Terminus

The Garm (RJ Bell) looks on haughtily
as the Doctor (Peter Davison) and Kari
(Liza Goddard) stare each other out

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Feb 14 to 23 1983
Average audience for serial: 7.05m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

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 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

Mark Strickson (Turlough) Born Apr 6 1959 Click here for Mark Strickson's entry on Mawdryn Undead

GUEST CAST

R J Bell (The Garm) Jan 11 1940 to Nov 5 2006
Career highlights
Canadian Ronald James Bell made his credited debut in the Garm costume, then found roles in Octopussy (1983), Superman III (1983), Morons from Outer Space (1985), Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Perfect Scoundrels (1990), The Green Man (1990), Bullseye! (1990), The Punk (1993), Dirty Weekend (1993), Demonsoul (1995) and The Steal (1995).
Facts
The 6ft 6in, 26 stone actor began as a character actor in New York in the 1970s, and also wrote stage plays, some of which were performed for London's fringe. His final acting turn was on stage in 1997, after which his health began to deteriorate, and he spent the final two years of his life in hospitals and nursing homes.

Peter Benson (Bor) Apr 3 1943 to Sep 6 2018
Career highlights
Peter made his debut in 1969's Putney Swope, then appeared in Cry of the Banshee (1970), Trinity Tales (1975), The Shout (1978), The Devil's Crown (1978), The Dybbuk (1980), Hawk the Slayer (1980), Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn (1980), Great Expectations (1981), The Borgias (1981), The Black Adder (1983), Albion Market (1985-86), Mr Majeika (1988), Jeeves and Wooster (1992), The Scarlet and the Black (1993), A Touch of Frost (1994/99) and Casualty (2011/13). He will probably be best remembered for playing Bernie Scripps in 235 episodes of Heartbeat (1995-2009) and also in The Royal (2003).

Andrew Burt (Valgard) May 23 1945 to Nov 16 2018 (cancer)
Career highlights
Andrew made his earliest credited appearance in Callan (1972), followed by Dixon of Dock Green (1975), The Black Panther (1977), The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978), the title role in The Legend of King Arthur (1979), Blake's 7 (1980), Juliet Bravo (1980), the title role in Gulliver in Lilliput (1982), Bognor (1982), Angels (1983), Super Gran (1985), Howards' Way (1989), Campion (1989-90), Titmuss Regained (1991), The Day Today (1994), Madson (1996), People's Britain (2001), Oscar Charlie (2001), The Grid (2004), Doctors (2006) and Wire in the Blood (2006). He had the regular role of Lieutenant Peek in Warship (1976-77) and was also the voice of Radio Norwich in I'm Alan Partridge (1997/2002), but may be best remembered as the original Jack Sugden in 105 episodes of soap Emmerdale Farm between 1972-74/76, before the role was taken over by Clive Hornby.
Facts
Andrew was the first actor to play the role of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse, on BBC radio, in 1985. Andrew left the acting profession to become a humanistic counsellor for people suffering from stress-related illnesses. He had a personal passion for the artist Michael Ayrton, with whom he would share a date of death.

Valentine Dyall (Black Guardian) May 7 1908 to Jun 24 1985
Doctor Who credits
Played: Black Guardian in The Armageddon Factor (1979), Mawdryn Undead (1983), Terminus (1983), Enlightenment (1983)
Played: Slarn (voice) in Slipback (radio serial, 1985)
Career highlights
Valentine's immense CV stretches back to an uncredited role in The Missing Million (1942), with subsequent roles in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Pink String and Ceiling Wax (1945), Brief Encounter (1945), The Ghost of Rashmon Hall (1947), Woman Hater (1948), Room to Let (1950), Stranger at my Door (1950), Treasure Island (1951), Stranger from Space (1951), Johnny on the Spot (1954), The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956), A Show Called Fred (1956), Hancock's Half Hour (1956), Son of Fred (1956), The City of the Dead (1960), The Cheaters (1960-62), The Haunting (1963), The Wrong Box (1966), Frankie Howerd Meets the Bee Gees (1968), The Avengers (1968), Decidedly Dusty (1969, as co-host), Freewheelers (1970), Bright's Boffins (1970), The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971-72), Not on Your Nellie (1975), Come Play With Me (1977), The Old Crowd (1979), Blake's 7 (1980), The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Nanny (1982-83), The Black Adder (1983) and Love's Labour's Lost (1985). He also had a long-running role as Dr Pascal Keldermans in Secret Army (1977-79). Valentine was perhaps best known for his voice work, his resonant and mellifluous tones creating the Man in Black storyteller on BBC Radio's Appointment With Fear in the 1940s, and also used in various storytelling/ narration capacities on productions such as Man in Black (1949), The Final Test (1953), The Goon Show (1950s), Fury at Smuggler's Bay (1961), The Naked World of Harrison Marks (1965) and A Child's Voice (1979).
Facts
After Valentine's death, the Man in Black was portrayed by Edward de Souza, who appeared in Mission to the Unknown (1965). His father was actor and producer Franklin Dyall, who appeared with his son in Yellow Canary (1943), while his son was the late BBC costume designer Christian Dyall.

Liza Goddard (Kari) Born Jan 20 1950
Career highlights
Liza's earliest credit was on 1965's Adventures of the Seaspray, aged just 15, followed by roles in Point of Departure (1966), Homicide (1967), The Intruders (1969), Dear Mr Welfare (1970), The Befrienders (1972), The Dick Emery Show (1973), Holding On (1977), Doctors and Nurses (1979), The Plank (1979), Watch This Space (1980), Wagner (1983), See How They Run (1984), That's Love (1990), Out of Sight (1998), Wild West (2002), Midsomer Murders (2007), Grandpa in My Pocket (2009-14), Run for Your Wife (2012) and Casualty (2014). Liza has had a good few recurring roles in various series over the years, including as Clancy Merrick in 67 episodes of the Australian children's series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968-70), Victoria in 24 episodes of Take Three Girls (1969-71) and its sequel Take Three Women (1982), April Merroney in 16 episodes of The Brothers (1976), Lily Browne in 26 episodes of Yes, Honestly (1976-77), Nellie Bligh in 20 episodes of Pig in the Middle (1980-83), Philippa Vale in Bergerac (1983-89) and Mrs Jessop in 63 episodes of children's series Woof! (1989-97). She also provided the narration on over 40 episodes of children's series Bernard's Watch (1997-2001). Liza was a regular team captain on charades game show Give Us a Clue in the 1980s, and also appeared as herself on The Sweepstakes Game (1976), Going for a Song (1977), Whodunnit? (1977-78), Star Games (1978-79), Blankety Blank (1979-82), Punchlines! (1981-83), Call My Bluff (1982-84), Celebrity Squares (1976-95), Liza's Country (1997-99) and Pointless Celebrities (2019).
Facts
As well as, for a time, dating actor Frazer Hines, and being married to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker between 1976-78 (they met on the set of The Brothers), Liza was also married to pop star Alvin Stardust (real name Bernard Jewry) between 1981-89, most famous for his hits My Coo Ca Choo, Jealous Mind and Red Dress in the 1970s. Her third husband was the late TV producer David Cobham. Liza's father was TV producer David Goddard (responsible, among other things, for Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1959) and Emmerdale Farm (1972-73)). In the 1980s she successfully sued a British tabloid newspaper for wrongly alleging that she was having an affair with her Bergerac co-star John Nettles. Liza fought and recovered from breast cancer in both 1994 and 1997, when she had a mastectomy. More recently Liza has given much of her time to working for the RSPCA and helping with abandoned and homeless animals. Here she is, on Twitter!
This is Your Life: Liza was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on January 18th, 1984, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews during a photoshoot at London's Ambassador's Theatre.

Dominic Guard (Olvir) Born Jun 18 1956
Career highlights
Dominic started out as a child actor in Dombey and Son in 1969, when he was aged 13, then took roles in The Go-Between (1970), The Nelson Affair (1973), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), How Green Was My Valley (1976), The Lord of the Rings (1978, voicing Pippin), Absolution (1978), One Fine Day (1979), Maybury (1981), Cousin Phillis (1982), Gandhi (1982), The Hello Goodbye Man (1984), A Woman of Substance (1985), Big Deal (1986), All Creatures Great and Small (1990), The Gingerbread Girl (1993), Wycliffe (1995), Annie's Bar (1996) and Agatha Christie's Poirot (2000).
Awards
1972: BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (The Go-Between)
Facts
Dominic has a lot of family connections: he was once married to actress Sharon Duce (who appeared in Doctor Who story Ghost Light); his brother is actor Christopher Guard (who appeared in Doctor Who story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy); his cousin is actress Pippa Guard; his sister-in-law is actress Lesley Dunlop (who appeared in Doctor Who stories Frontios and The Happiness Patrol); his father was actor Philip Guard, and his mother actress Charlotte Mitchell. Dominic's children William and Bea Guard, as well as his nieces Daisy and Rosy Dunlop, are all in the acting profession too. Dominic gave up acting and is now a fully-qualified child psychotherapist. He has also written several books for children, including Little Box of Horrors, Secrets of the Fairy Ring, and Lessons of the Master Magician.

Martin Muncaster (Tannoy voice) Jul 17 1934 to May 15 2024
Career highlights
Martin's other acting credits include The Man Outside (1972), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), French and Saunders (1987), Crimetime (1996), Jester (2000), The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space (2008), Cleanskin (2012) and Blue Iguana (2018). However, he is best known as a TV and radio presenter for the BBC, as well as a regional newsreader and continuity announcer. He joined the BBC in 1956 and worked on programmes such as South Today (1961-64), Come Dancing (1961-73) and Songs of Praise (1974-80).
Facts
Martin's father was the celebrated landscape painter Claude Muncaster, and his grandfather was the watercolourist and etcher Oliver Hall. In the 1940s, Martin himself painted several commissions from the Royal family, including a landscape for King George VI which hangs in Balmoral today. In later years, Martin was an ardent campaigner against the ban on natural therapies in the UK, and acted as a distributor for Neways health products.

Tim Munro (Sigurd) Born Jun 8 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ainu in The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Played: Sigurd in Terminus (1983)
Career highlights
Tim's first TV role was Only the Other Day in 1974, followed by The Anatomist by James Bridie (1980), Nanny (1981), Great Expectations (1981), A Christmas Carol (1984), Running Loose (1988), EastEnders (1991), Minder (1994), Dangerfield (1995), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), The Alchemists (1999), Casanova's Last Stand (2007), Holby Blue (2008), Casualty (2014) and Murder Maps (2016). He also had a regular role as Norman Children in Judge John Deed (2001-06), and in 1990 wrote an episode of Boon.
Facts
Tim's grandfather was veteran actor Ivor Barnard, his parents were actors Hugh Munro and Pamela Barnard, and his brother was the late director David Munro (making Tim a sometime brother-in-law of fellow Doctor Who guest actors Susan Penhaligon and Sharon Duce!).

Martin Potter (Eirak) Born Oct 4 1944
Career highlights
Debuting in The Bonegrinder (1968), Martin's CV includes The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968), The Caesars (1968), Fellini Satyricon (1969), Goodbye Gemini (1970), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Satan's Slave (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), Emmerdale Farm (1978), Leap in the Dark (1980), The Borgias (1981), A.D. (1985), Victoria Wood As Seen on TV (1986), Gunpowder (1986), All Creatures Great and Small (1988) and The Outsiders (2006). He also played the title role in the series The Legend of Robin Hood in 1975.
Facts
His wife is the actress Susie Blake. In recent years Martin has taught drama.

Rachel Weaver (Inga)
Career highlights
Rachel debuted in Nanny (1982), then appeared in Scrubbers (1982), Dream Stuffing (1984), Prospects (1986), Coppers (1988), The House of Eliott (1991), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), A Touch of Frost (1995) and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000).

CREW

Stephen Gallagher (writer) Born Oct 13 1954
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Warriors' Gate (1981), Terminus (1983)
Career highlights
Stephen's first screen writing credit was on Doctor Who, after which he went on to great success with series such as Rockcliffe's Folly (1988), Chimera (1991, adapted from his own novel), Chiller (1995), Bugs (1995-97, on which he was series consultant), Oktober (1988, from his own novel, and which he also directed), Murder Rooms (2001), Rosemary and Thyme (2004-05), Eleventh Hour (2006, and its 2008 US version), Crusoe (2008-09), The Forgotten (2009-10, which he also co-produced), Silent Witness (2013) and Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016).
Facts
Stephen is also a prolific novelist, including The Last Rose of Summer (1978, aka Dying of Paradise), Valley of Lights (1987), Red, Red Robin (1995), Out of His Mind (2004), Spirit Box (2005), The Bedlam Detective (2012) and The Authentic William James (2016). He has occasionally written under the names John Lydecker (including his Doctor Who script novelisations), Stephen Couper and Lisa Todd.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Stephen here.

Mary Ridge (director) Jun 23 1925 to Sep 20 2000
Career highlights
Starting out as a production assistant on Hamlet in Elsinore in 1964, Mary's earliest directing work was on a Thursday Theatre entitled Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1964), after which she worked on Londoners (1965), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967), The Newcomers (1967-68), The Doctors (1970-71), The Runaway Summer (1971), Dixon of Dock Green (1972-75), The Brothers (1973-76), Blake's 7 (1980-81), Angels (1978-83) and The District Nurse (1984). She was also producer on The Duchess of Duke Street (1977).
Facts
In 1969, she taught student directors for the BBC and was also instrumental in the launch of the Open University on television.

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

Eric Saward (script editor) Born Dec 9 1944 Click here for Eric Saward's entry on on Castrovalva