The Ambassadors of Death

Martian ambassador?
Or Vashta Nerada?

Seven episodes (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7)
First broadcast Mar 21 to May 2 1970
Average audience for serial: 7.34m

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

REGULAR CAST

Jon Pertwee (The Doctor) Jul 7 1919 to May 20 1996 (heart attack) Click here to see Jon Pertwee's entry on Spearhead from Space

Caroline John (Liz Shaw) Sep 19 1940 to Jun 5 2012 (cancer) Click here to see Caroline John's entry on Spearhead from Space

Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart) Dec 16 1929 to Feb 22 2011 (cancer) Click here for Nicholas Courtney's entry on The Daleks' Master Plan

GUEST CAST

John Abineri (General Carrington) May 18 1928 to Jun 29 2000 (motor-neurone disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Van Lutyens in Fury from the Deep (1968)
Played: General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Richard Railton in Death to the Daleks (1974)
Played: Ranquin in The Power of Kroll (1978-79)
Career highlights
John's first credit was in The Children of the New Forest (1955), and later appeared in The Third Man (1959), Formula for Danger (1960), The Odd Man (1962), Redcap (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966), The Witch's Daughter (1971), The Last of the Mohicans (1971), General Hospital (1972), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Moon Stallion (1978), Blake's 7 (1979), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Jamaica Inn (1983), Maelstrom (1985), Red Dwarf (1988, as Rimmer's father), The Godfather Part III (1990), Seaforth (1994), Wycliffe (1995) and The Window Bed (1999). John also had regular roles as Hubert Goss in Survivors (1976-77) and Herne the Hunter in Robin of Sherwood (1984-86); he was also the butler in the original series of Ferrero Rocher advertisements.
Facts
John's son Daniel is an actor and voiceover artist who claims to have discovered Russell Crowe (Daniel is married to TV producer Claudia Rosencrantz). John's other son Sebastian is also an actor. When actor Duncan Lamont died during the film of the 1979 Blake's 7 episode Hostage, John took over the role (both had co-starred in the Doctor Who story Death to the Daleks (1974)). In 1973 John was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for playing Chingachgook in Last of the Mohicans and Hawkeye, the Pathfinder (he lost to Anthony Murphy).

Ronald Allen (Ralph Cornish) 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."

Ray Armstrong (Grey)
Career highlights
Ray's career began as an uncredited extra in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), and later took in Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964), Department S (1969), The Regiment (1972), The Venturers (1972), The New Avengers (1976), The Famous Five (1978), Harry's Game (1982), Tucker's Luck (1983), A Dorothy L Sayers Mystery (1987), Shirley Valentine (1989), Lovejoy (1992), Oasis (1993), Chef! (1996) and Casualty (2001). He regularly played Colin Wade in Freewheelers (1972).
Facts
In the 1950s, Ray worked for the Forestry Commission, and after becoming an actor, was a member of the Children's Theatre Company in the 1960s, driving a bus around the UK to perform in different communities. Ray now lives in the Findhorn spiritual eco-village in north-east Scotland.

Geoffrey Beevers (Private Johnson) Born Jan 15 1941
Doctor Who credits
Played: Private Johnson in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: The Master in The Keeper of Traken (1981)
Career highlights
Geoffrey made his debut in a 1970 edition of Sentimental Education, and then appeared in The Jensen Code (1973), Edward the King (1975), Anna Karenina (1977), Breakaway (1980), The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Stalky & Co (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Bust (1988), A Very British Coup (1988), Grange Hill (1989), Spatz (1990), Taggart (1992), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Seaforth (1994), Medics (1995), Bramwell (1996), Bodyguards (1996-97), Shooting the Past (1999), Boyz Unlimited (1999), Red Dwarf (1999), The Queen's Nose (1998/2000), Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002), Down to Earth (2004), Miss Potter (2006), The Edge of Love (2008), Cass (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Reggie Perrin (2010), Bad Education (2013) and Legend (2015).
Facts
Geoffrey's wife was Doctor Who actress Caroline John. After playing the Master in The Keeper of Traken, he has reprised the role several times in a number of Big Finish audio dramas.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Geoffrey here.

Dallas Cavell (Quinlan) Sep 19 1925 to Feb 15 1993
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.

