Destiny of the Daleks

The Doctor (Tom Baker) meets Davros
(David Gooderson) for a second time

Four episodes (Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three, Episode Four)
First broadcast Sep 1 to 22 1979
Average audience for serial: 13.48m

REGULAR CAST

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

Lalla Ward (Romana) Born Jun 28 1951 Click here for Lalla Ward's entry on The Armageddon Factor

GUEST CAST

Tim Barlow (Tyssan) Jan 18 1936 to Jan 20 2023
Career highlights
Tim, who was left profoundly deaf in the 1950s while testing a high velocity Muzzle rifle, left the Army in 1969 to become an actor, making his debut in soap Emmerdale Farm (1973) before moving on to The Nearly Man (1975), Victorian Scandals (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Poldark (1975/77), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978), A Horseman Riding By (1978), Grange Hill (1979), The Omega Factor (1979), Buccaneer (1980), In Loving Memory (1984), Hannay (1988), The Tall Guy (1989), Moon and Son (1992), Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993), Cracker (1993), Mary Reilly (1996), Cousin Bette (1998), Cleopatra (1999), Gormenghast (2000), Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001), Mile High (2003), Blue Murder (2003-04), My Life in Film (2004), Mike Bassett: Manager (2005), Rome (2007), Hot Fuzz (2007), White Heat (2012), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), Holby City (2013), the regular role of Jack in Ricky Gervais's sitcom Derek (2012-14), Sherlock (2014), My Cousin Rachel (2017), The Alienist (2018) and The New Pope (2019-20).
Facts
His remarkable tale of perseverance in becoming an actor was turned into the one-man show Earfull - From Silence into Sound in 2007, which was also the title of a BBC Radio 4 programme about his experience in 2008 when he had a cochlear implant, which allowed him to hear for the first time in over 50 years.

Penny Casdagli (Jall) Born Aug 12 1948
Career highlights
Greek-born Penny had previously appeared in Judge Dee (1969), Puppet on a Chain (1971) and Jubilee (1977), and later appeared in Grange Hill (1982) and The Brief (1984).
Facts
Penny gave up acting after encountering difficulties when she came out as a lesbian in the early 1980s, and has since become a playwright, with a particular emphasis on lesbianism and the feminist movement, and in 1987 received the British Drama Award for the Best Young People's Play for Pardon Mr Punch. Penny also writes plays for young people, often with an emphasis on the use of sign language for the deaf. She worked between 1983-90 under the alias Maro Green. Here she is on Twitter.

Cassandra (Movellan guard)
Very little is known about the mysterious Cassandra, except for the fact the IMDb has her also appearing in 1975's Italian-American sex film The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (aka Never on Friday). A line in the film's credits apparently reads: "The producers wish to thank the makers of Planet of the Apes (1968) for their inspiration, without which this picture would possibly have been better." Any readers know any more about Cassandra...?

Suzanne Danielle (Agella) Born Jan 14 1957
Career highlights
After training as a dancer and appearing in this capacity in various light entertainment shows in the mid-1970s (such as Bruce Forsyth's Bruce and More Girls), Suzanne's first acting role came in The Professionals (1978), and then she was cast in roles in The Wild Geese (1978), The Stud (1978), Arabian Adventure (1979), Hammer House of Horror (1980), The Morecambe and Wise Show (1980), Flash Gordon (1980), The Boys in Blue (1982), Jane (1982), Strangers (1982), California Cowboys (1984) and The Trouble with Spies (1987). She also performed as an impressionist, principally of Princess Diana, in Mike Yarwood in Persons (1981-82), but will be best remembered as playing the title character in Carry On Emmannuelle (1978). As a TV personality, she appeared as herself on shows such as Star Games (1979-80), Punchlines! (1982), On Safari (1982) and Blankety Blank (1984).
Facts
In 1983, Suzanne appeared on her own exercise instruction album, Shape Up and Dance. In 1988, Suzanne quit acting and married professional golfer and ex-Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance.

