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| A Cyberman. On the moon. |
Episode 1 (8.1m)
Episode 2 (8.9m)
Episode 3 (8.2m)
Episode 4 (8.1m)
Average audience for serial: 8.33m
Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) March 25th 1920 to March 28th 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Born September 22nd 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Patrick Barr (Hobson) February 13th 1908 to August 29th 1985
Career highlights
British India born Patrick debuted in The Merry Men of Sherwood (1932) and went on to perform in Irish Hearts (1934), Midnight at Madame Tussauds (1936), Charley's Aunt (1938), The Frightened Lady (1940), Under the Counter (1949), To Have and to Hold (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Black Orchid (1953), The Dam Busters (1955), Saint Joan (1957), Next to No Time (1958), The Valiant (1962), Billy Liar (1963), Ring of Spies (1964), I Spy (1967), The Avengers (1969), Paul Temple (1971), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), House of Whipcord (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Ten from the Twenties (1975), The Molly Wopsies (1976), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Telford's Change (1979), The Godsend (1980), Octopussy (1983) and The Theban Plays: Antigone (1986). He also played Inspector John Morley in three murder mystery films in 1952, and produced a Wednesday Play in 1968 called A Beast with Two Backs.
Facts
Oxford University (Trinity) graduate Patrick was in the bowseat on Oxford's team in the 1929 University Boat race (records show he weighed 11st 5lb at the time; Cambridge won that year). During the Second World War, Patrick was a conscientious objector serving with a Free French ambulance unit in North Africa. For his bravery he was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Arnold Chazen (Scientist John Stacey) July 26th 1931 to May 19th 2002
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist John Stacey in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Auton VIP in Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Arnold's other work included Maigret (1961), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), The New Avengers (1976), The Professionals (1979) and One Foot in the Grave (1990). He later became an acclaimed chorister, singing for the Wembley United Synagogue and other Jewish collectives.
Facts
His daughter Debbie appeared in Voyage of the Damned (2007). Somebody showed Debbie a clip of her father's performance while she was filming Doctor Who, and she said: "It's the worst acting I've ever seen!"
Keith Goodman (Cyberman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Savages (1966, uncredited)
Mark Heath (Scientist Ralph Debayo) June 6th 1926 to August 15th 2015
Career highlights
Jamaican Mark first appeared in Galleon's Key (1956), and subsequently Wideawake (1957), Starr and Company (1958), Knight Errant Ltd (1961), The Fast Lady (1962), Call Me Bwana (1963), The Avengers (1964), Danger Man (1965), The Lost Continent (1968), Paul Temple (1971), Spyder's Web (1972), Crown Court (1973), Quiller (1975), Doctor on the Go (1977), Operation Thunderbolt (1977), 1990 (1977), Squadron (1982), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983), The Bill (1984), Brookside (1985), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), The Finding (1987), South of the Border (1988), Dark Justice (1991), Circus (2000), Bodies (2004) and Jazz in the Diamond District (2008). From the 1990s onwards, he was credited as Marcus Heath.
Andre Maranne (Benoit) May 14th 1926 to April 12th 2021
Career highlights
Frenchman Andre's first credit was as Monsieur Leblanc in the 1955-56 series Bobby in France, followed by parts in 1956's The Case of the River Morgue, Private Investigator (1959), HMS Defiant (1962), The Saint (1963), Night Train to Paris (1964), Thunderball (1965), The Terrornauts (1967), Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Jason King (1971), Bequest to the Nation (1973), Paul and Michelle (1974), Fawlty Towers (1975), The Kenneth Williams Show (1976), Wings (1978), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), The Dick Emery Show (1977-80), The Borgias (1981), Yes Minister (1984), Remington Steele (1984), Morons from Outer Space (1985), Bluebell (1986), Scoop (1987), A Very Peculiar Practice (1988), The Bretts (1988-89), Colin's Sandwich (1990), KYTV (1990) and Bergerac (1991). He also played Sgt Francois Chevalier in the Inspector Clouseau films (1964-83). Andre (real name Andre Gaston Maillol) was also a co-presenter of the French teaching programme Bonjour Françoise on the BBC in the 1960s and acted in all 24 episodes of Ensemble: French for Beginners in the 1970s, also for the BBC.
Michael Wolf (Nils) June 14th 1934 to March 26th 2002
Career highlights
German born Michael first appeared in Espionage (1964) and over the following years popped up in The Baron (1966), The Possessed (1969), The Pathfinders (1972-73), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Enigma Files (1980), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), War and Remembrance (1988-89) and The Countess Alice (1992).
CREW
Kit Pedler (writer) June 11th 1927 to May 27th 1981 (heart attack) Click here for Kit Pedler's entry on The War Machines
Morris Barry (director) February 9th 1918 to November 20th 2000
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Moonbase (1967), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), The Dominators (1968)
Played: Tollund in The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
Morris started out behind the cameras, directing Escape (1957), Starr and Company (1958), Barnaby Rudge (1960), Compact (1963-65), 199 Park Lane (1965), The Newcomers (1965), Softly Softly (1967), The Doctors (1970), Spy Trap (1972) and Angels (1978), as well as 40 episodes of Z Cars between 1962-72. He also produced some of the shows he directed, as well as Swizzlewick (1964), The Donati Conspiracy (1973), Poldark (1975-76) and Count Dracula (1977). After retiring from production, Morris became an actor, appearing in Blake's 7 (1979), Are You Being Served? (1979), Penmarric (1979), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), The Day of the Triffids (1981), Nanny (1983), Jane Eyre (1983), Hi-De-Hi! (1984), Drummonds (1985) and Mapp and Lucia (1986).
Average audience for serial: 8.33m
- A guide to the guest cast is at the bottom of this entry. An episode by episode review of this story can be read on Time Space Visualiser here.
Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) March 25th 1920 to March 28th 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks
Anneke Wills (Polly) Born October 20th 1941 For a full career biography for Anneke Wills, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Born September 22nd 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Barry Ashton (Scientist Franz Schultz) 1935 to May 1978
Doctor Who credits
Played: Highlander in The Highlanders (1966-67, uncredited)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Highlander in The Highlanders (1966-67, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Franz Schultz in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Policeman in The Evil of the Daleks (1967, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Played: Technician in Inferno (1970, uncredited)
Played: Proctor in The Time Monster (1972)
Played: Kemp in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Other credits include Out of the Unknown (1965), Menace (1970), Trial (1971), The Befrienders (1972), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971/73), Barlow at Large (1973) and Thriller (1973).
Played: Proctor in The Time Monster (1972)
Played: Kemp in Frontier in Space (1973)
Career highlights
Other credits include Out of the Unknown (1965), Menace (1970), Trial (1971), The Befrienders (1972), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971/73), Barlow at Large (1973) and Thriller (1973).
Career highlights
British India born Patrick debuted in The Merry Men of Sherwood (1932) and went on to perform in Irish Hearts (1934), Midnight at Madame Tussauds (1936), Charley's Aunt (1938), The Frightened Lady (1940), Under the Counter (1949), To Have and to Hold (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Black Orchid (1953), The Dam Busters (1955), Saint Joan (1957), Next to No Time (1958), The Valiant (1962), Billy Liar (1963), Ring of Spies (1964), I Spy (1967), The Avengers (1969), Paul Temple (1971), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), House of Whipcord (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Ten from the Twenties (1975), The Molly Wopsies (1976), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Telford's Change (1979), The Godsend (1980), Octopussy (1983) and The Theban Plays: Antigone (1986). He also played Inspector John Morley in three murder mystery films in 1952, and produced a Wednesday Play in 1968 called A Beast with Two Backs.
Facts
Oxford University (Trinity) graduate Patrick was in the bowseat on Oxford's team in the 1929 University Boat race (records show he weighed 11st 5lb at the time; Cambridge won that year). During the Second World War, Patrick was a conscientious objector serving with a Free French ambulance unit in North Africa. For his bravery he was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Derek Calder (Scientist Pete Baker)
Doctor Who credits
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Romans (1965, uncredited)
Played: English soldier in The Highlanders (1966, uncredited)
Played: Fish Person in The Underwater Menace (1967, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Pete Baker in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Alien technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: British soldier in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Time Lord technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Derek's other work includes No Hiding Place (1963), Festival (1964), Londoners (1965), Let's Go Out (1965), Seven Deadly Sins (1966) and Turn-Up for Tony (1968).
Played: Scientist Pete Baker in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Alien technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: British soldier in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Time Lord technician in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Derek's other work includes No Hiding Place (1963), Festival (1964), Londoners (1965), Let's Go Out (1965), Seven Deadly Sins (1966) and Turn-Up for Tony (1968).
Arnold Chazen (Scientist John Stacey) July 26th 1931 to May 19th 2002
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist John Stacey in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Auton VIP in Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Arnold's other work included Maigret (1961), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), The New Avengers (1976), The Professionals (1979) and One Foot in the Grave (1990). He later became an acclaimed chorister, singing for the Wembley United Synagogue and other Jewish collectives.
Facts
His daughter Debbie appeared in Voyage of the Damned (2007). Somebody showed Debbie a clip of her father's performance while she was filming Doctor Who, and she said: "It's the worst acting I've ever seen!"
Keith Goodman (Cyberman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Savages (1966, uncredited)
Played: English soldier in The Highlanders (1966, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Technician in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Keith had previously appeared in Danger Man (1960), Bonehead (1960-61), Best of Friends (1963), Softly Softly (1966), Life with Cooper (1967) and Callan (1969/70/72).
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Technician in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Career highlights
Keith had previously appeared in Danger Man (1960), Bonehead (1960-61), Best of Friends (1963), Softly Softly (1966), Life with Cooper (1967) and Callan (1969/70/72).
Facts
It is Keith playing the Cyberman in the London publicity stills taken to promote The Moonbase in January 1967, alongside 10-year-old Anthony King.
Peter Greene (Cyberman) October 28th 1945 to March 19th 2009 (stroke)
Career highlights
After his Cyber-debut, Peter went on to appear in Not in Front of the Children (1968), Doctor in the House (1969), Sykes (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Dawson's Weekly (1975), Man About the House (1975), Are You Being Served? (1976), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1976), Airport '77 (1977), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), What's Up Nurse! (1977), Potter (1979), The Other 'Arf (1981), Metal Mickey (1981), Jack of Diamonds (1983), The Young Ones (1982/84) and The Waiter (1993). He also had a recurring role as Mr Halliforth in Whack-O! (1971-72), and the chaplain in Doctor in Charge (1972-73) and Doctor on the Go (1977).
Peter Greene (Cyberman) October 28th 1945 to March 19th 2009 (stroke)
Career highlights
After his Cyber-debut, Peter went on to appear in Not in Front of the Children (1968), Doctor in the House (1969), Sykes (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Dawson's Weekly (1975), Man About the House (1975), Are You Being Served? (1976), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1976), Airport '77 (1977), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), What's Up Nurse! (1977), Potter (1979), The Other 'Arf (1981), Metal Mickey (1981), Jack of Diamonds (1983), The Young Ones (1982/84) and The Waiter (1993). He also had a recurring role as Mr Halliforth in Whack-O! (1971-72), and the chaplain in Doctor in Charge (1972-73) and Doctor on the Go (1977).
Facts
In later years, 6ft 4in Peter (real surname Birch) worked for a research company, but kept in touch with local amateur dramatics.
Peter Hawkins (Cyberman voice) April 3rd 1924 to July 8th 2006 (pneumonia) Click here for Peter Hawkins's entry on The Daleks
Peter Hawkins (Cyberman voice) April 3rd 1924 to July 8th 2006 (pneumonia) Click here for Peter Hawkins's entry on The Daleks
Mark Heath (Scientist Ralph Debayo) June 6th 1926 to August 15th 2015
Career highlights
Jamaican Mark first appeared in Galleon's Key (1956), and subsequently Wideawake (1957), Starr and Company (1958), Knight Errant Ltd (1961), The Fast Lady (1962), Call Me Bwana (1963), The Avengers (1964), Danger Man (1965), The Lost Continent (1968), Paul Temple (1971), Spyder's Web (1972), Crown Court (1973), Quiller (1975), Doctor on the Go (1977), Operation Thunderbolt (1977), 1990 (1977), Squadron (1982), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983), The Bill (1984), Brookside (1985), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), The Finding (1987), South of the Border (1988), Dark Justice (1991), Circus (2000), Bodies (2004) and Jazz in the Diamond District (2008). From the 1990s onwards, he was credited as Marcus Heath.
Facts
Mark arrived in the UK in 1944, aged 18, and was attached to the RAF entertainment section.
Andre Maranne (Benoit) May 14th 1926 to April 12th 2021
Career highlights
Frenchman Andre's first credit was as Monsieur Leblanc in the 1955-56 series Bobby in France, followed by parts in 1956's The Case of the River Morgue, Private Investigator (1959), HMS Defiant (1962), The Saint (1963), Night Train to Paris (1964), Thunderball (1965), The Terrornauts (1967), Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Jason King (1971), Bequest to the Nation (1973), Paul and Michelle (1974), Fawlty Towers (1975), The Kenneth Williams Show (1976), Wings (1978), All Creatures Great and Small (1978), The Dick Emery Show (1977-80), The Borgias (1981), Yes Minister (1984), Remington Steele (1984), Morons from Outer Space (1985), Bluebell (1986), Scoop (1987), A Very Peculiar Practice (1988), The Bretts (1988-89), Colin's Sandwich (1990), KYTV (1990) and Bergerac (1991). He also played Sgt Francois Chevalier in the Inspector Clouseau films (1964-83). Andre (real name Andre Gaston Maillol) was also a co-presenter of the French teaching programme Bonjour Françoise on the BBC in the 1960s and acted in all 24 episodes of Ensemble: French for Beginners in the 1970s, also for the BBC.
Facts
Avid windsurfer Andre had a stepson, film producer Bruce MacDonald.
Leon Maybank (Scientist Ted Braun) October 20th 1920 to September 29th 1983
Doctor Who credits
Leon Maybank (Scientist Ted Braun) October 20th 1920 to September 29th 1983
Doctor Who credits
Played: Highlander in jail in The Highlanders (1966, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Ted Braun in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: UNIT male operator in Day of the Daleks (1972, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Ted Braun in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: UNIT male operator in Day of the Daleks (1972, uncredited)
Played: SRS member in Robot (1975, uncredited)
Played: Customer in art gallery in City of Death (1979, uncredited)
Career highlights
Leon's other work includes Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Villains (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) and Quadrophenia (1979). He was also responsible for the idea behind the series Hit Parade (1952).
Facts
He later became a photographer, and ran a gay nightclub popular with film stars called the Calabash in Fulham, London, in the 1960s.
Denis McCarthy (Voice of Controller Rinberg) September 27th 1916 to April 11th 1977
Career highlights
His CV also includes The Silence of the Sea (1946), Don't Say Die (1950), Huckleberry Finn (1952), Quatermass II (1955), The Hypnotist (1957), Educated Evans (1958), Top Secret (1961), Suspense (1963), No Hiding Place (1965), Sword of Honour (1967), Hadleigh (1969), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), The Pallisers (1974) and Churchill's People (1975).
Victor Pemberton (Scientist Jules Faure) October 10th 1931 to August 13th 2017
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist Jules Faure in The Moonbase (1967)
Script edited: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)
Wrote: Fury from the Deep (1968), Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio, 1976)
Career highlights
Victor was first and foremost a behind-camera man, writing radio serials in the early 1960s and, on TV, Send Foster (1967), Adventure Weekly (1969), Timeslip (1971), Ace of Wands (1972), Tightrope (1972), New Scotland Yard (1972), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-73), Within These Walls (1975) and The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983). He also acted as script editor on A Handful of Thieves (1969), was script consultant on Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock (1983-87), and producer of documentaries about Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (which won an Emmy Award) and Benny Hill. Other acting parts included The Rat Catchers (1966) and Ross (1970).
Facts
Victor was one of only a handful of people to have been credited as both writing and appearing in Doctor Who (along with Glyn Jones, Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse). His script for Fury from the Deep was based on his 1966 radio serial The Slide, which starred Roger Delgado. From 1990, Victor wrote romantic novels based on his biographical radio series Our Family. During the 1950s and 60s Victor had a correspondence with comedy legend Stan Laurel. In 2016, he undertook a solo Arctic adventure, driving 10,000km alone by car across seven countries of Europe and Scandinavia, from Murla in Spain to Bodo in Norway, all in aid of Help for Heroes (watch his video diaries here). His partner was actor David Spenser (who appeared in The Abominable Snowmen in 1967).
Edward Phillips (Scientist Bob Anders) 1927 to 2011
Doctor Who credits
Played: Parisian man in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Bob Anders in The Moonbase (1967)
Career highlights
Edward's first credit was in Harpers West One (1961), then Z Cars (1963), Gazette (1968), Miss Julie (1972), The Jensen Code (1973), Crossroads (1973), Robert's Robots (1973), Just William (1977), Border Country (1979), The Dick Emery Hour (1980), Bergerac (1983), Terry and June (1985), All Creatures Great and Small (1989), Poirot (1991), May to December (1994) and Casualty (2002).
Facts
Edward went on to become an authority on jokes, and wrote many joke books.
Ron Pinnell (Scientist Jim Elliot) March 20th 1928 to October 29th 2021
Career highlights
Australian Ron's further credits include As You Are (1958), Emergency (1959), Consider Your Verdict (1962), The Magic Boomerang (1965-66), The Long Arm (1970), Ryan (1973), Rush (1974), Power Without Glory (1976), The Sullivans (1976), Bluey (1977), I Can Jump Puddles (1981), Home (1983), Matthew and Son (1984), Neighbours (1985), Death of a Soldier (1986), The Petrov Affair (1987), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988), Sugar and Spice (1989) and The Flying Doctors (1990).
Facts
When Ron was 14, both his parents were killed in a road accident, and as both his older brothers were serving in World War II, he had to move in with his neighbours. Ron played Dame Edna Everage's husband Norm, and her son Kenny, when Barry Humphries first began touring as the superstar housewife in 1959. In 1975, Ron and his wife Shirley got involved in a campaign to prevent the "social extinction by rapacious redevelopment" of the South Burnley suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Read all about it here, if you're so inclined. A plaque in Ron's honour can be found in Burnley's Golden Square Bicentennial Park.
Alan Rowe (Voice from Space Control, Dr Evans) December 14th 1926 to October 21st 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice from Space Control in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Dr Evans in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Edward of Wessex in The Time Warrior (1973-74)
Played: Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Played: Garif in Full Circle (1980)
Career highlights
New Zealander Alan's career began with You Never Can Tell (1955), then Sword of Freedom (1957), An Age of Kings (1960), Maigret (1963), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Heil Caesar! (1973), The XYY Man (1976), Crown Court (1975-79, as Justice Quinlan), Number 10 (1983), Morgan's Boy (1984), Lovejoy (1986), The Manageress (1989-90), Forever Green (1989-92) and Wycliffe (1997).
Facts
He was the long-term partner of actor Geoffrey Bayldon, who appeared in The Creature from the Pit.
Robin Scott (Scientist Charlie Wise)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist Charlie Wise in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Resistance man in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes The Sandwich Man (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Carry On Doctor (1967), The Power Game (1969), The Worker (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Space: 1999 (1975), Nancy Astor (1982), Sorry! (1982) and The Gentle Touch (1984).
Alan Wells (Scientist Joe Benson) Died April 18th 1993
This was his only known credit, although he did film footage as an uncredited scientist in The Time Monster (1973), but the scenes were cut.
Reg Whitehead (Cyberman) December 11th 1932 to March 11th 2016 Click here for Reg Whitehead's entry on The Tenth Planet
John Wills (Cyberman) July 20th 1925 to January 20th 1990 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Frankenstein['s monster] in The Chase (1965 - as John Maxim)
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Career highlights
Australian John's acting career began with Dracula (1958), followed by parts in Ivanhoe (1958), William Tell (1959), Deadline Midnight (1961), Consider Your Verdict (1963), The Big Spender (1965), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Prisoner (1967).
Sonnie Willis (Cyberman) August 12th 1912 to May 7th 1977
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: BBC3 TV crewmember in The Daemons (1971, uncredited)
Career highlights
Leon's other work includes Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Villains (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) and Quadrophenia (1979). He was also responsible for the idea behind the series Hit Parade (1952).
Facts
He later became a photographer, and ran a gay nightclub popular with film stars called the Calabash in Fulham, London, in the 1960s.
Denis McCarthy (Voice of Controller Rinberg) September 27th 1916 to April 11th 1977
Career highlights
His CV also includes The Silence of the Sea (1946), Don't Say Die (1950), Huckleberry Finn (1952), Quatermass II (1955), The Hypnotist (1957), Educated Evans (1958), Top Secret (1961), Suspense (1963), No Hiding Place (1965), Sword of Honour (1967), Hadleigh (1969), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), The Pallisers (1974) and Churchill's People (1975).
Victor Pemberton (Scientist Jules Faure) October 10th 1931 to August 13th 2017
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist Jules Faure in The Moonbase (1967)
Script edited: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)
Wrote: Fury from the Deep (1968), Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio, 1976)
Career highlights
Victor was first and foremost a behind-camera man, writing radio serials in the early 1960s and, on TV, Send Foster (1967), Adventure Weekly (1969), Timeslip (1971), Ace of Wands (1972), Tightrope (1972), New Scotland Yard (1972), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-73), Within These Walls (1975) and The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983). He also acted as script editor on A Handful of Thieves (1969), was script consultant on Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock (1983-87), and producer of documentaries about Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (which won an Emmy Award) and Benny Hill. Other acting parts included The Rat Catchers (1966) and Ross (1970).
Facts
Victor was one of only a handful of people to have been credited as both writing and appearing in Doctor Who (along with Glyn Jones, Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse). His script for Fury from the Deep was based on his 1966 radio serial The Slide, which starred Roger Delgado. From 1990, Victor wrote romantic novels based on his biographical radio series Our Family. During the 1950s and 60s Victor had a correspondence with comedy legend Stan Laurel. In 2016, he undertook a solo Arctic adventure, driving 10,000km alone by car across seven countries of Europe and Scandinavia, from Murla in Spain to Bodo in Norway, all in aid of Help for Heroes (watch his video diaries here). His partner was actor David Spenser (who appeared in The Abominable Snowmen in 1967).
Edward Phillips (Scientist Bob Anders) 1927 to 2011
Doctor Who credits
Played: Parisian man in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966, uncredited)
Played: Scientist Bob Anders in The Moonbase (1967)
Career highlights
Edward's first credit was in Harpers West One (1961), then Z Cars (1963), Gazette (1968), Miss Julie (1972), The Jensen Code (1973), Crossroads (1973), Robert's Robots (1973), Just William (1977), Border Country (1979), The Dick Emery Hour (1980), Bergerac (1983), Terry and June (1985), All Creatures Great and Small (1989), Poirot (1991), May to December (1994) and Casualty (2002).
Facts
Edward went on to become an authority on jokes, and wrote many joke books.
Ron Pinnell (Scientist Jim Elliot) March 20th 1928 to October 29th 2021
Career highlights
Australian Ron's further credits include As You Are (1958), Emergency (1959), Consider Your Verdict (1962), The Magic Boomerang (1965-66), The Long Arm (1970), Ryan (1973), Rush (1974), Power Without Glory (1976), The Sullivans (1976), Bluey (1977), I Can Jump Puddles (1981), Home (1983), Matthew and Son (1984), Neighbours (1985), Death of a Soldier (1986), The Petrov Affair (1987), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988), Sugar and Spice (1989) and The Flying Doctors (1990).
Facts
When Ron was 14, both his parents were killed in a road accident, and as both his older brothers were serving in World War II, he had to move in with his neighbours. Ron played Dame Edna Everage's husband Norm, and her son Kenny, when Barry Humphries first began touring as the superstar housewife in 1959. In 1975, Ron and his wife Shirley got involved in a campaign to prevent the "social extinction by rapacious redevelopment" of the South Burnley suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Read all about it here, if you're so inclined. A plaque in Ron's honour can be found in Burnley's Golden Square Bicentennial Park.
John Rolfe (Sam Becket) March 25th 1935 to August 12th 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Sam Becket in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Fell in The Green Death (1973)
Career highlights
John's long career began in Agib and Agab (1953), then Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954), The River Flows East (1962), Cluff (1964, as Detective Constable Barker), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Out of the Unknown (1971), The Brothers (1974), The Chinese Puzzle (1974), Hadleigh (1976), Blake's 7 (1978), Thomas and Sarah (1979), To Serve Them All My Days (1980), Kessler (1981), Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), One By One (1985), Howard's Way (1985-86, as James Sinclair), Wish Me Luck (1988), Moon and Son (1992), Mr Bean (1992), The World of Lee Evans (1995) and Joking Apart (1995).
Facts
John was apparently named after the English colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1614.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain in The War Machines (1966)
Played: Sam Becket in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Fell in The Green Death (1973)
Career highlights
John's long career began in Agib and Agab (1953), then Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954), The River Flows East (1962), Cluff (1964, as Detective Constable Barker), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Out of the Unknown (1971), The Brothers (1974), The Chinese Puzzle (1974), Hadleigh (1976), Blake's 7 (1978), Thomas and Sarah (1979), To Serve Them All My Days (1980), Kessler (1981), Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), One By One (1985), Howard's Way (1985-86, as James Sinclair), Wish Me Luck (1988), Moon and Son (1992), Mr Bean (1992), The World of Lee Evans (1995) and Joking Apart (1995).
Facts
John was apparently named after the English colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1614.
Alan Rowe (Voice from Space Control, Dr Evans) December 14th 1926 to October 21st 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice from Space Control in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Dr Evans in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Edward of Wessex in The Time Warrior (1973-74)
Played: Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Played: Garif in Full Circle (1980)
Career highlights
New Zealander Alan's career began with You Never Can Tell (1955), then Sword of Freedom (1957), An Age of Kings (1960), Maigret (1963), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Heil Caesar! (1973), The XYY Man (1976), Crown Court (1975-79, as Justice Quinlan), Number 10 (1983), Morgan's Boy (1984), Lovejoy (1986), The Manageress (1989-90), Forever Green (1989-92) and Wycliffe (1997).
Facts
He was the long-term partner of actor Geoffrey Bayldon, who appeared in The Creature from the Pit.
Robin Scott (Scientist Charlie Wise)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Scientist Charlie Wise in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Resistance man in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes The Sandwich Man (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Carry On Doctor (1967), The Power Game (1969), The Worker (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Space: 1999 (1975), Nancy Astor (1982), Sorry! (1982) and The Gentle Touch (1984).
Alan Wells (Scientist Joe Benson) Died April 18th 1993
This was his only known credit, although he did film footage as an uncredited scientist in The Time Monster (1973), but the scenes were cut.
Reg Whitehead (Cyberman) December 11th 1932 to March 11th 2016 Click here for Reg Whitehead's entry on The Tenth Planet
John Wills (Cyberman) July 20th 1925 to January 20th 1990 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Frankenstein['s monster] in The Chase (1965 - as John Maxim)
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Career highlights
Australian John's acting career began with Dracula (1958), followed by parts in Ivanhoe (1958), William Tell (1959), Deadline Midnight (1961), Consider Your Verdict (1963), The Big Spender (1965), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Prisoner (1967).
Sonnie Willis (Cyberman) August 12th 1912 to May 7th 1977
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyberman in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: BBC3 TV crewmember in The Daemons (1971, uncredited)
Played: Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin (1976, uncredited)
Career highlights
Further work by this prolific bit-part player includes Will Any Gentleman...? (1953), From Russia with Love (1963), Carry On Cleo (1964), Mickey Dunne (1967), The Voices in the Park (1967), Life with Cooper (1968), Cooper at Large (1968), Curry & Chips (1969), Z Cars (1965/70/71), Gumshoe (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Jack the Ripper (1973), And Mother Makes Five (1975), Madame Bovary (1975) and Voyage of the Damned (1976).
Career highlights
Further work by this prolific bit-part player includes Will Any Gentleman...? (1953), From Russia with Love (1963), Carry On Cleo (1964), Mickey Dunne (1967), The Voices in the Park (1967), Life with Cooper (1968), Cooper at Large (1968), Curry & Chips (1969), Z Cars (1965/70/71), Gumshoe (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Jack the Ripper (1973), And Mother Makes Five (1975), Madame Bovary (1975) and Voyage of the Damned (1976).
Michael Wolf (Nils) June 14th 1934 to March 26th 2002
Career highlights
German born Michael first appeared in Espionage (1964) and over the following years popped up in The Baron (1966), The Possessed (1969), The Pathfinders (1972-73), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Enigma Files (1980), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), War and Remembrance (1988-89) and The Countess Alice (1992).
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Kit Pedler (writer) June 11th 1927 to May 27th 1981 (heart attack) Click here for Kit Pedler's entry on The War Machines
Morris Barry (director) February 9th 1918 to November 20th 2000
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Moonbase (1967), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), The Dominators (1968)
Played: Tollund in The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
Morris started out behind the cameras, directing Escape (1957), Starr and Company (1958), Barnaby Rudge (1960), Compact (1963-65), 199 Park Lane (1965), The Newcomers (1965), Softly Softly (1967), The Doctors (1970), Spy Trap (1972) and Angels (1978), as well as 40 episodes of Z Cars between 1962-72. He also produced some of the shows he directed, as well as Swizzlewick (1964), The Donati Conspiracy (1973), Poldark (1975-76) and Count Dracula (1977). After retiring from production, Morris became an actor, appearing in Blake's 7 (1979), Are You Being Served? (1979), Penmarric (1979), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), The Day of the Triffids (1981), Nanny (1983), Jane Eyre (1983), Hi-De-Hi! (1984), Drummonds (1985) and Mapp and Lucia (1986).
Facts
His wife was actress Sally Lahee, best known as Eunice Huntley in soap The Newcomers.
Innes Lloyd (producer) December 24th 1925 to August 23rd 1991 (cancer) Click here for Innes Lloyd's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Gerry Davis (script editor) February 23rd 1930 to August 31st 1991 (stomach cancer) Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
His wife was actress Sally Lahee, best known as Eunice Huntley in soap The Newcomers.
Innes Lloyd (producer) December 24th 1925 to August 23rd 1991 (cancer) Click here for Innes Lloyd's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Gerry Davis (script editor) February 23rd 1930 to August 31st 1991 (stomach cancer) Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
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