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