Arc of Infinity

Omega (Ian Collier) and his charming
assistant, the Ergon (Malcolm Harvey)

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Jan 3 to 12 1983
Average audience for serial: 7.15m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Colin Baker (Maxil) Born Jun 8 1943
Doctor Who credits
Played: Maxil in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Played: The Doctor in The Caves of Androzani, The Twin Dilemma, Attack of the Cybermen, Vengeance on Varos, The Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors, Timelash, Revelation of the Daleks, The Trial of a Time Lord (1984-86). Return appearances in Dimensions in Time (1993), The Power of the Doctor (2022) and Tales of the TARDIS (2023). Colin also played the Doctor in the radio play Slipback (1985), the Jim'll Fix It sketch A Fix with Sontarans (1985) and the stage play The Ultimate Adventure (1989)
Career highlights
Colin made his debut in The Adventures of Don Quick (1970), followed by Roads to Freedom (1970), Happy Ever After (1970), Cousin Bette (1971), War & Peace (1972), The Moonstone (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), The Carnforth Practice (1974), Doctors and Nurses (1979), Blake's 7 (1980), Juliet Bravo (1982), The Citadel (1983), Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993), Harry's Mad (1995), The Famous Five (1997), Jonathan Creek (1997), The Knock (1997), The Bill (1997), Sunburn (1999), Dangerfield (1999), Hollyoaks (2000), The Asylum (2000), The 4 Musketeers (2005), Your Mother Should Know (2006), Kingdom (2009), Hustle (2010), Shadows of a Stranger (2014), The Mild Bunch (2015), Star Trek Continues (2015), A Christmas Carol (2015) and Time and Again (2017). He also enjoyed great success as the villainous Paul Merroney in 46 episodes of The Brothers (1974-76), and in 2012 took part in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (finishing eighth out of 12). He's also appeared in other celebrity reality shows and quizzes such as Come Dine with Me (2011), Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (2013), All Star Mr & Mrs (2013), Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2013), Celebrity Chase (2016) and Pointless Celebrities (2013/15/18). Colin appeared in numerous fan spin-off videos throughout the 1990s, and since 1999 has been playing his Doctor in Big Finish's audio adventures.
Facts
Colin's first wife was the actress Liza Goddard, who appeared in Terminus (1983). Shortly before Colin took the role of the Doctor, he and his second wife Marion suffered the loss of their baby son Jack to cot death syndrome. Colin subsequently became a passionate fundraiser for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, with many of his personal appearance fees being donated to the charity. Colin was the roommate of David Troughton, son of Second Doctor Patrick, during the 1960s and later became his best man. Colin has been writing a regular column for his local newspaper the Bucks Free Press since 1995. Here he is, on Twitter!

Andrew Boxer (Robin Stuart) Born Mar 10 1957
Career highlights
Further credits include Absolution (1978), Before Water Lilies (1981), Angels (1981), Give Us This Day (1982), We'll Meet Again (1982), The Two of Us (1987) and Peace Week (2011).
Facts
Andrew also deals in Indonesian art and textiles and has been involved with the Lock One Batik Art Gallery.

Ian Collier (Omega) Jan 25 1943 to Oct 1 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Stuart Hyde in The Time Monster (1974)
Played: Omega in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Career highlights
Debuting in Hamlet (1969), Ian's further work includes The Pathfinders (1973), Rentaghost (1976), The Sweeney (1978), Cribb (1980), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981), Hi-De-Hi! (1982), A Fine Romance (1983), Are You Being Served? (1985), EastEnders (1985), Howards' Way (1986), CATS Eyes (1987), Colin's Sandwich (1988), Heritage Africa (1989), House of Cards (1990), Keeping Up Appearances (1992) and Jeeves and Wooster (1993).
Facts
Ian also did a lot of voice work, and was involved in a number of audio products related to The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03).

John D. Collins (Talor) Born Dec 2 1942
Career highlights
John first appeared in The Flying Swan in 1965, after which he took roles in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Till Death Us Do Part (1969), Dad's Army (1971), A Family at War (1971), The Pathfinders (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), The Ghoul (1975), Get Some In! (1975-77), Q9 (1978-79), Secret Army (1978-79), Flesh and Blood (1980), Chintz (1981), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1980-81), Hi-De-Hi! (1982), Triangle (1983), Grandad (1984), Chance in a Million (1984), Lovejoy (1991), The Brittas Empire (1992), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995-96), Wycliffe (1997), Trial and Retribution (1998-99) and Fortysomething (2003). He also played Jerry in You Rang, M'Lord? (1988-93) but will be best known as Flying Officer Fairfax, one of the stranded English airmen from the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982-92).
Facts
He is the actor to be cast most frequently in sitcoms by writer/ producer David Croft (ten different characters in six series). John worked with Spike Milligan for a decade as his assistant director.

Alastair Cumming (Colin Frazer) Born Mar 18 1958
Career highlights
Malaysia-born Alastair's further credits include The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Windrider (1986), The Great Paper Chase (1986), Number One Gun (1990), October 32nd (1993), Beyond Bedlam (1993), Grange Hill (1995), Welcome to Woop Woop (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998), The Wolves of Kromer (1998), Skins (2007), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter (2012), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Autopsy: The Last Hours of David Cassidy (2014), Hangman (2018) and Meteor Garden (2018).

Neil Daglish (Damon) Born Dec 15 1949
Career highlights
Neil's first credit was in Z Cars (1972), followed by Coronation Street (1974), Romance (1977), Angels (1978), Secret Army (1978-79), The Member for Chelsea (1981), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983), The New Statesman (1989), Campion (1990), Harry (1993), A Prince Among Men (1998), Badger (2000) and EastEnders (2006).
Facts
Before going into acting, Neil worked as a clerk in a magistrates' court.

Michael Gough (Hedin) Nov 23 1916 to Mar 17 2011
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Toymaker in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Hedin in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Career highlights
Malaysia-born Michael appeared in over 150 productions since his debut in Androcles and the Lion in 1946. He had roles in The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Sword and the Rose (1953), Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), Dracula (1958), Dancers in Mourning (1959), The Saint (1964), Orlando (1966-67), two episodes of The Avengers (1965/67, playing the inventor of the Cybernauts in the former), Women in Love (1969), The Search for the Nile (1971), Horror Hospital (1973), Galileo (1975), The Boys from Brazil (1978), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Oxford Blues (1984), Out of Africa (1985), Inspector Morse (1987), A Killing on the Exchange (1987), Blackeyes (1989), Sleepers (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Cherry Orchard (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Corpse Bride (2005). He may be best known as Alfred Pennyworth the butler in the first four Batman films (1989-97) and six TV adverts (2001), and ironically appeared alongside Alan Napier, who played the same character in the 1960s TV series, in the mini-series QB VII (1974).
Awards
1957: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
1979: Tony Award for Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) (Bedroom Farce)
Facts
Michael was married to Doctor Who companion actress Anneke Wills between 1962-79, with whom he had two children (one of them, Polly, was actually actor Anthony Newley's biological child, but Michael adopted her). He had another child with second wife Anne Leon, and another - actor Simon Gough - with third wife Diana Graves. Michael would have returned to the role of the Toymaker in 1986 if the original Season 23 had been made (the story The Nightmare Fair). Michael was the first BAFTA winner to appear in Doctor Who.

Elspet Gray (Thalia) Apr 12 1929 to Feb 18 2013
Career highlights
Scottish born Elspet made her earliest appearance in Fly Away Peter (1948), later being cast in The Blind Goddess (1948), Eight to a Bar (1952), Johnny on the Spot (1954), Devil's Point (1954), Strange Experiences (1955), The Adventures of the Big Man (1956), A Life of Bliss (1960), Dial RIX (1962-63), Let Sleeping Wives Lie (1968), Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969), Brian Rix Presents (1962-70), Six with Rix (1972), My Good Woman (1974), The Crezz (1976), The Many Wives of Patrick (1976-78), Fawlty Towers (1979), Solo (1981-82), The Black Adder (1982-83), Tenko (1984), Pulaski (1987), Inspector Morse (1987), Casualty (1990), Dead Romantic (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996), The Wingless Bird (1997) and Dinnerladies (1998). She also had a recurring roles as Lady Collingford in Catweazle (1971).
Facts
Elspet was married to Lord Brian Rix, former actor and tireless fundraiser for Mencap, whose title made her Lady Rix. They had four children, one of whom, Shelley, had Down's Syndrome and died in 2005 at the age of 53. Their daughter Louisa is also an actress, while their son Jamie is a TV producer (he also wrote the children's cartoon series Willo the Wisp!). Elspet's sister-in-law was the actress Sheila Mercier, best known as Annie Sugden from soap Emmerdale Farm.

Guy Groen (Second receptionist) Born Jun 9 1950
Career highlights
This was Guy's only acting credit, but his LinkedIn account says he also appeared in Space: 1999 and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965). Guy changed his name to Guy Holland (see what he did there?) and since 1970 has been a workshop leader and drama teacher for companies across the globe, including Japan, Russia and Mexico. He was a co-founder of the Sidewalk alternative theatre company in the 1970s (now Spare Tyre), as well as the Quicksilver Theatre and New Diorama Theatre in London. He is married to fellow theatre-maker Carey English.

Malcolm Harvey (The Ergon) Born 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Citizen in Full Circle (1980, uncredited)
Played: The Ergon in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Career highlights
Malcolm's only other acting appearance is in a 1981 episode of Blake's 7. He also worked as a stuntman on Between the Lines (1994), Hollow Reed (1996), Speak Like a Child (1998) and London's Burning (2000).
Facts
In June 1982, Malcolm broke a world record by diving 103ft, while on fire, into some cardboard boxes, more than doubling the height of the previous record.

Max Harvey (Cardinal Zorac) Sep 15 1942 to Mar 17 2006
Career highlights
Debuting in 1990 (1978), Max's further credits include Blake's 7 (1981), The Professionals (1982), The Tripods (1984), Blackadder II (1986), Only Fools and Horses (1986), A Bit of a Do (1989), Sleepers (1991), Strathblair (1993), The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show (1995), The Upper Hand (1996), Dead Gorgeous (2002) and Land of the Blind (2006).

Paul Jerricho (Castellan) Born Nov 18 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Castellan in Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors (both 1983)

Played: Alfie in Lucky Day (2025)
Career highlights
Paul, who was brought up in the Caribbean, debuted in Clayhanger in 1976, followed by roles in Space: 1999 (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Grange Hill (1981), The Biko Inquest (1984), Knights of God (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), Howards' Way (1990), Love Hurts (1993), The Ice House (1997), Mosley (1998), A Likeness in Stone (2000), Footballers' Wives (2004), Look Around You (2005), Jericho (2005), EastEnders (2009), The Whistleblower (2010), Lewis (2012) and Casualty (2014). He also had a regular role as Charles Woodhouse in 78 episodes of the soap Triangle (1981-83).
Facts
Until 1984, Paul was married to actress Barbara Kinghorn, the only guest star to survive the Doctor Who story The Caves of Androzani (1984). His current partner is actress Helena Little.

Leonard Sachs (Borusa) Sep 26 1909 to Jun 15 1990
Doctor Who credits
Played: Admiral de Coligny in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Borusa in Arc of Infinity (1983)
Career highlights
South African born Leonard's acting career stems back as far as 1936 with Secret of Stamboul, and he took roles in The Ringer (1946), Richard II (1950), Robin Hood (1953), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), White Hunter (1958), Hancock's Half Hour (1959), Oscar Wilde (1960), Konga (1961), The Plane Makers (1963), Thunderball (1965), Sexton Blake (1967), Elizabeth R (1971), Coronation Street (1974), Victorian Scandals (1976) and Pig in the Middle (1983). He was perhaps best known for hosting music hall variety show The Good Old Days (1955-83).
Facts
In 1937 Leonard helped found an old time music hall venue named the Players' Theatre in London; it closed in 2002. In 1984 Leonard was fined £75 for importuning men for immoral purposes in a public toilet. His son was the late actor Robin Sachs (who appeared in Torchwood: Miracle Day in 2011), and he was married to actress Eleanor Summerfield. He and his wife were poles apart in their political support, so they agreed to differ. As a result, each election the windows on the left side of their home were adorned with Vote Labour posters and the right hand side with Vote Conservative.
This is Your Life: Leonard was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 9th, 1977, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews and a busload of people dressed in Edwardian clothing outside the Horse and Groom pub in London.

Maya Woolfe (Hotel receptionist) Jan 10 1953 to Feb 2025
Career highlights
Dutch-born Maya's further credits include The Wilde Alliance (1978), Tenko (1981), Triangle (1983), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), CATS Eyes (1985) and The Detectives (1994).
Facts
Latterly, Maya did multilingual voiceovers and corporate video work.

CREW

Johnny Byrne (writer) Nov 27 1935 to Apr 2 2008
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Keeper of Traken (1981), Arc of Infinity (1983), Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Career highlights
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Johnny first appeared as a bit-part actor in productions such as Till Death Us Do Part (1967) but soon moved into script writing with The Season of the Witch (1970), Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972), Space: 1999 (1975-77), Lionman II: The Witchqueen (1979), Cosmic Princess (1982), Miracles Take Longer (1984), Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1985), One By One (1985-87), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-90), Love Hurts (1994), To Die For (1994), Noah's Ark (1997) and Heartbeat (1992-2005). He also worked as script editor on Space: 1999 (1975-76) and was credited as story consultant on almost 50 episodes of All Creatures Great and Small (1988-90). He was also credited as devising Heartbeat in 1992 and Young James Herriot in 2011 (posthumously).
Facts
In 1969 he co-wrote the bestselling novel Groupie, about life in Swinging Sixties London. In 1990 Johnny submitted a script to the BBC for a Doctor Who film, but this went undeveloped. In the 1960s Johnny was a travelling poet as well as a literary editor, and shared a house with the Beatles for a time. He performed as a poet at London's Marquee Club in 1966 alongside Pink Floyd, and was also for a time the tour manager for Shel Talmy, producer of the Kinks and the Who.

Ron Jones (director) Aug 6 1945 to Jul 9 1993
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Black Orchid (1982), Time-Flight (1982), Arc of Infinity (1983), Frontios (1984), Vengeance on Varos (1985), The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Career highlights
Starting out as a BBC Radio studio manager in the 1960s, Ron worked for a time as a researcher and writer for the children's show Blue Peter, before acting as an assistant floor manager and production manager on series such as Bergerac and Secret Army. Ron's few other directing credits include Juliet Bravo (1985), the German soap Lindenstraße (1987-88) and the TV movie Burg Wutzenstein (1988). In the 1970s Ron worked as a researcher and writer on the children's show Blue Peter. Ron's partner was Gordon Elsbury, who directed shows such as Are You Being Served?, Top of the Pops and Spitting Image (he was also production assistant on the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest).

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Eric Saward (script editor) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva

Time-Flight

Doctor Who special effects, 1982-style

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Mar 22 to 30 1982
Average audience for serial: 9.0m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Anthony Ainley (The Master) Aug 20 1932 to May 3 2004 (cancer) Click here for Anthony Ainley's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Judith Byfield (Angela Clifford) Sep 6 1951 to May 20 1989 (cancer)
Career highlights
Further credits include Wuthering Heights (1978), Rosie (1981), Bergerac (1981), Whistling Wally (1982), Minder (1984) and The Brief (1984).

Michael Cashman (First Officer Bilton) Born Dec 17 1950
Career highlights
Michael's first acting credit was on Gideon CID (1964), and later You and the World (1969), Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971), X, Y and Zee (1972), Crown Court (1973), 1990 (1977), Angels (1978), Matilda's England (1979), The Brief (1984), The Winning Streak (1985), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Season's Greetings (1986), Casualty (1993), Monk Dawson (1998) and Small-Time Revolutionary (2010). Michael had a regular role as Mike Wallace in The Sandbaggers (1980) before finding fame as Colin Russell in soap EastEnders (1986-89 and 2016). Colin was gay and became the first character on British TV to kiss another man.
Awards
2013: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for political services and equalities
Facts
Michael gave up acting to enter politics, and was Labour MEP for the West Midlands between 1999-2014. In the European Parliament, Michael - who was a founder member of gay rights group Stonewall in 1989 - was Labour's spokesman on human rights and was also president of the European Parliament's inter-group on gay and lesbian issues. In 2014, Michael became the Labour Party's special envoy on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues worldwide, and was also given a life peerage, his title being Baron Cashman of Limehouse. In 2006, Michael registered a civil partnership with his partner of 20 years, Paul Cottingham - who coincidentally played a Lakertyan (uncredited) in Time and the Rani (1987). Paul sadly died of cancer in October 2014.

Peter Cellier (Andrews) Born Jul 12 1928
Career highlights
Prolific Peter (a founder member of the National Theatre) made his debut in Patrol Car (1955), after which he acted in Hamlet (1959), Scotland Yard (1960), Morgan! (1966), Softly Softly (1969), The Gold Robbers (1969), Strange Report (1970), Shadows of Fear (1981), Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973), Scotch on the Rocks (1973), The Inheritors (1974), Man Friday (1975), The New Avengers (1976), Graham's Gang (1977), Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Pumaman (1980), Shelley (1981), Chariots of Fire (1981), Codename Icarus (1981), The Last Days of Pompeii (1984), A Room with a View (1985), Clockwise (1986), Personal Services (1987), KYTV (1989), Chancer (1990), Keeping Up Appearances (1990-91), Howards End (1992), Bhaji on the Beach (1993), The Remains of the Day (1993), Our Friends in the North (1996), Ladies in Lavender (2004) and The Crimson Petal and the White (2011). He may be best known as playing Sir Frank Gordon in the sitcoms Yes Minister (1981) and Yes Prime Minister (1986-87).
Facts
Peter's father was the 1930s/40s actor Frank Cellier (he appeared in Hitchcock's The 39 Steps), who himself was the son of Victorian conductor and composer Francois Cellier (Francois's brother Alfred was also a successful conductor and composer, particularly in the world of Gilbert and Sullivan and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company). Peter's half-sister was the 1930s actress Antoinette Cellier, wife of actor Bruce Seton (best known as Fabian of the Yard on TV in the 1950s, as well as the 11th Baronet of Abercorn). How's that for connections...?!

Peter Dahlsen (Horton) Born Feb 23 1951
Career highlights
Australian Peter debuted in Division 4 (1972), and later took roles in Homicide (1973), Tandarra (1976), Bellbird (1977), Secret Army (1979), Bergerac (1981), Icebound in the Antarctic (1983), Sons and Daughters (1985-86), Dancing Daze (1986), Flying Lady (1987) and London's Burning (1989/91).
Facts
Since 1996, Peter has been a defence and prosecuting barrister in Gray's Inn, specialising in serious crimes such as murder, sexual assault and violence towards children.

Keith Drinkel (Flight Engineer Scobie) Born Nov 14 1944
Career highlights
Keith made his earliest appearance in The Newcomers in 1969, followed by roles in Dixon of Dock Green (1972), Country Matters (1973), A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973), Looking for Clancy (1975), How Green Was My Valley (1975-76), A Bridge Too Far (1977), I Didn't Know You Cared (1978-79), Gandhi (1982), Time and the Conways (1985), Grange Hill (1986), Brush Strokes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991, as John Major), Fanny Hill (1995), Doctors (2001/11/15), Midsomer Murders (2007), Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough (2008), Trying Again (2014) and Casualty (1993/2017). He also had regular roles as Philip Ashton in A Family at War (1970-71) and Bob, Liz McDonald's dodgy boyfriend, in soap Coronation Street (2005).
Facts
In July 2005, the Daily Mirror "lifted the lid" on the fact Keith appeared in a gay porn film called Dreamboy USA (x-rated link to DVD sleeve), certificated R18, in 2003. The role was non-sexual. Keith co-runs Chancel Productions with fellow actor Michael Chance.

Richard Easton (Captain Stapley) Mar 22 1933 to Dec 2 2019
Career highlights
Debuting in Encounter (1952), Canadian Richard's further credits include The Unforeseen (1959), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1960), The Saint (1965), The Admirable Crichton (1968), The Expert (1971), A Family at War (1971), Churchill and the Generals (1981), Chintz (1981), The Brief (1984), Dead Again (1991), LA Law (1993), Frasier (1997), Finding Forrester (2000), Ed (2002-03), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2004), Pizza (2005), The American Experience (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), God in America (2010), Mildred Pierce (2011) and Boardwalk Empire (2011). Richard's most memorable TV role will be as Brian Hammond in 85 episodes of The Brothers (1972-76).
Awards
2001: Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) (The Invention of Love)
Facts
In October 2006, Richard collapsed on stage at the Lincoln Center in New York during a preview of Tom Stoppard's new play The Coast of Utopia. As his last words before collapsing were: "That is my last word", appeals from co-stars Martha Plimpton and Ethan Hawke as to whether there was a doctor in the house went unheeded at first. Richard subsequently underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia.

John Flint (Captain Urquhart) Aug 1 1929 to Sep 9 1987
Doctor Who credits
Played: William des Preaux in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Captain Urquhart in Time-Flight (1982)
Career highlights
John's debut came in Jo's Boys (1959), then Emergency Ward 10 (1961), The Flying Swan (1965), Spyder's Web (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1973), Famous Five (1978), Bognor (1981), King John (1984) and The Fools on the Hill (1986).

Hugh Hayes (Anithon) Born Jan 1 1950
Career highlights
After his Doctor Who debut, Hugh appeared in Oedipus the King (1986), Rude Awakening (1989), Bugs (1995), Goodnight, Mr Tom (1998), Rehab (2003), Silent Witness (2003), Holby City (2008), EastEnders (2012), Suicide is Easy (2014), Doctors (2015) and Crowhurst (2017).

Brian McDermott (Sheard) Jul 23 1934 to Nov 5 2003
Career highlights
Brian first gained an acting credit in Mr Perrin and Mr Traill (1948), followed by A Flea Off Pepe (1956), Secrets of the Old Bailey (1958), Crime Sheet (1959), The Four Just Men (1960), Emergency Ward 10 (1963), Melissa (1964), The Villains (1965), Department S (1969), Big Breadwinner Hog (1969), Paul Temple (1969), Menace (1973), The Sweeney (1975), The Professionals (1979), Priest of Love (1981), Juliet Bravo (1982), Bergerac (1983), CATS Eyes (1985), Gentlemen and Players (1988), The Upper Hand (1991), KYTV (1993), Poirot (1995), Babylon 5 (1998), Born Free (1998) and Zoe (2001). He also appeared in 48 episodes of Starr and Company (1958) as Tom Turner, and 39 episodes of Walter and Connie (1963) and 39 episodes of Walter and Connie Reporting (1965-66) as Walter Jones.
Facts
Brian was the founder of London's Bush Theatre in 1972.

Nigel Stock (Professor Hayter) Sep 21 1919 to Jun 23 1986 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Malta-born Nigel made his debut in The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936), and was later cast in The Monkey's Paw (1939), Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), Brighton Rock (1947), Malta Story (1953), The Dam Busters (1955), Never Let Go (1960), Victim (1961), The Password is Courage (1962), The Great Escape (1963), Weekend at Dunkirk (1964), Buddenbrooks (1965), The Prisoner (1968, as the "other" Number Six!), The Lion in Winter (1968), Cromwell (1970), Marked Personal (1974), Orde Wingate (1976), Van der Valk (1977), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Triangle (1981), Strangers (1982), Yes Minister (1981-82), Yellowbeard (1983), The Pickwick Papers (1985), Unnatural Causes (1986) and Knights of God (1987). He also memorably portrayed Dr Watson in the Sherlock Holmes adaptations between 1964-68, and appeared as Dr Thomas Owen in both The Doctors (1971) and Owen, MD (1971-73). Another running role was Jim Turner in Flesh and Blood (1980-82).
Facts
Nigel interrupted his acting career by serving in the Army from 1939-41 with the London Irish Rifles, and with the Assam Regiment, Indian Army between 1941-45 in Burma, China and Kohima. He was honourably discharged with the rank of Major. He was married to actress Richenda Carey when he died.

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle

Andre Winterton (Zarak)
Career highlights
Andre's other credits include The Talisman (1981), The Cleopatras (1983), Star Cops (1987), Howards' Way (1988) and Work! (1991).
Facts
In 2010, Andre complained to the mayor of Eastbourne when floral tributes to the victims of that April's Polish air disaster were placed on the town's First World War memorial.

CREW

Peter Grimwade (writer) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia) Click here for Peter Grimwade's entry on Full Circle

Ron Jones (director) Aug 6 1945 to Jul 9 1993
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Black Orchid (1982), Time-Flight (1982), Arc of Infinity (1983), Frontios (1984), Vengeance on Varos (1985), The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Career highlights
Starting out as a BBC Radio studio manager in the 1960s, Ron worked for a time as a researcher and writer for the children's show Blue Peter, before acting as an assistant floor manager and production manager on series such as Bergerac and Secret Army. Ron's few other directing credits include Juliet Bravo (1985), the German soap Lindenstraße (1987-88) and the TV movie Burg Wutzenstein (1988). In the 1970s Ron worked as a researcher and writer on the children's show Blue Peter. Ron's partner was Gordon Elsbury, who directed shows such as Are You Being Served?, Top of the Pops and Spitting Image (he was also production assistant on the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest).

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Eric Saward (script editor) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva

Earthshock

The Doctor (Peter Davison) makes a
date with the Cyber Leader (David
Banks) for a well-prepared meal

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Mar 8 to 16 1982
Average audience for serial: 9.33m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Suzi Arden (Snyder)
Career highlights
Suzi's other credits include Sink or Swim (1980), Into the Labyrinth (1981), World's End (1981) and Nancy Astor (1982).

David Banks (Cyber Leader) Born Sep 24 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Leader in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Attack of the Cybermen (1985), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Played: Karl in Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure (stage, 1989)
Career highlights
David, 6ft 3in, made his acting debut in Keep It in the Family (1980), then made appearances in Bret Maverick (1981/82), The Bill (1991), A Time to Dance (1992), EastEnders (1994), Canary Wharf (1996) and Doctors (2006). Between 1991-92 he had a regular role in soap Brookside as Graeme Curtis.
Facts
On April 29th, 1989, while David was appearing as Karl the mercenary in the stage play The Ultimate Adventure (a role he reprised for an audio adaptation in 2007), Jon Pertwee fell ill and was replaced for two performances by David, who wore a white suit, t-shirt and Panama hat as the Doctor. In the late 1980s David got involved with Cyber-lore, writing the biographical work Doctor Who - Cybermen in 1988, which he adapted into audio cassettes and narrated as Origins of the Cybermen (1989-90). In 1984, David submitted a script to the Doctor Who production team called FlipBack which was steeped in Cyber-continuity, and was ultimately developed into his New Adventure novel Iceberg in 1993. David would have been cast as the Auton leader if the aborted Season 23 Doctor Who story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It had been filmed.

June Bland (Berger) Born Jun 2 1931
Doctor Who credits
Played: Berger in Earthshock (1982)
Played: Elizabeth Rowlinson in Battlefield (1989)
Career highlights
June's few other screen credits include Bat Out of Hell (1966) and Angels (1980). She also had a long-running role as Vera Harker in 207 episodes of soap The Newcomers (1966-69) and Mrs Lipska in 26 episodes of The Doctors (1970-71).
Facts
In 1995, she established the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in Basingstoke, UK, which she then sold as a franchise ten years later. In 1950, June married the director Bill Sellars (who helmed the Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker), but later divorced him. After this, Sellars moved to Spain to live with his civil partner, Alan Sandilands, but when Sandilands died in 2012, Sellars returned to the UK and remarried June (they had three children together). Sellars died in 2018, aged 93.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with June here.

Anne Clements (First trooper) Born Mar 19 1951
Career highlights
Anne's career in TV started as being the producer's secretary on over 60 episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75), but in the late 1970s she branched out into acting and made appearances in The Basil Brush Show (1977), Grange Hill (1979), Ike: The War Years (1979), Sorry! (1981), Fresh Fields (1985), About Face (1989), On the Up (1990) and The Upper Hand (1991).
Facts
In 1978, Anne married Conservative politician Sir Reginald Eyre, MP for Birmingham Hall Green between 1965-87 and cabinet member under the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments (including vice-chairman of the Conservative Party), making her Lady Anne Clements Eyre. Their daughter is the former child actor Hermione Eyre (at the age of seven she appeared in the Maureen Lipman sitcom About Face) and now journalist on publications such as the Independent, London Evening Standard, Spectator and New Statesman. Anne's friend, the actress Hermione Gingold, was Hermione's godmother. Here she is on Twitter.

Clare Clifford (Professor Kyle) Born Feb 21 1952
Doctor Who credits
Played: Professor Kyle in Earthshock (1982)
Played: Milton in Torchwood: Fragments (2008)
Career highlights
Clare debuted in hospital soap Angels (1975-78) as Shirley Brent, and then had roles in Lillie (1978), Holding the Fort (1982), Something in Disguise (1982), Home to Roost (1985), Emmerdale Farm (1986), Personal Services (1987), Wish You Were Here (1987), Aliens in the Family (1987), Fergie and Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992), Cardiac Arrest (1996), This Life (1996-97), Underworld (1997), Maisie Raine (1999), Heartbeat (2001-02), The Deal (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Doctors (2009/14) and Through the Lens (2014).
Facts
Clare also performs as a feminist stand-up comedian. Here she is on Twitter.

Mark Fletcher (First crewmember) Born Feb 8 1953
Career highlights
After debuting in My Son, My Son (1979), Mark went on to appear in The Gentle Touch (1982), The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1983), Campaign (1988), The Chief (1990-91), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994), Bugs (1995) and The Bill (1991/2003/2007). He also regularly appeared as Ronnie in Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1984-86).
Facts
In Germany he is best recognised as Kapt'n Iglo, a European equivalent of the British Captain Birdseye.

Mark Hardy (Cyber Lieutenant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Lieutenant in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Mark's other credits include A Coming-Out Party (1961), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Corridor People (1966), The Orchard End Murder (1980), Personal Services (1987), Who's the Boss? (1987), Friendships Field (1995) and Bright Young Things (2003). It is unclear whether these are all the same actor (it's a common name!).

Ann Holloway (Mitchell) Born Jan 29 1947
Career highlights
Ann's first credit was in Stop the World, I Want to Get Off in 1966, after which she took roles in Department S (1970), Emmerdale Farm (1973), Couples (1976), Yes, Honestly (1977), Paradise Postponed (1986), Avonlea (1995), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), Goosebumps (1996), Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996), The White Raven (1998), The Hurricane (1999), Common Ground (2000), Criminal Instincts (2001), The Piano Man's Daughter (2003), Godsend (2004), The Murdoch Mysteries (2004), Being Erica (2009), Kenny vs Spenny (2010) and The Story of Luke (2012). She may be best remembered as Karen Glover in the sitcom Father Dear Father (1968-73).
Career highlights
Ann's husbands have included actors Michael Mackenzie (Tarot in Ace of Wands) and Simon Rouse (who appeared in Kinda). Ann was one of the 1970s sitcom actresses, along with Paula Wilcox, on a list of obsessions by jailed rapist Iorworth Hoare (now known as Edward Thomas). It was thought that if he was ever released from jail (he was jailed for life in 1989), he would seek out the women on his list and rape them. In 2004, he won £7.2m on the National Lottery while on day release from prison. He was released in 2005, but jailed for one day in 2016 after he resisted arrest when being questioned about a flashing allegation (Hoare refused to cooperate with police as he was a "multi-millionaire").

Steve Morley (Walters) Born 1953
Career highlights
Steve started out as a child actor with bit parts in The Avengers (1965) and Oliver! (1968), but gained credits in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966), Within These Walls (1975), Hazell (1979), Armchair Thriller (1980), The Protectors (1981), Fame is the Spur (1982), Emmerdale Farm (1982), Menace Unseen (1988), Brookside (1988), True Colors (1991), Waiting for God (1994) and Where the Heart Is (1998). Steve also played Sergeant Stuart Lamont in over 40 episodes of police series The Bill (1989-2001).

Beryl Reid (Captain Briggs) Jun 17 1919 to Oct 13 1996 (pneumonia, following knee surgery for arthritis)
Career highlights
Prolific and popular comedy actress Beryl received her first credit in the 1951 TV series Vic's Grill, then went on to appear in The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), The Benny Hill Show (1955), Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper (1957), The Most Likely Girl (1957), Laugh Line (1960-61), Bold As Brass (1963-64), Frankie Howerd (1966), Before the Fringe (1967), Dee Time (1967-68), Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (1968), Inspector Clouseau (1968), Star! (1968), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), Wink to Me Only (1969), Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970), The Beast in the Cellar (1970), Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972), Alcock and Gander (1972), No Sex Please, We're British (1973), The Good Old Days (1964-74), Beryl Reid (1977), Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), Celebrity Squares (1975-79), Agony (1981), Get Up and Go (aka Mooncat and Co) (1981-83), Worzel Gummidge (1981), The Irish RM (1983), Minder (1984), Blankety Blank (1979-84), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987), Perfect Scoundrels (1991), Cracker (1993, as Fitz's mum) and Blue Heaven (1994).
Awards
1967: Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) (The Killing of Sister George)
1980: Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (Born in the Gardens)
1983: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress (Smiley's People)
1986: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
1991: British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award
Facts
Beryl, who was dyslexic, lived in the eccentric Honeypot Cottage, made of circular rooms, on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire, with her collection of stray cats (British Pathe filmed her at home in 1958).
This is Your Life: Beryl was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 17th, 1976, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews in the car park of Teddington Studios. Link to The Big Red Book entry.

Alec Sabin (Ringway) Born Aug 28 1947
Career highlights
Alec's debut was in the ITV Playhouse production The Panel (1971), after which he played Colin Lomax in soap Coronation Street (1972), then appeared in The Capone Investment (1974), When the Boat Comes In (1976), SOS Titanic (1979), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), Maybury (1981), The Fourth Arm (1983), Call Me Mister (1986), Birds of a Feather (1990) and Silent Witness (1998).
Facts
Alec became the voice and presentation trainer at the BBC World Service in 2001, running presentation workshops and training British and foreign journalists. Between 1989-2003 Alec was senior announcer at BBC World Service Presentation, presenting live news and continuity links to a daily audience of over 40 million listeners worldwide. Alec has also worked as presenter, journalist and programme maker in Monaco, Vienna, Riyadh and London.

Mark Straker (Second trooper) Born Mar 9 1956
Career highlights
Mark made his debut in Doctor Who, moving on to Henry's Leg (1986), Birds of a Feather (1990), Lovejoy (1994), Melissa (1997), The Lakes (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Murphy's Law (2003), Batman Begins (2005), Spooks (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2009), EastEnders (2012), Mob Handed (2016) and Agatha Raisin (2016).
Facts
Mark is now a prolific radio actor, having played in over 600 productions.

James Warwick (Lieutenant Scott) Born Nov 17 1947
Career highlights
Debuting in Jason King (1971), James has also been cast in The Onedin Line (1971), The Terracotta Horse (1973), Rentaghost (1976), Lillie (1978), The Nightmare Man (1981), Scarecrow and Mrs King (1984), Perfect Scoundrels (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Murder, She Wrote (1995), Babylon 5 (1996), Alias (2001), Dog Gone Love (2004) and It Pleases Aten (2014). James had the role of Tommy Beresford in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983-84), and since 1999 has provided various voices for Star Wars video games, including Qui-Gon Jinn. He also provided voices for the animated series Fantastic Four (1994) and Iron Man (1994).
Career highlights
James is also a theatre director, with credits from regional theatres across the US. In 2003 he became artistic director for the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachussetts, and in 2005 was made associate artistic director for the Chester Theatre Company in Chester, MA. In 2007 he was appointed West Coast president of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became an American citizen in 2015.

Christopher Whittingham (Second crewmember) Apr 14 1949 to Aug 8 2012 (cancer)
Career highlights
Debuting in Doctor Who, Christopher's subsequent credits include Shine On Harvey Moon (1984), Little Dorrit (1988), Toksvig (1988), The Manageress (1989), Sam Saturday (1992), Anna Lee (1994), The Knock (2000), My Family (2001), ChuckleVision (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Holby City (2007).
Facts
One of Christopher's dying wishes was that his body should be donated to medical science, and his brain was donated to the Brain Bank at King's College, London. In January 2014, Christopher's son Harry and his girlfriend Fran Matthews embarked upon a 2,186 mile hike across the Appalachian Trail in the USA to raise money for the Princess Alice Hospice in Twickenham, which provided Christopher's end-of-life care.

CREW

Eric Saward (writer) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva

Peter Grimwade (director) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia) Click here for Peter Grimwade's entry on Full Circle

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Antony Root (script editor) Born Apr 16 1954
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: K-9 & Company (1981), Four to Doomsday, The Visitation, Earthshock (all 1982)
Career highlights
After starting as an assistant floor manager on Blake's 7 (1980) and later Private Schulz (1981), Antony became story editor on The Chinese Detective (1982) before his brief liaison with the world of Doctor Who. He moved on to script edit Strangers and Brothers (1984) and then became a producer on The Fear (1988), Lorna Doone (1990), Edward II (1991), Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Call Red (1996), The Grand (1998), Far from the Madding Crowd (1998), Longitude (2000), Strange Relations (2001), Touching Evil (2004), Sofia's Diary UK (2008-09), Burning Bush (2013), Tarsas Jatek (2013), Without Secrets (2013), Mammon (2015), Terapia (2014-17), The Border (2014-17), Easy Living (2015-18) and Terapie (2013-19). He was also script consultant on Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City (1998).
Facts
After leaving the BBC in 1984, he worked for Euston Films and then Working Title, and in 1995 became head of drama at Thames TV, later working for Granada TV's American arm. He now works for HBO Central Europe as executive vice-president. During his career he has been nominated for two Emmys, a PGA Golden Laurel Award and a Golden Satellite Award. He also holds a directorship of Sony Pictures TV and, until it folded in 2011, the female dance troupe The Cholmondeleys.

Black Orchid

The TARDIS crew demonstrating some
very bad dancing

Two episodes (Part One, Part Two)
First broadcast Mar 1 to 2 1982
Average audience for serial: 10.0m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Timothy Block (Tanner) Born Nov 6 1944
Career highlights
Timothy's first acting credit was on Coriolanus (1965), followed by Troilus and Cressida (1966), Shoestring (1979), The Enigma Files (1980), Minder (1982), The Professionals (1983), The Keep (1983), Boon (1986), Casualty (1986), The Franchise Affair (1988), The Woman in Black (1989), Poirot (1990), 99-1 (1995), Silent Witness (1996), Senet (2012), Frequencies (2013), Arthur & Merlin (2015) and The Quarry (2016).
Facts
Timothy's brother Giles appeared in The Dominators in 1968.

In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Timothy here.

Michael Cochrane (Lord Cranleigh) Born May 19 1947
Doctor Who credits
Played: Lord Cranleigh in Black Orchid (1982)
Played: Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light (1989)
Career highlights
Michael's earliest role was in Bonny! (1974), followed by The Pallisers (1974), Love Thy Neighbour (1975), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), The Citadel (1983), The Far Pavilions (1984), Frankenstein (1984), The Detective (1985), The Collectors (1986), Fortunes of War (1987), Number One Gun (1990), No Job for a Lady (1990), Keeping Up Appearances (1993), The Saint (1997), Coronation Street (1998), Big Bad World (1999), Perfect World (2000-01), Rosemary and Thyme (2003), Spooks (2003), Murphy's Law (2004), The Government Inspector (2005), Suez: A Very British Crisis (2006), To the Manor Born (2007), Criminal Justice (2009), Holy Flying Circus (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), Downton Abbey (2011-15), The Musketeers (2014), Vicious (2015), Agatha Raisin (2016), The Crown (2016), Man Down (2015/17) and 10 episodes of Doctors between 2005-19). He regularly played Charles Gaylion in Wings (1977-78), Nigel Crimmond in The Chief (1990-95) and Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe franchise (1993-2008). He also plays Oliver Sterling in radio soap The Archers.
Facts
He is married to actress Belinda Carroll, sister of Rani actress Kate O'Mara.

Brian Hawksley (Brewster) Apr 8 1920 to Sep 28 2001
Career highlights
Brian debuted in 1959's The Voodoo Factor, then Secret Beneath the Sea (1963), Mike (1964), Death is a Good Living (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1968), South Riding (1974), Colditz (1974), Whose Child Am I? (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Black Jack (1979), Grandad (1979), The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982), Nancy Astor (1982), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Half Moon Street (1986) and The Witches (1990).
Facts
Brian was married to textile artist Rozanne Hawksley, who studied with Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon.

Ahmed Khalil (Latoni) Born Jul 13 1941
Career highlights
Ahmed's first role was in The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim in 1967, followed by parts in Paul Temple (1969), The Mummy (1969), The Alf Garnett Saga (1972), Till Death Us Do Part (1975), Are You Being Served? (1976), Gangsters (1976-78), Mind Your Language (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Only Fools and Horses (1981), The Irish RM (1984), Mr Palfrey of Westminster (1985), The Piglet Files (1991), Civvies (1992), Son of the Pink Panther (1993), EastEnders (1995), Shooting Fish (1997) and The Hamburg Cell (2004). Ahmed moved to the Middle East and has appeared in various Egyptian productions, including El-katl El-laziz (1997), Malak rohi (2003), Reesh Naam (2010) and Kayd El-Nisaa (2012).
Facts
In February 2019 there were reports of Ahmed having died due to a "sudden health crisis", but this was proven untrue by the Egyptian Actors' Syndicate.

Gareth Milne (George Cranleigh) Born May 7 1953
Doctor Who credits
Played: George Cranleigh in Black Orchid (1982)
Stunts: Warriors of the Deep (1984, uncredited)
Played: Mortuary attendant in Vengeance on Varos (1985, uncredited)
Career highlights
Gareth is a stuntman turned actor who first appeared in 1978 in Sweeney 2. Over the years he has received acting and stuntwork credits on more than 200 productions, including Blake's 7 (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Kessler (1981), Krull (1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Bergerac (1985), Howards' Way (1986), Filthy Rich and Catflap (1987), Star Cops (1987), Red Dwarf (1989-92), Taggart (1993), Bugs (1995), Charlotte Gray (2001), Nice Guy Eddie (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Sea of Souls (2007), Death at a Funeral (2007), He Kills Coppers (2008), Dread (2009), Vera (2011), The Shadow Line (2011), Sherlock (2012), Skyfall (2012), Lucan (2013), Off Their Rockers (2014), Strike Back (2013-15), Partners in Crime (2015), Downton Abbey (2015), Dad's Army (2016) and The Missing (2016).
Awards
2008: Screen Actors' Guild Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture (The Bourne Ultimatum)
2013: Screen Actors' Guild Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture (Skyfall)

Barbara Murray (Lady Cranleigh) Sep 27 1929 to May 20 2014 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Barbara debuted uncredited in Anna Karenina (1948), and subsequently appeared in Badger's Green (1949), Passport to Pimlico (1949), Mystery Junction (1951), The Frightened Man 91952), Hot Ice (1952), Doctor at Large (1957), The Widow of Bath (1959), The Escape of RD7 (1961), The Punch and Judy Man (1963), Juke Box Jury (1963), The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Caesars (1968), Strange Report (1970), The Morecambe and Wise Show (1970), Never a Cross Word (1969-70), Up Pompeii (1971), Albert and Victoria (1971), Jason King (1971), Call My Bluff (1966-71), His and Hers (1972), Heartbreak House (1977), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980), Robin's Nest (1979-80), The Power (1984), Never the Twain (1984/88), Coach (1996) and The Harpist (1999). Barbara's most remembered role was as (Lady) Pamela Wilder in The Plane Makers (1963-64) and The Power Game (1965-69), while she also enjoyed regular roles as Marie Finn in The Pallisers (1974) and Lydia in The Bretts (1987-89).
Facts
Barbara's first husband was actor John Justin, while her second was actor and teacher Peter Holmes (who appeared as an extra in The Daleks' Master Plan). In 1976, Barbara spent six weeks in hospital after breaking her jaw when a car she was travelling in was involved in a collision during a British Council-sponsored acting tour of Brazil. In retirement, she moved to Alicante in Spain where she fell and broke her hip in 2014. Admitted to hospital for an operation to fix her injury, she suffered a heart attack.

Ivor Salter (Sergeant Markham) Aug 22 1925 to Jun 21 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Morok commander in The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Odysseus in The Myth Makers (1965)
Played: Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid (1982)
Career highlights
Ivor's career began in The Heart Within (1957) and went on to see roles in Police Surgeon (1960), The Six Proud Walkers (1962), Dog Eat Dog (1964), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970), In for a Penny (1972), Westway (1976), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Crossroads (1979-80), The Invisible Man (1984), In Loving Memory (1986) and Executive Stress (1987).

Andrew Tourell (Constable Cummings) Jan 18 1946 to Jan 17 2004 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Andrew's other credits include Dixon of Dock Green (1976), Shelley (1979), Just Good Friends (1984), No Place Like Home (1986-87) and Terry and June (1987). His most memorable roles were as Napley in 18 episodes of It Takes a Worried Man (1981-83) and Geoffrey Ballard in 46 episodes of the sitcom Waiting for God (1990-94).

Moray Watson (Sir Robert Muir) Jun 25 1928 to May 2 2017
Career highlights
Moray first appeared in The Quatermass Experiment (1953), then took roles in Find the Lady (1956), No Wreath for the General (1960), Compact (1962-63), Operation Crossbow (1965), The Avengers (1966), The Expert (1969), Rookery Nook (1970), Hadleigh (1971), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972-73), Rooms (1975), Return of the Saint (1978), The Sea Wolves (1980), Pride and Prejudice (1980), Union Castle (1982), The Cleopatras (1983), Who Dares Wins (1986), Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987), Rude Health (1987), Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989), Haggard (1992), The Vicar of Dibley (1994), Dangerfield (1995), Kavanagh QC (1999), Bertie and Elizabeth (2002), My Family (2011) and Ace (2014). He had regular roles as Lord Collingford in Catweazle (1971), Barrington Erle in The Pallisers (1974), Angus Kinloch in Quiller (1975), Judge George Frobisher in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-88) and the Brigadier in The Darling Buds of May (1991-93).
Facts
Moray's daughter is actress Emma Vansittart, who is married to actor Rupert Vansittart (he appeared in Aliens of London in 2005). Before she left acting to home-school her children, Emma performed under the name Emma Watson (her birth name) but was asked by Equity in 2000 if she would relinquish her stage name so that newcomer Emma Watson (aka Hermione in the Harry Potter franchise) could be credited as such. Emma has since returned to acting using her married name. Moray's wife Pam was the daughter of early cinema star Percy Marmont, and sister of actor and acting agent Patricia Marmont.

CREW

Terence Dudley (writer) Sep 28 1919 to Dec 25 1988 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Meglos (1980)
Wrote: K-9 & Company (1981), Four to Doomsday (1982), Black Orchid (1982), The King's Demons (1983)
Career highlights
Terence started out in the 1950s as a playwright and soon went into script writing, his early credits including The River Flows East (1962), and then Moonstrike (1963), Detective (1964), Boy Meets Girl (1967), Doomwatch (1970-72), Survivors (1977) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-80). He became a BBC producer and director in the early 1960s, and in this capacity worked on productions such as The Nightwatchman's Stories (1959), The World of Tim Frazer (1960-61), The Men from Room 13 (1961), Cluff (1964-65), Champion House (1967), Doomwatch (1970-72), Colditz (1972), Survivors (1975-77), Secret Army (1978), To Serve Them All My Days (1980-81), Triangle (1983) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-83).
Facts
In 1963 he was invited by Doctor Who's original producer, Verity Lambert, to write the very first story (as a replacement for Anthony Coburn's 100,000 BC), but declined. His son is child actor Stephen Dudley, who appeared in over 20 episodes of Survivors (1975-77) as John Millon.

Ron Jones (director) Aug 6 1945 to Jul 9 1993
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Black Orchid (1982), Time-Flight (1982), Arc of Infinity (1983), Frontios (1984), Vengeance on Varos (1985), The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Career highlights
Starting out as a BBC Radio studio manager in the 1960s, Ron worked for a time as a researcher and writer for the children's show Blue Peter, before acting as an assistant floor manager and production manager on series such as Bergerac and Secret Army. Ron's few other directing credits include Juliet Bravo (1985), the German soap Lindenstraße (1987-88) and the TV movie Burg Wutzenstein (1988). In the 1970s Ron worked as a researcher and writer on the children's show Blue Peter. Ron's partner was Gordon Elsbury, who directed shows such as Are You Being Served?, Top of the Pops and Spitting Image (he was also production assistant on the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest).

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Eric Saward (script editor) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva

The Visitation

The Terileptils enjoy a "round the
campfire" moment

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Feb 15 to 23 1982
Average audience for serial: 9.60m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

John Baker (Ralph) Aug 8 1917 to Dec 2 2002
Doctor Who credits
Played: Time Lord in Colony in Space (1971)
Played: Audience member/ meditator in Planet of the Spiders (1974, uncredited)
Played: Ralph in The Visitation (1982)
Career highlights
John first appeared in Hotel Reserve (1944), and later had roles in Morning Departure (1946), RUR (1948), Midshipman Barney (1951), Five Children and It (1951), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954), The End of the Road (1957), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957), Cover Girl Killer (1959), The Frightened City (1961), Echo Four Two (1961), Contract to Kill (1965), It! (1966), Trog (1970), War and Peace (1972), Are You Being Served? (1974), Blake's 7 (1978), Spy! (1980), Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), Bergerac (1985), The Dark Angel (1987), The Brittas Empire (1992) and Class Act (1994).

Anthony Calf (Charles) Born May 4 1959
Doctor Who credits
Played: Charles in The Visitation (1982)
Played: Godsacre in Empress of Mars (2017)
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Anthony's big break, after which he appeared in Beau Geste (1982), To Catch a King (1984), Drummonds (1985-87), The Monocled Mutineer (1986), Fortunes of War (1987), My Family and Other Animals (1987), Great Expectations (1991), Diana: Her True Story (1993), The Madness of King George (1994), Pride and Prejudice (1995), My Night with Reg (1997, Celeb (2002), Judge John Deed (2003), The Murder Room (2005), The Good Samaritan (2007), Dalziel and Pascoe (2007), Material Girl (2010), Call the Midwife (2013), Dracula (2013), Noel Coward's Private Lives (2014), Home Fires (2015-16), Power Monkeys (2016), Riviera (2017), Poldark (2019), Domina (2021), Anne (2022) and Suspicion (2022). More recently he will be known as playing Michael Beauchamp in Holby City (2005-06) and Robert Strickland in 64 episodes of New Tricks (2005-15).
Facts
Anthony is married to actress Caroline Harker, whose sister is actress Susannah Harker (former wife of actor Iain Glen, who was in The Time of Angels/ Flesh and Stone, and partner of Eighth Doctor Paul McGann).
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Anthony here.

James Charlton (Miller)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cafe artist in City of Death (1979, uncredited)
Played: Miller in The Visitation (1982)
Career highlights
James's other work includes Law and Order (1978), Lillie (1978), Butterflies (1979) and Enemy at the Door (1980).

Eric Dodson (Headman) Dec 1 1920 to Jan 13 2000
Career highlights
World War Two bomber pilot Eric's debut was in Sherlock Holmes (1951), after which he secured many roles in productions such as Dial 999 (1959), The Little Ship (1960), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1960), Man from Interpol (1960), The Avengers (1961), Call Oxbridge 2000 (1962), Our Man at St Mark's (1964), The Likely Lads (1965), Sexton Blake (1968), Coronation Street (1968-69), Grady (1970), The Regiment (1972), Poldark (1975), Porridge (1975), Crossroads (1978), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1981), County Hall (1981), Help! (1988), Joint Account (1990), Press Gang (1992), Grace and Favour (1992-93) and Lovejoy (1994). Eric also had a regular role as Jack Pommeroy in Rumpole of the Bailey (1983-91) and Henry Richardson in the sitcoms Fresh Fields (1984-86) and French Fields (1991).
Facts
Eric was sadly unable to work for the last few years of his life due to illness.

Valerie Fyfer (Elizabeth) Born 1952
Career highlights
Valerie's only other credits are The Haggard Falcon (1974), Doom Castle (1980) and Mackenzie (1980).
Facts
Valerie's surname is actually an anglicisation of her real surname of Pfeiffer. She was among the cast of the 1976 stage play The Mating Season, which came to an abrupt end when its star, Carry On actor Sid James, died during the tour. With thanks to Nicholas Pegg.

Richard Hampton (Villager) Born Jun 22 1937
Career highlights
Richard debuted in Treasure Island (1965), then Out of the Unknown (1966), Judge Dee (1969), Paul Temple (1970), The Challengers (1972), Warship (1973), The Terrorists (1974), Rooms (1974), The Fight Against Slavery (1975), Dickens of London (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Betzi (1980), Juliet Bravo (1982), One By One (1987), Wish Me Luck (1988), Seaforth (1994), A Touch of Frost (1999) and Feeling Lucky (2001). He also had the regular role of Padre Simon Armstrong in Soldier Soldier (1991-92).
Facts
Along with actor David Weston, Richard co-wrote Shakespeare: His Life and Work, an audiobook released in 2000 and narrated by Dame Judi Dench. Richard's wife is actor Jenny Oulton.

Michael Melia (Terileptil leader) Born Jul 25 1945
Career highlights
Former teacher Michael's first credit was in Juggernaut (1974), followed by roles in The Sweeney (1978), Coronation Street (1979), Blake's 7 (1980), Maybury (1981), The Hard Word (1983), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983), CATS Eyes (1985), London's Burning (1988), Campion (1990), In Suspicious Circumstances (1992), The Detectives (1993), Dream Team (1998/2000), Daylight Robbery (1999), New Tricks (2009) and Dani's House (2010-12). He is best known for his role as Eddie Royle in soap EastEnders (1990-91), and Frank Dagley in Dangerfield (1996-97).
Facts
Michael's wife is called Celia... (think about it!).

Michael Robbins (Richard Mace) Nov 14 1930 to Dec 11 1992 (cancer)
Career highlights
Former bank clerk Michael got his first acting credit on Final at Furnell (1957), followed by Scotland Yard (1960), A Prize of Arms (1962), The Plane Makers (1963), Redcap (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Up the Junction (1968), Till Death Us Do Part (1969), Parkin's Patch (1969), Zeppelin (1971), Cider with Rosie (1971), No Sex Please, We're British (1973), How's Your Father? (1974-75), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Fuzz (1977), Devenish (1977-78), Brendon Chase (1981), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Fresh Fields (1985), Fairly Secret Army (1984-86), EastEnders (1989), The New Statesman (1991), One Foot in the Grave (1990/91) and In Sickness and in Health (1992). His most memorable role was as Arthur Rudge in 61 episodes of the sitcom On the Buses (1969-72) and its three big screen spin-offs (1971-73).
Facts
Michael was married to actress Hal Dyer, best known as Rose Perkins in children's series Rentaghost. Michael also provided the voices of a number of the chimps in the 1970s and 80s PG Tips TV commercials. In 1987, Michael received a papal award for his work for the Catholic Stage Guild.

John Savident (Squire) Jan 21 1938 to Feb 21 2024
Career highlights
Guernsey-born John's earliest role was in Redcap (1966), subsequently Mrs Thursday (1967), Inadmissable Evidence (1968), The Avengers (1968), Nearest and Dearest (1969), Manhunt (1970), Doomwatch (1970-71), Budgie (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971), A Family at War (1970-72), Tightrope (1972), The Lotus Eaters (1973), Quiller (1975), 1990 (1977), Yes Minister (1980), Blake's 7 (1979/81), The Black Adder (1982, pilot), Oliver Twist (1982), Gandhi (1982), The Crystal Cube (1983), David Copperfield (1986), Chelmsford 123 (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993), Middlemarch (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Aladdin (2000), Above Suspicion (2008), Hotel Babylon (2009) and Holby City (2012). However, he will forever be associated with his hugely popular role as Fred Elliott the butcher in more than 700 episodes of soap Coronation Street (1994-2006).
Awards
1999: British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance (Coronation Street)
Facts
Born in Guernsey, John was still living on the island during the 1940 German occupation of World War 2. He and his family escaped to the mainland in a fishing boat. John created the role of Monsieur Firmin in the first production of The Phantom of the Opera in 1986. In December 2000, John sustained knife wounds to the neck after being attacked in his Manchester flat by a 28-year-old man he'd met in a gay pub. John claimed he invited Michael Smith back to his house to talk about the theatre, which the attacker took as a metaphor for sex. Smith was jailed for seven years.

Peter van Dissel (Android)
Career highlights
Indonesia-born Peter's earliest credit was in Out of the Unknown (1969), followed by Dog Squad (1973), The Diamond Mercenaries (1976), Flashpoint Africa (1980), The Assassination Run (1980), Hideaway (1986), Between the Lines (1992) and Casualty (2001).

Neil West (Poacher)
Career highlights
Neil's other credits include Leaving (1985), Three Up, Two Down (1986), In Sickness and in Health (1987), Late Expectations (1987), Sorry! (1988) and 'Allo! 'Allo! (1989). He also had a regular role as Dave Nowell in medical drama Angels (1982-83).

CREW

Eric Saward (writer) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva

Peter Moffatt (director) Aug 15 1922 to Oct 21 2007
Doctor Who credits
Directed: State of Decay (1980), The Visitation (1982), Mawdryn Undead (1983), The Five Doctors (1983), The Twin Dilemma (1984), The Two Doctors (1985)
Played: Man outside restaurant in The Two Doctors (1985, uncredited)
Played: Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
His training to become an actor was disturbed by the outbreak of World War Two, during which he became a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft 3 in Germany. After the war he went back into acting in programmes such as Emil and the Detectives (1952) and Tales from Soho (1956), but then turned to directing, working on Small Time (1960), Tales of Mystery (1961), It Happened Like This (1963), Crane (1963-64), Seven Deadly Sins (1966-67), Sexton Blake (1968), Hadleigh (1969), Big Brother (1970), Crime of Passion (1971-72), New Scotland Yard (1972), Melissa (1974), Rooms (1974-77), The Camerons (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Juliet Bravo (1980/82), EastEnders (1986) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-88).
Facts
He was married to actress/ director/ producer Joan Kemp-Welch.

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Antony Root (script editor) Born Apr 16 1954
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: K-9 & Company (1981), Four to Doomsday, The Visitation, Earthshock (all 1982)
Career highlights
After starting as an assistant floor manager on Blake's 7 (1980) and later Private Schulz (1981), Antony became story editor on The Chinese Detective (1982) before his brief liaison with the world of Doctor Who. He moved on to script edit Strangers and Brothers (1984) and then became a producer on The Fear (1988), Lorna Doone (1990), Edward II (1991), Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Call Red (1996), The Grand (1998), Far from the Madding Crowd (1998), Longitude (2000), Strange Relations (2001), Touching Evil (2004), Sofia's Diary UK (2008-09), Burning Bush (2013), Tarsas Jatek (2013), Without Secrets (2013), Mammon (2015), Terapia (2014-17), The Border (2014-17), Easy Living (2015-18) and Terapie (2013-19). He was also script consultant on Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City (1998).
Facts
After leaving the BBC in 1984, he worked for Euston Films and then Working Title, and in 1995 became head of drama at Thames TV, later working for Granada TV's American arm. He now works for HBO Central Europe as executive vice-president. During his career he has been nominated for two Emmys, a PGA Golden Laurel Award and a Golden Satellite Award. He also holds a directorship of Sony Pictures TV and, until it folded in 2011, the female dance troupe The Cholmondeleys.

Kinda

Hindle (Simon Rouse) with two nubile
young Kinda.

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Feb 1 to 9 1982
Average audience for serial: 8.80m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Lee Cornes (Trickster) Born 1951
Career highlights
Lee made his acting debut in The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist (1980), later taking roles in The Comic Strip Presents (1984), The Young Ones (1984), Blackadder II (1986), Blackadder the Third (1987), Red Dwarf (1988), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), Colin's Sandwich (1988-90), The Trials of Oz (1991), French and Saunders (1993), Rab C Nesbitt (1990-93), The Detectives (1996-97), Loved By You (1997), Hustle (2005), Teenage Kicks (2008), PhoneShop (2010) and Toast of London (2012). He also had a regular role as Mr Hankin in Grange Hill (1990-2002) and Dick Head in Bottom (1991-95).
Facts
He originally auditioned for the role of Rimmer in sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf in 1988. Sometime stand-up comedian Lee has also written comedy for TV, notably Gophers! (1990) and Mr Bean: The Animated Series (2002-03), and in 2002 appeared in the video for S Club Juniors' One Step Closer (if your stomach can't manage to get you through the whole video, he appears right at the end!).

Nerys Hughes (Todd) Born Nov 8 1941
Doctor Who credits
Played: Todd in Kinda (1982)
Played: Brenda in Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008)
Career highlights
Nerys made her debut in Dixon of Dock Green in 1963, and then took roles in Taxi! (1964), The Marriage Lines (1964), Diary of a Young Man (1964), The Flying Swan (1965), The Likely Lads (1966), Blackmail (1966), Love Story (1968), If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1968), Manhunt (1970), A Severed Head (1970), Take a Girl Like You (1970), How Green Was My Valley (1975-76), Third Time Lucky (1982), Tickle on the Tum (1986), Gallowglass (1993), The Queen's Nose (1998-2000), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001) and The Secret (2002). Nerys's most famous roles are Sandra Hutchinson in sitcom The Liver Birds (1971-79 and 1996) and Megan Roberts in The District Nurse (1984-87). She was also producer on the 2001 series Is Harry on the Boat?.
Facts
In 1985 the band Half Man Half Biscuit released a song called I Hate Nerys Hughes! which culminates in the title being screamed over and over again. Nerys's husband is film cameraman Patrick Turley, who worked on series such as Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and The Kenny Everett Television Show, and films such as Eyes Wide Shut and Frailty.
This is Your Life: Nerys was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on February 22nd, 1984, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews at the reception desk of London's Hilton Hotel, helped by her Liver Birds co-star and Doctor Who actor Polly James.

Adrian Mills (Aris) Born Jul 16 1956
Career highlights
Adrian's acting career included roles in The Muscle Market (1981), Minder (1982), Brookside (1984), That's My Boy (1986), Waiting for God (1992) and Lords of Chaos (2018), but he is best known as a presenter, most notably on the show That's Life! (1985-94) and in later years on Sky Travel Shop. He's also presented shows such as Bite Back and Central Weekend Live.
Facts
Adrian appears in the 2003 video for Robbie Williams's Something Beautiful. He is the co-owner of London restaurant chain Thai Tho.