David Gooderson (Davros) Born Feb 24 1941
Career highlights
Indian-born David's first credit was The Golden Age (1967), followed by The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1969), The Adventures of Don Quick (1970), Hazell (1978), Bognor (1981), Tenko (1981), Seaview (1985), Mapp and Lucia (1985), Relative Strangers (1987), Hannay (1988), London's Burning (1990), Lovejoy (1991), Boon (1992), Murder Most Horrid (1991/94), Searching (1995), Footballers' Wives (2003), Casualty (2004), Super Sleuths (2006), Talk to Me (2007), The A to Z of Crime (2011), Mr Sloane (2014), Cuffs (2015) and Cicatrix (2017). David had a regular role as pathologist Derek Simpkins in A Touch of Frost (1992-2006), and was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights between 1963-64. He also writes and adapts plays for the stage.

Mike Mungarvan (Dalek operator)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mutt in The Mutants (1972, uncredited)
Played: Guard in The Face of Evil (1977, uncredited), The Androids of Tara (1978, uncredited)
Played: Outsider in The Invasion of Time (1978, uncredited)
Played: Druid in The Stones of Blood (1978, uncredited)
Played: Dalek operator in Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Played: Plain clothes detective in Louvre in City of Death (1979, uncredited)
Played: Argolin in The Leisure Hive (1980, uncredited)
Played: Citizen in Full Circle (1980, uncredited)
Played: Kilroy in Warriors' Gate (1981, uncredited)
Played: Hostage in Kinda (1982, uncredited)
Played: Knight in The King's Demons (1983, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984, uncredited)
Played: Jacondan in The Twin Dilemma (1984, uncredited)
Played: Extra in The Trial of a Time Lord Part 5 (1986, uncredited)
Played: Duty officer in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Played: Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (1987, uncredited)
Played: Tetrap in Time and the Rani (1987, uncredited)
Played: Genius in Time and the Rani (1987, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Played: Passer-by in The Christmas Invasion (2005, uncredited)
Career highlights
Mike's earliest role was in Doctor At Large (1971), then Sykes (1975), Scum (1977), Star Wars (1977), Ripping Yarns (1977), The Professionals (1980), Blake's 7 (1978/81), The Gentle Touch (1983), American Roulette (1988), Young Soul Rebels (1991), Nelson's Column (1995) and Charlie (2004).
Facts
Mike is one of only three actors to appear in both the first and last episodes of Blake's 7 (along with Gareth Thomas and Michael Keating). He is also thought to be the only actor to both play a Dalek (Destiny of the Daleks) and be killed by a Dalek (Resurrection of the Daleks).

Tony Osoba (Lan) Born Mar 15 1947
Doctor Who credits
Played: Lan in Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Played: Kracauer in Dragonfire (1987)
Played: Duke in Kill the Moon (2014)
Career highlights
Scottish born Tony made his earliest appearance in Antony and Cleopatra (1974), and then Crown Court (1976), Target (1978), Charles Endell Esq (1979-80), Star Games (1980), The Flame Trees of Thika (1981), Educating Marmaldade (1982), The Cleopatras (1983), Brookside (1984), Return to Treasure Island (1986), Gruey (1988), Snakes and Ladders (1989), Making News (1990), Coronation Street (1982/90), Watt on Earth (1991), Between the Lines (1994), Cross Wits (1994, as a team captain), Bugs (1997), The Demon Headmaster (1998), Taggart (1999), Family Affairs (2000), Fran's People (2002), Mersey Beat (2002-03), Dinotopia (2002-03), Revolver (2004), Tanner (2007), The Shadow Line (2011), Extended Rest (2014), Planetfall (2014) and The Widower (2015). He will forever be remembered as Jock McLaren in the hit sitcom Porridge (1974-77) and its spin-off Going Straight (1978). He also had a regular role as Detective Sergeant Chas Jarvis in Dempsey and Makepeace (1985-86).
Facts
Tony's mother Margaret Osoba, a former BBC researcher, popularised the theory that crime writer Agatha Christie "stole" her character Hercule Poirot from thriller writer Frank Howel Evans, who in 1909 published a story featuring a detective named Poiret. Tony is married to the casting director Sally Osoba.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Tony here.

Roy Skelton (Dalek voice) Jul 20 1931 to Jun 8 2011 (pneumonia following a stroke) Click here for Roy Skelton's entry on The Ark

Peter Straker (Commander Sharrel) Born Nov 7 1943
Career highlights
Jamaica-born Peter debuted in Up the Chastity Belt (1971) and also made appearances in Girl Stroke Boy (1971), Village Hall (1974), The Gentle Touch (1980), Morons from Outer Space (1985), The Orchid House (1991), Urban Gothic (2000), What's Your Name 41? (2005), Casualty (2008), The Sound of Spying (2014) and OLD - The Sitcom (2018). He also played regular Dev in Connie (1985).
Facts
Peter is something of a legend in musical theatre and cabaret circles, having been an original cast member for Hair in 1968, a Phantom of the Opera and a former Frank N Furter from The Rocky Horror Show. Peter had a brief music career in the 1972 when he reached number 40 with The Spirit is Willing, as The Hands of Dr Teleny. A long-standing personal and professional relationship with Queen singer Freddie Mercury led to the single Ragtime Piano Joe (1977), produced by Freddie and which got to number 1 in the Netherlands! Peter also released the album This One's On Me (1978). Peter's involvement in his friend Freddie's career continued when he appeared as one of three men dragged up in the video for the singer's 1987 single The Great Pretender (along with Freddie himself and Queen's Roger Taylor), and was a member of the choir on the track The Golden Boy from his 1988 album Barcelona. Peter also contributed (uncredited) to the lyrics for the 1991 Queen single I'm Going Slightly Mad. In 1999 he also found acclaim as an interpreter of Jacques Brel's work.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Peter here.

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

David Yip (Veldan) Born Jun 4 1951
Career highlights
David made his debut in Whodunnit? (1975), after which he appeared in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1978), Quatermass IV (1979), The Cuckoo Waltz (1980), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), A View to a Kill (1985), King & Castle (1988), Making Out (1989-90), Every Silver Lining (1993), Bugs (1996), Rich Deceiver (1997), My Kingdom (2001), Oscar Charlie (2002), Zoltan the Great (2005), Liverpool Nativity (2007), ChuckleVision (2008), Holby City (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), All That Remains (2016), Emper (2017), and Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2018). David's most high profile role was as the titular character of Detective Sergeant John Ho in The Chinese Detective (1981-82), but was also a regular in soap Brookside (1989) as Michael Choi, as Grandpa in 26 episodes of Luo Bao Bei (2018) and Hong Mankyo in Fortitude (2017-18). He also wrote and directed the 10-minute short Chinese Whispers (2000), and appeared in the controversial comedy The Missing Chink (2004).
Facts
David was once married to actress Lynn Farleigh, who only ever seems to marry Doctor Who actors (her other husbands are John Woodvine and Michael Jayston).

Note: Although uncredited, Romana's briefly seen discarded regenerations were played by Yvonne Gallagher (tiny Romana), Lee Richards (buxom Romana) and Maggy Armitage (giant Romana).

CREW

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

Ken Grieve (director) Mar 17 1942 to Nov 15 2016 (myeloma)
Career highlights
Ken's directing career began on Coronation Street in 1974, after which he worked on The XYY Man (1976-77), The Omega Factor (1979), Buccaneer (1980), Strangers (1980/82), Chessgame (1983), Bulman (1985), Game, Set and Match (1988), Moon and Son (1992), Bugs (1995), Cadfael (1997-98), Peak Practice (1999), The Royal (2005), The Bill (2000-05), Casualty (2007) and Law and Order UK (2009).
Facts
It was Ken who helped to film the location footage representing Manchester in the opening titles of soap Coronation Street seen between 1976-90, which included the first "Corrie cat"! He was diagnosed with myeloma in 2008 but continued to work for as long as he could, even refusing the help of a Macmillan Nurse.

Graham Williams (producer) May 24 1945 to Aug 17 1990 (shooting incident) Click here for Graham Williams's entry on Horror of Fang Rock

Douglas Adams (script editor) Mar 11 1952 to May 11 2001 (heart attack) Click here for Douglas Adams's entry on The Pirate Planet