The Evil of the Daleks

Wide-eyed but no innocent:
Theodore Maxtible (Marius Goring)

Seven episodes (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6; Episode 7)
First broadcast May 20 to Jul 1 1967
Average audience for serial: 6.43m

An episode by episode review of this story can be found at Time Space Visualiser here.

REGULAR CAST

Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) Mar 25 1920 to Mar 28 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks

Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Born Sep 22 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders

Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield) Jan 2 1948 to Jul 21 2017 (lung cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Victoria Waterfield in The Evil of the Daleks, The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Abominable Snowmen, The Ice Warriors, The Enemy of the World, The Web of Fear, Fury from the Deep (1967-68). Return appearance in Dimensions in Time (1993). She appears in archive footage in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984).
Career highlights
Debbie first appeared on TV at the age of 10 as Sally in 11 episodes of The Invisible Man (1958-59), then appeared in William Tell (1959), A Life of Bliss (1960), Alice in Wonderland (1965, as Alice), The Power Game (1966), Calf Love (1966), This Man Craig (1966), Out of the Unknown (1966), Mister Misfit (1967), No Hiding Place (1967), Call My Bluff (1969), Crime of Passion (1971), Old Newsome (1972), Doctor in Charge (1972), Arthur of the Britons (1973), That'll Be the Day (1973), Take Me High (1973), Electric Cinema (1975), A Roof Over My Head (1977), Rising Damp (1978), Lillie (1978), Accident (1979), five editions of The Jim Davidson Show (1981) and Punchlines! (1983). Other regular roles included Julie Robertson in 26 episodes of The Newcomers (1969) and Norma in Danger UXB (1979). She also reprised the role of Victoria Waterfield (alongside Nicholas Courtney's Brigadier, Elisabeth Sladen's Sarah Jane Smith and her father Jack as Professor Travers) in the fan spin-off production Downtime (1995).
Facts
Her father was actor Jack Watling, who appeared alongside her in the Doctor Who stories The Abominable Snowmen (1967) and The Web of Fear (1968), as well as spin-off Downtime (1995). Her mother was actor Patricia Hicks, while she also had several siblings: half-sister Dilys appeared in various light entertainment shows in the 1970s and 80s alongside the likes of Frankie Howerd, Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies; brother Giles was also an actor, best known as Oswald in the sitcom Bread (1988-91); her younger brother Adam died tragically in 1952 when he was buried by a snowdrift which slid off the roof; fourth sibling Nicola also acted on stage for a while. In the 1980s Debbie was married to fellow actor Nicholas Field, son of vaudeville comedian Sid Field. Between 1957-81 the Watling family lived at the Grade II-listed medieval farmhouse Alderton Hall, Loughton, which was said to be haunted by a poltergeist. In the late 1960s, Deborah opened her own clothes boutique in Buckhurst Hill, Epping, called The Pink Clock. Deborah was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2017, and died in a care home the following month.

GUEST CAST

John Bailey (Edward Waterfield) Jun 26 1912 to Feb 18 1989
Doctor Who credits
Played: Commander in The Sensorites (1964)
Played: Edward Waterfield in The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Sezom in The Horns of Nimon (1979-80)
Career highlights
Debuted as Till the End of Time (1946), then enjoyed roles in Romeo and Juliet (1947), It Happened in Soho (1948), The Night Won't Talk (1952), The Granville Melodramas (1955-56), The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957), Ivanhoe (1958/59), Ghost Squad (1963), Quick Before They Catch Us (1966), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Champions (1969), Journey to the Unknown (1969), Steptoe and Son (1970), Van der Valk (1973), Thriller (1976), Return of the Saint (1978), Tales of the Unexpected (1983) and Personal Services (1987).
Facts
Alison Bailey has compiled a professional history for John (who was her father's first cousin) here.

Sonny Caldinez (Kemel) Jul 1 1932 to Apr 12 2022
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kemel in The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Played: Turoc in The Ice Warriors (1967)
Played: Ice Warrior in The Seeds of Death (1969)
Played: Ssorg in The Curse of Peladon (1972)
Played: Sskel in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Career highlights
Trinidadian Sonny's other appearances include Scott On... (1964), Virgin of the Secret Service (1968), The Spy Killer (1969), White Cargo (1973), The Man With the Golden Gun (1974), Mind Your Language (1978), Sexton Blake and the Demon God (1978), Arabian Adventure (1979), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997).
Facts
Sonny, who is 6ft 4in, emigrated to the UK in 1952 and started working on the railways and as a wrestler, before moving into stuntwork and acting. He also worked for a time as bodyguard for music legend Michael Jackson. He moved to Spain in 2005.