Robert Cawdron (Taltalian) Dec 29 1921 to Sep 14 1997
Career highlights
French born Robert made his uncredited debut in Night Beat (1947), then appeared in A Christmas Carol (1950), Treasure Island (1951), The Railway Children (1951), Goonreel (1952), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1956), The Count of Monte Cristo (1956), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), The Massingham Affair (1964), Triton (1968), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), From a Bird's Eye View (1971), Doomwatch (1971), The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973) and Days of Hope (1975). His last TV work was in The Dick Emery Show in 1981. Robert also had regular roles as Detective Inspector Cherry in Z Cars (1956-65) and Sergeant Luduc in The Saint (1962-67).
Facts
Robert's nephew is actor/ director Nick Cawdron.

James Clayton (Private Parker)
Career highlights
James had previously appeared in Softly Softly (1968) and various episodes of Z Cars (1968-69) as PC Foley.

Carl Conway (Control room assistant) Feb 6 1922 to Feb 10 2017
Doctor Who credits
Played: US correspondent in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Control room assistant in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Carl's acting CV takes in The Counterfeit Plan (1957), Nudist Paradise (1959), Man from Interpol (1960), Watch Your Stern (1961), The Saint (1966), Pegasus (1969) and Out of the Unknown (1969). In 1964 Carl joined the unlicensed off-shore Radio Caroline at its launch but did not care for life at sea and mainly took part in the advertisements and interviews conducted on dry land (the pirate radio station transmitted from a former passenger ferry anchored off Felixstowe). In the 1980s Carl worked for BBC Radio Kent, and later kept himself busy organising film shows in old people's homes and community centres.

Peter Noel Cook (Alien space captain)
Career highlights
Peter's other credits include The Strong are Lonely (1956), Shadow of Heroes (1959), Cards with Uncle Tom (1959), Maigret (1963), Z Cars (1964) and Out of the Unknown (1966).

William Dysart (Reegan) Nov 26 1929 to Oct 2002
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alexander in The Highlanders (1966-67)
Played: Reegan in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
William's other credits include Emergency Ward 10 (1962), The Verdict (1964), Crossroads (1964), Submarine X-1 (1968), Strange Report (1970), The Massacre of Glencoe (1971), Edward the Seventh (1975), Survivors (1977) and New York Nights (1984).
Facts
William's grandson Steven Macfadyen said in 2013: "I only ever met him once as a boy, he was a wonderfully warm and captivating man from what I remember. He was very much into poetry and if I remember right he was working as an orthopaedic surgeon or something along those lines when I met him for the first time. We spoke only in phone calls after that meeting, but I remember him encouraging me to pursue my artistic side because at the time I was very much interested in writing stories and poems as well as drawing. I've never known much about my granddad's life other than very vague things like TV and movie parts. I was also was told his cousin was Richard Dysart who was an actor in the US series LA Law." Additionally, William's nephew named his daughter Reegan (the name of the character Dysart played in The Ambassadors of Death!).

Max Faulkner (UNIT soldier) 1931 to Feb 13 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: UNIT soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1974, uncredited)
Played: Miner in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Played: Second guard captain in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Played: Guard in Genesis of the Daleks (1975), The Face of Evil (1977, uncredited)
Played: Crewmember in Planet of Evil (1975, uncredited)
Played: Corporal Adams in The Android Invasion (1975)
Fight/ stunt arranger: The Hand of Fear (1976)
Played: Rebel in The Sun Makers (1977, uncredited)
Played: Nesbin in The Invasion of Time (1978)
Career highlights
Prolific stuntman Max debuted in Potts in Parovia (1956), then The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1957), Private Investigator (1959), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957-60), From Russia with Love (1963), The Ipcress File (1965), The Prisoner (1968), Poldark (1976), The Goodies (1977), Blake's 7 (1980), The Day of the Triffids (1981), Krull (1983), Robin of Sherwood (1984-86), Willow (1988), Nightbreed (1990), Far and Away (1992) and Goldeneye (1995).

Ric Felgate (Van Lyden) Jun 4 1933 to Jul 31 1999
Doctor Who credits
Played: American journalist in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Brent in The Seeds of Death (1969)
Played: Van Lyden in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Ric's other credits include Quick Before They Catch Us (1966), Jackanory (1969), Softly Softly (1968-70), The Passenger (1971) and The Sweeney (1976).
Facts
He was married to Cynthia Felgate (1935-91), co-creator and producer of children's programme Play School.

Peter Halliday (Alien voices) Jun 2 1924 to Feb 18 2012
Doctor Who credits
Played: Packer in The Invasion (1968)
Played: Silurian voices in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
Played: Alien voices in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Pletrac in Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Played: Soldier in City of Death (1979)
Played: Vicar in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
Peter's career began with 1954's Fatal Journey and he then took roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1956), Dunkirk (1958), The Citadel (1960), Garry Halliday (1962), Sierra Nine (1963), Danger Man (1965), Write a Play (1965), The Avengers (1968), UFO (1970-71), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), The Befrienders (1972), Bowler (1973), The Boy with Two Heads (1974), The Sweeney (1975), Keep It Up Downstairs (1976), Beasts (1976), Angels (1982), The Tripods (1984), Hannay (1989), The Remains of the Day (1993), Our Friends in the North (1996), Goodnight Sweetheart (1997), Esther (1999), Micawber (2001) and Lassie (2005). He also played Dr John Fleming in A for Andromeda (1961) and The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962).
Facts
Peter was for a time married to the actress Simone Lovell, daughter of the actors Raymond Lovell and Margot Collis (who had an affair with the poet W B Yeats during her marriage to Lovell).

Tony Harwood (Flynn) Jun 26 1933 to Dec 9 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)
Played: Yeti in The Abominable Snowmen (1967)
Played: Ice Warrior in The Ice Warriors (1967), The Seeds of Death (1969), The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Flynn in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Further credits include Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Maigret at Bay (1969) and The Regiment (1972).

Facts

In 1981, Tony (real name Anthony Hargreaves) opened the Horseshoes Riding School in Kent with his wife.

James Haswell (Corporal Champion)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966, uncredited)
Played: Pirate in The Space Pirates (1969, uncredited)
Played: Prisoner in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Corporal Champion in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Policeman in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977, uncredited)
Career highlights
After debuting in the 1965 play Up the Junction, James went on to appear in various episodes of Z Cars (1967-70), Wuthering Heights (1967), Pegasus (1969), And Mother Makes Three (1971), Mathshow (1976) and Blake's 7 (1980).

John Levene (Benton) Born Dec 24 1941 Click here for John Levene's entry on The Web of Fear

John Lord (Masters)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Yeti in The Web of Fear (1968)
Played: Masters in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
His other credits include Doomwatch (1970), No, That's Me Over Here! (1970) and The Man Outside (1972).

Bernard Martin (Control room assistant) Oct 29 1927 to Oct 25 1993
Career highlights
First appeared in Bat Out of Hell (1966), then The Big M (1967), Owen, MD (1972), The Regiment (1972), Warship (1976), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986) and The Bill (1989).

Cheryl Molineaux (Miss Rutherford) Mar 19 1946 to Mar 8 2012 (lung cancer)
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Cheryl's final TV credit, after having appeared in Eight O'Clock Walk (1954), O.S.S. (1957), The Skewbald (1961), Dixon of Dock Green (1963), No Hiding Place (1964), Carry On Doctor (1967) and Z Cars (1969).
Facts
Cheryl was married to Canadian actor Bob Howay, with whom she had a daughter, artist Juliette Milner. She later married again. As well as being an actress, Cheryl was also a dancer, having performed alongside the Beatles.

Juan Moreno (Dobson) Born Mar 4 1939
Career highlights
After debuting in Nathaniel Titlark (1957), Frenchman Juan made appearances in Cupido Contrabandista (1962), The Troubleshooters (1968), Dombey and Son (1969), Hine (1971, as Frank the chauffeur), Pretenders (1972), Moonbase 3 (1973), Knots (1975), My Brother's Keeper (1976), The Onedin Line (1977), The Sweeney (1978), The Talisman (1980-81), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Kessler (1981), Only Fools and Horses (1982), One By One (1985), Stay Lucky (1989), Eldorado (1992), Lovejoy (1993), Touching Evil (1998), Heartbeat (2004) and Balls (2011).
Facts
Juan changed his professional name to John in 1976.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with John here.

Steve Peters (Lefee)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Extra in The Romans (1965, uncredited)
Played: Leader Roboman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD (1966)
Played: Ice Warrior in The Seeds of Death (1969)
Played: Pirate guard in The Space Pirates (1969)
Played: Lefee/ Astronaut in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Steve's other appearances include The Mind of the Enemy (1965), Touch of Leather (1968), The Doctors (1969), Out of the Unknown (1969), The Onedin Line (1971), Virgin Witch (1972), Menace (1973) and Moonbase 3 (1973).

Robert Robertson (Collinson) Jul 3 1930 to Jan 17 2001 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Robert's CV also includes roles in Scott On... (1969), Rumour (1970), Paul Temple (1971), The Man Outside (1972), Murder Not Proven? (1984), First Sight (1987), High Road (1993) and Breaking the Waves (1996), while he also enjoyed a long-running role as pipe-smoking pathologist Dr Stephen Andrews in more than 50 episodes of crime series Taggart (1983-2001).
Facts
Robert, who was artistic director of Dundee Repertory Theatre between 1976-92, suffered a heart attack on stage in Perth while reciting the Robert Burns poem Holy Willie's Prayer.

Joanna Ross (Control room assistant)
Career highlights
Debuting in 1961's Bus Stop, Joanna's other credits include Z Cars (1970), Up Pompeii (1970), My Wife Next Door (1972), Moonbase 3 (1973), Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974), The Brothers (1974), Second Time Around (1975), Doctor on the Go (1975) and Under Arrest (1983).

Roy Scammell (Technician) Jul 28 1932 to May 15 2021
Doctor Who credits
Played: Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1970, uncredited)
Played: Technician in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: RSF sentry in Inferno (1970)
Stunt arranger: Terror of the Autons (1971, uncredited), Delta and the Bannermen (1987, uncredited)
Played: Prison officer in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Played: UNIT motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Career highlights
Debuting in Circus of Fear (1966), stuntman Roy's other credits include The Dirty Dozen (1967), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Onedin Line (1971-72), The Benny Hill Show (1972), Psychomania (1973), The Sexplorer (1975), Rollerball (1975), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Midnight Express (1978), The World is Full of Married Men (1979), Alien (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Into the Labyrinth (1981-82), Nuns on the Run (1990), Goldeneye (1995), Do Not Disturb (1999), Ultra Obscura (2008), Tell Him Next Year (2010) and Seize the Night (2015).
Facts
Roy's extensive daredevil career has taken in acting, stuntwork, ice skating (which he did for the Festival of Britain in 1951), roller skating, hockey, gymnastics - and lithographic printing.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Roy, along with stuntmen Royston Farrell and Derek Martin, here.

Cyril Shaps (Lennox) Oct 13 1923 to Jan 1 2003
Doctor Who credits
Played: John Viner in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)
Played: Lennox in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Professor Clegg in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Played: Archimandrite in The Androids of Tara (1978)
Career highlights
Prolific character actor Cyril's first credit was in 1955's The Vale of Shadows, followed by Quatermass II (1955), Miracle in Soho (1957), Follow That Horse! (1960), Supercar (1961-62, as the voices of Professor Popkiss and Masterspy), The Third Man (1965), Man in a Suitcase (1967), Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967-70), Please Sir! (1971), The Liver Birds (1971-72), The Onedin Line (1971/73), Freewheelers (1973), Porridge (1975), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Holocaust (1978), Private Schulz (1981), The Young Ones (1982), Running Scared (1986), Dark Season (1991), The Madness of King George (1994), Our Mutual Friend (1998), Doctors (2000), Murder Rooms (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and The Pianist (2002).
Facts
Starting out as a child radio broadcaster at the age of 12, Cyril was also one of the voices of Mr Kipling in those "exceedingly good" cake commercials. One of Cyril's children was Simon Shaps, a sometime director of programmes for London Weekend Television and Granada.

Neville Simons (Michaels) Jul 2 1936 to Dec 20 1987 (murdered)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Space Corps technician in The Space Pirates (1969, uncredited)
Played: Soldier [German and Roman] in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Alien student in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Michaels in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Career highlights
Neville's only other credits were in The Tyrant King (1968) and Whoops Baghdad (1973).
Facts
Neville was killed after being beaten with a glass ash tray and a vase by steel worker Paul Cratchley, 23, who had been visiting Neville's flat in Camberwell, London, along with a female friend late one night. After the woman left, Neville apparently made advances towards Cratchley, who later claimed he did not recall the attack and subsequently called the police and waited for them outside. Neville was still alive at that time, but died later: two head wounds had pierced his brain. Cratchley, who pleaded not guilty to murder, was given a life sentence for manslaughter in June 1988 and imprisoned at HMP Blakenhurst (with thanks to Craig Buntin).

