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| A deleted scene, showing how the President of Earth (Vera Fusek) unwound after the constant interference of General Williams |
First broadcast Feb 24 to Mar 31 1973
Average audience for serial: 8.02m
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
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
Barry Ashton (Kemp) 1935 to May 1978
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist Franz Schultz in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Proctor in The Time Monster (1972)
Played: Kemp in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Other credits include Out of the Unknown (1965), Menace (1970), Trial (1971) and Thriller (1973).
Peter Birrel (Draconian prince) Jul 19 1935 to Jun 23 2004 (cancer)
Career highlights
Debuting in a 1962 episode of Studio Four, Peter went on to act in Crane (1964), You Can't Win (1966), The Saint (1967), Market in Honey Lane (1967-68), Budgie (1971), Holly (1972), Warship (1973), Steptoe and Son (1974), Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1975), The XYY Man (1976), George and Mildred (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Angels (1982), Minder (1984), One By One (1987), War and Remembrance (1989), Lovejoy (1992), Sharpe's Company (1994), London's Burning (1996-97) and The Jump (1998).
Facts
Peter married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998.
Dennis Bowen (Prison governor) Dec 7 1916 to Oct 5 1999
Career highlights
Other credits include The Dinner Was Deadly (1946), 1066 and All That (1947), Jolly Roger (1948), Big Ben (1949), Old Songs for New (1949), Don't Look Now (1950), Wall of Death (1951), The Tony Hancock Show (1957), Out of the Unknown (1969) and Paul Temple (1970).
Facts
Dennis was married to cabaret singer Billie Baker.
James Culliford (Stewart) Sep 8 1927 to Mar 23 2002
Career highlights
Making his debut in 1958's Three Seasons, James went on to appear in 1959's The History of Mr Polly, The Men from Room 13 (1959), Deadline Midnight (1960), Corrigan Blake (1962), The Flying Swan (1965), Gideon's Way (1965), The Trygon Factor (1966), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Honey Lane (1969), Elizabeth R (1971), The Protectors (1972) and Death Line (1973). James also appeared in Shakespeare plays on Broadway in 1958-59.
Facts
James was badly burned on the right side of his face in a motoring accident, leaving him partially disfigured. Doctor Who was one of his last roles before suffering a stroke in 1972 at the age of 45, after which he was cared for until his death by his partner, actor Alfred Lynch (who was in The Curse of Fenric in 1989).
Clifford Elkin (Earth cruiser captain) Dec 30 1934 to 2012
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Clifford's final credit, after appearing in Time is the Enemy (1958), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960), The Scarlet Blade (1963), Orlando (1966) and Dixon of Dock Green (1971).
Ian Frost (Draconian messenger) Born Mar 1 1933
Doctor Who credits
Played: Baccu in The Ark (1966)
Played: Draconian messenger in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Ian's further credits include Silent Evidence (1962), Lorna Doone (1963), Z Cars (1968), Out of the Unknown (1969), Ivanhoe (1970), Something in Disguise (1982) and Girls on Top (1986).
Facts
Ian, who now lives in Florida, has since become heavily involved in stage plays and monologues centred on Lord Byron, Shelley and Keats, touring in North America, Europe and the UK, accompanied by playwright Bill Studdiford. He was a founder member of Actors' Touring Company London.
Vera Fusek (President of Earth) May 20 1932 to Aug 8 2021
Career highlights
Czech Vera's first appearances were in a number of BBC Sunday Night Theatres in 1956 and 1957, followed by The Adventures of Aggie (1957), The Schirmer Inheritance (1957), The Third Man (1959), The Four Just Men (1960), The Troubleshooters (1968/71), The Adventurer (1972) and Treasures of the Snow (1980).
Facts
Vera's son is children's poet and author Andrew Fusek-Peters. At the time of filming, Vera was a widow with two young children to bring up (her husband sadly having committed suicide), and took the role on as she knew the director. In 2015, Vera's granddaughter Rosalind Jana wrote of her grandmother's involvement with Doctor Who, quoting her as saying: "I think nothing of it. It was really just a time filler, a kids' TV show." The President of Earth's blue dress is still in the Fusek family - see stunning pictures of Rosalind modelling it here: http://www.rosalindjana.com/2015/05/my-grandma-president-of-earth.html. Vera, who was diagnosed with dementia in her latter years, was once photographed by Patrick Lichfield, and propositioned by artist Salvadore Dali! Vera's son Marc tragically died of AIDS in 1993.
Other credits include The Dinner Was Deadly (1946), 1066 and All That (1947), Jolly Roger (1948), Big Ben (1949), Old Songs for New (1949), Don't Look Now (1950), Wall of Death (1951), The Tony Hancock Show (1957), Out of the Unknown (1969) and Paul Temple (1970).
Facts
Dennis was married to cabaret singer Billie Baker.
James Culliford (Stewart) Sep 8 1927 to Mar 23 2002
Career highlights
Making his debut in 1958's Three Seasons, James went on to appear in 1959's The History of Mr Polly, The Men from Room 13 (1959), Deadline Midnight (1960), Corrigan Blake (1962), The Flying Swan (1965), Gideon's Way (1965), The Trygon Factor (1966), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Honey Lane (1969), Elizabeth R (1971), The Protectors (1972) and Death Line (1973). James also appeared in Shakespeare plays on Broadway in 1958-59.
Facts
James was badly burned on the right side of his face in a motoring accident, leaving him partially disfigured. Doctor Who was one of his last roles before suffering a stroke in 1972 at the age of 45, after which he was cared for until his death by his partner, actor Alfred Lynch (who was in The Curse of Fenric in 1989).
Clifford Elkin (Earth cruiser captain) Dec 30 1934 to 2012
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Clifford's final credit, after appearing in Time is the Enemy (1958), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960), The Scarlet Blade (1963), Orlando (1966) and Dixon of Dock Green (1971).
Ian Frost (Draconian messenger) Born Mar 1 1933
Doctor Who credits
Played: Baccu in The Ark (1966)
Played: Draconian messenger in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Ian's further credits include Silent Evidence (1962), Lorna Doone (1963), Z Cars (1968), Out of the Unknown (1969), Ivanhoe (1970), Something in Disguise (1982) and Girls on Top (1986).
Facts
Ian, who now lives in Florida, has since become heavily involved in stage plays and monologues centred on Lord Byron, Shelley and Keats, touring in North America, Europe and the UK, accompanied by playwright Bill Studdiford. He was a founder member of Actors' Touring Company London.
Vera Fusek (President of Earth) May 20 1932 to Aug 8 2021
Career highlights
Czech Vera's first appearances were in a number of BBC Sunday Night Theatres in 1956 and 1957, followed by The Adventures of Aggie (1957), The Schirmer Inheritance (1957), The Third Man (1959), The Four Just Men (1960), The Troubleshooters (1968/71), The Adventurer (1972) and Treasures of the Snow (1980).
Facts
Vera's son is children's poet and author Andrew Fusek-Peters. At the time of filming, Vera was a widow with two young children to bring up (her husband sadly having committed suicide), and took the role on as she knew the director. In 2015, Vera's granddaughter Rosalind Jana wrote of her grandmother's involvement with Doctor Who, quoting her as saying: "I think nothing of it. It was really just a time filler, a kids' TV show." The President of Earth's blue dress is still in the Fusek family - see stunning pictures of Rosalind modelling it here: http://www.rosalindjana.com/2015/05/my-grandma-president-of-earth.html. Vera, who was diagnosed with dementia in her latter years, was once photographed by Patrick Lichfield, and propositioned by artist Salvadore Dali! Vera's son Marc tragically died of AIDS in 1993.
Harold Goldblatt (Professor Dale) Jul 5 1899 to Mar 22 1982
Career highlights
Debuting in Jacqueline (1956), Harold also appeared in A Night to Remember (1958), Pathfinders in Space (1960), Coronation Street (1961), The Running Man (1963), The Mind Benders (1963), Children of the Damned (1964), The Reptile (1966), Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971), The Abdication (1974), Our Mutual Friend (1976), The Devil's Crown (1978), The Day Christ Died (1980), The Winter's Tale (1981) and Horace (1982).
Facts
Harold was a leading figure in Northern Irish theatre, and was related to Talmudic scholars on his Baltic mother's side. In the 1920s he was founder, producer and principal actor of the Jewish Institute Dramatic Society, and in 1963 founded the Ulster Theatre Company. Harold was honorary secretary to the Belfast Hebrew Society, and in 1976 was awarded an honorary degree from Queen's University, Belfast for his services to theatre. His family created the Goldblatt Archive of theatre-related material in the Linen Hall library, Belfast. He died while filming the Barbara Streisand movie Yentl (released 1983).
Murphy Grumbar (Dalek operator) Aug 16 1928 to May 5 1991 Click here for Murphy Grumbar's entry on The Daleks (as Peter Murphy)
Karol Hagar (Secretary) Born 1943
Career highlights
Karol's other credits include No Hiding Place (1963), Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964), Steptoe and Son (1965) and The Lion in Winter (1968).
Laurence Harrington (Lunar guard) Born Sep 30 1938
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Played: Lunar guard in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
His earliest role was playing Frank Nugent in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1956-57), and he later popped up in Julius Caesar (1970), Wipers Three (1973), Upstairs, Downstairs (1974), Van der Valk (1977), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Grange Hill (1978), Agony (1979), Worzel Gummidge (1980/81), Car Trouble (1985), Prospects (1986), Boon (1988), Lazarus & Dingwall (1991), Poirot (1992), Eskimo Day (1996), Dalziel and Pascoe (1997) and Julie and the Cadillacs (1999).
Facts
Laurence can also be seen in the video for Naked Eyes' (What) In the Name of Love (1984).
Michael Hawkins (General Williams) Nov 26 1928 to Oct 26 2014
Career highlights
Michael debuted in 1957's Ordeal by Fire, and then appeared in Dentist in the Chair (1960), Z Cars (1962), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1964), R3 (1965), The Baron (1967), They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Champion House (1967-68), Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher (1968), Coronation Street (1969), Brett (1971), The Brothers (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), Nightingale's Boys (1975), I, Claudius (1976), The Duchess of Duke Street (1976-77), The Devil's Crown (1978) and A Family Affair (1979). He also took on presenting duties on Played Upon a Stage and The Terrible Choice in 1960.
Career highlights
Michael debuted in 1957's Ordeal by Fire, and then appeared in Dentist in the Chair (1960), Z Cars (1962), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1964), R3 (1965), The Baron (1967), They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Champion House (1967-68), Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher (1968), Coronation Street (1969), Brett (1971), The Brothers (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), Nightingale's Boys (1975), I, Claudius (1976), The Duchess of Duke Street (1976-77), The Devil's Crown (1978) and A Family Affair (1979). He also took on presenting duties on Played Upon a Stage and The Terrible Choice in 1960.
Caroline Hunt (Technician) Born Oct 20 1942
Doctor Who credits
Played: Danielle in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Technician in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Other appearances include 199 Park Lane (1965), Detective (1968), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Casualty (1999). Caroline is now a theatre director and acting workshop trainer. In 2013 she became involved with the Dark Mountain Project.
Michael Kilgarriff (Ogron) Born Jun 16 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Controller in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Played: Ogron in Frontier in Space (1972)
Played: Robot K1 in Robot (1974-75)
Career highlights
6ft 6in Michael's other appearances include Whack-O! (1959), The Golden Spur (1959), We Joined the Navy (1962), Taxi! (1963), UFO (1970), Aquarius (1972), Men of Affairs (1974), The Upchat Line (1977), The Moon Stallion (1978), 3-2-1 (1979), The Borgias (1981), Artists and Models (1986) and Tipping the Velvet (2002). Michael has also done a lot of voice work, including Obelix in the English version of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976), the General in The Dark Crystal (1982), various voices in The Storyteller (1987-88), Watt's uncle in Watt on Earth (1991), Mr Crotchit in Oscar's Orchestra (1995), the Ogre in the English version of Snow White: The Sequel (2007), God in Albert's Speech (2008) and Lenigrast in the video game Dark Souls II (2014).
Facts
Michael, who is 6ft 6in tall, is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote what is considered the definitive guide to music hall songs, Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860-1920 (1998), as well as Grace, Beauty and Banjos (1999) and various children's joke books in the 1970s and 80s. For 36 years Michael was Mr Chairman at the Players' Theatre Victorian music hall. Michael also once established a theatre company specialising in corporate work as well as music hall, with fellow music hall enthusiast Johnny Dennis (who himself appeared in Delta and the Bannermen (1987) - indeed, Johnny was best man at Michael's wedding to his wife Sarah in 1968).
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Michael here.
Rick Lester (Ogron)
Doctor Who credits
Fight arranger: Day of the Daleks (1972)
Played: Ogron in Day of the Daleks (1972), Carnival of Monsters (1973, uncredited), Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Rick's stuntman CV stems back to Danger Man in 1960, followed by Dr No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Italian Job (1969), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Dracula AD 1972 (1972), Live and Let Die (1973), Stardust (1974), Space: 1999 (1975-76), Star Wars (1977), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Superman (1978), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), Batman (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
Facts
After performing stunts on so many 007 films since 1962, the film franchise producers auditioned Rick to replace Sean Connery as Bond, but Roger Moore got the job. Rick was an original member of the British Jousting Society. Nowadays he is a voiceover artist and precision driving tutor.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Danielle in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Technician in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Other appearances include 199 Park Lane (1965), Detective (1968), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Casualty (1999). Caroline is now a theatre director and acting workshop trainer. In 2013 she became involved with the Dark Mountain Project.
Michael Kilgarriff (Ogron) Born Jun 16 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Controller in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Played: Ogron in Frontier in Space (1972)
Played: Robot K1 in Robot (1974-75)
Career highlights
6ft 6in Michael's other appearances include Whack-O! (1959), The Golden Spur (1959), We Joined the Navy (1962), Taxi! (1963), UFO (1970), Aquarius (1972), Men of Affairs (1974), The Upchat Line (1977), The Moon Stallion (1978), 3-2-1 (1979), The Borgias (1981), Artists and Models (1986) and Tipping the Velvet (2002). Michael has also done a lot of voice work, including Obelix in the English version of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976), the General in The Dark Crystal (1982), various voices in The Storyteller (1987-88), Watt's uncle in Watt on Earth (1991), Mr Crotchit in Oscar's Orchestra (1995), the Ogre in the English version of Snow White: The Sequel (2007), God in Albert's Speech (2008) and Lenigrast in the video game Dark Souls II (2014).
Facts
Michael, who is 6ft 6in tall, is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote what is considered the definitive guide to music hall songs, Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860-1920 (1998), as well as Grace, Beauty and Banjos (1999) and various children's joke books in the 1970s and 80s. For 36 years Michael was Mr Chairman at the Players' Theatre Victorian music hall. Michael also once established a theatre company specialising in corporate work as well as music hall, with fellow music hall enthusiast Johnny Dennis (who himself appeared in Delta and the Bannermen (1987) - indeed, Johnny was best man at Michael's wedding to his wife Sarah in 1968).
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Michael here.
Rick Lester (Ogron)
Doctor Who credits
Fight arranger: Day of the Daleks (1972)
Played: Ogron in Day of the Daleks (1972), Carnival of Monsters (1973, uncredited), Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Rick's stuntman CV stems back to Danger Man in 1960, followed by Dr No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Italian Job (1969), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Dracula AD 1972 (1972), Live and Let Die (1973), Stardust (1974), Space: 1999 (1975-76), Star Wars (1977), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Superman (1978), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), Batman (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
Facts
After performing stunts on so many 007 films since 1962, the film franchise producers auditioned Rick to replace Sean Connery as Bond, but Roger Moore got the job. Rick was an original member of the British Jousting Society. Nowadays he is a voiceover artist and precision driving tutor.
Ray Lonnen (Gardiner) May 18 1940 to Jul 11 2014 (cancer)
Career highlights
After making his debut in 1963's 24-Hour Call, Ray's CV went on to include The Fellows (1967), Honey Lane (1967-69), The Troubleshooters (1970), Zeppelin (1971), The Pathfinders (1972), Holly (1972), Whodunnit? (1973), Melissa (1974), Coronation Street (1975), General Hospital (1977), Rooms (1977), Send in the Girls (1978), Harry's Game (1982), The Brief (1984), Lovejoy (1986), Rich Tea and Sympathy (1991), Cluedo (1993), Harry (1993), Crime Traveller (1997), Starhunter (2001), Crossroads (2002), Treasure of Albion (2006), Midsomer Murders (2007) and For Love's Sake (2013). He also had regular roles as Detective Sergeant Moffat in Z Cars (1972-77), Willie Caine in The Sandbaggers (1978-80) and Alex Vale in Yellowthread Street (1990). He also provided the voice for children's cartoon series Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994-96).
Facts
Ray's second wife was actress Lynn Dalby (aka Hazel in Budgie (1971-72) and Ruth Merrick in Emmerdale Farm (1972/74)), while his third wife was actress Tara Ward, who appeared in Warriors of the Deep (1984).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Ray and his wife Tara Ward here.
Career highlights
After making his debut in 1963's 24-Hour Call, Ray's CV went on to include The Fellows (1967), Honey Lane (1967-69), The Troubleshooters (1970), Zeppelin (1971), The Pathfinders (1972), Holly (1972), Whodunnit? (1973), Melissa (1974), Coronation Street (1975), General Hospital (1977), Rooms (1977), Send in the Girls (1978), Harry's Game (1982), The Brief (1984), Lovejoy (1986), Rich Tea and Sympathy (1991), Cluedo (1993), Harry (1993), Crime Traveller (1997), Starhunter (2001), Crossroads (2002), Treasure of Albion (2006), Midsomer Murders (2007) and For Love's Sake (2013). He also had regular roles as Detective Sergeant Moffat in Z Cars (1972-77), Willie Caine in The Sandbaggers (1978-80) and Alex Vale in Yellowthread Street (1990). He also provided the voice for children's cartoon series Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994-96).
Facts
Ray's second wife was actress Lynn Dalby (aka Hazel in Budgie (1971-72) and Ruth Merrick in Emmerdale Farm (1972/74)), while his third wife was actress Tara Ward, who appeared in Warriors of the Deep (1984).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Ray and his wife Tara Ward here.
Louis Mahoney (Newscaster) Sep 8 1938 to Jun 28 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Newscaster in Frontier in Space (1973)
Played: Ponti in Planet of Evil (1975)
Played: Old Billy in Blink (2007)
Career highlights
Making his debut in The Sword in the Web (1962), Gambian Louis's CV includes Danger Man (1965), Voodoo Blood Death (1965), Slave Girls (1967), Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970), The Troubleshooters (1970), Adam Smith (1972), Quiller (1975), Fawlty Towers (1975, as Sybil's doctor), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981), Cry Freedom (1987), White Mischief (1987), The Lenny Henry Show (1987, as Jake), The Real Eddy English (1989), Saracen (1989), Love Hurts (1992), Runaway Bay (1992-93), One Foot in the Grave (1993), Turning World (1997), Harbour Lights (1999), Urban Gothic (2000), Oscar Charlie (2001-02), Sea of Souls (2004), Casualty@Holby City (2005), 10 Days to War (2008), Being Human (2012-13), Captain Phillips (2013), The Trials of Jimmy Rose (2015), You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), River (2015), Holby City (2005/2016), The Dumping Ground (2018), Counterpart (2018-19) and The Split (2020). In 2009 he also wrote and narrated a documentary about Victoria Falls in the Nature series.
Facts
Louis, who initially came to the UK to become a doctor, was a key campaigner within the acting industry in the anti-Apartheid movement, and co-created the Black Theatre Workshop.
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 Mitchell (Newscaster) Dec 26 1934 to Aug 20 1997 (cancer)
Career highlights
Canadian Bill's earliest credit was in Folio (1958), then Night of the Eagle (1962), Finders Keepers (1966), You Only Live Twice (1967), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), The Hanged Man (1975), Ubu (1978), The Bitch (1979), Riding High (1981) and SuperGran (1985-87, playing the reporter as Bill McAllister).
Facts
Bill was also known as "Deep Voice" for his distinctive tones used extensively in commercials and on radio, and most famously on cinema movie trailers across the world. Amongst the products Bill vocalised for were Pan Am Airways, Seiko watches, Cadbury's Flake, Denim aftershave ("for men who don't have to try too hard") and famously Carlsberg's "Probably the best lager... in the world" promotion. He attributed his husky voice to contracting mumps at the age of 12 and was silent for three weeks. He carefully maintained his distinctive voice with a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking.
Roy Pattison (Draconian space pilot) Dec 4 1926 to Sep 20 1997
Doctor Who credits
Played: Draconian space pilot in Frontier in Space (1973)
Played: Zazzka in The Hand of Fear (1976)
Career highlights
Roy's first role was in Romance in Candlelight (1955), then Clive of India (1956), Gallows Glorious (1959), Street Scene (1959), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1962), Battle Beneath the Earth (1967), The Borderers (1970), Colditz (1972), Oh, Father! (1973), The Stars Look Down (1975), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), The Mallens (1979), Andy Robson (1983), Return to Treasure Island (1986) and The Bill (1995). He regularly played Walter Fines in Crocodile Shoes (1994-96).
Luan Peters (Sheila) Jun 11 1946 to Dec 24 2017
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chicki in The Macra Terror (episode 4, 1967 - as Karol Keyes)
Played: Sheila in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Karol (born Carol Hirsch) also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green (1967), The Caesars (1968) and Strange Report (1969), and after changing her name in 1970 (to Luan Peters, derived from a town in Russia, and the Hollywood actress Jean Peters), made further appearances in Lust for a Vampire (1971), On the Buses (1971), Man of Violence (1971), Coronation Street (1971), Albert! (1971), Twins of Evil (1971), The Flesh and Blood Show (1972), Vampira (1974), The Boys and Mrs B (1977), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980) and The Bill (1989/90). She also appeared as a Maid of the Month in several episodes of The Golden Shot (1971), and that same year took the lead role as an adventuring go-go girl in the 13-part series Go Girl aka Give Me a Ring Sometime or Passport to Murder, which was never shown on TV but episode one was later released on video. She also appeared as herself in episodes of Thank Your Lucky Stars (1964), The Beat Room (1964), Musikladen (1977) and Cannon and Ball (1980). She started out leading the band Carol Keyes and the Big Sound (aka The Fat Sound, but Karol made them change it to Big!) in 1964 with the single No One Can Take Your Place, and later appeared on Top of the Pops in 1975 singing I'm on Fire by fronting the band 5,000 Volts (miming to the vocals of Tina Charles!). She recorded various tracks throughout the 1960s and 70s, the last being the song Trouble from the soundtrack to the 1981 Australian sex comedy Pacific Banana (in which she appeared as Candy Bubbles). Luan's appearance in The Psychiatrist episode of Fawlty Towers (1979) has immortalised her as the busty lady Basil mistakes for a light-switch! A comprehensive summary of her career can be found here.
Stanley Price (Pilot of spaceship) Aug 12 1931 to Feb 28 2019
Career highlights
Stanley's earliest role was in Detective (1964), followed by Z Cars (1967), Colditz (1972), Law and Order (1978), Dick Turpin (1979) and Mackenzie (1980).
John Rees (Hardy) Mar 6 1927 to Oct 6 1994 (possible heart attack while horse riding in Spain)
Career highlights
Prolific John's first role was in Pancakes (1958), then A Farthing Damages (1959), The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961), The Plane Makers (1963), Moulded in Earth (1965), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (1967), The Prisoner (1968), Strange Report (1969), The Go Between (1970), A Family At War (1971), Under Milk Wood (1972), Black Arrow (1972-74), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), Holocaust (1978), The Shout (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Citadel (1983), Sky Bandits (1986), White Mischief (1987) and Saracen (1989).
Madhav Sharma (Patel) Born Nov 12 1939
Career highlights
Madhav debuted in The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), and then took roles in Escape (1967), The First Lady (1968), Public Eye (1971), The Moonstone (1972), The Regiment (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), Angels (1976), The Awakening (1980), Maybury (1981), Cold Warrior (1984), Boon (1987), Medics (1992), East is East (1999), Bugs (1999), Dalziel and Pascoe (2001), The Gathering (2002), Grease Monkeys (2004), Chopratown (2005), Ashes to Ashes (2008), The Blue Tower (2008), Going Postal (2010), Monroe (2011), The Moonstone (2016) and Holby City (2001/2018). He also played regular characters Jas Sandhu in Casualty (2005-06), Prem Mandal in Coronation Street (2008) and Arshad Ahmed in EastEnders (2018).
Facts
In 2004, Madhav was to play the lead in controversial play Behzti by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti at the Birmingham Rep, a role which would have seen him play a corrupt Sikh councillor who rapes the daughter of his former gay lover. The play caused so much outrage in the Sikh community during rehearsals that it was eventually cancelled, and the playwright had police protection. In the 1980s Madhav was married to actress Jenny Seagrove, but this was not a happy marriage. According to Seagrove, Sharma became very possessive, following her everywhere she went. In his ruling granting divorce, High Court Judge Clive Callman said: "I find as a fact, to fulfill his own needs [Sharma] literally sapped his wife's self-confidence and self-esteem. He, with an extraordinary, almost hypnotic power, was a Svengali to Jenny Seagrove. Unable to star in his own right, his wife became his crutch." Seagrove went on to marry film director Michael Winner, but the two actors remain on good terms (Seagrove nominated Madhav for 2014's inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Award for Culture issued by the UK Government for services to India/ UK relations). Madhav's nephew is travel writer Pico Iyer, a regular essayist for Time magazine, Harper's and the New York Times.
Richard Shaw (Cross) Nov 19 1920 to Apr 11 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: Lobos in The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Cross in Frontier in Space (1973)
Played: Lakh in Underworld (1978)
Career highlights
Richard's career began uncredited in Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946) and included roles in Black Orchid (1953), Man from Tangier (1957), Quatermass and the Pit (1958), Sir Francis Drake (1962), 633 Squadron (1964), Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1966), Market in Honey Lane (1968-69), The Onedin Line (1976), The Sandbaggers (1978), Coronation Street (1980), Matlock (1987) and Young Toscanini (1988). He regularly played Ryan in Freewheelers (1971).
Facts
In interview, Richard said: "Bill Hartnell was a long standing friend and we had worked together many times. When I played Lobos I sustained a severe blow to my left eye which caused some problems for the first episodes but we had to carry on." Two years after Richard's death, someone called Sven posted this credulity-stretching comment on Toby Hadoke's obituary for him (did Richard really believe in alien lizards and UFOs?).
Stephen Thorne (Ogron) Mar 2 1935 to May 26 2019
Doctor Who credits
Played: Azal in The Daemons (1971)
Played: Omega in The Three Doctors (1972-73)
Played: Ogron in Frontier in Space (1973)
Played: Eldrad (Kastrian version) in The Hand of Fear (1976)
Career highlights
Stephen's earliest role was in Jezebel ex UK (1963), followed by Z Cars (1971), Sexton Blake and the Demon God (1978), Crossroads (1978-79), Death of an Expert Witness (1983), David Copperfield (1986), EastEnders (1991), Madison (1993), Shakespeare: the Animated Tales (1992/94) and Last of the Summer Wine (2006). Stephen's voice was also heard narrating numerous Fred Dibnah documentary series (1987-96), and playing Aslan in the 1979 animation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He was a prolific radio actor and audiobook narrator.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Stephen here.
Cy Town (Dalek operator) Feb 17 1931 to Mar 26 2024
Doctor Who credits
Played: Extra in Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited), The Invisible Enemy (1977, uncredited), Castrovalva (1982, uncredited), Enlightenment (1983, uncredited), Attack of the Cybermen (1985, uncredited)
Played: Technician in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited), Inferno (1970, uncredited)
Played: Medical orderly in The Mind of Evil (1971, uncredited)
Played: Gell Guard in The Three Doctors (1972-73, uncredited)
Played: Dalek operator in Frontier in Space (1973), Planet of the Daleks (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Genesis of the Daleks (1975), Destiny of the Daleks (1979), Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Played: Soldier in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Played: Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975, uncredited)
Played: Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (1976, uncredited)
Played: Guard in The Sun Makers (1977, uncredited)
Played: Harold V's brother in The Happiness Patrol (1988, uncredited)
Played: Haemovore in The Curse of Fenric (1989, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other acting work includes Two in Clover (1969), All Gas and Gaiters (1970), There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), Steptoe and Son (1972), Whodunnit? (1972), Moonbase 3 (1973), Carry On Girls (1973), Dad's Army (1973), Colditz (1972-74), The Sweeney (1975), The Brothers (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Star Wars (1977), The Big Sleep (1978), Quadrophenia (1979), Blake's 7 (1981), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), Ever Decreasing Circles (1984), One Foot in the Grave (1990), Jeeves and Wooster (1991) and Crown Prosecutor (1995). He also operated the Dalek seen when Jon Pertwee appeared on ITV's Surprise Surprise in 1996.
Career highlights
Debuting in Jungle Street (1960), Bill's CV also includes Sherlock Holmes (1965), Emergency Ward 10 (1967), The Blood Beast Terror (1968), Department S (1969), Notorious Woman (1974), Oil Strike North (1975), The Canal Children (1976), The Mackinnons (1977), Accident (1978-79), The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979), The Omega Factor (1979), Buccaneer (1980), Smiley's People (1982), Lytton's Diary (1986), Parting Shots (1998) and Jack of Diamonds (2001).
Facts
Bill aka William Hornet Wilde now runs three vintage clothes shops in Kensington, London (established 1982) and has supplied garments for the likes of designers Tom Ford and Ralph Lauren. He deals in style, not fashion.
Ramsay Williams (Congressman Brook) 1917 to May 29 1981
Career highlights
Ramsay's other credits include The Big Story (1949), Treasury Men in Action (1950), Dragnet (1954-55), Spy Trap (1973), Katy (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and The Professionals (1983).
Michael Wisher (Dalek voice) May 19 1935 to Jul 21 1995 (heart attack) Click here for Michael Wisher's entry on The Ambassadors of Death
John Woodnutt (Draconian emperor) Mar 3 1924 to Jan 2 2006
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hibbert in Spearhead from Space (1970)
Played: Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (1973)
Played: Duke of Forgill/ Broton in Terror of the Zygons (1975)
Played: Seron in The Keeper of Traken (1981)
Career highlights
John became a prolific character actor after he first appeared in The Black Brigand (1956), then The Cabin in the Clearing (1959), Gamble for a Throne (1961), Swizzlewick (1964), The Avengers (1966), Rogues' Gallery (1969), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970, as Henry VII), Look and Read: The Boy from Space (1971, as the spooky Thin Man), The Tomorrow People (1973), The Secret Garden (1975), Children of the Stones (1977), Shoestring (1979), Stalky and Co. (1982), Lifeforce (1985), Porterhouse Blue (1987), Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93, as Sir Watkyn), Wycliffe (1995) and Harry Enfield and Chums (1997). He also played Mr Quelch in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1959), Judge Weightman in Crown Court (1977-84) and Merlin/ Mogdred in children's virtual reality show Knightmare (1987-90).
Facts
John ended his years in the actors' retirement home Denville Hall.
CREW
Malcolm Hulke (writer) Nov 21 1924 to Jul 6 1979 Click here for Malcolm Hulke's entry on The Faceless Ones
Paul Bernard (director) Jun 20 1929 to Sep 25 1997
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Day of the Daleks (1972), The Time Monster (1972), Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Paul's other direction work includes Emergency Ward 10 (1957), Z Cars (1964-65), Cluff (1964), Virgin of the Secret Service (1968, on which he was also supervising producer), Honey Lane (1969), Happy Ever After (1970), This Is Tom Jones (1970), The Tomorrow People (1973), Under the Same Sun (1979-80) and Coronation Street (22 episodes between 1971-87), although he had other talents too, including production design on ITV Television Playhouse (1958-59), Our House (1960), Ghost Squad (1961), Hugh and I (1962), The Avengers (1961-63), ITV Play of the Week (1960-65) and Virgin Witch (1972).
Facts
In later life, Paul became a successful artist. In a 1989 interview, Paul said: "Pertwee was a bit of a prima donna. He'd had a very successful career in music hall and, quite rightly, had a very high opinion of himself."
David Maloney (director (uncredited)) Dec 14 1933 to Jul 18 2006 (cancer) Click here for David Maloney's entry on The Mind Robber
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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