The Invisible Enemy

The Doctor (Tom Baker) inside the
Doctor (Tom Baker)

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Oct 1 to 22 1977
Average audience for serial: 7.93m

REGULAR CAST

Tom Baker (The Doctor) Born Jan 20 1934 Click here for Tom Baker's entry on Robot

Louise Jameson (Leela) Born Apr 20 1951 Click here for Louise Jameson's entry on The Face of Evil

John Leeson (Voice of K-9, Voice of Nucleus) Born Mar 16 1943
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of K-9 in The Invisible Enemy, The Sun Makers, Underworld, The Invasion of Time, The Ribos Operation, The Pirate Planet, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor, The Leisure Hive, Meglos, Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate (1977-81). Return appearances in The Five Doctors (1983), Dimensions in Time (1993), School Reunion (2006), Journey's End (2008).
John has also voiced K-9 in Doctor Who's spin-offs: K-9 & Company (1981), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2006-10), and the K-9 TV series (2009-10). He has also voiced K-9 in Search Out Space (1991), the BBCi animated audio Shada (2003), Blue Peter (1977/2006), Weakest Link (2007), Comic Relief (2009), Pointless (2013), Stargazing Live: Back to Earth (2013-14) and the Lego Dimensions videogame (2015), as well as in Big Finish audios since 2003.
Played: Voice of the Nucleus of the Swarm in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Played: Dugeen in The Power of Kroll (1978-79)
Played: Voice of the Dalek battle computer in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
John's acting career began with The Spanish Farm in 1968, followed by roles in Dad's Army (1969), My Wife Next Door (1972), Headmaster (1977), Jigsaw (1979), Tarka the Otter (1979), Blake's 7 (1978/79), Sorry! (1981), Tucker's Luck (1985), Whoops Apocalypse (1986), Beadle's About (1986-87), 'Allo 'Allo (1989), The Bill (1993), Bugs (1995), Vanity Fair (1998), Doctors (2001), ChuckleVision (2007) and Rebels Without a Clue (2009). He also played Bungle in 50 episodes of children's programme Rainbow in 1972, and voiced Jigg in children's show Jigsaw (1979-84), as well as lending his feet and voice to play giant Biggum.
Facts
In the 1970s John was a question writer for quiz show Mastermind. He is also a good chef, having prepared period feasts for Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993), been a wine consultant to five-star restaurant staff, and was a serving magistrate in Ealing, and adviser on court etiquette and procedures to film and TV. In 2002 John stood (under his birth name of John Ducker) as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the Ealing Council elections for the Perivale constituency (he got 326 votes, finishing in last place unelected). He stood again in 2010, attracting 1,104 votes, finishing seventh out of nine. His wife is Judy Ducker, a property buyer on productions such as Hugo, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Christopher Robin, while their son is filmmaker Guy Ducker. In 2014 John released a recipe book entitled Dog's Dinners.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with John here.

GUEST CAST

Nell Curran (Reception nurse)
Career highlights
Nell debuted in The Newcomers (1967), then The Ten Commandments (1971), Made (1972), The Regiment (1973), New Scotland Yard (1974), Thick as Thieves (1974), Crossroads (1977), Sorry! (1982) and The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984).
Facts
In 1980 Nell married The Invisible Enemy's director, Derrick Goodwin. Before that she was married to actor Paul Humpoletz.

Pat Gorman (Medic) May 10 1933 to Oct 9 2018 Click here for Pat Gorman's entry on The Invasion

Brian Grellis (Safran) Born Jul 12 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sheprah in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Played: Safran in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Played: Megaphone man in Snakedance (1983)
Career highlights
Brian's earliest credit was in The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre in 1963, followed by roles in Only When I Larf (1968), The First Lady (1969), Trial (1971), On the Buses (1971), Jason King (1972), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973), The Brothers (1974), Circus (1975), The Good Life (1976), Survivors (1976), Room Service (1979), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Bergerac (1983), Threads (1984), Brookside (1986) and Help! (1986). He also regularly played Detective Sergeant Bowker in Z Cars (1974-78).

Roy Herrick (Parsons) Jul 22 1936 to Oct 11 1988
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jean in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Voice of Xoanon in The Face of Evil (1977)
Played: Parsons in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Career highlights
Roy's further work included The Spread of the Eagle (1963), Object Z (1965), Macbeth (1970), Public Eye (1971), Colditz (1974), Survivors (1976), George and Mildred (1979), Tenko (1981), Fresh Fields (1984) and Howards' Way (1985). He regularly played Jeffrey Sissons in The Regiment (1972-73).

Frederick Jaeger (Professor Marius) May 9 1928 to Jun 18 2004
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jano in The Savages (1966)
Played: Sorenson in Planet of Evil (1975)
Played: Professor Marius in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Career highlights
German born Frederick's career began in 1950's Probation Officer and went on to see roles in The Grove Family (1955), The One That Got Away (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Interpol Calling (1960), Farewell Performance (1963), Hit and Run (1965), The Jazz Age (1968), Ryan International (1970), The Befrienders (1972), Scorpio (1973), The New Avengers (1976), The Omega Factor (1979), Yes, Minister (1980), Remington Steele (1984), The Chief (1990), Selling Hitler (1991), Keeping Up Appearances (1993) and Cold Comfort Farm (1995). He also played Dr James Austen in The Inside Man (1969), Commander Fletcher in Special Branch (1974) and Max Van Der Rheede in The Onedin Line (1980).
Facts
Frederick's family fled Berlin for France when the Nazi party took control in 1933, and then moved to the UK in 1939. He became a naturalized British citizen 11 years later.

John Scott Martin (Nucleus of the Swarm) Apr 1 1926 to Jan 6 2009 (Parkinson's Disease) Click here for John Scott Martin's entry on The Web Planet

Jim McManus (Opthalmologist) May 19 1940 to Apr 11 2023
Career highlights
Jim's first work was uncredited in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), then Detective (1964), Hugh and I (1963-66), The Expert (1968), Harry Worth (1968), Steptoe and Son (1970), Clochemerle (1972), Scoop (1972), New Scotland Yard (1973), Legend of the Werewolf (1975), Dixon of Dock Green (1975/76), The Sweeney (1976), The Professionals (1978), Silver Dream Racer (1980), Juliet Bravo (1980), Rosie (1981), Only Fools and Horses (1982), Casting Off (1988), Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (1989), Press Gang (1990), Buddy's Song (1991), Trouble in Mind (1991), Chef! (1994), Sharpe's Siege (1996), Goodnight Sweetheart (1999), EastEnders (2001), Tipping the Velvet (2002), Heartbeat (2004), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Easy Virtue (2008) and Pride (2014).

Jay Neill (Silvey) May 21 1932 to Jun 14 2006
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Enemy of the World (1967-68, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Played: Pikeman in The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
Played: Silvey in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Played: Klimt in Underworld (1978)
Career highlights
Jay's career began in Softly Softly (1968), then The First Lady (1969), Trial (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Not on Your Nellie (1975), Fawlty Towers (1975), The Emigrants (1976), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), The Dick Emery Show (1979), Yes, Minister (1981), Terry and June (1982), Sorry! (1985) and Kit Curran (1986).
Facts
Between 1958-63 Jay was a member of the Dior Dancers variety act, which specialised in apache/ adagio aerobatic dance and reached great success, including in Las Vegas and at the 1960 Royal Variety Performance (he's the leaner one on the right!).

Elizabeth Norman (Marius's nurse) 1949 to Aug 22 2023
Career highlights
Elizabeth's other credits are The Rough with the Smooth (1975), The Dick Emery Show (1976), Don't Forget to Write! (1977), Target (1977) and Charlie's Angels (1979).
Facts
Elizabeth has one of the most famous voices in the UK, as the BT announcer for the 1571 voicemail service.

Edmund Pegge (Meeker) Born Apr 1 1939
Career highlights
Australian Edmund started his career in The Tempest (1963), and later appeared in Mogul (1970), Escape Into Night (1972), Moonbase 3 (1973), Matlock Police (1974), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Luke's Kingdom (1976), Follow Me (1977), Secret Army (1977), Skyways (1979), Home Sweet Home (1980), Stage Fright (1980), Sorry! (1982), Tenko (1981-82), Gems (1985), Anzacs (1985), Big Deal (1985), Golden Fiddles (1991), Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999), Selkie (2000), Doctors (2003), Rosemary and Thyme (2006), Swerve (2011) and Wolf Creek (2016).
Facts
Edmund tours schools giving workshops on expressive speech and poetry. His memoirs, Forever Horatio, has a foreword by friend Dame Judi Dench; he has also written a manual for teaching literacy through poetry, Expressive Speech, also with a foreword by Dench.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Edmund here.

