The Dominators

These futuristic space clothes were
the very latest in fashion... on Dulkis

Five episodes (Episode 1, Episode 2, [untitled third instalment], Episode 4, Episode 5)
First broadcast Aug 10 to Sep 7 1968
Average audience for serial: 6.16m

An episode by episode review of this story can be read 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

Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot) Born Dec 7 1947 Click here for Wendy Padbury's entry on The Wheel in Space

GUEST CAST

Ronald Allen (Rago) Dec 16 1930 to Jun 18 1991 (lung cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rago in The Dominators (1968)
Played: Ralph Cornish in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Ronald's earliest credit was on Romeo and Juliet (1957), and further credits included A Night to Remember (1958), The Four Just Men (1960), The Avengers (1964), Hell Boats (1970), The Liver Birds (1971), The Fiend (1972), Eat the Rich (1987), Generations (1989), Bergerac (1990), five of the Comic Strip Presents... strand (1982-90) and The Happening (1991). Ronald's most famous role was as David Hunter in 195 episodes of the soap opera Crossroads (1972-83), but he also played recurring characters in two other soaps - Ian Harmon in 223 episodes of Compact (1962-65) and Mark Wilson in 53 episodes of United! (1966-67).
Facts
Ronald lived for many years with Crossroads co-star Brian Hankins before Brian's death from cancer, after which Ronald wed his Crossroads co-star Sue Lloyd when he learnt he himself had terminal cancer. Ronald died within three months of their marriage. Ronald had been dogged my rumours he was gay for years, which he referred to in a 1985 interview: "I'm not going to deny the gay rumours. What I will say is that my relationship with Sue is fulfilled and fulfilling in every way, a very passionate sexual relationship. The constant rumours do not upset me any more. People are free to interpret things however they like. The simple truth is that I've never found a woman I've wanted to share my life with until Sue came along."

Johnson Bayly (Balan) Sep 15 1915 to 1980
Career highlights
Johnson had previously appeared in Spy of Napoleon (1936), then Dixon of Dock Green (1955), Home Town (1956), How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957), All Gas and Gaiters (1967) and The Donati Conspiracy (1973).
Facts
Actor Ian Ogilvy tells in his memoirs how, in the early 1960s, Johnson successfully sued a local newspaper while appearing in repertory at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre. The paper's theatre critic had written that Johnson was a lacklustre actor and hadn't learnt his lines. Johnson succeeded in winning damages, a retraction and a public apology from the reporter. Johnson was the son of Bessie Kate Bayly, whose stage name was Katie Johnson - who won a Best Actress BAFTA in 1955 for playing Mrs Wilberforce in the film The Ladykillers. You can see where her son got his name!

Giles Block (Teel) Born 1943
Career highlights
Giles's other credits include Redcap (1965), Vanity Fair (1967), The Jazz Age (1968) and The Sextet (1972).
Facts
Giles is now an accomplished Shakespearean director, and in 2005 produced a version of Troilus and Cressida at the Globe Theatre in which the actors used contemporary 16th century pronunciation. He has worked at the Globe since 1999 and now advises actors (as Master of the Words) on how to pronounce and express themselves clearly using Shakespeare's prose. In 2011 Giles received the Sam Wanamaker Award, given to those who increase enjoyment and understanding of the Bard. Giles' brother is actor Timothy Block, who appeared in Doctor Who story Black Orchid (1982).
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Giles here.

Brian Cant (Tensa) 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.

Arthur Cox (Cully) Apr 7 1934 to Apr 9 2021
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cully in The Dominators (1968)
Played: Mr Henderson in The Eleventh Hour (2010)
Career highlights
Northern Ireland born Arthur's first credit was Four for Solitaire (1958), followed by Hereward the Wake (1965), Love Story (1966), The Avengers (1967/68), Fraud Squad (1969), UFO (1970), The Fortunes of Nigel (1974), Killers (1976), The Sweeney (1978), Yes, Minister (1980-81, as Jim Hacker's driver George), Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983-84, as Inspector Marriott), Personal Services (1987), Terry and June (1987), Bread (1987), The New Statesman (1989), She-Wolf of London (1990-91, as Dad Matheson), French and Saunders (1993), Coronation Street (1994), Harbour Lights (1999), Midsomer Murders (2000), Heartbeat (2002), Jane Eyre (2006), Sold (2007) and Shuttlecock (2020).

John Cross (Council member) Nov 12 1902 to Aug 2 1995
Career highlights
John's other credits include The Dickie Henderson Show (1963), Love Story (1964), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971), Just William (1978) and The Goodies (1982). He also provided the commentary for the schools series How We Used to Live (1975-76).

Walter Fitzgerald (Senex) May 18 1896 to Dec 20 1976
Career highlights
Debuting in Murder at Covent Garden (1932), former stockbroker Walter's CV includes Murder on the Second Floor (1939), This England (1941), In Which We Serve (1942), Mine Own Executioner (1947), Blanche Fury (1948), The Winslow Boy (1948), Treasure Island (1950), The Pickwick Papers (1952), Front Page Story (1954), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), The Birthday Present (1957), Big Guns (1958), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), HMS Defiant (1962), Detective (1964), Mr Rose (1968) and Z Cars (1969).
Facts
Originally trained as a stockbroker, Walter's acting career began on the stage as early as 1922. The prestigious London kindergarten and prep school Garden House School was founded by Margery de Brissac Bernard in 1950 in Walter's house, before it outgrew his facilities and moved to the current Sloane Square location. In his final years, Walter was blind and lame following a car accident in the early 1970s (in which his second wife, Angela, was killed). Actor Derek Nimmo once told of taking Walter to the Garrick for dinner, where a woman saw him sitting with his white stick and asked: "Excuse me, are you Leslie Banks?". Walter replied: "No, he's been dead much longer than I have!" Walter's grandson Benedict Bickley set up a website in memory of Walter in 2011, where you can find photos, as well as Walter's expansive autobiography, which he wrote shortly before his death.

Alan Gerrard (Bovem) May 15 1929 to Jan 29 2009
Career highlights
Alan first emerged in the 1961 series Dennis the Menace, followed by appearances in Cluff (1965), The Avengers (1965/66), Orlando (1966), Sexton Blake (1967), Nearest and Dearest (1969), Strange Report (1969), A Family at War (1970), Coronation Street (1969/73), Shabby Tiger (1973), Crown Court (1974), Thriller (1976) and Angels (1976).

Felicity Gibson (Kando) Born Feb 13 1947
Career highlights
Felicity's further roles include The Troubleshooters (1967), Virgin of the Secret Service (1968), The Sex Game (1968), The Vortex (1969), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971), Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), The Duchess of Duke Street (1977) and Danton's Death (1978).
Facts
Felicity's uncle was Guy Gibson, leader of the RAF "Dam Busters" raid in 1943.

Sheila Grant (Quark voices) Mar 7 1933 to Sep 14 1990
Doctor Who credits
Played: Quark voices in The Dominators (1968)
Played: Jane Leeson in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
Sheila's first credit was Madame Bovary (1964), then Up the Junction (1965), The Witness (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966/67), Point Counterpoint (1968), Cold Comfort Farm (1968), Doomwatch (1971), Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), Yes, Honestly (1977), Funny Man (1981), Captain Zep, Space Detective (1983), The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Practice (1986) and The Bill (1990).

John Hicks (Quark) Born 1955
Doctor Who credits
Played: Quark in The Dominators (1968)
Played: Axon boy in The Claws of Axos (1971)
Career highlights
His only other credits include Dixon of Dock Green (1968), Out of the Unknown (1969) and Whack-O! (1972).
Facts
John and fellow Quark actors Gary Smith and Freddie Wilson were school friends. When he was 13, John played the title role in Oliver! at London's Piccadilly Theatre. As an adult, John moved to live in New Zealand and worked for a commercial cleaning company. In an interview in 2000, John said: "In England at the time, Doctor Who was the 'in thing', the ultimate in science fiction. We used to play with the TV cameras [in our lunch breaks] until one day a voice came from nowhere - the control room, I guess - telling us not to move them!"

Kenneth Ives (Toba) Mar 26 1934 to Mar 6 2022
Career highlights
Former stuntman Kenneth appeared in Treasure Island (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67), The Lion in Winter (1968), Z Cars (1968), The First Churchills (1969), Strange Report (1970), The Last of the Mohicans (1971) and Arthur of the Britons (1973), but then gave up acting to become a director of programmes such as And All Who Sail in Her (1973), Churchill's People (1975), Poldark (1975), Gangsters (1976), Secret Army (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), A Kind of Alaska (1984), Summer Season (1985) and The Birthday Party (1987).
Facts
In 1974, Kenneth married actress Imogen Hassall (sometimes known as the Countess of Cleavage!), but she was constantly troubled by her inability to have children (Kenneth and Imogen had a daughter in 1972, but the child died after just four days). They divorced in 1978, and Imogen was quoted as saying: "I always refused what I didn't want in bed. I only forced myself to do something I didn't want sexually in my marriage. It became a nightmare. My husband was physically very handsome... but it was hell. I was on pills. Awful." Tragically, Imogen married actor Andrew Knox in 1979, but lost a child with him too. In 1980, she committed suicide. Kenneth went on to marry comedienne Marti Caine, who died of cancer in 1995.

Ronald Mansell (Council member) May 8 1909 to Dec 29 1983
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Ronald's last screen role, after having appeared in The Thracian Horses (1946), Androcles and the Lion (1946), Don Juan (1946), Starr and Company (1958) and The Avengers (1964).

Nicolette Pendrell (Tolata) Jun 15 1941 to Aug 2 2003
Career highlights
Further appearances include Delayed Flight (1964), The White Rabbit (1967), The Expert (1969) and The Sextet (1972).
Facts
Her father was actor Anthony Pendrell.

Gary Smith (Quark) Born c.1955
Career highlights
Gary's other credits include The World of Wooster (1967), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Out of the Unknown (1969), All at Sea (1970), Mr Horatio Knibbles (1971), Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) and For Love Alone (1986).

Malcolm Terris (Etnin) Jan 11 1941 to Jun 6 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Etnin in The Dominators (1968)
Played: Co-Pilot in The Horns of Nimon (1979-80)
Career highlights
Malcolm's extensive career began with 1965's Othello, and includes The Informer (1967), Six Days of Justice (1972), Fall of Eagles (1974), Rooms (1974), The Stars Look Down (1975), The First Great Train Robbery (1979), Juliet Bravo (1981), By the Sword Divided (1983), Bleak House (1985), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986), The Monocled Mutineer (1986), Chaplin (1992), Coronation Street (1994-98, as Eric Firman), Our Friends in the North (1996), Underworld (1997), Family Affairs (1998-99), ChuckleVision (2002), Emmerdale (2004), Elizabeth I (2005), Doctors (2008) and Midsomer Murders (2011). He also had a long-running role as Matt Headley in When the Boat Comes In (1976-77). Before going into acting, Malcolm was a reporter for a newspaper in Sunderland.

Philip Voss (Wahed) Aug 20 1936 to Nov 13 2020 (cancer and complications from coronavirus)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Acomat in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Wahed in The Dominators (1968)
Career highlights
Philip's debut came in Top Secret (1962), then Suspense (1963), No Hiding Place (1964), The Troubleshooters (1970), Elizabeth R (1971), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Melissa (1974), Lillie (1978), Ladykillers (1980), Octopussy (1983), Clockwise (1986), Inspector Morse (1987), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Boon (1995), Let Them Eat Cake (1999), Fish (2000), North Square (2000), The Brides in the Bath (2003), About Time (2013) and Vicious (2013-16).
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Philip here.

Freddie Wilson (Quark) Born c.1955
Doctor Who credits
Played: Quark in The Dominators (1968), The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Freddie's other work includes Z Cars (1968), The First Churchills (1969), Doomwatch (1971) and Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972).

CREW

Mervyn Haisman (writer - as "Norman Ashby") Mar 15 1928 to Oct 29 2010 (heart failure) Click here for Mervyn Haisman's entry on The Abominable Snowmen

Henry Lincoln (writer - as "Norman Ashby") Feb 12 1930 to Feb 23 2022 Click here for Henry Lincoln's entry on The Abominable Snowmen

Morris Barry (director) Feb 9 1918 to Nov 20 2000 Click here for Morris Barry's entry on The Moonbase

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

Derrick Sherwin (script editor) Apr 16 1936 to Oct 17 2018 Click here for Derrick Sherwin's entry on The Web of Fear