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| The Doctor (Tom Baker) with his new friends, plus a new old enemy! |
First broadcast Feb 28 to Mar 21 1981
Average audience for serial: 6.68m
REGULAR CAST
Tom Baker (The Doctor) Born Jan 20 1934 Click here for Tom Baker's entry on Robot
Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961 Click here for Matthew Waterhouse's entry on Full Circle
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Born Dec 12 1961 Click here for Sarah Sutton's entry on The Keeper of Traken
Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tegan Jovanka in Logopolis, Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday, Kinda, The Visitation, Black Orchid, Earthshock, Time-Flight, Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Warriors of the Deep, The Awakening, Frontios, Resurrection of the Daleks (1981-84). Return appearance in The Caves of Androzani (1984), The Power of the Doctor (2022) and Tales of the TARDIS (2023), as well as the Jim'll Fix It sketch A Fix with Sontarans (1985).
Career highlights
Prior to Doctor Who, Australian born Janet had appeared in the Hammer House of Horror episode Charlie Boy (1980), and subsequent credits include Shelley (1982), Minder (1984), Hold the Back Page (1986) and Parnell and the Englishwoman (1991).
Facts
After training as an actor Down Under, Janet moved to the UK in 1977, but in 1991 gave up acting to work for pressure group Women in Film and Television. In the 1990s she became an actors' agent, representing Paul McGann when he was cast as the Eighth Doctor in 1996. In 1982, Janet married Daily Mirror and World in Action journalist Nicholas Davies, who later became notable for allegations of being an arms dealer and Mossad agent, as well as one of Diana, Princess of Wales's lovers. They divorced in 1991. Janet reprised her role as Tegan in 2006 for the Big Finish audio adventure The Gathering, and has played her on audio ever since. In 2012, it was revealed that Janet was fighting cancer. She is heavily involved in the community scheme Project MotorHouse in Ramsgate, UK, and organised two fundraising events in 2013 which reunited firstly five Doctors (numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10) and then 12 companions (along with Peter Davison). Janet has the distinction of having acted alongside seven TV Doctors (1-6 & 13), as well as playing opposite Sylvester McCoy at his audition, and representing Paul McGann as his agent. Here she is on Twitter.
GUEST CAST
Anthony Ainley (The Master) Aug 20 1932 to May 3 2004 (cancer) Click here for Anthony Ainley's entry on The Keeper of Traken
John Fraser (The Monitor) Born Mar 18 1931 to Nov 7 2020
Career highlights
John made his debut in 1952's Kidnapped, followed by Titanic (1953), Cavalcade of America (1953), The Desert Rats (1953), The Dam Busters (1955), The Good Companions (1957), The Gentle Flame (1959), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA), Tunes of Glory (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965), Kenilworth (1967), Isadora (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Columbo (1972), A Legacy (1975), Schizo (1976), Supernatural (1977), Thundercloud (1979), Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982), Rep (1982), Tell-Tale Hearts (1992), Scarlett (1994), Doctor Finlay (1996) and The Bill (1995/96). He also had the regular role of Dr Lawrence Golding in The Practice (1985-86).
Facts
John also dabbled in the pop charts in the late 1950s and early 60s with songs such as Golden Cage and Why Don't They Understand. It was John who discovered actor Patrick Wymark's body when he died in Australia while on a theatre tour in 1970. John's memoirs, Close Up: An Actor Telling Tales (2004), lifts the lid on the private lives of many of his acting contemporaries, including Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Peter Sellers, and reveals that he had a sexual relationship with dancer Rudolf Nureyev. In 1969 he wrote a novel called Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies, one of the first books to deal with the Thalidomide controversy. He retired to Tuscany, Italy, to write novels and live with his long-term partner, before returning to the UK in 2010.