Geoffrey Colville (Perry) Oct 15 1926 to Apr 23 2006
Career highlights
Other credits include Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1953), The Night We Got the Bird (1961), Crane (1963), Strange Report (1969), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973), Lillie (1978), The Sponge Man (1980), Bust (1988) and If You See God, Tell Him (1993). He also regularly played Dr Mike Beckett in Emergency Ward 10 (1963-67).

Griffith Davies (Kennedy)
Career highlights
Griffith's first credit was in The Terrorists (1961) and subsequently appeared in Coronation Street (1965), The Avengers (1966), Spindoe (1968), Department S (1970), Under Milk Wood (1972), Spring and Autumn (1974), Dick Turpin (1979) and Minder (1984).
Facts
In 1964, Griffith (full name, Michael Griffith-Davies) married the actor Jacqueline Ellis (who had previously been married to the journalist Jeffrey Bernard), but they later divorced. One evening in February 1970, Griffith got talking to a man in a pub in Berden, Essex, who boasted that he was going to become a millionaire. This man, Arthur Hosein, was put on trial at the Old Bailey six months later, along with his brother, for the abduction and murder of Muriel Mackay, although their intended victim was newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch's wife Anna. Griffith was called as a witness at the trial, causing him to miss performances of the stage play he was in at the time at the Theatre Royal Stratford, Joan Littlewood's Forward, or Up Your End.

Windsor Davies (Toby) Aug 28 1930 to Jan 17 2019
Career highlights
Windsor's first credit was in The Pot Carriers (1962) and he subsequently notched up appearances in productions such as Probation Officer (1962), Murder Most Foul (1964), The Corridor People (1966), Orlando (1966), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), UFO (1970), Callan (1972), Hawkeye, the Pathfinder (1973), Sam (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), The New Statesman (1984), Old Scores (1991), Paris (1994), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1997), Mosley (1998), Vanity Fair (1998), Gormenghast (2000), Cor Blimey! (2000) and My Family (2004). Windsor's best known roles were in two Carry On films (1975-76), as Sergeant-Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum (1974-81), the voice of Sergeant Major Zero in Terrahawks (1983-86) and Oliver Smallbridge in the sitcom Never the Twain (1981-91).
Facts
He worked as both a miner and a teacher before turning to acting in the early 1960s. Windsor enjoyed a UK number one hit single with It Ain't Half Hot, Mum co-star Don Estelle in the form of Whispering Grass in June 1975. He also unsuccessfully auditioned to be the voice of the Speaking Clock in 1985. Sitcom casting director Jane Davies is his daughter.
This is Your Life: Windsor was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on January 7th, 1976, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews outside a Chelsea restaurant.

Brigit Forsyth (Ruth Maxtible) Jul 28 1940 to Dec 1 2023
Career highlights
Before Doctor Who, Brigit had appeared in R3 (1965) and a Wednesday Play (1966), and went on to appear in Adam Smith (1972), Holly (1972), The Sinners (1973), The Glamour Girls (1980-82), Tom, Dick and Harriet (1982-83), The Practice (1985), Sharon and Elsie (1984-85), The Practice (1986), Dark Season (1991), Dangerfield (1995), Children's Ward (1997), Playing the Field (1998-2002), The Bill (2002), Down to Earth (2005), Doctors (2006), Midsomer Murders (2008), Hollyoaks (2013), Still Open All Hours (2013-19, as Madge), Rovers (2016) and Holby City (2016). Her best known roles were as Thelma in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973-74, plus its 1976 film outing) and Helen Yeldham in Boon (1989).
Facts
Brigit was also an accomplished cellist and composer for the cello. She was married to prolific TV director Brian Mills until his death in 2006.
This is Your Life: Brigit was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on April 24th, 2002, surprised by host Michael Aspel at BBC Broadcasting House. Doctor Who actors James Ellis and Elizabeth Spriggs appeared as guests on the show, as did Torchwood writer Jacquetta May. As of 2016, Brigit was the last Doctor Who actor to be honoured by the show, which ended in August 2003. Link to The Big Red Book entry.

Marius Goring (Theodore Maxtible) May 23 1912 to Sep 30 1998 (cancer)
Career highlights
Isle of Wight born Marius's earliest credit was in Consider Your Verdict (1937) and subsequently became one of Britain's most prolific actors, appearing in The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940), Night Boat to Dublin (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), Odette (1950), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Ill Met By Moonlight (1957), The Moonraker (1958), Anna Karenina (1961), The Mask of Janus (1965), Man in a Suitcase (1968), Zeppelin (1971), Fall of Eagles (1974), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), Levkas Man (1981), The Old Men at the Zoo (1983) and Strike It Rich (1990). Marius may be best remembered as Professor John Hardy in over 60 episodes of The Expert (1968-71/76), as well as Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1956). Marius also dabbled behind the camera, producing 12 episodes of The Scarlet Pimpernel, as well as writing one.
Awards
1991: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
He first hit the stage in 1925, became a founder member of British Equity in 1929 (of which he was an ardent supporter, even going as far as the courts to fight its cause, and serving as its vice president between 1963-65 and 1975-82) and during World War Two became supervisor of productions for the BBC's service broadcasts using the name Charles Richardson (the surname Goring wasn't too popular during the war!). His second wife was the German actor Lucie Mannheim, while his third was prolific TV director and producer Prudence Fitzgerald.

