Death to the Daleks

The Exxilons knew how
 to keep warm in winter

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Feb 23 to Mar 16 1974
Average audience for serial: 9.40m

An episode by episode review of this story can be read at Time Space Visualiser.

REGULAR CAST

Jon Pertwee (The Doctor) Jul 7 1919 to May 20 1996 (heart attack) Click here to see Jon Pertwee's entry on Spearhead from Space

Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) Feb 1 1946 to Apr 19 2011 (pancreatic cancer) Click here for Elisabeth Sladen's entry on The Time Warrior

GUEST CAST

John Abineri (Richard Railton) May 18 1928 to Jun 29 2000 (motor-neurone disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Van Lutyens in Fury from the Deep (1968)
Played: General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Played: Richard Railton in Death to the Daleks (1974)
Played: Ranquin in The Power of Kroll (1978-79)
Career highlights
John's first credit was in The Children of the New Forest (1955), and later appeared in The Third Man (1959), Formula for Danger (1960), The Odd Man (1962), Redcap (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966), The Witch's Daughter (1971), The Last of the Mohicans (1971), General Hospital (1972), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Moon Stallion (1978), Blake's 7 (1979), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Jamaica Inn (1983), Maelstrom (1985), Red Dwarf (1988, as Rimmer's father), The Godfather Part III (1990), Seaforth (1994), Wycliffe (1995) and The Window Bed (1999). John also had regular roles as Hubert Goss in Survivors (1976-77) and Herne the Hunter in Robin of Sherwood (1984-86); he was also the butler in the original series of Ferrero Rocher advertisements.
Facts
John's son Daniel is an actor and voiceover artist who claims to have discovered Russell Crowe (Daniel is married to TV producer Claudia Rosencrantz). John's other son Sebastian is also an actor. When actor Duncan Lamont died during the film of the 1979 Blake's 7 episode Hostage, John took over the role (both had co-starred in the Doctor Who story Death to the Daleks (1974)). In 1973 John was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for playing Chingachgook in Last of the Mohicans and Hawkeye, the Pathfinder (he lost to Anthony Murphy).

Mostyn Evans (High Priest) Jul 7 1923 to Nov 23 1990
Doctor Who credits
Played: Extra in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Played: Dai Evans in The Green Death (1973)
Played: High Priest in Death to the Daleks (1974)
Career highlights
Mostyn's small CV began with Espionage (1964) and took in Brett (1971), Man About the House (1975), Killers (1976), Grange Hill (1983) and The District Nurse (1984).

Julian Fox (Peter Hamilton) Born Apr 13 1938
Career highlights
Julian's first credit was playing a constable in 20 episodes of No Hiding Place (1959-60), followed by work in It Happened Like This (1963), Mr Rose (1968), The Troubleshooters (1971), Colditz (1972), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (1977), Secret Army (1979), Blood Money (1981), The Nation's Health (1983), Drummonds (1987), The Charmer (1987), Gems (1988), The Chief (1991), Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992) and The Wingless Bird (1997).
Facts
Julian has also worked as a tour guide in Switzerland.

Murphy Grumbar (Dalek operator) Aug 16 1928 to May 5 1991 Click here for Murphy Grumbar's entry on The Daleks (as Peter Murphy)

Joy Harrison (Jill Tarrant)
Career highlights
Other credits on Joy's CV include Love Story (1967), The Venturers (1972), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), Second Time Around (1974), Escort Girls (1975), The Bill (1995), The Heart Surgeon (1997), Colour Blind (1998), Oliver Twist (1999) and Silent Witness (2003).
Facts
Joy now lives in Canada.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Joy here.

Roy Heymann (Gotal) Sep 11 1941 to Feb 23 1996
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alien priest in Colony in Space (1971)
Played: Gotal in Death to the Daleks (1974)
Career highlights
Roy's only other credit is a 1962 edition of Dixon of Dock Green.
Facts
If you've ever wondered what the human face is beneath the masks of the alien priest or Gotal, you can see Roy's picture on his Brazilian travel documents from 1963/4 here!

Duncan Lamont (Dan Galloway) Jun 17 1918 to Dec 19 1978 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Portuguese-born Duncan's first credit was 1950's She Shall Have Murder, followed by roles in The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Quatermass Experiment (1953, as Victor Carroon), Meet Mr Malcolm (1954), The Other Man (1956), Dial 999 (1958), I Was Monty's Double (1958), The Texan (1958-60), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Murder at the Gallop (1963), The Evil of Frankenstein (1964), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Arabesque (1966), The Witches (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Avengers (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), The Persuaders! (1971), Man About the House (1973-74), The Creeping Flesh (1973), Poldark (1975), Our Mutual Friend (1976), Secret Army (1978) and The Case of Cruelty to Prawns (1979). Duncan also had a regular role as Sgt Bob Cooper in Dixon of Dock Green (1965-68).
Facts
Duncan died while filming the Blake's 7 episode Hostage; his role was taken over by John Abineri, ironically his co-star in Death to the Daleks. He was married to actress Patricia Driscoll, best known as Maid Marian in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957-60). Duncan was a member of the Lamont clan, the oldest registered clan in Scotland. Future Prime Minister Edward Heath was head boy at the school in Ramsgate, UK, where he was educated.

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

Neil Seiler (Commander Stewart) Sep 2 1925 to Feb 14 2003
Doctor Who credits
Played: Radio operator in The Sea Devils (1972)
Played: Commander Stewart in Death to the Daleks (1974)
Career highlights
After taking up acting in 1948, Neil made appearances in The Villains (1964), Crown Court (1972), Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974), Marked Personal (1974) and Days of Hope (1975).
Facts
Neil was for a time married to actress Irene Inescort, most famous as Aunt Edie in Aussie soap Neighbours. Neil had to retire from acting early because of ill-health.

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

Michael Wisher (Dalek voice) May 19 1935 to Jul 21 1995 (heart attack) Click here for Michael Wisher's entry on The Ambassadors of Death

Arnold Yarrow (Bellal) Born Apr 17 1920 DOCTOR WHO CENTENARIAN!
Career highlights
Multi-talented 5ft 3in Arnold's other acting credits include Over to William (1956), Doomsday for Dyson (1958), The Roving Reasons (1960), The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), Coronation Street (1965), The Man in the Mirror (1966), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1968), Mahler (1974), The Onedin Line (1980), Cold Warrior (1984) and Genghis Cohn (1993); he had a regular role as Jewish bricklayer Benny Bloom in soap EastEnders (1988-89), a potential husband for Ethel Skinner. Behind the camera, Arnold acted as script editor on almost 80 episodes of Softly Softly (1968-71) and a handful of Barlow At Large (1971) and Second Verdict (1976), while also writing scripts for Suspense (1960), Warship (1973), Crown Court (1974) and EastEnders (1992-94).

CREW

Terry Nation (writer) Aug 6 1930 to Mar 9 1997 (emphysema) Click here for Terry Nation's entry on The Daleks

Michael Briant (director) Born Feb 14 1942 Click here for Michael Briant's entry on Colony in Space

Barry Letts (producer) Mar 26 1925 to Oct 9 2009 (cancer) Click here for Barry Letts's entry on The Enemy of the World

Terrance Dicks (script editor) Apr 14 1935 to Aug 29 2019 Click here for Terrance Dicks's entry on The Invasion