Tom Georgeson (Detective inspector) Born Aug 8 1937
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
Played: Detective inspector in Logopolis (1981)
Career highlights
Prolific Tom's earliest credit was in All's Well That Ends Well (1968), followed by roles in The Assistant (1969), Shabby Tiger (1973), Lizzie Dripping (1975), Rooms (1975), Headmaster (1977), When the Boat Comes In (1981), Maybury (1981), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), Juliet Bravo (1983), The Last Place on Earth (1985), Strike It Rich! (1986), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Les Girls (1988), The Manageress (1989-90), Stay Lucky (1990), GBH (1991), Bramwell (1996), Fierce Creatures (1997), Cadfael (1997), Liverpool 1 (1998), City Central (2000), Ultimate Force (2002), Bleak House (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Angel (2007), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Justice (2011), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012) and Electricity (2014). He also had a long-standing role as Harry Naylor in Between the Lines (1992-94).
Facts
Tom's daughter Rosalind is married to actor Tom Bell's son Aran, and the two of them have a daughter, actor Florence Bell.
Christopher Hurst (Security guard) Born Apr 20 1956
Career highlights
Further credits include Cry Freedom (1987) and The Midday Sun (1989).
Facts
After quitting acting in 1986, Christopher moved into teaching and training in communication skills in Zimbabwe, then moved into shipping, before returning to performance and working at AFDA in Durban, South Africa.
Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa) Oct 26 1926 to Sep 1 2013
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Australian Dolore's final credit, after having appeared in A Little South of Heaven (1961), The Comedy Game (1971), Mrs Finnegan (1970-71, as Jessie Finnegan), Behind the Legend (1972), Our Man in the Company (1973-74, as Ena Wheeler), Matlock Police (1972/74), Moving On (1974), The Unisexers (1975), Caddie (1976), Rush (1976), The Outsiders (1977), The Picture Show Man (1977), Tickled Pink (1978) and Glenview High (1978-79, as Mrs Moore).
Facts
In 1973, Dolore was hospitalised after being in a car accident in Sydney, thankfully not harming her pregnancy in the event. Dolore was the mother of sisters Jodie Brooke and Tracey Wilson, who themselves appeared in Delta and the Bannermen (1987). In the 1990s Jodie was hostess on the TV game show Take Your Pick, hosted by Des O'Connor - and in 2007 Des and Jodie married, making Dolore Des O'Connor's mother-in-law! Jodie has had a singing career of her own, including this song, Falling.
Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Logopolis, Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday, Kinda, The Visitation, Black Orchid, Earthshock, Time-Flight, Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Warriors of the Deep, The Awakening, Frontios, Resurrection of the Daleks, Planet of Fire, The Caves of Androzani (1981-84). Return appearances in Dimensions in Time (1993), Time Crash (2007), The Power of the Doctor (2022) and Tales of the TARDIS (2023). Appears in archive footage in The Next Doctor (2008), The Eleventh Hour (2010), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013), The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Magician's Apprentice (2015) and Twice Upon a Time (2017).
Career highlights
Peter's earliest screen appearance was in The Tomorrow People (1975), followed by Print Out (1979), Saint Joan (1979), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Jackanory (1984), Anna of the Five Towns (1985), Miss Marple (1985), Tales of the Unexpected (1988), Kinsey (1992), Harnessing Peacocks (1993), Black Beauty (1994), Molly (1994), The Good Sex Guide (2004), Cuts (1996), Dear Nobody (1997), Jonathan Creek (1998), Wuthering Heights (1998), Parting Shots (1998), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000), Hardware (2004), The Complete Guide to Parenting (2006), Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2007), Fear, Stress and Anger (2007), Unforgiven (2009), Midsomer Murders (2009), Miranda (2009), The Queen (2009), Sherlock (2010), New Tricks (2011), Pat and Cabbage (2013), Death in Paradise (2014), Toast of London (2014-15), Brian Pern: A Tribute (2017), Grantchester (2017), Liar (2017), Say My Name (2018), Vera (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2019). Peter, whose birth surname is Moffett, has had lead or regular roles in many series, starting with Tom Holland in Love for Lydia (1977), Russell Milburn in Holding the Fort (1980-82), Brian Webber in Sink or Swim (1980-82), Dr Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-88) and its spin-off A Very Polish Practice (1992), Albert Campion in Campion (1989-90), Tristan Farnon in 65 episodes of All Creatures Great and Small (1978-90), Ralph West in Fiddlers Three (1991), Clive Quigley in Ain't Misbehavin' (1994-95), the voice of Mole in a series of adaptations of The Wind in the Willows (1994-96), David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000-03), Bill Shore in Distant Shores (2005-08), DC "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective (2003-07) and Henry Sharpe in 27 episodes of Law and Order UK (2011-14). He also appeared in a number of fan spin-off videos in the 1990s, and was the mastermind behind the Doctor Who 50th anniversary project The Five(ish) Doctors (Reboot) (2013). Peter has also appeared on a number of celebrity-led shows such as Sugar Free Farm (2017) and Great British Car Journeys (2018).
Facts
Peter composed and sang the theme tune for the 1978 sitcom Mixed Blessings and the 1980s children's series Button Moon. He also sang the theme song to the series Campion, and wrote the song Officer McKirk for Dave Clark's 1972 album Dave Clark and Friends (under his birthname of Peter Moffett). Between 1978-94 Peter was married to American actress Sandra Dickinson. In 2003 he married actress Elizabeth Morton. In 2001 Peter hit the headlines when he made a citizen's arrest after a 15-year-old youth allegedly stole a video camera from his car in Belsize Park, London. Peter gave chase and restrained the youth for 10 minutes before police arrived. Peter's daughter (with Dickinson) is actress Georgia Moffett, who appeared as the title character Jenny in The Doctor's Daughter (2008). As if to make matters even more complicated, Tenth Doctor David Tennant married Georgia in 2011 - making him Peter's son-in-law! - and the couple had a daughter together in 2011, Olivia. All this means that Olivia has a Doctor for a father and grandfather, and the "Doctor's daughter" for a mother! Time for a lie-down...
This is Your Life: Peter was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 24th, 1982 (broadcast between parts 2 and 3 of Time-Flight), surprised by host Eamonn Andrews recording a mock Doctor Who promo in Trafalgar Square (it took place on March 17th, 1982). Several Doctor Who actors were guests on the show, including Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Anthony Ainley, Robert Glenister and Beryl Reid, as well as producer John Nathan-Turner. Link to The Big Red Book entry.
CREW
Christopher H Bidmead (writer and script editor) Born Jan 18 1941 Click here for Christopher H Bidmead's entry on The Leisure Hive
Peter Grimwade (director) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia) Click here for Peter Grimwade's entry on Full Circle
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
Barry Letts (executive producer) Mar 26 1925 to Oct 9 2009 (cancer) Click here for Barry Letts's entry on The Enemy of the World
Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa) Oct 26 1926 to Sep 1 2013
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Australian Dolore's final credit, after having appeared in A Little South of Heaven (1961), The Comedy Game (1971), Mrs Finnegan (1970-71, as Jessie Finnegan), Behind the Legend (1972), Our Man in the Company (1973-74, as Ena Wheeler), Matlock Police (1972/74), Moving On (1974), The Unisexers (1975), Caddie (1976), Rush (1976), The Outsiders (1977), The Picture Show Man (1977), Tickled Pink (1978) and Glenview High (1978-79, as Mrs Moore).
Facts
In 1973, Dolore was hospitalised after being in a car accident in Sydney, thankfully not harming her pregnancy in the event. Dolore was the mother of sisters Jodie Brooke and Tracey Wilson, who themselves appeared in Delta and the Bannermen (1987). In the 1990s Jodie was hostess on the TV game show Take Your Pick, hosted by Des O'Connor - and in 2007 Des and Jodie married, making Dolore Des O'Connor's mother-in-law! Jodie has had a singing career of her own, including this song, Falling.
Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Logopolis, Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday, Kinda, The Visitation, Black Orchid, Earthshock, Time-Flight, Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Warriors of the Deep, The Awakening, Frontios, Resurrection of the Daleks, Planet of Fire, The Caves of Androzani (1981-84). Return appearances in Dimensions in Time (1993), Time Crash (2007), The Power of the Doctor (2022) and Tales of the TARDIS (2023). Appears in archive footage in The Next Doctor (2008), The Eleventh Hour (2010), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013), The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Magician's Apprentice (2015) and Twice Upon a Time (2017).
Career highlights
Peter's earliest screen appearance was in The Tomorrow People (1975), followed by Print Out (1979), Saint Joan (1979), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Jackanory (1984), Anna of the Five Towns (1985), Miss Marple (1985), Tales of the Unexpected (1988), Kinsey (1992), Harnessing Peacocks (1993), Black Beauty (1994), Molly (1994), The Good Sex Guide (2004), Cuts (1996), Dear Nobody (1997), Jonathan Creek (1998), Wuthering Heights (1998), Parting Shots (1998), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000), Hardware (2004), The Complete Guide to Parenting (2006), Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2007), Fear, Stress and Anger (2007), Unforgiven (2009), Midsomer Murders (2009), Miranda (2009), The Queen (2009), Sherlock (2010), New Tricks (2011), Pat and Cabbage (2013), Death in Paradise (2014), Toast of London (2014-15), Brian Pern: A Tribute (2017), Grantchester (2017), Liar (2017), Say My Name (2018), Vera (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2019). Peter, whose birth surname is Moffett, has had lead or regular roles in many series, starting with Tom Holland in Love for Lydia (1977), Russell Milburn in Holding the Fort (1980-82), Brian Webber in Sink or Swim (1980-82), Dr Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-88) and its spin-off A Very Polish Practice (1992), Albert Campion in Campion (1989-90), Tristan Farnon in 65 episodes of All Creatures Great and Small (1978-90), Ralph West in Fiddlers Three (1991), Clive Quigley in Ain't Misbehavin' (1994-95), the voice of Mole in a series of adaptations of The Wind in the Willows (1994-96), David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000-03), Bill Shore in Distant Shores (2005-08), DC "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective (2003-07) and Henry Sharpe in 27 episodes of Law and Order UK (2011-14). He also appeared in a number of fan spin-off videos in the 1990s, and was the mastermind behind the Doctor Who 50th anniversary project The Five(ish) Doctors (Reboot) (2013). Peter has also appeared on a number of celebrity-led shows such as Sugar Free Farm (2017) and Great British Car Journeys (2018).
Facts
Peter composed and sang the theme tune for the 1978 sitcom Mixed Blessings and the 1980s children's series Button Moon. He also sang the theme song to the series Campion, and wrote the song Officer McKirk for Dave Clark's 1972 album Dave Clark and Friends (under his birthname of Peter Moffett). Between 1978-94 Peter was married to American actress Sandra Dickinson. In 2003 he married actress Elizabeth Morton. In 2001 Peter hit the headlines when he made a citizen's arrest after a 15-year-old youth allegedly stole a video camera from his car in Belsize Park, London. Peter gave chase and restrained the youth for 10 minutes before police arrived. Peter's daughter (with Dickinson) is actress Georgia Moffett, who appeared as the title character Jenny in The Doctor's Daughter (2008). As if to make matters even more complicated, Tenth Doctor David Tennant married Georgia in 2011 - making him Peter's son-in-law! - and the couple had a daughter together in 2011, Olivia. All this means that Olivia has a Doctor for a father and grandfather, and the "Doctor's daughter" for a mother! Time for a lie-down...
This is Your Life: Peter was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 24th, 1982 (broadcast between parts 2 and 3 of Time-Flight), surprised by host Eamonn Andrews recording a mock Doctor Who promo in Trafalgar Square (it took place on March 17th, 1982). Several Doctor Who actors were guests on the show, including Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Anthony Ainley, Robert Glenister and Beryl Reid, as well as producer John Nathan-Turner. Link to The Big Red Book entry.
CREW
Christopher H Bidmead (writer and script editor) Born Jan 18 1941 Click here for Christopher H Bidmead's entry on The Leisure Hive
Peter Grimwade (director) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia) Click here for Peter Grimwade's entry on Full Circle
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
Barry Letts (executive producer) Mar 26 1925 to Oct 9 2009 (cancer) Click here for Barry Letts's entry on The Enemy of the World
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