Earthshock

The Doctor (Peter Davison) makes a
date with the Cyber Leader (David
Banks) for a well-prepared meal

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Mar 8 to 16 1982
Average audience for serial: 9.33m

REGULAR CAST

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

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 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

GUEST CAST

Suzi Arden (Snyder)
Career highlights
Suzi's other credits include Sink or Swim (1980), Into the Labyrinth (1981), World's End (1981) and Nancy Astor (1982).

David Banks (Cyber Leader) Born Sep 24 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Leader in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Attack of the Cybermen (1985), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Played: Karl in Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure (stage, 1989)
Career highlights
David, 6ft 3in, made his acting debut in Keep It in the Family (1980), then made appearances in Bret Maverick (1981/82), The Bill (1991), A Time to Dance (1992), EastEnders (1994), Canary Wharf (1996) and Doctors (2006). Between 1991-92 he had a regular role in soap Brookside as Graeme Curtis.
Facts
On April 29th, 1989, while David was appearing as Karl the mercenary in the stage play The Ultimate Adventure (a role he reprised for an audio adaptation in 2007), Jon Pertwee fell ill and was replaced for two performances by David, who wore a white suit, t-shirt and Panama hat as the Doctor. In the late 1980s David got involved with Cyber-lore, writing the biographical work Doctor Who - Cybermen in 1988, which he adapted into audio cassettes and narrated as Origins of the Cybermen (1989-90). In 1984, David submitted a script to the Doctor Who production team called FlipBack which was steeped in Cyber-continuity, and was ultimately developed into his New Adventure novel Iceberg in 1993. David would have been cast as the Auton leader if the aborted Season 23 Doctor Who story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It had been filmed.

June Bland (Berger) Born Jun 2 1931
Doctor Who credits
Played: Berger in Earthshock (1982)
Played: Elizabeth Rowlinson in Battlefield (1989)
Career highlights
June's other screen work include The Case Before You (1959), Scotland Yard (1960), A for Andromeda (1961), Bat Out of Hell (1966) and Angels (1980). She also had a long-running role as Vera Harker in 207 episodes of soap The Newcomers (1966-69) and Mrs Lipska in 26 episodes of The Doctors (1970-71). Between 1959-61 she was credited as June Sellars.
Facts
In 1995, she established the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in Basingstoke, UK, which she then sold as a franchise ten years later. In 1950, June married the director Bill Sellars (who helmed the Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker), but later divorced him. After this, Sellars moved to Spain to live with his civil partner, Alan Sandilands, but when Sandilands died in 2012, Sellars returned to the UK and remarried June (they had three children together). Sellars died in 2018, aged 93.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with June here.

Anne Clements (First trooper) Born Mar 19 1951
Career highlights
Anne's career in TV started as being the producer's secretary on over 60 episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75), but in the late 1970s she branched out into acting and made appearances in The Basil Brush Show (1977), Grange Hill (1979), Ike: The War Years (1979), Sorry! (1981), Fresh Fields (1985), About Face (1989), On the Up (1990) and The Upper Hand (1991).
Facts
In 1978, Anne married Conservative politician Sir Reginald Eyre, MP for Birmingham Hall Green between 1965-87 and cabinet member under the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments (including vice-chairman of the Conservative Party), making her Lady Anne Clements Eyre. Their daughter is the former child actor Hermione Eyre (at the age of seven she appeared in the Maureen Lipman sitcom About Face) and now journalist on publications such as the Independent, London Evening Standard, Spectator and New Statesman. Anne's friend, the actress Hermione Gingold, was Hermione's godmother. Here she is on Twitter.

Clare Clifford (Professor Kyle) Born Feb 21 1952
Doctor Who credits
Played: Professor Kyle in Earthshock (1982)
Played: Milton in Torchwood: Fragments (2008)
Career highlights
Clare debuted in hospital soap Angels (1975-78) as Shirley Brent, and then had roles in Lillie (1978), Holding the Fort (1982), Something in Disguise (1982), Home to Roost (1985), Emmerdale Farm (1986), Personal Services (1987), Wish You Were Here (1987), Aliens in the Family (1987), Fergie and Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992), Cardiac Arrest (1996), This Life (1996-97), Underworld (1997), Maisie Raine (1999), Heartbeat (2001-02), The Deal (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Doctors (2009/14) and Through the Lens (2014).
Facts
Clare also performs as a feminist stand-up comedian. Here she is on Twitter.

