The Caves of Androzani

The Doctor (Peter Davison) protects a
frightened Peri (Nicola Bryant) from
Sharaz Jek (Christopher Gable)

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Mar 8 to 16 1984
Average audience for serial: 7.28m

REGULAR CAST

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

Colin Baker (The Doctor) Born Jun 8 1943 Click here for Colin Baker's entry on Arc of Infinity

Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown) Born Oct 11 1960 Click here for Nicola Bryant's entry on Planet of Fire

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

Martin Cochrane (Chellak) Born May 25 1946
Career highlights
Martin first appeared in 1967's The Revenue Men, after which he appeared in The Long Chase (1972), The View from Daniel Pike (1973), The Haggard Falcon (1974), The Omega Factor (1979), Are You Being Served? (1981), Angels (1983), Taggart (1985), Dear John (1987), No Frills (1988), War and Remembrance (1988), Specials (1991), Patriot Games (1992), The Upper Hand (1993), The Knock (1996), Heartbeat (1997), Run for Your Wife (2012) and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015). Martin also had a regular role as David Drummond in Sutherland's Law (1975-76) and Alan McIntyre in soap Take the High Road (1980).
Facts
Coincidentally, Martin was married to actress Jan Wilson for a time, as was his Caves co-star Maurice Roëves. Martin is now married to Adrienne Burgess (who appeared in The Sun Makers). Martin now works as a freelance performance consultant and has coached actors as well as business figures from Tate and Lyle and the Royal Bank of Canada.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Martin and his wife Adrienne here.

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

Gerald Flood (Voice of Kamelion) Apr 21 1927 to Apr 12 1989 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: "King John" in The King's Demons (1983)
Played: Voice of Kamelion in The King's Demons (1983), Planet of Fire (1984), The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Career highlights
After debuting in Do-It-Yourself (1957), Gerald found fame as Conway Henderson in the Pathfinders series (in Space, to Mars and to Venus, 1960-61), followed by even more renown as Mark Bannerman in Plateau of Fear and its sequels City Beneath the Sea and Secret Beneath the Sea (1961-63). Later work includes Out of This World (1962), Smokescreen (1964), Callan (1967), Two in Clover (1969), Strange Report (1969), Patton (1970), Steptoe and Son (1970), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971), Bachelor Father (1970-71), The Main Chance (1972), Second Time Around (1974), Raffles (1977), The Racing Game (1979), Third Time Lucky (1982), Bleak House (1985) and Mornin' Sarge (1989). He also enjoyed regular roles as Colonel Sharif Mahmoud in Crane (1963-65) and Peregrine Smith in The Rat Catchers (1966-67).
Facts
Gerald's grandson is Newcastle and England rugby union player Toby Flood. In June 1984, Gerald was a passenger aboard a sleeper train from Aberdeen to London which came off the rails at Morpeth and crashed. Gerald suffered a massive heart attack in 1984 while appearing in Blithe Spirit at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon, UK. In his later years Gerald reportedly had a problem with alcohol.

Christopher Gable (Sharaz Jek) Mar 13 1940 to Oct 23 1998 (cancer)
Career highlights
Christopher was a promising ballet star with the Royal Ballet before he was afflicted by osteoarthritis in his feet and moved into acting, portraying Eric Fenby in the Omnibus film on Frederick Delius in 1968, and Richard Strauss in the same strand's Dance of the Seven Veils in 1970. However, he never turned his back on ballet, and in 1982 co-founded the Central School of Ballet in Clerkenwell, London; five years later he became artistic director of the Northern Ballet Theatre. Other screen work included 1969's Women in Love, The Distracted Preacher (1969), The Music Lovers (1970), The Boy Friend (1971), Crown Court (1972), Vienna 1900 (1973-74), The Slipper and the Rose (1976), The Devil's Crown (1978), Tycoon (1978), Wagner (1983), A Woman of Substance (1985), The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and The Rainbow (1989).
Awards
1996: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to British dance
Facts
Much of Christopher's film and TV work was with and for director Ken Russell. Christopher himself directed an adaptation of A Christmas Carol in 1994. The role of Romeo in Kenneth Macmillan's Romeo and Juliet in 1965 was created for Christopher, although Rudolf Nureyev danced the premiere, much to Christopher's chagrin. Christopher suffered from chronic arthritis in his feet and had to quit the Royal Ballet in 1967 to pursue an acting career. In 1982 he co-founded the Central School of Ballet. Christopher's wife was fellow dancer Carole Needham.

Robert Glenister (Salateen) Born Mar 11 1960
Doctor Who credits
Played: Salateen in The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Played: Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Career highlights
Debuted in Crown Court (1979), then appeared in Escape (1980), The Lonelyheart Kid (1984), Cover Her Face (1985), Blood Rights (1990), Kinsey (1991), Soldier Soldier (1991), Only Fools and Horses (1992), Pie in the Sky (1994), Persuasion (1995), Bramwell (1996), Midsomer Murders (2001), Heartbeat (2002), Roger Roger (2003), Between the Sheets (2003), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006), Jane Hall (2006), Appropriate Adult (2011), The Cafe (2013), Vera (2014), Code of a Killer (2015), Paranoid (2016), Close to the Enemy (2016), Curfew (2019), The Aeronauts (2019) and C.B Strike (2020). Robert has had regular roles as Steve Webber in Sink or Swim (1980-82), Colin Morris in Chancer (1990), Detective Sergeant Terrence Reid in A Touch of Frost (2001-03), the Home Secretary in Spooks (2006-10) and Ash Morgan in Hustle (2004-12). He was also the narrator for Law and Order UK (2009-14).
Facts
Robert was married to actress Amanda Redman until 1992, with whom he had a daughter, Emily, who has also acted on screen. His father is prolific director John Glenister and his brother the actor Philip Glenister (making him the actress Beth Goddard's brother-in-law). In 2019, lawyers acting for a company owned by Robert (Big Bad Wolff) lost an appeal in a long-running battle with HM Revenue and Customs regarding liability for National Insurance contributions. Robert said he would have to sell or remortgage his house as a result, as he faced a bill of £147,000 plus interest.

Roy Holder (Krelper) Jun 15 1946 to Nov 9 2021
Career highlights
Roy debuted as a teenager in Whistle Down the Wind (1961), followed by The Train Set (1961), Dixon of Dock Green (1963), Badger's Bend (1963), Othello (1965), Here We Round the Mulberry Bush (1968), The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Loot (1970), Tom Grattan's War (1970), The Pathfinders (1972), All Our Saturdays (1973), The Land That Time Forgot (1975), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Penmarric (1979), The Invisible Man (1984), Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (1984), Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1986), Star Cops (1987), Mack the Knife (1990), The Les Dennis Laughter Show (1991), Middlemarch (1994), Outside Edge (1994), Bugs (1998), Murder City (2004), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Fantabulosa! (2006), Waking the Dead (2007), Robin Hood (2010), Spilt Milk (2010) and Dark Heart (2018). Roy also had regular roles as Chas Diamond in Ace of Wands (1971-72), Sergeant Bilinski in Spearhead (1978-81) and Frank in the sitcom Sorry! (1981-88).
Facts
He was married to make-up artist Pauline Cox, who worked on Image of the Fendahl and Warriors' Gate.

Barbara Kinghorn (Timmin) Born Nov 21 1944
Career highlights
Barbara's other credits include One for the Pot (1968), My Way (1972), Sell a Million (1974), Sorry! (1982), One By One (1984), Kit Curran (1986), Chance in a Million (1986) and Ffizz (1987).
Facts
Barbara was born in South Africa of Scottish descent, becoming South Africa's national champion for Highland Dancing in 1961, and was named South African Actress of the Year in 1973. She emigrated to the UK in 1975 and married actor Paul Jerricho (who played the Castellan in Season 20), becoming a leading light on the Shakespearean stage and establishing a company which took members of the public on backstage tours. An amusing story from News of the Weird says: "In April 1994, assault and indecent exposure charges were filed against Shakespearean actress Barbara Kinghorn in St Joseph, Missouri, after she, naked, allegedly attacked a 52-year-old woman on the indoor track at Northwest Missouri State University. Kinghorn allegedly had first thrown herself at the woman's husband, asking him: 'Can I give it to you?', and when the woman objected, Kinghorn attacked her. Kinghorn was in town to play Lady Macbeth in a local production." Barbara wrote the lively autobiography Miss McKirdy's Daughters Will Now Dance the Highland Fling in 1997.

David Neal (President) Feb 13 1932 to Jun 27 2000 (natural causes)
Career highlights
David's earliest role was in Emergency Ward 10 (1963), then The First Churchills (1969), Julius Caesar (1970), Crown Court (1972), Fall of Eagles (1974), The Flockton Flyer (1977-78), Superman (1978), Noah's Castle (1980), Flash Gordon (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), The Borgias (1981), By the Sword Divided (1983), Hands of a Murderer (1990), Covington Cross (1992), Middlemarch (1994) and Crime Traveller (1997).

