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| The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo (Katy Manning) wave to the camera |
First broadcast Jan 30 to Mar 6 1971
Average audience for serial: 7.45m
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
Katy Manning (Jo Grant) Born Oct 14 1946 Click here for Katy Manning's entry on Terror of the Autons
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
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates) Jan 15 1936 to Dec 25 2023 Click here for Richard Franklin's entry on Terror of the Autons
John Levene (Benton) Born Dec 24 1941 Click here for John Levene's entry on The Web of Fear
Roger Delgado (The Master) Mar 1 1918 to Jun 18 1973 (car accident) Click here for Roger Delgado's entry on Terror of the Autons
GUEST CAST
Johnny Barrs (Fuller) Mar 1 1933 to Aug 31 2018
Career highlights
Further work includes In Loving Memory (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Chris Cross (1993) and Girl from Rio (2001).
Facts
Johnny's professional career as a comedy actor began when he was employed as a comedian at Warner's holiday camp on the Isle of Wight in 1963. In the 1990s he wrote, staged and starred in a musical called The Flanagan and Allen Story (playing Bud Flanagan). In 2011 he published his memoirs, From Rags to Riches.
David Calderisi (Charlie) Born Jun 21 1940
Career highlights
Canadian David's career began with Suspense (1962) and includes The Big Noise (1964), Mrs Thursday (1967), The Baron (1967), The Protectors (1972), The New Avengers (1977), The Great Detective (1980), The Littlest Hobo (1979/80/82), Skullduggery (1983), Seeing Things (1982/85), The Cuckoo Bird (1985), War of the Worlds (1989), Matrix (1993), Forever Knight (1995), Due South (1994-95), Tommy Boy (1995), TekWar (1995, as Alessandro Rossi), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995), La Femme Nikita (1997), Earth: Final Conflict (1997-99, as Barry Calvert), The Associates (2001-02, as Arthur Harris), Shake Hands with the Devil (2007), The Firm (2012) and Havana 57 (2012).
Dave Carter (Prison officer) Click here for Dave Carter's entry on Doctor Who and the Silurians
Tommy Duggan (Senator Alcott) Jul 22 1909 to Nov 2 1998
Career highlights
Tommy's first credit was in Dangerous Moonlight (1941), then Thunder Rock (1942), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), The Elusive Pimpernel (1950), Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951), The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), The Buccaneers (1957), OSS (1957), And the Same to You (1960), Gorgo (1961), Don't Bother to Knock (1961), No Cloak - No Dagger (1963), Let's Not Get Angry (1966), The Adding Machine (1969), The Revolutionary (1970), The Omen (1976), Beryl's Lot (1977), Superman II (1980), One By One (1984), The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) and Father Ted (1995).
Patrick Godfrey (Major Cosworth) Born Feb 13 1933
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tor in The Savages (1966)
Played: Major Cosworth in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Career highlights
Debuting in Tales from Dickens (1958), Patrick's CV includes roles in Gert and Daisy (1959), No Hiding Place (1963), Dixon of Dock Green (1966), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), A Family at War (1971), Ballet Shoes (1975), Enemy at the Door (1980), Edge of Darkness (1985), Blott on the Landscape (1985), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Maurice (1987), Sleepers (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993), Bramwell (1995), Ever After (1998), Casualty (2000), My Family (2003), Oliver Twist (2005), The History Boys (2006), Fallen Angel (2007), The Duchess (2008), Les Miserables (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), Mr Turner (2014) and In Memory (2016).
Facts
Patrick is married to actress Amanda Walker, whose mother was actress Madeleine Christie. Their daughter is vocal coach Kate Godfrey.
Martin Gordon (Prison officer)
Career highlights
Martin debuted in Good Wives (1958), then Sweet Beat (1959), The Big Pull (1962), Redcap (1965), Doctor in the House (1969), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972), Barlow (1973), Law and Order (1978), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Miss Julie (1999), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001) and Parson and Son (2013).
Haydn Jones (Vosper) Aug 15 1924 to Nov 6 1984
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton voice in Terror of the Autons (1971)
Played: Vosper in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Career highlights
Hadyn's debut came in Touch Wood (1958), then Dancers in Mourning (1959), Out of This World (1962), The Avengers (1963), The Villains (1964), United! (1965), Counterstrike (1969), Elizabeth R (1971), War and Peace (1972), The Pallisers (1974) and Bergerac (1983). He also enjoyed regular roles as Professor Westfield in City Beneath the Sea (1962) and Ernest Carter in Swizzlewick (1964).
Facts
Haydn was the voice of Joe Grundy in BBC radio soap The Archers until his death. Ironically, when Haydn met his acting friend Edward Kelsey (also a Doctor Who alumni) in 1984, he suggested Kelsey would be ideal for a role in The Archers. When Jones passed away soon after, Kelsey auditioned to replace him, and made his debut as Joe Grundy in February 1985.
Kristopher Kum (Fu Peng) Jun 23 1929 to Mar 15 2013
Career highlights
Debuting in The River Flows East (1962), Singapore-born Kristopher also appeared in Crossroads (1964), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), The Avengers (1969), Rentadick (1972), Reg Varney (1974), Gangsters (1976-78, as Mr Yang), The New Avengers (1977), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), The Professionals (1980), Tenko (1982), Are You Being Served? (1983), Edge of Darkness (1985) and Rockcliffe's Babies (1988).
Facts
Kristopher also ran a casting agency for actors of south-east Asian backgrounds.
Simon Lack (Professor Kettering) Dec 19 1913 to Aug 8 1980*
Doctor Who credits
Played: Professor Kettering in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Zadek in The Androids of Tara (1978)
Career highlights
Born Alexander MacAlpine, Simon's earliest credit was in Ah, Wilderness! (1938), and he later took roles in Just William (1940), Silver Darlings (1947), The Creature (1955), Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960), On the Fiddle (1961), The Durant Affair (1962), R3 (1964-65, as Dr Jack Morton), City 68 (1967-68), The Avengers (1968), The Borderers (1970), Trog (1970), Jason King (1971-72), Weir of Hermiston (1973), The Fortunes of Nigel (1974), South Riding (1974), Killers (1976), Enemy at the Door (1978-80, as Major Freidel), Telford's Change (1979), Love in a Cold Climate (1980) and The Borgias (1981).
Facts
*A report on Simon's death appeared in The Times on August 12th, 1980 which gave his birth year as 1917 and the day he died as August 6th. The dates given here are more commonly reported, however.
Pik-Sen Lim (Captain Chin Lee) Born Sep 15 1944
Career highlights
Malaysia born Pik-Sen (which translates as "pure jade") made her debut in Emergency Ward 10 (1964) as Nurse Kwei, then Sorry I'm Single (1967, as Suzy), The Flaxton Boys (1970), Madame Sin (1972), Within These Walls (1974-75, as Sister Ling), The New Avengers (1976), Shoestring (1980), Albion Market (1985-86, as Ly Nhu Chan), Medics (1990), Cracker (1996), London's Burning (1998), Miranda (2002), Night & Day (2003), Little Britain (2004), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006), Granny's Ghost (2008), Psychoville (2010), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Holby City (2013) and Fortune Cookies (2014). She regularly played Chung Su-Lee in the sitcom Mind Your Language (1977-79) and Tsai Adams in Spearhead (1978-81).
Facts
Pik-Sen (the daughter of Malaysian coconut and palm oil millionaire Lim Cheng-Taik) was married to writer Don Houghton, who wrote Inferno (1970) and The Mind of Evil, with whom she had a daughter, actress Sara Houghton (who appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2011).
Fernanda Marlowe (Corporal Bell) Born 1942
Doctor Who credits
Played: Corporal Bell in The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos (both 1971)
Career highlights
Fernanda's other credits include Ghost Squad (1963), My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen (1963) and Dixon of Dock Green (1965).
William Marlowe (Mailer) Jul 25 1930 to Jan 31 2003
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mailer in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Career highlights
Debuting in Tunes of Glory (1960), William's other credits include The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (1962), Emergency Ward 10 (1963), Crane (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Wuthering Heights (1967), The Avengers (1969), Zeppelin (1971), Villains (1972), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Breakaway (1980), Revolution (1985), Cry Freedom (1987) and EastEnders (1991). William also had a regular role as Brian Kettle in Rooms (1977) and DCI Bill Russell in The Gentle Touch (1980-84).
Facts
William had two wives, both of them Doctor Who actresses - Catherine Schell between 1968-77 (who was in 1979's City of Death) and Kismet Delgado from 1979 (who was in Planet of the Spiders (1974) and was also Master actor Roger's widow). Many sources claim he was also married to actress Fernanda Marlowe (who played Corporal Bell in The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos in 1971), but this is incorrect.
Eric Mason (Senior prison officer Green) Died Jun 7 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: Senior prison officer Green in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: CPO Smedley in The Sea Devils (1972)
Career highlights
Eric's first credit was in They Met in the Dark (1943), and other work includes Dual Alibi (1948), Suspense (1963), The Baron (1967), The Limbo Line (1968), Arthur of the Britons (1973), The Hanged Man (1975), Accident (1978), Dick Turpin (1979), Fox (1980), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Perfect Scoundrels (1990), London's Burning (1992), Pie in the Sky (1997), Grafters (1998), Shiner (2000), Sea of Souls (2004), The Calcium Kid (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007).
Bill Matthews (Prison officer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Davis in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
Played: Prison officer in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Draconian in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Planet of the Spiders (1974, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), A for Andromeda (1961), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Doomwatch (1970) and Spy Trap (1975).
Neil McCarthy (Barnham) Jul 26 1932 to Feb 6 1985 (motor neurone disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Barnham in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Thawn in The Power of Kroll (1978-79)
Career highlights
Neil's career had been prolific since his debut in 1959's Dial 999, after which he appeared in Sands of the Desert (1960), Barnaby Rudge (1960), The Pot Carriers (1962), The Young Detectives (1963), The Cracksman (1963), Zulu (1964), Great Expectations (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Department S (1970), Albert and Victoria (1971), The Hole in the Wall (1972), Freewheelers (1973), Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974), A Little Bit of Wisdom (1976), The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976), Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977), The Boy Merlin (1979), The Monster Club (1980), George and Mildred (1980), Clash of the Titans (1981), The Gentle Touch (1981) and Only When I Laugh (1982). Neil also had a regular role as Sam Woodyard in Catweazle (1970).
Facts
Neil had studied languages and was qualified to teach both French and Latin. Neil suffered from acromegaly, the disease that causes gigantism.
Roy Purcell (Chief prison officer Powers) Jan 26 1919 to Jul 31 2000 (complications from an operation)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chief prison officer Powers in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: President of the Council in The Three Doctors (1972-73)
Career highlights
Roy made his first appearance in The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1952), then The Secret of the Forest (1956), Beyond Mombasa (1956), William Tell (1958), House of Mystery (1961), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), The Avengers (1963), R3 (1965), The Three Musketeers (1966), That's Your Funeral (1971), Doomwatch (1971), The Dragon's Opponent (1973), I, Claudius (1976), The New Avengers (1977), Angels (1979), The Cleopatras (1983), The Collectors (1986) and Casualty (1987). He also had various roles in 23 episodes of The Buccaneers (1956-57).
Clive Scott (Linwood) Jul 4 1937 to Jul 28 2021
Career highlights
South African Clive made his uncredited debut in Battle of Britain (1969), then The Last of the Baskets (1971), My Way (1972), Bait (1974), Sell a Million (1975), The Diamond Mercenaries (1976), The Villagers (1976-78, as regular character Ted Dixon), Skelms (1980), Oh George! (1981), River Horse Lake (1984), Magic is Alive, My Friends (1985), Blind Justice (1988), Barney Barnato (1989), The Rutanga Tapes (1990), Tropical Heat (1993), Where Angels Tread (1994), Rhodes (1996), The Adventures of Sinbad (1997), the Operation Delta Force franchise (1997-2000, as Sunland), Citizen Verdict (2003), Red Water (2003), Isidingo: The Need (2005), Duma (2005), The Devil's Whore (2008), Winnie Mandela (2011) and Liberty (2018).
Facts
Clive also lectured in esoteric studies, and practiced as a masseur and healer.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Corporal Bell in The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos (both 1971)
Career highlights
Fernanda's other credits include Ghost Squad (1963), My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen (1963) and Dixon of Dock Green (1965).
William Marlowe (Mailer) Jul 25 1930 to Jan 31 2003
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mailer in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Career highlights
Debuting in Tunes of Glory (1960), William's other credits include The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (1962), Emergency Ward 10 (1963), Crane (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Wuthering Heights (1967), The Avengers (1969), Zeppelin (1971), Villains (1972), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Breakaway (1980), Revolution (1985), Cry Freedom (1987) and EastEnders (1991). William also had a regular role as Brian Kettle in Rooms (1977) and DCI Bill Russell in The Gentle Touch (1980-84).
Facts
William had two wives, both of them Doctor Who actresses - Catherine Schell between 1968-77 (who was in 1979's City of Death) and Kismet Delgado from 1979 (who was in Planet of the Spiders (1974) and was also Master actor Roger's widow). Many sources claim he was also married to actress Fernanda Marlowe (who played Corporal Bell in The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos in 1971), but this is incorrect.
Eric Mason (Senior prison officer Green) Died Jun 7 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: Senior prison officer Green in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: CPO Smedley in The Sea Devils (1972)
Career highlights
Eric's first credit was in They Met in the Dark (1943), and other work includes Dual Alibi (1948), Suspense (1963), The Baron (1967), The Limbo Line (1968), Arthur of the Britons (1973), The Hanged Man (1975), Accident (1978), Dick Turpin (1979), Fox (1980), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Perfect Scoundrels (1990), London's Burning (1992), Pie in the Sky (1997), Grafters (1998), Shiner (2000), Sea of Souls (2004), The Calcium Kid (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007).
Bill Matthews (Prison officer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Davis in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
Played: Prison officer in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Draconian in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Planet of the Spiders (1974, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), A for Andromeda (1961), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Doomwatch (1970) and Spy Trap (1975).
Neil McCarthy (Barnham) Jul 26 1932 to Feb 6 1985 (motor neurone disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Barnham in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Thawn in The Power of Kroll (1978-79)
Career highlights
Neil's career had been prolific since his debut in 1959's Dial 999, after which he appeared in Sands of the Desert (1960), Barnaby Rudge (1960), The Pot Carriers (1962), The Young Detectives (1963), The Cracksman (1963), Zulu (1964), Great Expectations (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Department S (1970), Albert and Victoria (1971), The Hole in the Wall (1972), Freewheelers (1973), Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974), A Little Bit of Wisdom (1976), The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976), Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977), The Boy Merlin (1979), The Monster Club (1980), George and Mildred (1980), Clash of the Titans (1981), The Gentle Touch (1981) and Only When I Laugh (1982). Neil also had a regular role as Sam Woodyard in Catweazle (1970).
Facts
Neil had studied languages and was qualified to teach both French and Latin. Neil suffered from acromegaly, the disease that causes gigantism.
Roy Purcell (Chief prison officer Powers) Jan 26 1919 to Jul 31 2000 (complications from an operation)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chief prison officer Powers in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: President of the Council in The Three Doctors (1972-73)
Career highlights
Roy made his first appearance in The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1952), then The Secret of the Forest (1956), Beyond Mombasa (1956), William Tell (1958), House of Mystery (1961), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), The Avengers (1963), R3 (1965), The Three Musketeers (1966), That's Your Funeral (1971), Doomwatch (1971), The Dragon's Opponent (1973), I, Claudius (1976), The New Avengers (1977), Angels (1979), The Cleopatras (1983), The Collectors (1986) and Casualty (1987). He also had various roles in 23 episodes of The Buccaneers (1956-57).
Clive Scott (Linwood) Jul 4 1937 to Jul 28 2021
Career highlights
South African Clive made his uncredited debut in Battle of Britain (1969), then The Last of the Baskets (1971), My Way (1972), Bait (1974), Sell a Million (1975), The Diamond Mercenaries (1976), The Villagers (1976-78, as regular character Ted Dixon), Skelms (1980), Oh George! (1981), River Horse Lake (1984), Magic is Alive, My Friends (1985), Blind Justice (1988), Barney Barnato (1989), The Rutanga Tapes (1990), Tropical Heat (1993), Where Angels Tread (1994), Rhodes (1996), The Adventures of Sinbad (1997), the Operation Delta Force franchise (1997-2000, as Sunland), Citizen Verdict (2003), Red Water (2003), Isidingo: The Need (2005), Duma (2005), The Devil's Whore (2008), Winnie Mandela (2011) and Liberty (2018).
Facts
Clive also lectured in esoteric studies, and practiced as a masseur and healer.
Michael Sheard (Dr Summers) Jun 18 1938 to Aug 31 2005 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rhos in The Ark (1966)
Played: Dr Summers in The Mind of Evil (1971)
Played: Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars (1975)
Played: Lowe in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Played: Mergrave in Castrovalva (1982)
Played: Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
Michael was a prolific character actor, appearing in over 120 productions, starting in a 1962 episode of Suspense. Further roles included The Likely Lads (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), The Borderers (1969), Albert! (1969), Paul Temple (1971), The Onedin Line (1972), On the Buses (1973), The Sweeney (1975), Space: 1999 (1975), The Tomorrow People (1978), Blake's 7 (1980), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Outsider (1983), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983-84), The Invisible Man (1984), Hannay (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), 'Allo 'Allo (1992), Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), Another Life (2001), The Green Door (2005) and Shadows in the Woods (2006). Michael had a regular role as Mr Bronson in children's school series Grange Hill (1985-89).
Facts
During his career, he played Adolf Hitler five times, and Heinrich Himmler three times. He acted alongside five Doctors in the TV series, and a sixth (Paul McGann) in audio story The Stones of Venice (2001). Michael was the one to formally identify actor Declan Mulholland at the police mortuary after he was found dead on a train (as well as being the original actor to play Jabba the Hutt in a scene deleted from Star Wars, Declan also appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Sea Devils and The Androids of Tara).
Barry Wade (Prison officer) Nov 20 1922 to Jan 10 2011 (dementia)
Career highlights
Barry also took roles in Imperial Palace (1969), The First Churchills (1969) and Minder (1980).
Facts
"Barry Wade" was a pen name for Philip Beresford, who served in the Australian army in World War Two.
Matthew Walters (Main gate prisoner)
Career highlights
Matthew also appeared in This Man Craig (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Champion House (1967) and Poldark (1975).
Timothy Combe (director) Born Oct 17 1936
Doctor Who credits
Assistant floor manager: The Keys of Marinus (1964)
Production assistant: The Reign of Terror (1964), 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), Ballet Shoes (1975), The Brothers (1976) and Angels (1979). He subsequently became an actors' agent.
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
Matthew Walters (Main gate prisoner)
Career highlights
Matthew also appeared in This Man Craig (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Champion House (1967) and Poldark (1975).
Raymond Westwell (Prison governor) Jan 6 1919 to Nov 23 1982
Career highlights
Debuting in They Flew Through Sand (1946), Raymond's other work includes a 1955 adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, Othello (1965, which he also adapted for the screen), Homicide (1967), Hunter (1968), Softly Softly (1972), Antony and Cleopatra (1974), Killers (1976) and a BBC2 Playhouse: The Enigma (1980).
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Don Houghton (writer) Feb 2 1930 to Jul 2 1991
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Inferno (1970), The Mind of Evil (1971)
Career highlights
Paris-born Don's other writing work included 38 episodes of Emergency Ward 10 (1965-67), Ace of Wands (1970), The Flaxton Boys (1969-70, which he also script edited), Dracula AD 1972 (1972), New Scotland Yard (1972-73), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973, which he also produced), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974, also a producer), Shatter (1974), The Doombolt Chase (1978), The Professionals (1978-79), Sapphire & Steel (1981), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984, which he also script edited) and CATS Eyes (1985). He also created the Scottish soap Take the High Road (1980-2003), and wrote five scripts for it (1980).
Facts
Don was married to actress Pik-Sen Lim, who appeared in The Mind of Evil, while their daughter is actress Sara Houghton (who appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2011). He also wrote novels, including Column of Thieves and Blood Brigade, and the Take the High Road spin-off Summer's Gloaming.
Career highlights
Debuting in They Flew Through Sand (1946), Raymond's other work includes a 1955 adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, Othello (1965, which he also adapted for the screen), Homicide (1967), Hunter (1968), Softly Softly (1972), Antony and Cleopatra (1974), Killers (1976) and a BBC2 Playhouse: The Enigma (1980).
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Don Houghton (writer) Feb 2 1930 to Jul 2 1991
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Inferno (1970), The Mind of Evil (1971)
Career highlights
Paris-born Don's other writing work included 38 episodes of Emergency Ward 10 (1965-67), Ace of Wands (1970), The Flaxton Boys (1969-70, which he also script edited), Dracula AD 1972 (1972), New Scotland Yard (1972-73), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973, which he also produced), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974, also a producer), Shatter (1974), The Doombolt Chase (1978), The Professionals (1978-79), Sapphire & Steel (1981), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984, which he also script edited) and CATS Eyes (1985). He also created the Scottish soap Take the High Road (1980-2003), and wrote five scripts for it (1980).
Facts
Don was married to actress Pik-Sen Lim, who appeared in The Mind of Evil, while their daughter is actress Sara Houghton (who appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2011). He also wrote novels, including Column of Thieves and Blood Brigade, and the Take the High Road spin-off Summer's Gloaming.
Timothy Combe (director) Born Oct 17 1936
Doctor Who credits
Assistant floor manager: The Keys of Marinus (1964)
Production assistant: The Reign of Terror (1964), 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), Ballet Shoes (1975), The Brothers (1976) and Angels (1979). He subsequently became an actors' agent.
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
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