The Myth Makers (1965)
Career highlights
Barrie enjoyed a long career, beginning in The Cheaters (1960) and taking in The Victorians (1963), Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965), The Avengers (1967), The Caesars (1968), The Power Game (1969), The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Sweeney (1978), Funny Man (1981), Voyagers! (1983), Remington Steele (1983), The Fall Guy (1984), Airwolf (1984), Street Hawk (1985), The A Team (1986), Star Trek: the Next Generation (1989), Josh Kirby: Time Warrior (1995-96) and The Triangle (2005). He also played the title character in Hine (1971) and voiced Basil in the animation Basil: The Great Mouse Detective (1986).
Facts
Barrie was also a prolific musical theatre actor, appearing in Gypsy (1974), Camelot (1982), Jekyll and Hyde (1997) and Anything Goes (2003). In a 2013 interview, he was asked to describe what he would do if he had just six months to live: "I would spend half the time with my dear wife, who has been very neglected for all the showbiz, and then I'd stand on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company acting out every leading part in the 36 plays, and then die, on stage!"
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Barrie here.

Cavan Kendall (Achilles) May 22 1942 to Oct 29 1999 (cancer)
Career highlights
Cavan's other credits include Cry Wolf! (1956), The Railway Children (1957, as Peter), Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1959, as Bob Cherry), Jo's Boys (1959), Three Golden Nobles (1959), The Roving Reasons (1960), The Human Jungle (1963), St Ives (1967), Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968), The Way We Live Now (1969), John Macnab (1976), The Enchanted Castle (1979), Blood Money (1981), Eureka (1983), The Clandestine Marriage (1999) and Sexy Beast (2000). Between 1957-58, when he was still a teenager, Cavan had the regular role of Guy James in The Thompson Family. He also played PC Greenly in Softly Softly (1966).
Facts
Cavan, also an accomplished photographer, was acting legend Rex Harrison's brother-in-law between 1957-59, as actress Kay Kendall was his sister. His grandmother Marie was a music hall star, famous for her rendition of Just Like the Ivy, who used to tour Europe as a male impersonator and was on the bill for the 1932 Royal Variety Performance. Cavan got a part in a TV commercial for Calvin Klein's Obsession fragrance in the mid-1980s (I think this is it), and used the salary from that to fund a round-the-world trip photographing various flora and fauna.

Tutte Lemkow (Cyclops) Aug 28 1918 to Nov 10 1991
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 was Swedish actress Mai Zetterling.

Jon Luxton (Messenger)
Career highlights
He also appeared in The Gentle Assassin (1962), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963) and An Enemy of the State (1965).

James Lynn (Troilus)
Career highlights
James's other work includes Heiress of Garth (1965), The Cabbage Tree Hat Boys (1965), The Golden Age (1967) and Children Playing (1967).

Jack Melford (Menelaus) Sep 5 1899 to Oct 22 1972
Career highlights
Jack's long career began in The Sport of Kings (1931), and he went on to appear in Honeymoon for Three (1935), Luck of the Turf (1936), Let's Make a Night of It (1937), Youth at the Helm (1938), Someone at the Door (1939), Theatre Royal (1943), The Dinner Was Deadly (1946), The Laughing Lady (1946), The October Man (1947), Rookery Nook (1947), A Song on the Wind (1948), Reggie Little at Large (1953), Dear Dotty (1954), Tales from Soho (1956), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956/58/60), The Vise (1955-60), The Sky Larks (1958), The Army Game (1960), The Fourth Square (1961), The Sentimental Agent (1963), A Shot in the Dark (1964), Weavers Green (1966) and Lust for a Vampire (1971). Between 1957-58 Jack appeared as Detective Sergeant Miller in Educated Evans, played Mr Quelch in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1960-61) and Dr Rospin in Emergency Ward 10 (1964-65).
Facts
Jack's brother was writer and director Austin Melford (who wrote many of the Old Mother Riley screenplays in the 1940s), while his daughter is actress Jill Melford (and between 1961-72 Jack was distinguished actor Sir John Standing's father-in-law, through his marriage to Jill). Jack's cousin Jackeydawra Melford was the second woman in Britain to direct a film (1914's The Inn on the Heath).

Ivor Salter (Odysseus) Aug 22 1925 to Jun 21 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Morok commander in The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Odysseus in The Myth Makers (1965)
Played: Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid (1982)
Career highlights
Ivor's career began in The Heart Within (1957) and went on to see roles in Police Surgeon (1960), The Six Proud Walkers (1962), Dog Eat Dog (1964), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970), In for a Penny (1972), Westway (1976), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Crossroads (1979-80), The Invisible Man (1984), In Loving Memory (1986) and Executive Stress (1987).

Frances White (Cassandra) Born Nov 1 1938
Career highlights
Frances began acting in Winning Widows (1961) and went on to make appearances in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), Gazette (1968), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Thriller (1975), I, Claudius (1976), Prince Regent (1979), A Very Peculiar Practice (1986), Cluedo (1991), Harry's Mad (1996), Game On (1996), Tellystack (1997), Dangerfield (1998-99), The Courtroom (2004) and Doctors (2009). Frances also provided the voice of Granny Pig in the children's series Peppa Pig (2004-12), and memorably played Kate Hamilton in soap Crossroads (1977-78) and Vera Flood in the sitcom May to December (1989-94).
Facts
Frances's father was prolific movie art director Frank White. Frances was married for eight years to Anthony Hone, the brother of Camillus Hone, who in 1940 was adopted by Mary Poppins author P L Travers (Travers was offered both brothers, but opted for just the one). In 2013, Frances said of Anthony in an interview: "He was a Jekyll and Hyde when he was drinking. I never knew who would come through the door." You can read all about the P L Travers/ Hone family saga here.

CREW

Donald Cotton (writer) Apr 26 1928 to Dec 28 1999
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Myth Makers (1965), The Gunfighters (1966)
Career highlights
Experienced comedy writer Donald had previously adapted Greek tales for the BBC's Third Programme (starring Max Adrian and scored by Humphrey Searle, both involved in The Myth Makers), as well as written 1955's The Merry Christmas and the 1956 short film Five Guineas a Week. He went on to help create and write for Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), then turned his attentions to writing for the stage and being a columnist (this included the play My Dear Gilbert, with Jon Pertwee as W S Gilbert, performed in June 1969, just weeks after Pertwee had accepted the role of the Third Doctor). In 1966 he submitted an undeveloped storyline entitled The Herdsmen of Aquarius to the Doctor Who team, which boasted remarkable similarities to what later became Terror of the Zygons (1975). He also wrote lyrics for Tony Snell's 1973 album Medieval and Latter Day Lays, and in 1986 wrote the children's book The Bodkin Papers for Target Books, the fictional memoirs of a 150-year-old parrot.

Michael Leeston-Smith (director) Dec 12 1916 to Dec 5 2001 (septicaemia)
Career highlights
Starting out behind the scenes in TV and film in the 1930s - as well as being lighting engineer on The Quatermass Experiment (1953) and production assistant on Quatermass II (1955) - Michael's other directing duties include The Silver Box (1959), The Small House at Allington (1960), Witch Wood (1964), Thorndyke (1964), Z Cars (1962-65), Londoners (1965), R3 (1965) and A Most Unfortunate Accident (1968). As a producer he worked on The Freedom of the Prisoner (1958), The Withered Look of Summer (1959), The Silver Box and The Small House at Allington. He moved to South Africa in 1973 to work as a freelance director for the SABC when its colour TV broadcasts were in their infancy.

John Wiles (producer) Sep 20 1925 to Apr 5 1999
Doctor Who credits
Produced: The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, The Ark (1965-66)
Career highlights
South Africa born John also wrote for The Dancing Bear (1954), The Vise (1955), The Grove Family (1957), Your World (1961-62), This Man Craig (1966), The Newcomers (1966), Dixon of Dock Green (1967), Boy Meets Girl (1967-68), Judge Dee (1969), Menace (1970), Out of the Unknown (1971), The Regiment (1972), Warship (1973-74), Ballet Shoes (1975), Poldark (1977), A Horseman Riding By (1978) and Tycoon (1978), and script edited on Compact (1963), The Midnight Men (1964), A Man Called Harry Brent (1965), Contract to Kill (1965), The Mind of the Enemy (1965) and Dixon of Dock Green (1967-69).
Facts
John came to the UK in 1949 and worked for a time as a furniture porter. John had a fascination for the Greek myths, and often worked on productions of them in schools.

Donald Tosh (script editor) Mar 16 1935 to Dec 3 2019 Click here for Donald Tosh's entry on The Time Meddler

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