John Normington (Morgus) Jan 28 1937 to Jul 26 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Morgus in The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Played: Trevor Sigma in The Happiness Patrol (1988)
Played: Tom Flanagan in Torchwood: Ghost Machine (2006)
Career highlights
John, who originally trained as an opera singer, debuted in Family Solicitor (1961), then Inadmissable Evidence (1968), Sexton Blake (1968), The Caesars (1968), Canterbury Tales (1969), The Reckoning (1970), On the House (1970-71), The Edwardians (1972), A Day Out (1972), The Song of Songs (1973), Stardust (1974), Rollerball (1975), The Medusa Touch (1978), Life of Shakespeare (1978), Strangers and Brothers (1974), A Private Function (1984), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), My Family and Other Animals (1987), Jack the Ripper (1988), The Paradise Club (1989), In Sickness and in Health (1992), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996), Coronation Street (1997), David Copperfield (1999), Longitude (2000), Thieves Like Us (2007), Trial and Retribution (2007) and Atonement (2007).
Facts
John was first diagnosed with cancer in 2004, but recovered well enough to continue acting until his death. His longtime partner was theatrical wig maker John Anderson.

Maurice Roëves (Stotz) Mar 19 1937 to Jul 14 2020
Career highlights
Debuted in The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), then Ulysses (1967), Scobie in September (1969), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Doomwatch (1970), Paul Temple (1971), Jason King (1972), The Scobie Man (1972), Scotch on the Rocks (1973), Oil Strike North (1975), The Sweeney (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), SOS Titanic (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), On the Line (1982), Magnum PI (1984), Remington Steele (1984), Days of Our Lives (1986), Tutti Frutti (1987), Bookie (1988), Spender (1991), El CID (1991), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Baywatch (1992), Cheers (1993), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993), Murder, She Wrote (1994), Judge Dredd (1995), Hillsborough (1996), Grafters (1998), Beautiful Creatures (2000), EastEnders (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Skins (2008), Brighton Rock (2010), Southcliffe (2013), Macbeth (2015), Murder (2016), Two Doors Down (2016) and The Nest (2020). He also played Sergeant James in Danger UXB (1979).
Facts
Maurice, whose Prussian surname is pronounced "roh-eevs", was treated for lung cancer in 2007. His first wife was actress Jan Wilson.

Ian Staples (Soldier)
Career highlights
Ian's other acting credits include Sacred Hearts (1985), A Mind to Kill (1997) and Welsh language programmes such as Pobol y Cwm (2004), Caerdydd (2006) and Y Pris (2007). He more recently became a writer, for Welsh drama series Pam Fi Duw? (1997-2002) and Caerdydd. Ian also works with schools as part of the National Youth Theatre of Wales.

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

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

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

CREW

Robert Holmes (writer) Apr 2 1926 to May 24 1986 (chronic liver ailment) Click here to see Robert Holmes's entry on The Krotons

Graeme Harper (director) Born Mar 11 1945

Doctor Who credits

Assistant floor manager: Colony in Space (1971, uncredited), Planet of the Daleks (1973, uncredited), Planet of the Spiders (1974, uncredited)

Production assistant: Colony in Space (1971, uncredited), The Seeds of Doom (1976), Warriors' Gate (1981)

Directed: Warriors' Gate (1981, uncredited), The Caves of Androzani (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985), Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), 42 (2007), Utopia (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (2007), Time Crash (2007), Planet of the Ood (2008), The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008), Turn Left (2008), The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane (2008), The Waters of Mars (2009).

Career highlights

Graeme actually started out as a child actor, appearing as Moonface, aged 12, in Noddy in Toyland (1957), as well as The Secret Kingdom (1960). His directing credits include Angels (1982-83), Juliet Bravo (1984-85), Star Cops (1987), Boon (1989-91), The New Statesman (1991-92), September Song (1995), The Detectives (1995-97), Babes in the Wood (1999), Grange Hill (2001), EastEnders (2000-02), Byker Grove (2003-05), Robin Hood (2006-09), Dani's House (2009-10), House of Anubis (2012), Coronation Street (2005-13), Holby City (2013-16), Casualty (1996-2015), The Evermoor Chronicles (2016) and Inside No.9 (2016-18).
Awards
2001: BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama (Custer's Last Stand Up) - with Michael McGowan and Gail Renard
2010: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars) - with Russell T Davies and Phil Ford
2011: British Soap Award for Spectacular Scene of the Year (Coronation Street: Tram Crash)
Facts
Graeme was slated to be the director on the aborted Doctor Who 30th anniversary story, The Dark Dimension.

In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Graeme here.

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

Planet of Fire

A picture to please all persuasions!

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Feb 23 to Mar 2 1984
Average audience for serial: 7.0m

REGULAR CAST

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

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown) Born Oct 11 1960
Doctor Who credits
Played: Peri Brown in Planet of Fire, 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) and Tales of the TARDIS (2023).
Nicola also played Peri in the BBC Radio story Slipback (1985)
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Nicola's first acting role, after which she was cast in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), The Biz (1995), The 10 Percenters (1996), Animal Ark (1998), Parting Shots (1998), Casualty (2000), Holby City (2007/10), My Family (2009/10), Doctors (2000/10), Scoop (2010), Unlawful Killing (2011), New Blood (2016) and Star Trek Continues (2017). She also appeared in a number of fan spin-off videos between 1992-93, and Big Finish audios as Peri since 1999.
Facts
Nicola was encouraged to audition for the role of Peri by agent Terry Carney, who was First Doctor William Hartnell's son-in-law! Nicola is also a songwriter, and occasionally pops up in television commercials, such as for Nurofen. Here she is, on Twitter!
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Nicola here.

GUEST CAST

Dallas Adams (Professor Howard Foster) Feb 17 1947 to Aug 29 1991 (AIDS-related illness)
Career highlights
Dallas debuted in a 1967 Wednesday Play called Days in the Trees, then took roles in Strange Report (1969), The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), From Beyond the Grave (1974), The Fortunes of Nigel (1974), Space: 1999 (1976), The Lost Tribe (1980), Nancy Astor (1982), King's Royal (1983), Robin of Sherwood (1984), Gulag (1985), Pulaski (1987) and King Ralph (1991).
Facts
In the early 1980s, Dallas was the winner of the largest gay palimony lawsuit in English legal history. During the filming of Planet of Fire a tabloid journalist was attempting to get a story on the fact a gay actor was working on a "children's programme". Producer John Nathan-Turner made sure the story never emerged.

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

John Alkin (Lomand) Born Jan 17 1947
Career highlights
John debuted in Happy Ever After (1970), then Timeslip (1970), Emma (1972), Yes, Honestly (1976), No Longer Alone (1978), The Lady Vanishes (1979), The Sandbaggers (1980), Grandad (1980), Angels (1982) and Minder (1985). He also played George Hackett in Albert and Victoria (1970-71), Frank Cox in A Family at War (1970-71), Barry Deeley in Crown Court (1972-74), and Detective Sergeant Tom Daniels in The Sweeney (1975-78), and the films Sweeney! (1977) and Sweeney 2 (1978).
Facts
John retired from acting in the 1980s after helping open the Bayswater House of Spirit in 1982. In 2000 he opened the Obsidian College, a spiritual healing centre, with his wife Lee Everett (nee Middleton), the ex-wife of DJ and comedian Kenny Everett. John had been involved with colour healing and meditation since the 1960s.

Max Arthur (Zuko) Feb 25 1939 to May 2 2019 (leukaemia)
Career highlights
Max's only other credits include Grange Hill (1980) and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1980).
Awards
2013: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to military history
Facts
Max later became an acclaimed author and war historian, writing books on events such as the Manchester United air crash, as well as histories of the RAF and Royal Navy.

Michael Bangerter (Curt) 1936 to Aug 25 2016 (cancer)
Career highlights
Michael's other work includes Young Woodley (1960), Boyd QC (1961), Emerald Soup (1963), The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), Champion House (1967), Colditz (1972), Menace (1973), O Lucky Man! (1973), And Mother Makes Five (1975), Frankie Howerd's Tittertime (1975), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Leap in the Dark (1980), Big Deal (1986) and Capital City (1989).
Facts
Michael was also a published poet, playwright, songwriter and reviewer. At the time of filming Planet of Fire, Michael and his family (his wife was Hammer actress Katya Wyeth) were already living on the island: "We were living there at the time restoring an ancient house. We were there on and off for almost five years. We lived in the old capital - a large village really, with five churches. We were the only foreigners in the place apart from a half-Spanish half-Swiss genius; he had been a scientist and an inventor and he spoke seven languages including Latin and Greek. My wife and two children were extras on the production - an added bonus."

James Bate (Amyand) Apr 10 1945 to May 19 1992 (cancer)
Career highlights
James debuted in The Intruder (1972), then The Regiment (1973), The Stars Look Down (1975), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Winterspelt (1979), The Gentle Touch (1982), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986) and Spender (1991). He also regularly played Mark Warrington in The Spoils of War (1980-81).
Facts
James (real name Anthony) died while undergoing surgery.

Jonathan Caplan (Roskal) Born Apr 26 1959
Career highlights
Jonathan's further credits include Home Movies (1979), Coronation Street (1980), Metal Mickey (1981/82), The Young Ones (1984), Thin Air (1988), The Bill (1990), Scrappers (2000) and Blue Light Bandits (2009). He had a regular role as drug-dealing hairdresser Brian Kennedy in the soap Brookside between 1992-93 (he also wrote for the show). Jonathan also wrote sketches for Not the Nine O'Clock News in the 1970s.

Gerald Flood (Voice of Kamelion) Apr 21 1927 to Apr 12 1989 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: "King John" in The King's Demons (1983)
Played: Voice of Kamelion in The King's Demons (1983), Planet of Fire (1984), The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Career highlights
After debuting in Do-It-Yourself (1957), Gerald found fame as Conway Henderson in the Pathfinders series (in Space, to Mars and to Venus, 1960-61), followed by even more renown as Mark Bannerman in Plateau of Fear and its sequels City Beneath the Sea and Secret Beneath the Sea (1961-63). Later work includes Out of This World (1962), Smokescreen (1964), Callan (1967), Two in Clover (1969), Strange Report (1969), Patton (1970), Steptoe and Son (1970), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971), Bachelor Father (1970-71), The Main Chance (1972), Second Time Around (1974), Raffles (1977), The Racing Game (1979), Third Time Lucky (1982), Bleak House (1985) and Mornin' Sarge (1989). He also enjoyed regular roles as Colonel Sharif Mahmoud in Crane (1963-65) and Peregrine Smith in The Rat Catchers (1966-67).
Facts
Gerald's grandson is Newcastle and England rugby union player Toby Flood. In June 1984, Gerald was a passenger aboard a sleeper train from Aberdeen to London which came off the rails at Morpeth and crashed. Gerald suffered a massive heart attack in 1984 while appearing in Blithe Spirit at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon, UK. In his later years Gerald reportedly had a problem with alcohol.

Edward Highmore (Malkon) Born Apr 3 1961
Career highlights
Edward made his acting debut in Doctor Who, then Lame Ducks (1984), The Tripods (1985), Heidi (1993), Love Hurts (1994), Willie's War (1994), The Politician's Wife (1995), No Child of Mine (1997), Elizabeth (1998), The 10th Kingdom (2000) and Ali G Indahouse (2002). His most memorable role was as Leo Howard in 78 episodes of Howards' Way (1985-90).
Facts
Edward's son is actor Freddie Highmore, who became a child star in films such as Finding Neverland (2004) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and in 2013 secured a lead role as the young Norman Bates in the TV series Bates Motel. Edward's wife is talent agent Sue Latimer.

Barbara Shelley (Sorasta) Feb 13 1932 to Jan 3 2021 (coronavirus)
Career highlights
Barbara made her debut (under her birthname, Barbara Kowin) in Man in Hiding (1953), then went on to appear in a number of Italian films until her English language breakthrough in Cat-Girl (1957). She subsequently appeared in many films, specialising in horror and thrillers, including The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Blood of the Vampire (1958), Invisible Man (1959), Village of the Damned (1960), The Shadow of the Cat (1961), Postman's Knock (1962), Stranglehold (1962), The New Phil Silvers Show (1963), Rupert of Hentzau (1964), The Gorgon (1964), Man in the Dark (1965), The Man from UNCLE (1965), Juke Box Jury (1960-65), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966), Five Million Years to Earth (1967), A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970), Dixon of Dock Green (1974), Oil Strike North (1975), People Like Us (1978), Tycoon (1978), Pride and Prejudice (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), The Borgias (1981), Maigret (1988), EastEnders (1988) and Uncle Silas (1989). Her final acting role was in the Doctor Who fan spin-off video More Than a Messiah in 1992, after which she gave up acting to become an interior decorator.
Facts
In 2007, Barbara suffered a stroke and later became associated with The Stroke Association.

Simon Sutton (Lookout)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Crewmember in Nightmare of Eden (1979, uncredited)
Played: Lookout in Planet of Fire (1984)
Career highlights
Further work includes Cowboys (1980), Housewarming (1982), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984), Tripper's Day (1984) and Theatre Night: The Miser (1988).

Peter Wyngarde (Timanov) Aug 23 1928 to Jan 15 2018
Career highlights
French-born Peter's credited debut came with 1952's The Dybbuk, after which he appeared in Liebelei (1954), Alexander the Great (1956), A Tale of Two Cities (1957), The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958), The Dark is Light Enough (1958), The Innocents (1961), Night of the Eagle (1962), Rupert of Hentzau (1964), Lucy in London (1966), The Avengers (1966/67), The Revenue Men (1967), The Prisoner (1967), Flash Gordon (1980), Crown Court (1984), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984), Bulman (1985), Tank Malling (1989), The Lenny Henry Show (1994) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994). However, Peter will forever be indelibly linked with the iconic ITC role of Jason King in Department S (1969-70) and its spin-off Jason King (1971-72).
Facts
Peter (whose birthname was the rather less actorly Cyril Goldbert) was for a time married to actress Dorinda Stevens. To cash in on Peter's fame as Jason King, RCA allowed him to record a spoken word album entitled When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head in 1970; tracks included Rape, Hippie and the Skinhead and Try to Remember to Forget - it truly is an appallingly distasteful record. Peter's career never quite recovered from his arrest in 1975 for "cottaging" in Gloucester bus station's toilets with a truck driver. He was found guilty of gross indecency and fined £75 (this followed him having been cautioned for a similar offence in Birmingham in 1974). Despite Jason King being a serial womaniser, Peter was known in acting circles to be gay. Indeed, between 1956-66 he had a relationship with fellow actor Alan Bates. During the 1980s, Peter filed for bankruptcy twice: at the first hearing it was stated that Peter's 200-year-old farmhouse in the Cotswolds had been repossessed, that he had no assets, and was living on unemployment benefit. Peter's uncle was French theatre and screen director Louis Jouvet. At the age of eight Peter found himself in Lung Hau concentration camp in Shanghai as a prisoner of the Imperial Japanese Army, alongside future author J G Ballard.

CREW

Peter Grimwade (writer) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia)
Doctor Who credits
Production assistant: Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited), The Daemons (1971, uncredited), Robot (1974-75), Pyramids of Mars (1975), The Robots of Death (1977), Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Directed: Full Circle (1980), Logopolis (1981), Kinda (1982), Earthshock (1982)
Wrote: Time-Flight (1982), Mawdryn Undead (1983), Planet of Fire (1984)
Career highlights
Peter also worked as production assistant on Five Red Herrings (1975), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-80). Further directing work was on The Omega Factor (1979) and a Dramarama story in 1986 entitled The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt, a thinly veiled attack on his former producer John Nathan-Turner (he also wrote it).
Facts
Peter was originally going to direct a Dalek story for Season 20 entitled The Return, but when the story was delayed a year due to industrial strikes, he lost the remount to Matthew Robinson. After Doctor Who, Peter mainly produced industrial training videos.

Fiona Cumming (director) Oct 9 1937 to Jan 1 2015
Doctor Who credits
Assistant floor manager: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966, uncredited)
Production assistant: The Highlanders (1966-67), The Seeds of Death (1969, uncredited), The Mutants (1972, uncredited)
Directed: Castrovalva (1982), Snakedance (1983), Enlightenment (1983), Planet of Fire (1984)
Played: Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
Fiona started as an actress and continuity announcer in Scotland, then became an assistant floor manager or production assistant, later graduating to directing. She directed The Master of Ballantrae (1975), Z Cars (1974-77), Angels (1978), The Omega Factor (1979), God's Wonderful Railway (1980), Blake's 7 (1980), The Walls of Jericho (1981), Emmerdale Farm (1984), Take the High Road (1987-90, which she also produced over 40 episodes of), Eldorado (1992) and Machair (1993).
Facts
Fiona's husband was Doctor Who production manager Ian Fraser, who worked on five stories between 1986-89. He was also an uncredited tourist at Windsor Castle, along with his wife, in Silver Nemesis (1988).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Fiona here.

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

Resurrection of the Daleks

Davros (Terry Molloy) did like a nice
Dalek marshmallow

Two episodes (Part One, Part Two)
First broadcast Feb 8 to 15 1984
Average audience for serial: 7.65m

REGULAR CAST

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

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

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

GUEST CAST

Chloe Ashcroft (Professor Laird) Born Jul 7 1942
Career highlights
Although best known for her television presenting duties on Play School and Play Away in the 1970s and 80s, Chloe has enjoyed a few dramatic roles, notably in The Scheme (1963), Much Ado About Nothing (1967), Out of the Unknown (1969), Softly Softly: Task Force (1970), Edward the King (1975) and Pie in the Sky (1986, a series she devised with her husband co-star).
Facts
Chloe is married to actor (and fellow Play School presenter) David Hargreaves, and is the niece of acting legend Peggy Ashcroft.

John Adam Baker (Crewmember [Baz])
John's other credits were in The Cleopatras (1983), London's Burning (1989) and The Bill (1991). John was also a member of the dance troupe Zoo, which performed on Top of the Pops between 1981-82.

Rodney Bewes (Stien) Nov 27 1937 to Nov 21 2017
Career highlights
Rodney's earliest acting credit was in The Pickwick Papers in 1952, after which he took roles in Dixon of Dock Green (1962), A Prize of Arms (1962), Billy Liar (1963), Cluff (1964), San Ferry Ann (1965), Hicks and Stokes (1967), Father Dear Father (1968), Spring and Port Wine (1970), Shirley's World (1971), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), Jonah and the Whale (1975), Jabberwocky (1977), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), Just Liz (1980), The Adventures of a Lady (1987), Spender (1993), Revolver (2004) and Heartbeat (2009). He also had a regular role as "Mr Rodney" in The Basil Brush Show between 1968-69, and played the title character in the sitcom Dear Mother... Love Albert (1969-72, which he also wrote and produced in its entirety), but will forever be synonymous with the part of Bob Ferris in the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964-66) and its sequel series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973-74), the 1976 film version and the radio versions (1967-68/75).
Facts
Famously, Rodney had a long-standing (and one-sided) rift with his Likely Lads co-star James Bolam, who Rodney said in his 2005 autobiography hadn't spoken to him since they filmed the 1976 movie. This apparently stems from when Bolam's wife became pregnant and Rodney revealed the fact in a press interview. The intensely private Bolam was so annoyed with his co-star that he never spoke to or met Rodney since, and has even been known to block repeats of The Likely Lads which Rodney claimed would give him much-needed income to pay his debts and mortgage. It was one of the most infamous celebrity feuds in UK showbiz, although Bolam denied the rift, claiming their "busy schedules" were to blame for the lack of contact, and that he had nothing but fond memories of Bewes. In 1997 Rodney won the Stella Artois Price at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his one-man rendition of Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. In the 1970s Rodney was the commercial face of the British Onion Marketing Board (or, amusingly, BOMB), and in one newspaper advert he said: "I had the most delicious baloney sandwich today with red onions and field greens on very fresh bread. I was shocked how good it was."
This is Your Life: Rodney was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on December 10th, 1980, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews in central London.

Toby Byrne (Dalek operator)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek operator in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
Career highlights
Further work includes The Last Window Cleaner (1979), Blake's 7 (1979/81), The Hard Word (1983), Crossfire (1988), Children of the North (1991) and Beyond Reason (1995).

Maurice Colbourne (Lytton) Sep 24 1939 to Aug 4 1989 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Lytton in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Career highlights
Maurice's debut came in Cry of the Banshee (1970), then Churchill's People (1975), The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976), The Duellists (1977), Bloodline (1979), The Onedin Line (1979), Hawk the Slayer (1980), Strangers (1980), The Day of the Triffids (1981), Johnny Jarvis (1983) and Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985). He secured early success playing John Kline in the Play for Today Gangsters (1975) and its resultant series (1976-78), but found his biggest fame as Tom Howard in 61 episodes of the maritime drama Howards' Way (1985-89).
Facts
Before becoming an actor Maurice (born Roger Middleton) was a ghost train operator in Manchester and a waiter in London. He adopted his stage name after seeing an obituary (in 1965) for an actor called Maurice Colbourne, who coincidentally shared his birthdate. In 1972 Maurice co-founded the Half Moon Theatre Company (named after an alley near the rented building they used), but the company folded in 1990 (a Wetherspoon's pub is named after it, the Half Moon in Stepney Green, London. Maurice died in his wife's arms in Brittany, while there renovating a holiday home, shortly after returning from a sailing trip. He was due to return to the UK the following week to complete filming series five of Howards' Way (his character's disappearance was explained as a sailing accident).

Roger Davenport (Trooper) Born Oct 4 1946
Career highlights
Roger's other credits include Softly Softly: Task Force (1974), Brassneck (1975), Henry V (1979), Good Behaviour (1983), My Parents are Aliens (2005) and The Library of Burned Books (2013). Roger has another string to his bow, as a writer, having penned for Bergerac (1985), Indelible Evidence (1987), All Creatures Great and Small (1989-90), Growing Pains (1993), The Bill (1993-94) and The Double Life of Saki (2007).
Facts
Roger's wife is actress Joanna McCallum (whose parents were the actors John McCallum and Googie Withers), while his father was Observer literary critic John Davenport and his grandmother was the singer and actress Muriel George. Roger quit acting in the 1980s and went into advertising (for Unilever) and theatre management before returning to the boards and taking up writing books for children, such as 1989's Onlooker, Out of His Mind (1996) and Wanderer (2013).

Jim Findley (Mercer)
Career highlights
Trinidad-born Jim debuted in The Zoo (1980), after which he took roles in Britannia Hospital (1982), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Playboy of the West Indies (1985), Playing Away (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), Lazarus and Dingwall (1991), Paradise Heights (2002), The Crooked Man (2003), Dalziel and Pascoe (2005), The Chase (2007), Let's Bring Back Sophie (2016) and Pitching In (2019).
Facts
Here's a lovely video with Jim from 2013 in which he is interviewed about his appearance in Doctor Who by his son.

Leslie Grantham (Kiston) Apr 30 1947 to Jun 15 2018 (lung cancer)
Career highlights
Leslie's earliest credited role was in 1982's Jake's End, after which he took roles in Goodnight and God Bless (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Morons from Outer Space (1985), Bulman (1985), Winners and Losers (1989), The Nightwatch (1989), The Good Guys (1992), The Detectives (1993), Cluedo (1993), Wycliffe (1997), The Uninvited (1997), Urban Gothic (2000), Heartbeat (2002), DeadTime (2012), The Factory (2013), Mob Handed (2016) and The Krays: Dead Man Walking (2018). Leslie also enjoyed a lead role in the series The Paradise Club (1989-90) and 99-1 (1994-95), and was the presenter for a time of game show Fort Boyard (1998-2001). However, it is the iconic role of "Dirty" Den Watts in more than 550 episodes of soap EastEnders between 1985-89 and 2003-05 that he will be best known for.
Facts
Leslie was until 2013 married to Australian born actress Jane Laurie. While he was in the Army, in 1966, Leslie was convicted of murdering a West German taxi driver who he shot in the back of the head while attempting to rob him in Osnabruck. Handed a life sentence, he served 10 years in prison, and it was while at Leyhill Prison in Gloucestershire that he met actress and part-time prison visitor Louise Jameson (aka Leela) who persuaded him to pursue acting. In 2004 Leslie was mixed up in a tabloid scandal when a Sunday newspaper printed pictures of him exposing himself and masturbating on MSN Instant Messenger via a webcam with an undercover reporter. In the 2006 Doctor Who episode Army of Ghosts, the Doctor watches an edition of EastEnders in which it is said the ghost of Den Watts was returning to the soap's pub, the Queen Vic, but it is told to leave before the channel is changed.

Sneh Gupta (Osborn) Born May 12 1957
Career highlights
Kenyan-born Sneh debuted in Angels in 1979, then appeared in The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980), Kelly Monteith (1982), Octopussy (1983), The Far Pavilions (1984), Kim (1984), Rainbow (1986), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987), Tandoori Nights (1987) and The Peacock Spring (1996). Before she was an actor, Sneh was a hostess on the game show Sale of the Century (1977-78).
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Sneh here.

Del Henney (Colonel Archer) Jul 24 1935 to Jan 14 2019
Career highlights
Debuting in United! (1965), Del's further work includes The Revenue Men (1968), Parkin's Patch (1970), Straw Dogs (1971), The Mad Trapper (1972), Brannigan (1975), Wings (1978), Fallen Hero (1978-79), A Woman of Substance (1985), Resnick (1992-93), Jonathan Creek (1997), North Square (2000), The Brief (2004), Devil's Playground (2010) and A Confession (2015).
Facts
Del was married to fellow actor Rosemary McHale.

Rula Lenska (Styles) Born Sep 30 1947
Career highlights
Her earliest credit was on The Doctors (1971), after which she appeared in Special Branch (1974), Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Royal Flash (1975), Alfie Darling (1976), Queen Kong (1976), The Cuckoo Waltz (1980), Take a Letter Mr Jones (1981), Robin of Sherwood (1984), Cluedo (1991), Kappatoo (1992), Stay Lucky (1993), One Foot in the Grave (1996), EastEnders (2002), Doctors (2006), Grandpa in My Pocket (2009), Ideal (2011), Bait (2014), Inside No 9 (2016) and The Exorcism of Karen Walker (2018). She enjoyed regular roles as Nancy Cunard de Longchamps in Rock Follies (1976-77) and Claudia Colby in soap Coronation Street (2009-11 & 2017-19). In 2006 she was one of the contestants on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, a career move that attracted substantial controversy and criticism when she took part in a task with British politician George Galloway which saw him pretend to be a cat and lick milk from Rula's cupped hands. Rula was the third celeb to be voted out.
Facts
Rula's full birth name is Countess Roza-Marie Leopoldnya Lubienska, but she was actually born in unassuming St Neots in Cambridgeshire, UK, the daughter of Polish immigrant parents (her father was the head of Poland's Radio Free Europe and one-time adjutant to the Polish Prime Minister in exile during World War Two). Rula has since renounced her title. Between 1977-87 Rula was married to actor Brian Deacon (not the one from Queen; this one's the brother of actor Eric Deacon, who appeared in the Doctor Who story Timelash), and between 1987-98 she was married to actor Dennis Waterman, who in 2012 admitted to hitting Rula. However, his comment was controversial: "It's not difficult for a woman to make a man hit her. She certainly wasn't a beaten wife, she was hit and that's different." In the United States she became known for her appearances in TV commercials for Alberto VO5 shampoo in the 1970s and 80s, in which she was hailed as internationally renowned but was actually unheard of in the US. This "celebrity endorsement" led to Rula being ridiculed on shows like The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live. In 2009 Rula began to seek £1m compensation from the Polish government for its seizure of her family's estate. This was still ongoing as of 2017 ("It’s important for honour, not for money. The stately home my mother was born in still exists. It looks the same on the outside. But it was taken over by the Communists and turned into an agricultural college and the inside was destroyed. Thousands of acres of land belonged to the property, it was in my family for generations, there were churches on the land and carp lakes and schools. Compensation from the government for loss of the property and lands is a possibility.")
This is Your Life: Rula was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on January 10th, 1996, surprised by host Michael Aspel during the curtain call of a pantomime at Redhill's Harlequin Theatre.
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Rula here.

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

Philip McGough (Sergeant Calder) Born 1950
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sergeant Calder in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
Played: Alien voices in The Stolen Earth (2008, scene cut)
Career highlights
Philip's earliest role was in Dixon of Dock Green (1975), after which he appeared in Rooms (1977), Muck and Brass (1982), Oxbridge Blues (1984), Brookside (1986), The Monocled Mutineer (1986), Only Fools and Horses (1989), A Sense of Guilt (1990), The Manageress (1990), Chancer (1991), French Fields (1991), Forever Green (1989/92), Nightingales (1993), Eye of the Storm (1993), The Magician (1993), So Haunt Me (1994), Bugs (1995), And the Beat Goes On (1996), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), Ultimate Force (2003), Keen Eddie (2004), The Illusionist (2006) and Canoe Man (2010). Regular roles include Dr Malcolm Nicholson in Bad Girls (2000-05) and Dr Charlie Bradfield in daytime soap Doctors (2010).
Facts
For 12 years in the 1960s and 70s Philip trained to be a monk, during which he spent 12 months in almost complete silence. However, he left the order after being subjected to beatings and going through "some awful times".

Brian Miller (Dalek voice) Born Apr 17 1941
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dugdale in Snakedance (1983)
Played: Dalek voice in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Played: Harry in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic (2009)
Played: Barney in Deep Breath (2014)
Career highlights
Brian started out on Compact in 1964, followed by Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life the year after, after which he appeared in Mr Rose (1968), The Dustbinmen (1970), Hey Brian! (1973), A Raging Calm (1974), Sam (1975), Out of Bounds (1977), The Devil's Crown (1978), Blake's 7 (1979), Ladykillers (1980), Angels (1981), Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (1984), Brazil (1985), Alice in Wonderland (1986), Strike It Rich! (1986-87), Grange Hill (1991), Stay Lucky (1993), The Ghost of Greville Lodge (2000), Line of Duty (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2012) and Loose Ends (2017).
Facts
Brian was married to Doctor Who's very own Sarah Jane Smith, Elisabeth Sladen, from 1968 until her death in 2011. Their daughter Sadie Miller appeared as Natalie Redfern in Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith audio series, and wrote the book Moon Blink for Candy Jar's Lethbridge-Stewart series. Sadie also appeared, aged eight, with her mother in the 1993 documentary Thirty Years in the TARDIS, wearing a replica of her mum's costume as seen in The Hand of Fear.
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Brian here.

Royce Mills (Dalek voice) May 12 1942 to May 21 2019
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek voice in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
Debuted in Charley's Aunt (1969), then Coppers End (1971), Up Pompeii! (1971), Queenie's Castle (1972), The Kids from 47A (1974), The Tomorrow People (1977), Marti (1977), The Rather Reassuring Programme (1977), Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (1977), Come Back, Lucy (1978), Bernie (1978), Sykes (1979), Mike Yarwood In Persons (1977/79), Rings on Their Fingers (1978/80), The Jim Davidson Show (1980), The Cut Price Comedy Show (1982-83), See How They Run (1984), Alice in Wonderland (1985), The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982-83/86), Edward and Friends (1987), Never the Twain (1990), Fiddlers Three (1991), Polterguests (1999), Bernard's Watch (2001) and Run for Your Wife (2012). Royce also had the occasional role of Andrew in Minder (1984-85/89).
Facts
Royce initially qualified in fine art to become a theatre set designer before branching in front of the cameras and on stage.

Terry Molloy (Davros) Born Jan 4 1947
Doctor Who credits
Played: Davros in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Played: Russell in Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Career highlights
Debuted in God's Wonderful Railway (1980), then Radio Phoenix (1982), Connie (1985), Oliver Twist (1985), A Sort of Innocence (1987), Crossroads (1987), French and Saunders (1988), Tales of Sherwood Forest (1989), Chalkface (1991), Dangerfield (1998), Urban Gothic (2000), Kingdom (2008), In Love with Alma Cogan (2012), Kosmos (2015), ChickLit (2016) and Anoraks (2017). Terry has been playing Davros for Big Finish audio productions since 2003. His voice will be well-known to fans of BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers as that of Mike Tucker since 1973.
Facts
In the 1960s, Terry played saxophone in a soul band called The T-Bunkum Band in Liverpool, even appearing at famous Beatles venue The Cavern Club.

William Sleigh (Galloway) May 23 1941 to Jun 25 2023
Career highlights
6ft 3in William debuted in Marie Curie in 1977, then appeared in Arabian Adventure (1979), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Bad Boyes (1987), Bellman and True (1987), Gems (1988), Sleepers (1991), Tipping the Velvet (2002), Shadowmen (2015) and Gangster Kittens (2016).
Facts
This unbeatable trivia appeared on William's IMDb profile: "Played Gandalf in a theatre production of The Hobbit. One night a pyrotechnic went wrong and he set fire to a Hobbit."

Tony Starr (Dalek operator) Died Jan 6 2015
Doctor Who credits
Played: British soldier in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Dalek operator in Planet of the Daleks (1973, uncredited), Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
Tony's other screen work includes The Boys of San Francisco (1981), Little Miss Perkins (1982), Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse (1982) and Couchers (2012).
Facts
Tony was also a singer and songwriter. In 1964 he wrote and recorded two rare, collectible singles for Decca, I'll Take a Rocket to the Moon and The Next Train Leaving from Platform 2. He was a contemporary of music promoter Joe Meek in the 1960s, and also wrote the song What Am I To Do for the Wildwoods in 1966.

Cy Town (Dalek operator) Feb 17 1931 to Mar 26 2024 Click here for Cy Town's entry on Frontier in Space

Linsey Turner (Crewmember [Zena]) Born c.1961
Career highlights
This is Linsey's only acting credit, but she went on to become a talented session singer, working with singer/ songwriter Rod Taylor after they met in a BBC studio in 1983 (was it Doctor Who?).

CREW

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

Matthew Robinson (director) Born Jul 27 1944
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Career highlights
Matthew started out directing Beryl's Lot (1975), Z Cars (1975-76), Crown Court (1976/79), Sally Ann (1979), Angels (1980-81), Coronation Street (1977/82), The Practice (1986), Howards' Way (1987), EastEnders (1985-87), Byker Grove (1989-92) and Taste of Life (2004). He also graduated into producing, such as Byker Grove, EastEnders (1998-2000), Servants (2003) and AirWaves (2010).
Awards
1999: BAFTA TV Award for Best Soap (EastEnders)
1999: British Soap Award for Best Storyline (EastEnders) - shared with Martine McCutcheon
2000: BAFTA TV Award for Best Soap (EastEnders)
Facts
Matthew's brother is musician, DJ and former gay activist Tom Robinson. Matthew was head of drama for BBC Wales between 2000-03. In 2003 his career took him to Cambodia, where he subsequently set up a film and TV production company in Phnom Penh called Khmer Mekong Films. He even has his own poetry website.

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

Frontios

The Doctor's new companion had trouble
operating the TARDIS controls, what with
his cumbersome flippers and all...

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Jan 26 to Feb 3 1984
Average audience for serial: 6.80m

REGULAR CAST

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

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

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

GUEST CAST

Richard Ashley (Orderly)
Career highlights
Richard's other credits include Moonfleet (1984), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Rumpole of the Bailey (1987), The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (1992), EastEnders (1987), Sanhedrin (2004) and O Sole Mio (2013). He also gave his vocal talent to The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976).

William Bowen (Tractator)
Career highlights
William was actually credited incorrectly on Frontios as his real surname was Bower. William was previously production assistant on 1979's H.O.T.S.

George Campbell (Tractator)
Career highlights
Dancer George also appeared in Centre Play Showcase: The Squad in 1976.

Lesley Dunlop (Norna) Born Mar 10 1956
Doctor Who credits
Played: Norna in Frontios (1984)
Played: Susan Q in The Happiness Patrol (1988)
Career highlights
Debuting in A Little Princess aged 17, Lesley's CV includes roles in Crown Court (1973), Oranges and Lemons (1973), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1974), South Riding (1974), Haunted (1974), My Brother's Keeper (1975), Our Mutual Friend (1976), The Onedin Line (1977), A Little Night Music (1978), Penmarric (1979), Dick Turpin (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), The Monster Club (1981), Smuggler (1981), Waters of the Moon (1983), Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Capstick's Law (1989), Silent Witness (1996), Wokenwell (1997), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997), My Uncle Silas (2000/03), The Many Lives of Albert Walker (2002) and Casualty (2007). Between 2000-06 Lesley appeared as Anna Kirkwall in the drama Where the Heart Is, after first achieving recognition as Zoe Callender in the sitcom May to December (1990-94). Since 2008, she has been playing Brenda Walker in soap Emmerdale.
Facts
Lesley was once married to actor Christopher Guard, who appeared in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy in 1988/89 (this also made her sister-in-law to actor Dominic Guard, who appeared in Terminus, and his wife, actress Sharon Duce, who was in Ghost Light). She is now married to fellow Emmerdale star Chris Chittell. Lesley's father was TV writer Pat Dunlop, who contributed uncredited to the script for The War Machines. Lesley's face is also associated with Kleenex toilet tissue in the UK due to her TV commercials in the 1990s (directed by Mike Leigh).

John Gillett (The Gravis)
Career highlights
John debuted in A Last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter (1981), and then appeared in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983), Juliet Bravo (1985), Resort to Murder (1995), EastEnders (1997), Doctors (2003), Hustle (2004) and Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013).
Facts
Acting teacher John wrote the book Acting on Impulse: Reclaiming the Stanislavski Approach in 2007, revised in 2014 as Acting Stanislavski.

Peter Gilmore (Brazen) Aug 25 1931 to Feb 3 2013
Career highlights
German-born Peter debuted in All on a Summer's Day (1953), and went on to appear in Ivanhoe (1958), If the Crown Fits (1961), Moody in... (1961), The Rag Trade (1961), Bomb in the High Street (1961), Master Spy (1964), Seaside Swingers (1965), The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), I've Gotta Horse (1966), Doctor in Clover (1966), Oh! What a Lovely War(1969), The Doctors (1971), The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), Warlords of Atlantis (1978), The Manions of America (1981), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987), Casualty (1992), Heartbeat (1993) and On Dangerous Ground (1996). Peter appeared in 11 Carry On films between 1963-92, but made his name playing James Onedin in over 90 episodes of the drama series The Onedin Line (1971-80) and Ben Bishop in One By One (1985).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Peter was a singer, a member of the George Mitchell Singers (aka the Glee Club). In 1961 he recorded an album of the musical Bye, Bye Birdie, along with co-stars Sid James, Joyce Blair and Dean Rogers. His Onedin Line success made him very popular in maritime circles, and in 1974 he released a solo album entitled Songs of the Sea, followed by 1977's Peter Gilmore Sings Gently. All three of his wives were actresses: Una Stubbs (between 1958-69), Jan Waters (1970-76) and Onedin Line co-star Anne Stallybrass (married 1987).

Hedi Khursandi (Tractator) Born Jul 19 1953
Career highlights
This is Hedi's only screen credit. Iranian born Hedi, more recently based in Miami, is a Royal Academy trained dancer who has worked with the Vienna Festival Ballet and worked with Rudolph Nureyev. He has taught ballet in Australia, Orlando, Alabama and Florida. Of his time wearing a Tractator suit on Doctor Who, Hedi said: "It was very tedious. But on TV, it was very effective. I still get mail asking for my autograph."

William Lucas (Range) Apr 14 1925 to Jul 8 2016
Career highlights
Prolific William's first credit was in 1954's Isidor Comes to Town, followed by Portrait of Alison (1955), Postmark for Danger (1955), The Strange World of Planet X (1956), X: The Unknown (1956), Crime of the Century (1956-57), Solo for Canary (1958), The Infamous John Friend (1959), Sons and Lovers (1960), I Promised to Pay (1961), The Shadow of the Cat (1961), Sir Francis Drake (1962), United! (1965), Night of the Big Heat (1967), The Sky Bike (1967), Parkin's Patch (1970), Doomwatch (1970), Doctor At Large (1971), Horror on Snape Island (1972), The Hanged Man (1975), Squadron (1982), Vampire Cop (1990), On the Up (1990), Last of the Summer Wine (2003) and The Bill (2005). William found fame playing Dr James Gordon in 52 episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-74) and 26 episodes of The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990-92), but may also be remembered as George Hayward in The Spoils of War (1980-81) and Stanley Webb in 91 episodes of the soap Eldorado (1992-93).
Facts
William's appearance in Frontios was a long time coming - he'd previously been shortlisted for roles in Doctor Who in 1964 (Barrett in The Rescue), 1977 (Dr Fendleman in Image of the Fendahl) and 1983 (Hedin in Arc of Infinity). However, he only got this role after the actor first cast, Peter Arne, was murdered in August 1983, following his costume fitting for Range. William's birth name was Clucas.

Michael Malcolm (Tractator)
Career highlights
Dancer Michael's only other credit was in Gnaw: Food of the Gods II (1989).

Raymond Murtagh (Retrograde)
Career highlights
Raymond's other acting roles were in Crown Court (1978), Taggart (1983), Juliet Bravo (1985) and Coronation Street (1990), while he also wrote the TV play Requiem Apache (1994).

Maurice O'Connell (Cockerill) Born Jan 8 1941
Career highlights
Maurice's CV stems from his debut in 1972's Villains, after which he appeared in The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), The Protectors (1974), The Sweeney (1975), Van der Valk (1977), The New Avengers (1977), The Medusa Touch (1978), Out (1978), The Bitch (1979), Angels (1981), The Borgias (1981), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Tucker's Luck (1984), Inspector Morse (1987) and Zorro (1990). He also played Harry Rawlins in Widows and Widows II (1983-85).
Facts
In 2016, an appeal went out to locate Maurice on Missing-You.net, but this does not automatically mean he is a missing person.

Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet) Born Jul 20 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Plantagenet in Frontios (1984)
Played: Mr Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
Played: Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Career highlights
Jeff is one of the busiest actors in the UK, having debuted in the title role of Billy Liar in 1973, after which he took roles in Bedtime Stories (1974), Van der Valk (1977), A Hitch in Time (1978, alongside a very Doctorish Patrick Troughton), Home Before Midnight (1979), Crystal Gazing (1982), Angels (1983), Remington Steele (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Fortunes of War (1987), The Gift (1990), Rides (1992), Moon and Son (1992), The Chief (1994), Take a Girl Like You (2000), Blackball (2003), William and Mary (2004), Spooks (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Sea of Souls (2006), The Last Detective (2007), Fear, Stress and Anger (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008), My Family (2011), The Charles Dickens Show (2012), You, Me and Them (2013), Redistributors (2015), Steptoe and Son (2016), The Crucifixion (2017), A Modern Tale (2017), Peterloo (2018), Father Brown (2019), The Durrells (2016-19) and State of the Union (2019). Jeff's other memorable roles include Paul Cooper in Faith in the Future (1995-98), George Dent in satirical show Drop the Dead Donkey (1990-98/2008), the narrator of children's series Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994-96), Colin in Microsoap (1998-2000), Roger Fenn in Doc Martin (2004-07) and Silas Blissett in soap Hollyoaks (2010-12/16). He also put pen to paper to write The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995), Mrs Meitlemeihr (2002) and The Charles Dickens Show.
Facts
Jeff's brother is artist and writer Graham Rawle, who for many years produced the Lost Consonants column in The Guardian. His wife is actress Nina Marc.

Alison Skilbeck (Deputy) Born May 6 1945
Career highlights
Debuting in Clayhanger (1976), Alison's further credits include Revolting Women (1981, which she also wrote for), Crown Court (1984), The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), Lovejoy (1986), The Fear (1988), Head Over Heels (1993), No Bananas (1996), Soldier Soldier (1996), Peak Practice (1998), He Knew He Was Right (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), New Tricks (2006), Law and Order UK (2009), Wimpole Street (2013) and Call the Midwife (2018).
Facts
Alison began her professional career presenting a BBC Spanish language programme called Zarabanda. As well as being an actor, Alison gives workshops all over the globe, and is also a member of the audition panel for RADA.

Stephen Speed (Tractator) Nov 6 1955 to Nov 11 2014
Career highlights
Professional ballet dancer Stephen was chosen by none other than Rudolph Nureyev to be the Little Drummer Boy in a production of The Nutcracker, and he also worked with Margot Fonteyn, Wayne Sleep and Natalia Makarova. Stephen worked extensively in musical theatre and for the English National Opera and was a dedicated revival choreographer for The Mikado worldwide.

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Christopher H Bidmead (writer) Born Jan 18 1941 Click here for Christopher H Bidmead's entry on The Leisure Hive

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 Awakening

The Malus, possibly trying to get through
a crack in time...?

Two episodes (Part One, Part Two)
First broadcast Jan 19 to 20 1984
Average audience for serial: 7.25m

REGULAR CAST

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

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

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

GUEST CAST

Jack Galloway (Joseph Willow) Born May 14 1947
Career highlights
Jack debuted in The Duchess of Malfi (1972), and was then cast in War and Peace (1973), Moll Flanders (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978), Codename Icarus (1981), Under the Volcano (1984), The Mistress (1985), Roll Over Beethoven (1986), Three Up, Two Down (1987), No Frills (1988), Grange Hill (1989), Casualty (1991), Dirty Weekend (1993), Highlander (1994), The Ice House (1997), Parting Shots (1998), Poirot (2003), Blackbeard: Terror at Sea (2006), Speed Love (2016) and A Reel Life (2018). He had regular roles as Robert Mackenzie in Mackenzie (1980), DS Jack Nesbit in The Paradise Club (1990) and Inspector Janvier in Maigret (1992-93).
Facts
Jack's son John J Galloway works in visual effects, and has been credited on films such as The Da Vinci Code, Casino Royale, Avengers: Age of Ultron and various Star Wars films.

Frederick Hall (Andrew Verney) May 10 1923 to Nov 28 1995
Career highlights
Frederick's earliest credit was in Passage of Arms (1955), after which he took roles in Wideawake (1957), No Hiding Place (1964), Curtain of Fear (1964), Death is a Good Living (1966), The Jazz Age (1968), Big Breadwinner Hog (1969), The Black Tulip (1970), Doomwatch (1971), On the Buses (1972), The Edwardians (1972), Emmerdale Farm (1973-74), Father Brown (1974), Survivors (1975), Eleanor Marx (1977), A Question of Guilt (1980), The Gentle Touch (1982), Hold the Back Page (1985) and Boon (1989).

Glyn Houston (Colonel Wolsey) Oct 23 1925 to Jun 30 2019
Doctor Who credits
Played: Professor Watson in The Hand of Fear (1976)
Played: Colonel Wolsey in The Awakening (1984)
Career highlights
Glyn's first work was uncredited in Choir Practice (1949), after which he appeared in The Blue Lamp (1950), Wide Boy (1952), The Cruel Sea (1953), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956), Secombe and Friends (1959), The Bulldog Breed (1960), How Green was My Valley (1960), Mill of Secrets (1960), Deadline Midnight (1961), Panic (1963), Taxi! (1964), The Secret of Blood Island (1964), Cooperama (1966), Girl in a Black Bikini (1967), Softly Softly (1966-69, as DS Arthur Jones), Paul Temple (1969), The Befrienders (1972), The Long Chase (1972), Reg Varney (1973), My Name is Harry Worth (1974), Nigel Kneale's Beasts (1976), The XYY Man (1977), A Horseman Riding By (1978), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1980), The Jim Davidson Show (1982), Inspector Morse (1988), After Henry (1990), Troublemakers (1990), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993) and The Beach Inspector (1996). He also had a regular role as Duncan Thomas in Keep It in the Family (1980-83).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Cymru Special Award
Facts
His brother was fellow actor Donald Houston. Glyn had the "honour" of officially opening the new pedestrianisation scheme in his Welsh hometown of Tonypandy in 2000. That same year he unveiled a memorial to the thousands of miners who lost their lives in the mines of South Wales at Rhondda Heritage Park. His wife is actress and former model Shirley Lawrence.

Polly James (Jane Hampden) Born Jul 8 1941
Career highlights
Polly's first credit was on The Merv Griffin Show (1965-66), followed by The Spoken Word (1966), Send Foster (1967), Z Cars (1967), Password (1974), Whodunnit! (1975), Churchill's People (1975), Our Mutual Friend (1976), Star Turn (1976), Baal (1982), Pob's Programme (1985), Finding Sarah (1991), That's Love (1992) and The Bill (1993/98). She will be best remembered for her role as Beryl Hennessey in the sitcom The Liver Birds (1969-74 and 1996), and most recently as Miss Crotchet in the children's series The Worst Witch (2000-01).
Facts
Between 1978-88 Polly was married to actor Clive Francis. Now Polly is a specialist in performance coaching for Skyros Holistic Holidays.

Keith Jayne (Will Chandler) Born Dec 10 1960
Career highlights
Keith's debut was in a 1974 episode of Upstairs, Downstairs, after which he appeared in Robin Hood Junior (1975), Survivors (1975), The Glitterball (1977), Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978), Jack on the Box (1979), How's Your Father? (1979), Kids (1979), Sink or Swim (1981), Scarf Jack (1981), Murphy's Mob (1982), Driving Ambition (1984) and Casualty (1986). Keith's most memorable roles were as Tom Arnold in The Onedin Line (1979-80) and the title character in Stig of the Dump (1981).
Facts
When he was a child Keith suffered a slow growth rate due to a pituitary gland problem, and so immersed himself in acting to escape bullying. By the late 1980s he was being typecast as yokels and so decided to retrain in finance and investment, but this coincided with him being contacted by doctors to say that the growth hormone treatment he received as a child may have given him CJD. Keith was interviewed for ITN on the issue, which effectively killed his acting career dead. He now works in financial planning, specialising in managing inheritance tax.

Denis Lill (Sir George Hutchinson) Born Apr 22 1942
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dr Fendelman in Image of the Fendahl (1977)
Played: Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening (1984)
Career highlights
New Zealand born Denis's earliest acting credit was for Crime of Passion (1970), and he has since appeared in a great many productions, including Dead of Night (1972), The Train Now Standing (1972), Warship (1973), Moody and Pegg (1974), The Gathering Storm (1974), The Main Chance (1975), The Haunting of Julia (1977), Lillie (1978), The Professionals (1980), Bergerac (1984), Jenny's War (1985), Mapp and Lucia (1985-86), Blackadder the Third (1987), Gentlemen and Players (1988), Batman (1989), Waterfront Beat (1990-91), Bernard and the Genie (1991), The 10 Percenters (1993), Red Dwarf (1993), Outside Edge (1994), The Upper Hand (1996), Evita (1996), Where the Heart Is (2002), Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) and 24: Live Another Day (2014). He has had regular roles as Alfred Slingsby in The Regiment (1972-73), Charles Vaughan in Survivors (1975-77), Mr Bernard in Rumpole of the Bailey (1983-92), Cassandra's dad Alan Parry in Only Fools and Horses (1989-92) and Mr Rose in The Royal (2003-09/11).

Christopher Saul (Trooper)
Career highlights
After debuting in Robert's Robots (1973), Christopher went on to appear in The Changeling (1974), Buccaneer (1980), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Bust (1987), Simon and the Witch (1987-88), Watching (1988), Wilt (1990), One Foot in the Grave (1990), Between the Lines (1992), 99-1 (1995), Coronation Street (1998), Judge John Deed (2003), Sahara (2005), Emmerdale (2014) and Born a King (2019). Christopher, who has also had extensive stage experience, especially performing Shakespeare, enjoyed recurring roles as Douglas Evans in soap Triangle (1982-83) and Ian in London's Burning (1991-98).

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Eric Pringle (writer) Apr 5 1935 to Apr 13 2017 (lung congestion)
Career highlights
Eric, who started out in the insurance business, had previously written for Pretenders (1972), Kate (1972) and The Carnforth Practice (1974), and submitted a storyline to the Doctor Who production office entitled The Angurth in 1975, which was not developed. In 1981 Eric was encouraged by his agent, former Doctor Who producer Peter Bryant, to submit further scripts, which were entitled The Darkness and War Game, which eventually became The Awakening. Eric also worked for radio, including adaptations of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and J B Priestley's The Good Companions (2002). His 2001 BBC Radio 4 play Hymus Paradisi, about the life of composer Herbert Howells, won a Sony Award. That year also saw the publication of his children's novel Big George. This was followed by three sequels, Big George and the Seventh Knight, Big George and the Winter King, and The Great Big Big Book of George Stories.
Facts
Eric's 1993 BBC Radio 4 play Meeting Bea, about Beatrix Potter, was suggested by comedian Victoria Wood to be adapted as a stage play to mark the author's 150th anniversary in 2016. Eric also fought and beat oral cancer in his later years.

Michael Owen Morris (director)
Doctor Who credits
Production assistant: The Pirate Planet (1978)
Directed: The Awakening (1984)
Career highlights
Michael had previously worked as production assistant on series such as Survivors (1975), Secret Army (1977) and Blake's 7 (1980), before becoming a director on Angels (1983), Tenko (1984), Juliet Bravo (1985), Vanity Fair (1987), Campion (1989-90), Medics (1994), Wycliffe (1995-96), The Upper Hand (1996), Holby City (1999-2000), Casualty (1988-2015), The Bill (1989-2002) and more than 230 episodes of EastEnders (2003-19, which he also produced for a time in 2004, and wrote for in 2019).

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

Warriors of the Deep

The Silurians looked different to their
1970 counterparts... but not as different
as their 2010 counterparts would look!

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Jan 5 to 13 1984
Average audience for serial: 7.25m

REGULAR CAST

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

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

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

GUEST CAST

Tom Adams (Vorshak) Mar 9 1938 to Dec 11 2014 (prostate cancer)
Career highlights
Tom's earliest acting credit was in Ghost Squad (1961), after which he took roles in A Prize of Arms (1962), The Great Escape (1963), Londoners (1965), Subterfuge (1968), Strange Report (1969), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), West Country Tales (1983), Remington Steele (1984), Emmerdale Farm (1987-88), Fiddlers Three (1991), Pacific Blue (1999), Casualty (2002) and Day of the Sirens (2002). However, he enjoyed success in several recurring roles, beginning with Guy Marshall in Emergency Ward 10 (1964), Major Sullivan in Spy Trap (1973-75), DCI Nick Lewis in The Enigma Files (1980), Sir Daniel Fogarty in The Onedin Line (1977-80) and Ken Stevenson in Strike It Rich! (1986-87). Between 1965-68 he also played Charles Vine in the films Licensed to Kill, Where the Bullets Fly and OK Yevtushenko. He may also be well remembered in the UK for fronting the TV commercials for furniture store DFS in the 1980s and 90s, for Aero biscuits and Stannah stairlifts, and the TV channel E4.
Facts
In 1996 he wrote a book entitled Shakespeare Was a Golfer: A Collection of Golfing Shorts.

Stuart Blake (Scibus) Born Sep 2 1950
Doctor Who credits
Played: Zoldaz in State of Decay (1980)
Played: Commander in The Five Doctors (1983)
Played: Scibus in Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Career highlights
Other work includes A Bridge Too Far (1977), Flash Gordon (1980), King Lear (1982), Metal Mickey (1982), The Fourth Arm (1983) and Amy (1984).
Facts
Stuart gave up acting in 1987 and is now a "communications designer", principally for social media and live events. Stuart has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his part in the 800th anniversary celebrations of the London Mayoralty.

Vincent Brimble (Tarpok) Born Apr 8 1948

Doctor Who credits

Played: Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep (1984)

Played: Gerald in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Debuting in 1963's Lorna Doone, Vincent's further work includes Z Cars (1978), Matilda's England (1979), Butterflies (1979), A Married Man (1983), Bulman (1985), Grange Hill (1986-87, as Mr Glover), Executive Stress (1988), Toksvig (1988), Between the Lines (1993), Bugs (1996), Wycliffe (1997), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004), Mistresses (2009), U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), War & Peace (2016), Tokyo Trial (2016), Emmerdale (2018) and Jessy and Nessy (2020-21).
Facts
Vincent's father was actor Roy Brimble, who also played cricket for St Michael's in Bristol, UK, for a time, while Vincent's brothers are also actors - Ian and Nick Brimble. Vincent is married to actor Janet Spencer-Turner.

Norman Comer (Icthar) Born 1942
Career highlights
Norman's earliest credit was on The Borderers in 1969, after which he secured a regular role as Detective Sergeant David Rees in Barlow at Large (1971-74). He then took roles in How Green Was My Valley (1975-76), Seconds Out (1981), Angels (1982), The Old Men at the Zoo (1983), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Tucker's Luck (1984-85), The Snow Spider (1988) and Emlyn's Moon (1990).
Facts
In later years Norman became a maths teacher in Porthcawl, Wales.

James Coombes (Paroli) Born Oct 8 1956
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Krargs in Shada (1980, unbroadcast)
Played: Paroli in Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Played: Voice of sentinel 6 in Warriors of the Deep (1984, uncredited)
Career highlights
Doctor Who gave James his first work, after which he appeared in The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (1983), Murder with Mirrors (1984), Minder on the Orient Express (1985), Robin of Sherwood (1986), A Vote for Hitler (1988), Howards' Way (1990), High Road (1993), Drop the Dead Donkey (1993), Bugs (1995), Canary Wharf (1996), A Knight in Camelot (1998), Monarch (2000), Starhunter (2001), Keen Eddie (2004), Jericho (2005), Cardinal Burns (2012) and Knightfall (2018). He had a regular role as Dr Clive Aikens in Dinosapien (2007), but his biggest claim to fame is being the second ever Milk Tray Man in the TV commercials, taking over from Gary Myers in 1987.
Facts
James's father-in-law is actor Frank Finlay, while his son Josh is in the band Tigress.

Christopher Farries (Sauvix) Jun 12 1947 to May 18 2016
Career highlights
Debuted in Nutcracker (1982), then The Fourth Arm (1983), Shine on Harvey Moon (1985), Pretorius (1987), The Bill (1987) and Moon and Son (1992).
Facts
In the 1960s, Christopher worked as a publicity manager for British Lion Films (including the two 1960s Dalek films), CBS Records, MGM (for the films The Dirty Dozen and Doctor Zhivago and the TV series The Man from UNCLE) and Tigon (for the film Witchfinder General). He was also a theatre manager, notably for the Beatles' gigs at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1965, and a roadshow manager, notably for the Rank Organisation's Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). He changed his surname from Wood to Farries in 1969 to try his luck before the cameras. In the 1970s, he ran restaurants and nightclubs for a Russian baron.

Nigel Humphreys (Bulic) Born Sep 24 1950
Career highlights
Debuted in Zigger Zagger (1967), after which he secured a regular work in Coronation Street (1968-70) as Dickie Fleming, then Danny Jones (1972) and Dead Cert (1974). He then secured a regular role as PC Dodds in Softly Softly: Task Force (1974-75), and went on to appear in Warship (1977), Scum (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), The Sweeney (1978), Dick Turpin (1980), The Long Good Friday (1980), Strangers (1982), The Jigsaw Man (1984), Pulaski (1987), The Country Boy (1989), Hale and Pace (1990), Paul Merton: The Series (1991), No Job for a Lady (1990-92), Head Over Heels (1993) and Liverpool 1 (1998).

Ian McCulloch (Nilson) Born Nov 18 1939
Career highlights
Ian's acting debut came with 1967's The Revenue Men, followed by It! (1967), The Flight of the Heron (1968), The Borderers (1968-69), Cromwell (1970), The Search for the Nile (1971), Colditz (1974), The Ghoul (1975), The Nearly Man (1975), Running Blind (1979), Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979), Zombie Holocaust (1980), Contamination (1980), The Professionals (1980), Diamonds (1981), Moonlighting (1982), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Bookie (1988), Children's Ward (1989), City Lights (1991), The Tales of Para Handy (1994) and Behind the Scenes of Total Hell (2013). Ian's most memorable role is as Greg Preston in Terry Nation's series Survivors (1975-77). Ian also wrote three scripts for Survivors.
Facts
Ian now lives in Scotland as a sheep farmer.

Martin Neil (Maddox)
Career highlights
Martin started out in children's serial Tightrope in 1972, after which he secured the role of Gareth Seacroft in The Upper Crusts (1973) and Dave in Freewheelers (1973). Further work was found in Anne of Avonlea (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Survivors (1976), Intimate Games (1976), The Standard (1978), Accident (1978-79), Danger UXB (1979) and Minder (1980). His role in Doctor Who was his last screen work for 13 years until he won the regular role of Mr Beasley in children's series Bernard's Watch (1997-2001) and then George Roebuck in Down to Earth (2000-03).

Ingrid Pitt (Solow) Nov 21 1937 to Nov 23 2010 (heart failure)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Galleia in The Time Monster (1974)
Played: Solow in Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Career highlights
Polish born Ingrid first appeared in The Saint (1963), then Doctor Zhivago (1965), Sound of Horror (1966), Ironside (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Vampire Lovers (1970), Countess Dracula (1971), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Jason King (1972), The Wicker Man (1973), Thriller (1975), Artemis 81 (1981), Who Dares Wins (1982), Smiley's People (1982), Underworld (1985), Bulman (1987), Hanna's War (1988), The Asylum (2000), Urban Gothic (2000), Minotaur (2006) and Sea of Dust (2008). Ingrid also wrote several books, including The Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers (1998), and also wrote regularly for genre magazines and her own website.
Facts
Before getting into acting Ingrid was a well known figure on the East Berlin stage as part of the Berliner Ensemble in the early 1960s, after living in a Nazi concentration camp for three years. She became well known for her seductive roles in various Hammer horror films in the 1970s. Ingrid also narrated on the 1998 Cradle of Filth album Cruelty and the Beast, though her narration was done in character as Elizabeth Bathory, the countess allegedly involved in witchcraft and murder. Ingrid's writing penchant even stretched to co-writing (with her husband Tony Rudlin) a script for Doctor Who's 22nd season entitled The Macro Men, which was never developed but which would have seen the Doctor and Peri involved in events surrounding the mysterious Philadelphia Experiment. Ingrid collapsed while on her way to a birthday dinner organised by her fan club, and died days later. An American newspaper once asked Ingrid to write her own obituary, in which she said: "Two days before her 100th birthday, she played five sets of tennis with world champion Randy Semola and was narrowly beaten in the fifth after nine set points. That night, after attending her great granddaughter's hen party, she died in her sleep. She did not live to see the impact on humanity that her last invention, the anti-gravity Zimmer-frame, had. Her last words were: 'Where did I put my teeth?'."

Nitza Saul (Karina) Born Jun 25 1950
Career highlights
Israel-born Nitza's career began with 1971's The Policeman, followed by Katz and Carrasso (1971), When the Actors Come (1978), The Fox in the Chicken Coop (1978), Ha-Ayit (1981), Kessler (1981), Until September (1984), CATS Eyes (1985), Star Cops (1987), EastEnders (1989), Mindbender (1996), Florentine (1997-98), Elvis (2006), Shtisel (2013), Sabri Maranan (2016), Punch (2019) and Love in Suspenders (2019).
Facts
Nitza was the first Israeli to pose for Playboy magazine, in May 1979 (link to none x-rated magazine cover). Nitza now lives and works in Israel.

Tara Ward (Preston) Born Sep 10 1959
Career highlights
Canadian-born Tara's earliest credit was in A Little Rococo (1981), followed by The Agatha Christie Hour (1982), The American Way (1986), Star Cops (1987), Waiting for God (1993), Noel's House Party (1997/98), Dark Realm (2000), The Shadow (2009), Trinity (2009), For Love's Sake (2013), Justice League (2017) and Grace and Gravity (2018).
Facts
Her husband was the late actor Ray Lonnen, who appeared in Doctor Who story Frontier in Space. Tara is now an author, having written various books on psychic development, meditation and mindfulness - here she is on Twitter!
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Tara and her husband Ray Lonnen here.

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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.

Pennant Roberts (director) Dec 15 1940 to Jun 22 2010 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Face of Evil (1977), The Sun Makers (1977), The Pirate Planet (1978), Shada (1980, unfinished), Warriors of the Deep (1984), Timelash (1985)
Career highlights
Pennant's directing career began with Doomwatch in 1972, followed by work on The Regiment (1973), Sutherland's Law (1974), Oil Strike North (1975), Survivors (1975-76), Blake's 7 (1978), The Onedin Line (1979), Juliet Bravo (1980), Tenko (1981), Cold Warriors (1984), Howards' Way (1985), The Snow Spider (1988, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Children's Drama), The Bubblegum Brigade (1989), Emlyn's Moon (1990), The Chestnut Soldier (1991), Crime Story (1992), Wycliffe (1993) and The Sherman Plays (1993-97). He also acted as producer on a handful of these latter series.
Facts
Pennant was also chairman of the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (now Directors UK), vice-president of the Strasbourg European Film Forum, chair of Media Skills Wales, a governor of the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and a board member of Sgrîn, the Welsh audiovisual media agency. He campaigned for many years for the rights of actors and directors to receive fees when programmes are repeated on television.

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