Mark Fletcher (First crewmember) Born Feb 8 1953
Career highlights
After debuting in My Son, My Son (1979), Mark went on to appear in The Gentle Touch (1982), The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1983), Campaign (1988), The Chief (1990-91), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994), Bugs (1995) and The Bill (1991/2003/2007). He also regularly appeared as Ronnie in Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1984-86).
Facts
In Germany he is best recognised as Kapt'n Iglo, a European equivalent of the British Captain Birdseye.

Mark Hardy (Cyber Lieutenant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Lieutenant in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Mark's other credits include A Coming-Out Party (1961), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Corridor People (1966), The Orchard End Murder (1980), Personal Services (1987), Who's the Boss? (1987), Friendships Field (1995) and Bright Young Things (2003). It is unclear whether these are all the same actor (it's a common name!).

Ann Holloway (Mitchell) Born Jan 29 1947
Career highlights
Ann's first credit was in Stop the World, I Want to Get Off in 1966, after which she took roles in Department S (1970), Emmerdale Farm (1973), Couples (1976), Yes, Honestly (1977), Paradise Postponed (1986), Avonlea (1995), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), Goosebumps (1996), Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996), The White Raven (1998), The Hurricane (1999), Common Ground (2000), Criminal Instincts (2001), The Piano Man's Daughter (2003), Godsend (2004), The Murdoch Mysteries (2004), Being Erica (2009), Kenny vs Spenny (2010) and The Story of Luke (2012). She may be best remembered as Karen Glover in the sitcom Father Dear Father (1968-73).
Career highlights
Ann's husbands have included actors Michael Mackenzie (Tarot in Ace of Wands) and Simon Rouse (who appeared in Kinda). Ann was one of the 1970s sitcom actresses, along with Paula Wilcox, on a list of obsessions by jailed rapist Iorworth Hoare (now known as Edward Thomas). It was thought that if he was ever released from jail (he was jailed for life in 1989), he would seek out the women on his list and rape them. In 2004, he won £7.2m on the National Lottery while on day release from prison. He was released in 2005, but jailed for one day in 2016 after he resisted arrest when being questioned about a flashing allegation (Hoare refused to cooperate with police as he was a "multi-millionaire").

Steve Morley (Walters) Born 1953
Career highlights
Steve started out as a child actor with bit parts in The Avengers (1965) and Oliver! (1968), but gained credits in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966), Within These Walls (1975), Hazell (1979), Armchair Thriller (1980), The Protectors (1981), Fame is the Spur (1982), Emmerdale Farm (1982), Menace Unseen (1988), Brookside (1988), True Colors (1991), Waiting for God (1994) and Where the Heart Is (1998). Steve also played Sergeant Stuart Lamont in over 40 episodes of police series The Bill (1989-2001).

Beryl Reid (Captain Briggs) Jun 17 1919 to Oct 13 1996 (pneumonia, following knee surgery for arthritis)
Career highlights
Prolific and popular comedy actress Beryl received her first credit in the 1951 TV series Vic's Grill, then went on to appear in The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), The Benny Hill Show (1955), Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper (1957), The Most Likely Girl (1957), Laugh Line (1960-61), Bold As Brass (1963-64), Frankie Howerd (1966), Before the Fringe (1967), Dee Time (1967-68), Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (1968), Inspector Clouseau (1968), Star! (1968), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), Wink to Me Only (1969), Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970), The Beast in the Cellar (1970), Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972), Alcock and Gander (1972), No Sex Please, We're British (1973), The Good Old Days (1964-74), Beryl Reid (1977), Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), Celebrity Squares (1975-79), Agony (1981), Get Up and Go (aka Mooncat and Co) (1981-83), Worzel Gummidge (1981), The Irish RM (1983), Minder (1984), Blankety Blank (1979-84), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987), Perfect Scoundrels (1991), Cracker (1993, as Fitz's mum) and Blue Heaven (1994).
Awards
1967: Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) (The Killing of Sister George)
1980: Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (Born in the Gardens)
1983: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress (Smiley's People)
1986: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
1991: British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award
Facts
Beryl, who was dyslexic, lived in the eccentric Honeypot Cottage, made of circular rooms, on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire, with her collection of stray cats (British Pathe filmed her at home in 1958).
This is Your Life: Beryl was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 17th, 1976, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews in the car park of Teddington Studios. Link to The Big Red Book entry.