Gordon Sterne (Heldorf) Jan 16 1923 to Apr 4 2017
Career highlights
Gordon's first credit was in I Spy (1955), then O.S.S (1958), The Battle of the V1 (1958), Hancock's Half Hour (1960), Zero One (1962/65), The Prisoner (1968), UFO (1971), Sex Play (1974), Anne of Avonlea (1975), The New Avengers (1976), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Highlander (1986), Jeeves and Wooster (1992), Melissa (1997), Little Britain (2005), Screaming Blue Murder (2006) and The Tudors (2007-09, as Bishop Tunstall).
Facts
Gordon was originally going to play a Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967) but was replaced by Peter Greene.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Gordon here.

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

Michael Wisher (John Wakefield) May 19 1935 to Jul 21 1995 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: John Wakefield in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Rex Farrel in Terror of the Autons (1971)
Played: Kalik in Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Played: Dalek voice in Frontier in Space (1973), Planet of the Daleks (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Genesis of the Daleks (1975, uncredited)
Played: Davros in Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
Played: Magrik in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Played: Morelli in Planet of Evil (1975)
Career highlights
Michael made his acting debut in a 1963 edition of Suspense, and also appeared in Your World (1963), No Hiding Place (1963), The Newcomers (1968), Adventure Weekly (1968-69, as PC Cullis), Colditz (1972), Moonbase 3 (1973), Beryl's Lot (1974), Z Cars (1963/68/74), Dixon of Dock Green (1975), The Prince and the Pauper (1976), Airline (1982), Cover Her Face (1985), Alice in Wonderland (1986), Vanity Fair (1987), Tales of the Unexpected (1988), Blind Justice (1988), Rules of Engagement (1989), The Bill (1989) and EastEnders (1991).
Facts
Michael also appeared in a number of Doctor Who spin-off videos, such as Wartime (1987), Summoned by Shadows (1992), The Airzone Solution (1993) and Shakedown (1994), and also briefly appeared in the 1995 documentary Dalekmania. He also voiced Daleks for their guest appearances on Blue Peter (1973) and Jim'll Fix It (1975). Michael was asked to reprise his iconic role of Davros in both 1979 and 1984, but stage tours restricted his availability. However, he did play Davros again in the 1993 stage play The Trial of Davros. Michael's son Andrew is also an actor.

CREW

David Whitaker (writer, episodes 1-3) Apr 18 1928 to Feb 4 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child

Malcolm Hulke (writer) Nov 21 1924 to Jul 6 1979 Click here for Malcolm Hulke's entry on The Faceless Ones

Trevor Ray (writer, episode 1, uncredited) Died Dec 24 2019
Doctor Who credits
Associate script editor: The Invasion (1968, episode 1, uncredited), The Krotons (1968, episode 1, uncredited), The Seeds of Death (1969, episode 1, uncredited), The Space Pirates (1969, episode 1, uncredited), The War Games (1969, episode 1, uncredited), Spearhead from Space (1970, episode 1, uncredited), Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, episode 2, uncredited)
Played: Ticket collector in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Produced: Doctor Who and the Silurians (location filming) (1970, uncredited)
Wrote: The Ambassadors of Death (1970, episode 1, uncredited)
Career highlights
Trevor's connections to Doctor Who have sadly always been uncredited on-screen, having written the final version of episode 1 of this story, and also acting as an associate script editor on seven serials between 1968-70. He also assumed producer duties for the location filming of Doctor Who and the Silurians while Barry Letts was working elsewhere. Work on other series includes writing the scripts for Raven and Children of the Stones (both 1977), and script editing Paul Temple (1970). His on-screen career also includes appearances in Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969), Z Cars (1967/71), Rentadick (1972), The Perils of Pendragon (1974), Sky (1975), Raffles (1977), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), The Flipside of Dominick Hyde (1980), Travelling Man (1984), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Buddy (1986), The Oldest Goose in the Business (1986), A Killing on the Exchange (1987), The Sicilian (1987), Shadow of the Noose (1989), London's Burning (1993), Aristocrats (1999), Heartbeat (1997/2003-04) and Ladies in Lavender (2004). He also had two recurring roles in soap Emmerdale, as Bart Ansett in 1972-73, and Robin Parr in 1986.

Michael Ferguson (director) Jun 14 1937 to Oct 4 2021 Click here for Michael Ferguson's entry on The War Machines

Barry Letts (producer) Mar 26 1925 to Oct 9 2009 (cancer) Click here for Barry Letts's entry on The Enemy of the World

Terrance Dicks (script editor) Apr 14 1935 to Aug 29 2019 Click here for Terrance Dicks's entry on The Invasion