Roger Milner (Anicca) Apr 2 1925 to Feb 22 2014
Career highlights
Roger first appeared in 1954's Clementina, then A Man for All Seasons (1957), Rainbow City (1967), A Warning to the Curious (1972), Lost Hearts (1973), The Doll (1975), Raven (1977), Penmarric (1979), The Racing Game (1979), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Dombey and Son (1983), Lace II (1985), A Handful of Dust (1988), All Change (1989), Dark Season (1991), Middlemarch (1994) and Prime Suspect 4 (1995). He was also a writer, having penned The Queen's Guards (1961), Speed King (1974), PQ17 (1981), Reith (1983), Amy (1984) and Across the Lake (1988) for TV, and several stage plays, including 1965's How's the World Treating You?, which provided actress Patricia Routledge with her debut.
Facts
In the late 1970s Roger was involved in a serious car accident, from which the doctors did not expect him to recover. However, he did, and returned to acting, although it is said his previous comedy spark for written drama never fully recovered.

Mary Morris (Panna) Dec 13 1915 to Oct 14 1988 (heart failure)
Career highlights
Born in the Fiji Islands, Mary first appeared on stage at the age of 20, but her first screen credit was as the Duchess of Kent in Victoria the Great (1937). She then took roles in Prison Without Bars (1938), Who Killed Jack Robins? (1940), The Man from Morocco (1945), High Treason (1951), The Face of Love (1954), Tales of the Vikings (1960), An Age of Kings (1960), The Spread of the Eagle (1963), Ghost Squad (1963), The Prisoner (1967, as the only female Number Two), Kate (1971), Hunter's Walk (1973), Boy Dominic (1974), An Unofficial Rose (1974-75), Ballet Shoes (1975), The Haunting of Julia (1977), Anna Karenina (1977), Shades of Darkness (1983), Diana (1984), Campion (1989) and Sometime in August (1990). Mary played Professor Madeleine Dawnay in A for Andromeda (1961) and The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962).
Facts
Mary's father was the botanist and district commissioner for Fiji, Herbert Stanley Morris, who was killed in a flying accident when she was four. Mary replaced actor Trevor Howard as Number Two for The Prisoner episode Dance of the Dead after he pulled out at the last minute. Outspoken gay rights activist Mary reportedly wore motorcycle leathers well into her seventies at her home in Switzerland, and is thought to have had a long-standing lesbian affair with fellow actress Coral Browne (wife of horror actor Vincent Price).

Sarah Prince (Karuna)
Career highlights
Sarah's other work includes Ballet Shoes (1975), The Peppermint Pig (1977), Last Summer's Child (1981), Angels (1982), Scandal (1989) and The Bill (1989).
Facts
She is now an agent for TV and film industry creatives, working for Princestone.

Simon Rouse (Hindle) Born Jun 24 1951
Career highlights
Debuted in The Ragman's Daughter (1972), then took roles in Marked Personal (1973), Sam (1975), Crime and Punishment (1979), Smuggler (1981), Juliet Bravo (1983), Pop Pirates (1984), Albion Market (1986), Bread (1986-89, as Yizzel's mate), Hard Cases (1988), Casualty (1990), Dead Romantic (1992), The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2012), Coronation Street (1988/2013), Broadchurch (2013), The Dumping Ground (2015) and Moving On (2018). He will be best known for playing DCI Jack Meadows in over 880 episodes of police soap The Bill (1990-2010).
Facts
Simon's wife is actor Ann Holloway, who appeared in Earthshock.
This is Your Life: Simon was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on March 21st, 2001, surprised by host Michael Aspel on set for the drama The Bill.

Jeffrey Stewart (Dukkha) Born Oct 28 1955
Career highlights
Jeffrey debuted in soap Crossroads (1981), then The Nightmare Man (1981), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Hi-de-Hi! (1983), Help! (1988), A Dogges Tale (2006), Dead Man Running (2009), Under Jakob's Ladder (2011), The Third (2012), Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012), The Thompsons (2012), Hot Wings (2013), How to Become a Criminal Mastermind (2013), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Ratted Out (2016), On the Run (2018) and 8ish (2019). The role of his career was PC Reg Hollis in over 1,000 episodes of police soap The Bill (1984-2008).
Facts
Jeffrey played the boyfriend in the music video for Sam Brown's single Can I Get a Witness? in 1989; 20 years later he appeared, rather hairier, in Miike Snow's video for Black and Blue. Between the mid-80s and 1997 Jeffrey was a self-confessed alcoholic. In 1996, a British tabloid claimed Jeff, who at the time was dating actress Joan Collins's daughter Katie Kass, was involved in sado-masochistic sex clubs in London and had "indoctrinated" Katie to attend orgies with him. In 2006, Jeff denied reports he had tried to commit suicide, claiming he was addicted to medication and spent some time in rehab clinic The Priory. In 2008, Jeffrey was hospitalised after slashing his wrists when he was told his contract for The Bill was not being renewed.  In 2011, Jeffrey won the Best Actor award at the Manhattan Film Festival for his role in Under Jakob's Ladder.

Richard Todd (Sanders) Jun 11 1919 to Dec 3 2009 (cancer)
Career highlights
Dublin-born Richard's extensive career began with uncredited bit parts in the Will Hay film Good Morning, Boys (1937) and Laurel and Hardy's A Yank at Oxford (1938), gaining his first credit in For Them That Trespass (1949). He then took roles in The Hasty Heart (1949, for which he was nominated for Best Actor Oscar, losing out to Broderick Crawford), Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950), the title role in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953), the title role in Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953), The Dam Busters (1955), The Virgin Queen (1955), D-Day the Sixth of June (1956), Saint Joan (1957), Why Bother to Knock (1961, for which he was also executive producer), The Longest Day (1962), the title role in Sanders (1963), Last of the Long-Haired Boys (1968), Dorian Gray (1970), Asylum (1972), Boy Dominic (1974-76), The Big Sleep (1978), Bloodbath (1979), House of the Long Shadows (1983), Jenny's War (1985), Murder She Wrote (1989), Virtual Murder (1992), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Midsomer Murders (2003), The Royal (2003) and Heartbeat (2007).
Awards
1950: Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Male (The Hasty Heart)
1993: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
Facts
Richard, as a captain serving with the British 6th Airborne Division, took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. Richard's life was tragically plagued by suicide - his mother killed herself when he was just 19, while two of his sons also committed suicide, by the same means of a gunshot wound to the head - Seamus in 1997, aged 20, and Peter in 2005, aged 53. Peter's reason was that his marriage was ending, while Seamus's was thought to be due to a depressive reaction to severe acne, and the anti-acne drug he was taking.
This is Your Life: Richard was the subject of the BBC's This is Your Life on March 7th, 1960, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews at the BBC's Lime Grove Studio H (Richard was TiYL's second ever Doctor Who subject), as well as Thames TV's This is Your Life on November 23rd, 1988, surprised on stage at the Theatre Royal, Windsor (the coincidence in this is staggering, as this is the date and location of the Doctor Who episode shown that very day - Silver Nemesis Part 1!). Link to The Red Book entry.

Anna Wing (Anatta) Oct 30 1914 to Jul 7 2013
Career highlights
Anna first appeared in Hyacinth Halvey (1938), followed by Smiling at Grief (1939), The Herries Chronicle (1960), The Ghost Sonata (1962), The Plane Makers (1964), Nelson: A Study in Miniature (1966), For the Love of Ada (1970), Fathers and Sons (1971), General Hospital (1972), Within These Walls (1975), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Anna Karenina (1977), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978), Maggie and Her (1978-79), Smiley's People (1982), The Woman in White (1982), The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983), The Invisible Man (1984), Spatz (1992), French and Saunders (1994), The Detectives (1997), Dog Eat Dog (2001), Doctors (2002), The Last Detective (2003), Tooth (2004), The Calcium Kid (2004), Son of Rambow (2007), Numbers Up (2009) and A Touch of Cloth (2013). She will be best known as playing Lou Beale in soap EastEnders (1985-88 - she reprised the role as Lou Beale's ghost in Harry Hill's TV Burp in 2002).
Awards
2009: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to drama and charity
Facts
Anna's son with actor Peter Davey is actor Mark Wing-Davey, best known as Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series (1981). Anna had another son with surrealist poet and painter Philip O'Connor. In 2012, Anna demonstrated she still had plenty of fire in her belly when she played a crime lord wanting to rid the world of funk in Quarrel's video Is It Cool?. Anna left a £5 tip to Turkish restaurateur Kazim Akkus in her will as a token of his generosity over her 30 years as his customer.

CREW

Christopher Bailey (writer) Born Apr 20 1948
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Kinda (1982), Snakedance (1983)
Career highlights
Christopher was strongly interested in aspects of religion and philosophy, particularly Buddhism, and drew inspiration for his two Doctor Who stories from this. His later work included lecturing at Brighton Polytechnic/ University; other TV writing included Second City Firsts (1977) and an ITV Playhouse called Where the Heart Is (1979).
Facts
Christopher submitted further scripts to Doctor Who entitled May Time (aka Manwatch) and The Children of Seth, but these were not developed further (although the latter was adapted into an audio story by Big Finish in 2011). For many years there was an unsubstantiated fan rumour that singer Kate Bush, not Christopher, had written Kinda! Christopher gave his first and only interview for Doctor Who Magazine in March 2003.

Peter Grimwade (director) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia) Click here for Peter Grimwade's entry on Full Circle

John Nathan-Turner (producer) Aug 12 1947 to May 1 2002 (liver failure) Click here for John Nathan-Turner's entry on The Leisure Hive

Eric Saward (script editor) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva