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| Roth (Peter Rutherford), Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) and toad-faced Styre (Kevin Lindsay) |
First broadcast Feb 22 to Mar 1 1975
Average audience for serial: 10.75m
REGULAR CAST
Tom Baker (The Doctor) Born Jan 20 1934 Click here for Tom Baker's entry on Robot
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) Feb 1 1946 to Apr 19 2011 (pancreatic cancer) Click here for Elisabeth Sladen's entry on The Time Warrior
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan) Oct 28 1944 to Oct 28 1986 (diabetes-related heart attack) Click here for Ian Marter's entry on Carnival of Monsters
GUEST CAST
Donald Douglas (Vural) Born Mar 7 1933
Career highlights
Donald debuted as Darsie Latimer in Redgauntlet (1959), followed by Rob Roy (1961), Witch Wood (1964), Middlemarch (1968), The Avengers (1969), Strange Report (1969), Budgie (1971), The Onedin Line (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), War and Peace (1972-73), Heidi (1974), Five Red Herrings (1975), Poldark (1975-76), Couples (1976), Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979), Blake's 7 (1980), Sense and Sensibility (1981), Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982), Scotland's Story (1984), Bluebell (1986), High Road (1980/87), Boon (1989), Diana: Her True Story (1993), EastEnders (1995), Photographing Fairies (1997), Wonderful You (1999), Greenfingers (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), From Hell (2001), A is for Acid (2002), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Monarch of the Glen (2004-05), An Enemy to Die For (2012) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016).
In 2019 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Donald here.
Brian Ellis (Prisoner) Born Jul 21 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Prisoner in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
Brian's debut came in Z Cars (1969), then The Challengers (1972) and Marked Personal (1974).
Glyn Jones (Krans) Apr 27 1931 to Apr 2 2014 (heart condition leading to organ failure)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Krans in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Career highlights
Glyn's screen acting credits include Queen's Champion (1958), then The Secret Kingdom (1960), Strange Report (1969), Barlow (1974), Breakaway Girls (1978) and Bognor (1981), while he has written for A King's Story (1965), The Magnificent Six and a Half (1968-69), The Gold Robbers (1969), Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970-71, for which he was also script editor), The Chiffy Kids (1976) and Metal Matters (1978). In 1965 Glyn supplied the narration script for the documentary film A King's Story, which went on to be nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar.
Facts
South African Glyn is one of only a handful of people to have both written and appeared in Doctor Who credited (along with Victor Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse). Glyn also acted and directed in the United States and at the London Fringe, and released a book of children's poetry called Hildegarde H and Her Friends In 2006 he created a new private eye named Thornton King, and wrote six books featuring his exploits. In 2008 he released his autobiography, No Official Umbrella.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Glyn here.
Kevin Lindsay (Styre and The Marshal) Apr 17 1924 to Apr 26 1975 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Linx in The Time Warrior (1973-74)
Played: Cho-je in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Played: Styre in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: The Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Career highlights
Australian Kevin's earliest credit was in One Got Fat (1963), followed by roles in Love Story (1966), Mr Rose (1968), Paul Temple (1969), War and Peace (1972) and Eleanor (1974). Kevin died of a long-standing heart condition nine days after his 51st birthday, and less than two months after his appearance as Styre in Doctor Who.
Peter Rutherford (Roth) Mar 16 1937 to May 21 1995 (brain tumour)
Career highlights
After South African Peter's Doctor Who debut, he appeared in Churchill's People (1975), Poldark (1975), The Professionals (1980), The Boys in Blue (1982), The Hounds of the Baskervilles (1983), Only Fools and Horses (1989), Young Charlie Chaplin (1989) and Highlander (1994).
Terry Walsh (Zake) May 5 1939 to Apr 21 2002 (cancer) Click here for Terry Walsh's entry on Terror of the Autons
Peter Walshe (Erak) Born May 10 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Erak in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: Pikeman in The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
South African Peter's other work includes New Scotland Yard (1974), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Z Cars (1978) and Winterspelt (1979).
CREW
Bob Baker (writer) Jul 26 1939 to Nov 3 2021 Click here for Bob Baker's entry on The Claws of Axos
Dave Martin (writer) Jan 1 1935 to Mar 30 2007 (lung cancer) Click here for Dave Martin's entry on The Claws of Axos
Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) Born Oct 1 1944 Click here for Philip Hinchcliffe's entry on The Ark in Space
Robert Holmes (script editor) Apr 2 1926 to May 24 1986 (chronic liver ailment) Click here to see Robert Holmes's entry on The Krotons
Brian Ellis (Prisoner) Born Jul 21 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Prisoner in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
Brian's debut came in Z Cars (1969), then The Challengers (1972) and Marked Personal (1974).
Glyn Jones (Krans) Apr 27 1931 to Apr 2 2014 (heart condition leading to organ failure)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Krans in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Career highlights
Glyn's screen acting credits include Queen's Champion (1958), then The Secret Kingdom (1960), Strange Report (1969), Barlow (1974), Breakaway Girls (1978) and Bognor (1981), while he has written for A King's Story (1965), The Magnificent Six and a Half (1968-69), The Gold Robbers (1969), Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970-71, for which he was also script editor), The Chiffy Kids (1976) and Metal Matters (1978). In 1965 Glyn supplied the narration script for the documentary film A King's Story, which went on to be nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar.
Facts
South African Glyn is one of only a handful of people to have both written and appeared in Doctor Who credited (along with Victor Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse). Glyn also acted and directed in the United States and at the London Fringe, and released a book of children's poetry called Hildegarde H and Her Friends In 2006 he created a new private eye named Thornton King, and wrote six books featuring his exploits. In 2008 he released his autobiography, No Official Umbrella.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Glyn here.
Kevin Lindsay (Styre and The Marshal) Apr 17 1924 to Apr 26 1975 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Linx in The Time Warrior (1973-74)
Played: Cho-je in Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Played: Styre in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: The Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Career highlights
Australian Kevin's earliest credit was in One Got Fat (1963), followed by roles in Love Story (1966), Mr Rose (1968), Paul Temple (1969), War and Peace (1972) and Eleanor (1974). Kevin died of a long-standing heart condition nine days after his 51st birthday, and less than two months after his appearance as Styre in Doctor Who.
Peter Rutherford (Roth) Mar 16 1937 to May 21 1995 (brain tumour)
Career highlights
After South African Peter's Doctor Who debut, he appeared in Churchill's People (1975), Poldark (1975), The Professionals (1980), The Boys in Blue (1982), The Hounds of the Baskervilles (1983), Only Fools and Horses (1989), Young Charlie Chaplin (1989) and Highlander (1994).
Terry Walsh (Zake) May 5 1939 to Apr 21 2002 (cancer) Click here for Terry Walsh's entry on Terror of the Autons
Peter Walshe (Erak) Born May 10 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Erak in The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Played: Pikeman in The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
South African Peter's other work includes New Scotland Yard (1974), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Z Cars (1978) and Winterspelt (1979).
CREW
Bob Baker (writer) Jul 26 1939 to Nov 3 2021 Click here for Bob Baker's entry on The Claws of Axos
Dave Martin (writer) Jan 1 1935 to Mar 30 2007 (lung cancer) Click here for Dave Martin's entry on The Claws of Axos
Rodney Bennett (director) Mar 24 1935 to Jan 3 2017
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Ark in Space (1975), The Sontaran Experiment (1975), The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
Rodney started out as a child psychologist, then a BBC radio producer, before moving into TV with the advent of BBC2. Some examples of the series he directed are nine Thirty Minute Theatres (1969-73), 13 episodes of Z Cars (1969-74), Trial (1971), The Regiment (1972), Mistress of Hardwick (1972), Madame Bovary (1975), North and South (1975), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1978), The Lost Boys (1978), Sense and Sensibility (1981), Stalky & Co (1982), Dombey and Son (1983), Rumpole of the Bailey (1987), The Darling Buds of May (1991-93), The House of Eliott (1991), Soldier Soldier (1993-94) and Doctor Finlay (1996).
Facts
Rodney wrote three books for children called Eagle Boy (1986), Abbots Way (1994) and Angel Voice (1997).
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Rodney here.
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Ark in Space (1975), The Sontaran Experiment (1975), The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Career highlights
Rodney started out as a child psychologist, then a BBC radio producer, before moving into TV with the advent of BBC2. Some examples of the series he directed are nine Thirty Minute Theatres (1969-73), 13 episodes of Z Cars (1969-74), Trial (1971), The Regiment (1972), Mistress of Hardwick (1972), Madame Bovary (1975), North and South (1975), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1978), The Lost Boys (1978), Sense and Sensibility (1981), Stalky & Co (1982), Dombey and Son (1983), Rumpole of the Bailey (1987), The Darling Buds of May (1991-93), The House of Eliott (1991), Soldier Soldier (1993-94) and Doctor Finlay (1996).
Facts
Rodney wrote three books for children called Eagle Boy (1986), Abbots Way (1994) and Angel Voice (1997).
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Rodney here.
Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) Born Oct 1 1944 Click here for Philip Hinchcliffe's entry on The Ark in Space
Robert Holmes (script editor) Apr 2 1926 to May 24 1986 (chronic liver ailment) Click here to see Robert Holmes's entry on The Krotons
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