Murphy Grumbar (Dalek operator) Aug 16 1928 to May 5 1991 Click here for Murphy Grumbar's entry on The Daleks (as Peter Murphy)

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

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

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

Alec Ross (Bob Hall) May 23 1922 to Dec 4 1971 (cancer of the oesophagus)
Career highlights
Alec's career began in Jim the Penman (1947) and included appearances in The Golden Horseshoe (1952), Deadline Midnight (1961), Detective (1964), Gideon's Way (1965), The Borderers (1969) and Softly Softly (1971).
Facts
In 1948, the actor Kenneth Morgan walked out of his relationship with the playwright Terence Rattigan to be with Alec, despite Alec preferring women. Alec, who was a heavy drinker, was actress Sheila Hancock's first husband until his death. Sheila (who appeared in Doctor Who in 1988) then married actor John Thaw, who also died of cancer of the oesophagus in 2002. Alec's daughter is actress Melanie Thaw, who changed her surname when Sheila married John.

Jo Rowbottom (Mollie Dawson) Born 1942
Career highlights
Jo's lengthy career began in Probation Officer (1962) and includes Steptoe and Son (1963), Dimensions of Fear (1963), The Troubleshooters (1965), Tom Grattan's War (1968), Little Women (1970), Smith (1970), The Befrienders (1972), Romany Jones (1972-73), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), Sam and the River (1975), My Son Reuben (1975), I, Claudius (1976), The Sun Trap (1980), Terry and June (1981), Going Out (1981), The Detective (1985), The Bretts (1987) and Love Hurts (1992).
Facts
Jo, who started out as a secretary at the BBC, originally auditioned for the role of Victoria Waterfield. She has appeared in a number of TV commercials, including Rose's lime marmalade (1977), British Gas (1987), the Milk Marketing Board (1990) and house insurance (1992).

Roy Skelton (Dalek voice) Jul 20 1931 to Jun 8 2011 (pneumonia following a stroke) Click here for Roy Skelton's entry on The Ark

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

Ken Tyllsen (Dalek operator) 1939 to Jun 11 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: First Sensorite/ Scientist in The Sensorites (1964)
Played: Mechanoid in The Chase (1965)
Played: Dalek in The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
Career highlights
Ken's other credited TV work included Doctor in the House (1970), but he had also worked for the Royal Ballet and National Theatre.
Facts
Since the 1980s Ken was a member and vice-president of the Adlerian Society, the Institute for Individual Psychology and Counselling, and worked closely with the mental health charity MIND. There are some lovely tributes to Ken from fellow Adlerians here.

Gary Watson (Arthur Terrall) Born Jun 13 1930
Career highlights
Gary's earliest role was in The Last Enemy (1956) and he went on to appear in Out of This World (1962), The Baron (1966), The Three Musketeers (1966-67, as Aramis), The Devil in the Fog (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970), War and Peace (1972-73), The Pallisers (1974), Z Cars (1972-74), The Hanged Man (1975), Anna Karenina (1977), Chocky (1984) and Hannay (1988).
Facts
Gary's most noted work was with George Rylands and the Marlowe Society of Cambridge, which enacted the complete works of Shakespeare for radio in the 1960s.

CREW

David Whitaker (writer) Apr 18 1928 to Feb 4 1980 (cancer) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child

Derek Martinus (director) Apr 4 1931 to Mar 27 2014 (Alzheimer's Disease) Click here for Derek Martinus's entry on Galaxy 4

Timothy Combe (director) Born Oct 17 1936
Doctor Who credits
Assistant floor manager: The Keys of Marinus (1964, uncredited)
Production assistant: The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited), The Evil of the Daleks (1967, uncredited)
Directed: The Reign of Terror (1964, episode 6, uncredited), The Evil of the Daleks (1967, fight sequence in episode 7), Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Prisoner in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Career highlights
Timothy later directed for Z Cars (1968-73), The Newcomers (1968-69), The Doctors (1970-71), Away from It All (1973), The Early Life of Stephen Hind (1974), Ballet Shoes (1975), The Brothers (1976) and Angels (1979). He subsequently became an actors' agent.

Innes Lloyd (producer) Dec 24 1925 to Aug 23 1991 Click here for Innes Lloyd's entry on The Celestial Toymaker

Peter Bryant (associate producer and script editor) Oct 27 1923 to May 19 2006 (cancer) Click here for Peter Bryant's entry on The Faceless Ones

Gerry Davis (script editor) Feb 23 1930 to Aug 31 1991 Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve