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