Anthony Rowlands (Crewman) Born Jun 17 1947
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Anthony's final credit, after having worked on The Newcomers (1967), Jackanory (1969), Bizarre (1970), The Adventurer (1973), Big Zapper (1973) and Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1975).
Facts
Tony later became a drama teacher in Bristol, but has also written plays and poems, and keeps his hand in the drama genre through education.

Michael Sheard (Lowe) 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).

Roderick Smith (Cruickshank) Born Jun 2 1952
Career highlights
Roderick debuted in Children Playing (1967), then appeared in Please Sir! (1971), Carry On Behind (1975), Z Cars (1977), Television Club (1978), Angels (1981), Boon (1987), The Paradise Club (1989), Specials (1991), Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1996), Beyond Fear (1997), The Rotters' Club (2005), The Alice (2005), The Story of Tracy Beaker (2008), Lennon Naked (2010), With Love from... Suffolk (2016) and The Haunted Hotel (2019). He also had a recurring role as Sergeant Keith Lardner in 57 episodes of Dangerfield (1995-99).
Facts
Roderick is also a writer, and once translated Homer's The Iliad into the Birmingham dialect, calling it The Brummie Patrocleia.

Kenneth Waller (Hedges) Nov 5 1927 to Jan 28 2000
Career highlights
Kenneth's debut was Starr and Company (1958), after which he took roles in Compact (1964), A Game for Murder (1966), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Scrooge (1970), On the Buses (1971), The Love Pill (1971), Romany Jones (1973), South Riding (1974), Carry On Behind (1975), Target (1977), The Famous Five (1978), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), Minder (1984), Boon (1987), Never the Twain (1988), Santa's First Christmas (1992), Romuald the Reindeer (1996) and The Queen's Nose (1999). He will perhaps be best remembered as Old Mr Grace in Are You Being Served? (1981, despite being 28 years younger than the actor who played Young Mr Grace!), Ferret in 27 episodes of drama Big Deal (1984-86) and Grandad in 74 episodes of the sitcom Bread (1986-91).
Facts
For a time, Kenneth shared the home of theatrical agent Greville Hallam, who was murdered in 1982 by future Guardian journalist Erwin James aka James Monahan. Kenneth was an accomplished pianist who played with leading orchestras, was a lover of opera and a keen follower in his home town of the Huddersfield Choral Society. Another institution he cherished was the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, which he served as both actor and supporter. His obituary in The Times read: "Waller lived modestly in a rented two-bedroom maisonette opposite Chalk Farm tube station in London. His idea of a treat was a fresh Scotch salmon from Marks & Spencer and a half bottle of champagne."

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

Derrick Goodwin (director) Jul 6 1935 to Dec 26 2021
Career highlights
Derrick's directing career began with Absolute Aggers and Torters (1969), followed by stints on Albert! (1969-71), Never Say Die (1970), On the Buses (1971-72), The Train Now Standing (1973), Within These Walls (1975), Z Cars (1976-77), Rough Justice (1977), Mixed Blessings (1978-80), Lovely Couple (1979), Holding the Fort (1980-82), Now and Then (1983-84), The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984), Mann's Best Friends (1985), Roll Over Beethoven (1985), South of the Border (1985), Running Wild (1989), Ffizz (1987-89) and French Fields (1989). He also wrote 22 episodes of Albert!, and a handful of Mixed Blessings, and was producer on many of the series he directed, as well as Taking the Floor (1991).
Facts
In 1980, he married actress Nell Curran (who appears in this story). Derrick helped set up the Canadian Broadcasting Company's drama and entertainment department in Winnipeg.

Graham Williams (producer) May 24 1945 to Aug 17 1990 (shooting incident) Click here for Graham Williams's entry on Horror of Fang Rock

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