Alec Sabin (Ringway) Born Aug 28 1947
Career highlights
Alec's debut was in the ITV Playhouse production The Panel (1971), after which he played Colin Lomax in soap Coronation Street (1972), then appeared in The Capone Investment (1974), When the Boat Comes In (1976), SOS Titanic (1979), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), Maybury (1981), The Fourth Arm (1983), Call Me Mister (1986), Birds of a Feather (1990) and Silent Witness (1998).
Facts
Alec became the voice and presentation trainer at the BBC World Service in 2001, running presentation workshops and training British and foreign journalists. Between 1989-2003 Alec was senior announcer at BBC World Service Presentation, presenting live news and continuity links to a daily audience of over 40 million listeners worldwide. Alec has also worked as presenter, journalist and programme maker in Monaco, Vienna, Riyadh and London.

Mark Straker (Second trooper) Born Mar 9 1956
Career highlights
Mark made his debut in Doctor Who, moving on to Henry's Leg (1986), Birds of a Feather (1990), Lovejoy (1994), Melissa (1997), The Lakes (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Murphy's Law (2003), Batman Begins (2005), Spooks (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2009), EastEnders (2012), Mob Handed (2016) and Agatha Raisin (2016).
Facts
Mark is now a prolific radio actor, having played in over 600 productions.

James Warwick (Lieutenant Scott) Born Nov 17 1947
Career highlights
Debuting in Jason King (1971), James has also been cast in The Onedin Line (1971), The Terracotta Horse (1973), Rentaghost (1976), Lillie (1978), The Nightmare Man (1981), Scarecrow and Mrs King (1984), Perfect Scoundrels (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Murder, She Wrote (1995), Babylon 5 (1996), Alias (2001), Dog Gone Love (2004) and It Pleases Aten (2014). James had the role of Tommy Beresford in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983-84), and since 1999 has provided various voices for Star Wars video games, including Qui-Gon Jinn. He also provided voices for the animated series Fantastic Four (1994) and Iron Man (1994).
Career highlights
James is also a theatre director, with credits from regional theatres across the US. In 2003 he became artistic director for the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachussetts, and in 2005 was made associate artistic director for the Chester Theatre Company in Chester, MA. In 2007 he was appointed West Coast president of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became an American citizen in 2015.

Christopher Whittingham (Second crewmember) Apr 14 1949 to Aug 8 2012 (cancer)
Career highlights
Debuting in Doctor Who, Christopher's subsequent credits include Shine On Harvey Moon (1984), Little Dorrit (1988), Toksvig (1988), The Manageress (1989), Sam Saturday (1992), Anna Lee (1994), The Knock (2000), My Family (2001), ChuckleVision (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Holby City (2007).
Facts
One of Christopher's dying wishes was that his body should be donated to medical science, and his brain was donated to the Brain Bank at King's College, London. In January 2014, Christopher's son Harry and his girlfriend Fran Matthews embarked upon a 2,186 mile hike across the Appalachian Trail in the USA to raise money for the Princess Alice Hospice in Twickenham, which provided Christopher's end-of-life care.

CREW

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

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

Antony Root (script editor) Born Apr 16 1954
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: K-9 & Company (1981), Four to Doomsday, The Visitation, Earthshock (all 1982)
Career highlights
After starting as an assistant floor manager on Blake's 7 (1980) and later Private Schulz (1981), Antony became story editor on The Chinese Detective (1982) before his brief liaison with the world of Doctor Who. He moved on to script edit Strangers and Brothers (1984) and then became a producer on The Fear (1988), Lorna Doone (1990), Edward II (1991), Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Call Red (1996), The Grand (1998), Far from the Madding Crowd (1998), Longitude (2000), Strange Relations (2001), Touching Evil (2004), Sofia's Diary UK (2008-09), Burning Bush (2013), Tarsas Jatek (2013), Without Secrets (2013), Mammon (2015), Terapia (2014-17), The Border (2014-17), Easy Living (2015-18) and Terapie (2013-19). He was also script consultant on Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City (1998).
Facts
After leaving the BBC in 1984, he worked for Euston Films and then Working Title, and in 1995 became head of drama at Thames TV, later working for Granada TV's American arm. He now works for HBO Central Europe as executive vice-president. During his career he has been nominated for two Emmys, a PGA Golden Laurel Award and a Golden Satellite Award. He also holds a directorship of Sony Pictures TV and, until it folded in 2011, the female dance troupe The Cholmondeleys.

The Five Doctors

The Five Doctors in an alternative
universe perhaps? Pic: Whopix blog

One episode (The Five Doctors)
First broadcast Nov 23 1983 - on PBS in the USA; two days later in the UK
Average audience for serial: 7.7m

REGULAR CAST

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

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

Anthony Ainley (The Master) Aug 20 1932 to May 3 2004 (cancer) Click here for Anthony Ainley's entry on The Keeper of Traken

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

David Banks (Cyber Leader) Born Sep 24 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Leader in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Attack of the Cybermen (1985), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
David, 6ft 3in, made his acting debut in Keep It in the Family (1980), then made appearances in Bret Maverick (1981/82), The Bill (1991), A Time to Dance (1992), EastEnders (1994), Canary Wharf (1996) and Doctors (2006). Between 1991-92 he had a regular role in soap Brookside as Graeme Curtis.
Facts
In 1989 he played Karl the mercenary in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure (a role he reprised for an audio adaptation in 2007). On April 29th 1989, Pertwee fell ill and was replaced for two performances by David, who wore a white suit, t-shirt and Panama hat as the Doctor. In the late 1980s David got involved with Cyber-lore, writing the biographical work Doctor Who - Cybermen in 1988, which he adapted into audio cassettes and narrated as Origins of the Cybermen (1989-90). In 1984 David submitted a script to the Doctor Who production team called FlipBack which was steeped in Cyber-continuity, and was ultimately developed into his New Adventure novel Iceberg in 1993. David would have been cast as the Auton leader if the aborted Season 23 Doctor Who story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It had been filmed.

Stuart Blake (Commander) Born Sep 2 1950
Doctor Who credits
Played: Zoldaz in State of Decay (1980)
Played: Commander in The Five Doctors (1983)
Played: Scibus in Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Career highlights
Other work includes A Bridge Too Far (1977), Flash Gordon (1980), King Lear (1982), Metal Mickey (1982), The Fourth Arm (1983) and Amy (1984).
Facts
Stuart gave up acting in 1987 and is now a "communications designer", principally for social media and live events. Stuart has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his part in the 800th anniversary celebrations of the London Mayoralty.

Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart) Dec 16 1929 to Feb 22 2011 (cancer) Click here for Nicholas Courtney's entry on The Daleks' Master Plan

Ray Float (UNIT Sergeant) Born 1949
Career highlights
Ray's further credits include How We Used to Live (1981), All for Love (1982), Juliet Bravo (1983), 'Allo 'Allo! (1984) and By the Sword Divided (1985).

Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Born Jun 16 1940 For a full career biography for Carole Ann Ford, click here.

Richard Franklin ("Mike Yates") Jan 15 1936 to Dec 25 2023 Click here for Richard Franklin's entry on Terror of the Autons

Mark Hardy (Cyber Lieutenant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Lieutenant in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Mark's other credits include A Coming-Out Party (1961), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Corridor People (1966), The Orchard End Murder (1980), Personal Services (1987), Who's the Boss? (1987), Friendships Field (1995) and Bright Young Things (2003). It is unclear whether these are all the same actor (it's a common name!).

William Hartnell (The Doctor) Jan 8 1908 to Apr 23 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.

Frazer Hines ("Jamie McCrimmon") Born Sep 22 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders

Keith Hodiak (Raston robot) June 16th 1950 to September 3rd 2025
Career highlights
Trained dancer Keith's other credits include Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Fox (1980), Wood and Walters (1981), The Chinese Detective (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Are You Being Served? (1983-85, as semi-regular Seymour), Full Metal Jacket (1987), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) and EastEnders (1992).

Facts

Guyanese Keith was one of the first black dancers to perform with a UK national dance company, Rambert, between 1972-75. His birthname was Hodiak Hampden Sears. Toward the end of his career he taught adult ballet classes, yoga and tai chi.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Keith here.

Richard Hurndall (The Doctor) Nov 3 1910 to Apr 13 1984 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Richard began acting on the stage in 1930, but his first screen appearance was in Adventure Story (1946), followed by parts in 1066 and All That (1947), The Middle Watch (1948), Emma (1948), The Good Companions (1949), Two of Everything (1953), Portrait of Man (1960), The Last Man Out (1962), No Hiding Place (1964), Take It or Leave It (1964-65), United! (1966), Breaking Point (1966), Haunted (1967), The Paradise Makers (1967), Spindoe (1968), The Avengers (1968), Some Girls Do (1969), The Power Game (1969), Manhunt (1970), Steptoe and Son (1970), Zeppelin (1971), I, Monster (1971), It's Murder But Is It Art (1972), Doctor in Charge (1972), War and Peace (1972-73), Gawain and the Green Knight (1973), The Inheritors (1974), The Brothers (1974), The Rough with the Smooth (1975), Oil Strike North (1975), Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977), Running Blind (1979), Ripping Yarns (1979), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), Rep (1982), Nanny (1983) and Bergerac (1983).
Facts
Richard's middle name was Gibbon. Richard was a member of the BBC Radio repertory company between 1949-52 and in the late 1950s worked for both Radio Luxembourg and the BBC (playing Sherlock Holmes). His third wife was actress Margaret Ward. Sadly, Richard died just four and a half months after The Five Doctors aired - reportedly before he'd even been paid for playing the role of the First Doctor.

Paul Jerricho (Castellan) Born Nov 18 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Castellan in Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors (both 1983)

Played: Alfie in Lucky Day (2025)
Career highlights
Paul, who was brought up in the Caribbean, debuted in Clayhanger in 1976, followed by roles in Space: 1999 (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Grange Hill (1981), The Biko Inquest (1984), Knights of God (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), Howards' Way (1990), Love Hurts (1993), The Ice House (1997), Mosley (1998), A Likeness in Stone (2000), Footballers' Wives (2004), Look Around You (2005), Jericho (2005), EastEnders (2009), The Whistleblower (2010), Lewis (2012) and Casualty (2014). He also had a regular role as Charles Woodhouse in 78 episodes of the soap Triangle (1981-83).
Facts
Until 1984, Paul was married to actress Barbara Kinghorn, the only guest star to survive the Doctor Who story The Caves of Androzani (1984). His current partner is actress Helena Little.

Caroline John ("Liz Shaw") Sep 19 1940 to Jun 5 2012 (cancer) Click here to see Caroline John's entry on Spearhead from Space

William Kenton (Cyber scout) Jun 9 1944 to Nov 2 2021

Career highlights

His CV also includes Russian Roulette (1973), By the Sword Divided (1983) and Big Deal (1984). He was also credited as a poker advisor on Big Deal (1984-86; William also worked as a croupier) and a boat wrangler on Rosie & Jim (1991; he was also a merchant seaman).

Facts

His parents were actors Godfrey and Mary Kenton (incidentally, Godfrey's third wife, after Mary, was Vivienne Bennett, who played Queen Elizabeth I in The Chase).

Philip Latham (Lord President Borusa) Jan 17 1929 to Jun 20 2020
Career highlights
Philip's first credit was in A Rubovian Legend (1955), followed by Huntingtower (1957), The Moonstone (1959), The Army Game (1959), The Treasure Seekers (1961), The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), Harpers West One (1962), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), The Secret of Blood Island (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Middlemarch (1968), UFO (1971), No Exit (1972), Seeing and Believing (1961-75), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), From a Far Country (1981), The Fourth Arm (1983), Leaving (1985), Murder of a Moderate Man (1985) and The Man from the Pru (1990). Philip's most famous roles were as Willy Izard in 110 episodes of The Troubleshooters (1965-72), Plantagenet in 26 episodes of The Pallisers (1974) and Arthur Bourne in 75 episodes of The Cedar Tree (1976-77).

John Leeson (Voice of K-9) Born Mar 16 1943 Click here for John Leeson's entry on The Invisible Enemy

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

Richard Mathews (Rassilon) Dec 11 1914 to Oct 15 1992
Career highlights
Richard's earliest credit was in No Medals (1948), after which he secured roles in ...And Humanity (1958), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), Thorndyke (1964), The Baron (1966), The Caesars (1968), Z Cars (1967/70), Crown Court (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), The Adams Chronicles (1976), Children of the Stones (1977), Beryl's Lot (1977), The Walls of Jericho (1981), The Forgotten Story (1983) and Harnessing Peacocks (1992). He also narrated the 1976 paranormal series Beyond Belief.

Stephen Meredith (Technician)
Career highlights
Stephen's other work includes The Enchanted Castle (1979) and A Little Silver Trumpet (1980).

Wendy Padbury ("Zoe Heriot") Born Dec 7 1947 Click here for Wendy Padbury's entry on The Wheel in Space

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

David Savile (Crichton) Born Nov 3 1936
Doctor Who credits
Played: Lieutenant Carstairs in The War Games (1969)
Played: Winser in The Claws of Axos (1971)
Played: Crichton in The Five Doctors (1983)
Career highlights
David's career has been busy since he made his first appearance in a 1965 episode of Out of the Unknown, including Pride and Prejudice (1967), The Power Game (1969), Hell Boats (1970), The Man Who Was Hunting Himself (1972), The Big Sleep (1978), Out (1978), Kinvig (1981), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Shine On Harvey Moon (1985), Howards' Way (1988), Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992), The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995), Peak Practice (1999), Cambridge Spies (2003), New Tricks (2004) and Tan Lines (2005). He also regularly played Lieutenant Commander Beaumont in over 30 episodes of Warship (1973-76) and Max Barker in Kinsey (1991-92).
Facts
He was once married to actress Lois Baxter, who appeared in The Androids of Tara (1978).

Dinah Sheridan (Chancellor Flavia) Sep 17 1920 to Nov 25 2012
Career highlights
Debuted at the age of 17 in Landslide (1937), followed by roles in Irish and Proud of It (1938), Full Speed Ahead (1940), Get Cracking (1943), Murder in Reverse (1945), The Hills of Donegal (1947), Dark Secret (1949), Ivory Hunter (1951), Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952), Genevieve (1953), The Contact (1968), The Railway Children (1970), Call My Bluff (1969-71), Ooh La La! (1973), Zodiac (1974), Marked Personal (1974), Village Hall (1975), Whodunnit? (1977), Sykes (1979), Sink or Swim (1981), All for Love (1983), The Winning Streak (1985), Blankety Blank (1981-87), Cross Wits (1990), Keeping Up Appearances (1991), Just Us (1992), Lovejoy (1992), Countdown (1988-93), All Night Long (1994) and Jonathan Creek (1999). Dinah found early recognition playing Paul Temple's wife Steve in the late 1940s, and found renewed fame as Angela Latimer in 38 episodes of the sitcom Don't Wait Up (1983-90).
Facts
Dinah was one of the first actresses to appear on BBC Television in 1936 when she was interviewed for Picture Page. Dinah's parents were photographers to the Royal family, by appointment to the Queen and Queen Mother. