The Face of Evil

Neeva (David Garfield) gives it to
Xoanon (Tom Baker) full in the face

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Jan 1 to 22 1977
Average audience for serial: 11.20m

REGULAR CAST

Tom Baker (The Doctor) Born Jan 20 1934 Click here for Tom Baker's entry on Robot

Louise Jameson (Leela) Born Apr 20 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Leela in The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Horror of Fang Rock, The Invisible Enemy, Image of the Fendahl, The Sun Makers, Underworld, The Invasion of Time (1977-78). Return appearance in Dimensions in Time (1993). Archive footage in Logopolis (1981).
Career highlights
Louise made her screen debut in a 1971 adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays, and then took roles in Cider with Rosie (1971), Disciple of Death (1972), Emmerdale Farm (1973), Space: 1999 (1975), The Peddler (1976), Dominic (1976), The Gentle Touch (1984), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Age 13¾ (1985), The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987), Molly (1994), Wycliffe (1995), The Upper Hand (1996), The Pale Horse (1997), River City (2008), The Vessel (2011), Doc Martin (2011), Holby City (2012), The Tractate Middoth (2013), Toast of London (2014), Guin and the Dragon (2015), Crossing Over (2017) and Modern Love (2018). She has had a number of regular roles over the years, including Dr Anne Reynolds in The Omega Factor (1979), Blanche Simmons in Tenko (1981-82), Susan Young in Bergerac (1985-90), Janet in Rides (1992-93) and Rosa Di Marco in over 200 episodes of soap EastEnders (1998-2000).
Facts
Louise was persuaded to become an actress when she was working as a prison visitor and met Leslie Grantham, then serving 12 years for manslaughter but later to become famous as EastEnders' Den Watts (and who was also in Resurrection of the Daleks in 1984). She has two sons with fellow actor David Warwick (who appeared in The Pirate Planet (1978) and Army of Ghosts (2006)). One, Harry, is a celebrity fitness trainer who can count former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson among his clients. Here she is on Twitter!

GUEST CAST

Peter Baldock (Acolyte) Born May 19 1949
Career highlights
Peter's other acting work include A Life at Stake (1978), Jocko (1981), Among the Cinders (1984) and The Murder House (1998). Peter moved into post-production in the late 1970s, working as an editor on films such as Alien (1979), Shanghai Surprise (1986), The Rachel Papers (1989) and  Nuns on the Run (1990), but has had his greatest success as a sound/ dubbing editor on productions such as Blade Runner (1982), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Hackers (1995), Alive and Kicking (1996), Our Friends in the North (1996), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The Beach (2000), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002), S Club Seeing Double (2003), Creep (2004), The Alan Clark Diaries (2006), Inside the Twin Towers (2006), Control (2007), The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (2009), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010), Blackwood (2014), Second Coming (2014), Sparks and Embers (2015) and Lucid (2018).
Awards
2007: BAFTA TV Award for Best Sound Factual (9/11: Inside the Twin Towers) - shared with Tim White and Cliff Jones
2007: Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award for Best Sound Drama (9/11: Inside the Twin Towers) - shared with Tim White and Cliff Jones
Facts
Peter is now the owner of sound design company Art4Noise, which he established in 2004.

Leon Eagles (Jabel) Apr 6 1932 to Dec 16 1997
Career highlights
Debuting in The Cruise of the Toytown Belle in 1950, Leon's CV also includes Othello (1955), Carry On Sergeant (1958), The Avengers (1963), Judith Paris (1964), Grady (1970), The Black Tulip (1970), The Onedin Line (1972), The Jensen Code (1973), Steptoe and Son (1974), The Prince and the Pauper (1976), Love for Lydia (1977), The Tomorrow People (1978), Crossroads (1978), The Squad (1980), Gulliver in Lilliput (1982), We'll Meet Again (1982), Bottle Boys (1985), Drummonds (1985/87), Chocky's Challenge (1986), Agatha Christie: Poirot (1991) and London's Burning (1995).
Facts
Until her death in 1994, Leon was married to actress Mary Preston (best known as Beth Skinner in Timeslip).

Rob Edwards (Xoanon voice) Born May 24 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Xoanon voice in The Face of Evil (1977)
Played: Chub in The Robots of Death (1977)
Career highlights
Debuting in Gangsters (1976), Rob's further credits include Just William (1977), The Fourth Arm (1983), By the Sword Divided (1983-85), The Practice (1986), Aliens in the Family (1987), Campion (1989), Mother Love (1989), Soldier Soldier (1993), Harry (1995), Dangerfield (1996), Hamlet (1996), Trail of Guilt (1999), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), The Thick of It (2005-12), Dancing on the Edge (2013) and Holby City (2017).
Facts
He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Scar in The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre (he lost to Simon Russell Beale).
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Rob here.

Mike Elles (Gentek)
Career highlights
Mike debuted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), and then Fall of Eagles (1974), The Sweeney (1976), Mr Big (1977), Tenko (1981), The Secret Adversary (1983), A Small Problem (1987), After Work (2006), Monomania (2014) and The Sonnet Project (2017).
Facts
Mike also worked as a carpenter.

Brett Forrest (Guard) Dec 15 1943 to Mar 27 2013
Career highlights
Brett made his debut in And Mother Makes Three in 1971, then took roles in A Little Bit of Wisdom (1975), Two's Company (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), Tales of the Unexpected (1982), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), William Tell (1987), Hannay (1988), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), Underground (1998) and My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003).

Anthony Frieze (Xoanon voice) Born Nov 19 1965
Facts
This is Australian-born Anthony's only acting credit. He was a pupil at the school where director Pennant Roberts's wife taught at the time. Anthony is now a Conservative Party activist, having stood for the Darlington constituency in the 2005 General Election, placing second to Alan Milburn with 26% of the vote. Anthony was a contemporary of British Prime Minister David Cameron and cabinet minister Michael Gove at Oxford University in the 1980s: in January 1988 a campus newspaper claimed Gove and Frieze were among a group of five student politicians who ended up in bed together after a ball. However, in an "expose" of this incident in a 2008 Daily Mail story, participant Flora McClean claimed no such thing occurred. In 2010 Anthony was mistakenly arrested on suspicion of theft in an incident near the Saatchi Gallery in London, but in actual fact he had been caught up in apprehending the real thief who had made off with a woman's laptop and phone. Police arrested both men at the scene, and Anthony spent the night in a police cell until it was ascertained that it was actually Teejay Moore who was guilty of the crime (he was jailed for six months). Anthony has worked for various multinational companies, including director of Deutsche Bank and CEO of Balfour Capital.

David Garfield (Neeva)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Von Weich in The War Games (1969)
Played: Neeva in The Face of Evil (1977)
Career highlights
David's debut came in 1963's She's a Free Country, after which he appeared in The Spies (1966), The Prisoner (1967), Manhunt (1970), Elizabeth R (1971), Fish (1973), Anne of Avonlea (1975), The Changes (1975), Poldark (1975-76), Lorna Doone (1976), A Question of Guilt (1980), Citizen Smith (1980), The District Nurse (1987), Cadfael (1994), Born and Bred (2005), The IT Crowd (2006) and Stella (2012). He also wrote over 30 scripts for soap Crossroads between 1974-84.

Roy Herrick (Xoanon voice) Jul 22 1936 to Oct 11 1988
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jean in The Reign of Terror (1964)
Played: Voice of Xoanon in The Face of Evil (1977)
Played: Parsons in The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Career highlights
Roy's further work included The Spread of the Eagle (1963), Object Z (1965), Macbeth (1970), Public Eye (1971), Colditz (1974), Survivors (1976), George and Mildred (1979), Tenko (1981), Fresh Fields (1984) and Howards' Way (1985). He regularly played Jeffrey Sissons in The Regiment (1972-73).

Tom Kelly (Guard)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in The Face of Evil (1977), The Sun Makers (1977)
Played: Vardan in The Invasion of Time (1978)
Career highlights
Debuting in Angels (1976), Tom's other credits include Blake's 7 (1978), The Lost Boys (1978), Julius Caesar (1979), At the Fountainhead (of German Strength) (1980), Agony (1981), Chintz (1981), Murphy's Mob (1982), On the Line (1982), Shine on Harvey Moon (1984), Unnatural Causes (1986), The Green Man (1990) and The Bill (1992). He may be remembered by cult TV fans as the soldier Sam Pearce in the railway station adventure of Sapphire and Steel (1979).
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Tom here.

Victor Lucas (Andor) Jul 12 1919 to Nov 17 2000
Career highlights
His first credit was as Lucifer in The Tragical History of Dr Faustus (1947), then Under Capricorn (1949), Murder in the Cathedral (1952), The Blue Parrot (1953), The Grove Family (1955), Paul of Tarsus (1960), Garry Halliday (1960), Looking About (1962), The Flying Swan (1965), The Adventurer (1973), Juggernaut (1974), Churchill's People (1974), Rebecca (1979), Testament of Youth (1979), World's End (1981), Bergerac (1983), Hot Metal (1989) and How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989). He also played Torrence in Maigret (1960-63) and the House of Commons Speaker in The New Statesman (1989).
Facts
Victor's wife was actor Marjorie Sommerville. In a 2010 interview, Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart said of Victor: "He was a notorious womanizer. From him, I learned to be immensely proud of being an actor, that it was an honorable profession. But he also let me know that it was an excellent way of getting laid. And from Victor I learned not to take things too seriously. I wish I could have taken a cue from him much earlier in my career than I did, because it took me years to start having fun. He was a striking figure, tall and stocky. He had this amazing red hair, and a red complexion to go with it. He would often flip through trade magazines pointing at actresses' headshots, saying 'Had her. Had her. She's a goer!' If you believed him, Victor had actually had most of the actresses in British theatre. Maybe he had, I don't know, but at 19, with one girlfriend behind me, I was very impressed."

Lloyd McGuire (Lugo) Born Sep 2 1947
Career highlights
Debuting in Village Hall (1974), Lloyd's career really took off, with roles in Chips with Everything (1975), Survivors (1976), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978), Buccaneer (1980), Juliet Bravo (1981/83, as DS Bernie Duckworth), Max Headroom (1985), The Charmer (1987), The Brothers McGregor (1988), One Foot in the Grave (1990), Spender (1991), Between the Lines (1992), Prime Suspect 2 (1992), Nelson's Column (1994), The Thin Blue Line (1995), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996), Silent Witness (1997), The Grand (1998), Maisie Raine (1999), Monarch of the Glen (2000), Ali G Indahouse (2002), Rosemary and Thyme (2004), Midsomer Murders (2006), Thieves Like Us (2007), The Queen (2009, as Edward Heath), The Shadow Line (2011), White Heat (2012), The Hour (2012), Endeavour (2013), Trollied (2013) and You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015). He also had a long-running role as Bob Porter in 40 episodes of Teachers (2001-04).

Brendan Price (Tomas) Born Jun 24 1947
Career highlights
Brendan's first job was in Play of the Month Stephen D (1972), and then took roles in The Liver Birds (1972), Man at the Top (1972), Naughty Wives (1973), The Chinese Puzzle (1974), The Amorous Milkman (1975), The Sweeney (1976), The Sleep of Death (1980), Dear Ladies (1983), Boon (1986), Robin of Sherwood (1986), Dollar for the Dead (1998), The Nameless (1999), Dagon (2001), Sleeping Beauties (2001), Excuses! (2003), The Nun (2005), Doctors (2006), Savage Grace (2007), Paco's Men (2008), Brain Drain (2009), Plans for Tomorrow (2010), Exorcismus (2010), 11-11-11 (2011), Google and the World Brain (2013), Angelus (2014), The Refugees (2014-15) and Cuentame (2013/2017). He had regular roles as Detective Sergeant Frank Bonney in Target (1977-78), Dr Bernard McAllister in Emmerdale (1993-94) and appeared in more than 40 episodes of Spanish drama Love in Difficult Times (2011-12).
Facts
Brendan has lived and worked in Spain for many years now.

Pamela Salem (Xoanon voice) Jan 22 1944 to Feb 21 2024
Doctor Who credits
Played: Xoanon voice in The Face of Evil (1977)
Played: Toos in The Robots of Death (1977)
Played: Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Career highlights
Indian-born Pamela had one of the most familiar faces on British TV, her career starting with 1969's Happy Ever After, then Out of the Unknown (1971), Jason King (1971), The Onedin Line (1972), The Carnforth Practice (1974), Van der Valk (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), The Bitch (1979), Flesh and Blood (1980), Buccaneer (1980), Into the Labyrinth (1981-82), Never Say Never Again (1983, as Miss Moneypenny to Sean Connery's 007), The Tripods (1984), Ever Decreasing Circles (1984), Magnum P.I (1985), Howards' Way (1986), Succubus (1987), All Creatures Great and Small (1978/80/88, as Zoe Bennett), EastEnders (1988-89), French Fields (1989-91), Perfect Scoundrels (1992), ER (1996), Gods and Monsters (1998), Party of Five (2000), Licensed by Royalty (2003), The West Wing (2005, as the British PM!), Big Love (2010), Pig (2011) and Down's Revenge (2018).
Facts
Pamela originally auditioned for the role of companion Leela in The Face of Evil, but instead got a guest role in the following story. She was married to prolific Irish actor Michael O'Hagan until his death in 2017, while her sister is puppeteer and poet Gillie Robic.

Leslie Schofield (Calib) Born Dec 12 1938
Doctor Who credits
Played: Leroy in The War Games (1969)
Played: Calib in The Face of Evil (1977)
Career highlights
Character actor Leslie debuted in The Body Stealers (1969), after which he became a prolific face on British screens, notably in Department S (1969), Manhunt (1970), New Scotland Yard (1972), Menace (1973), Boy Dominic (1974), Rentaghost (1976), Star Wars (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1978-79, as Tim), Grandad (1980), Hallelujah! (1983), Oliver Twist (1985), Clockwise (1986), Jonny Briggs (1985-87, as Jonny's dad), Gentlemen and Players (1988-89), Tricky Business (1991), Coronation Street (1992-93), The Brittas Empire (1994), Wokenwell (1997), The Last Detective (2003) and Midsomer Murders (2006). Two of his most memorable running roles were as Jeff Healy in soap EastEnders (1997-2000) and as security guard Len in sitcom The Smoking Room (2004-05).

Colin Thomas (Sole) Died 2017
Doctor Who credits
Played: UNIT soldier in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, uncredited)
Played: Sole in The Face of Evil (1977)
Played: Station policeman in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977, uncredited)
Played: Mentiad in The Pirate Planet (1978, uncredited)
Played: Foster in The Keeper of Traken (1981, uncredited)
Played: Time Lord in Arc of Infinity (1983, uncredited)
Played: Elder in Planet of Fire (1984, uncredited)
Played: Pallbearer in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
Colin debuted in The Fenn Street Gang (1972), then Dial M for Murder (1974), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Rooms (1975), Oil Strike North (1975), The Madness (1976), Tales of the Unexpected (1980), Singles (1984), All in Good Faith (1988), For Queen and Country (1988) and Tight Trousers (1990).

CREW

Chris Boucher (writer) Feb 15 1943 to Dec 11 2022
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Face of Evil (1977), The Robots of Death (1977), Image of the Fendahl (1977)
Career highlights
Chris started out as a satirical and comedy sketch writer for the likes of Braden's Week (1968) and The Saturday Crowd (1969), later writing for Dave Allen At Large (1971), Romany Jones (1973), That's Life! (1973), Shoestring (1980), Juliet Bravo (1982), Home James! (1987) and The Bill (1990). Chris also played a major role in developing drama in the late 1970s and 80s, becoming script editor and occasional writer on Blake's 7 (1978-81), script editor of Bergerac (1983-87), series deviser of Star Cops (1987) and script editor on The Bill (1987). In more recent years Chris wrote novels and audio dramas based upon the worlds he created in Blake's 7 and Doctor Who (including Last Man Running, Corpse Marker, Psi-ence Fiction and Match of the Day).

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.

Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) Born Oct 1 1944 Click here for Philip Hinchcliffe's entry on The Ark in Space

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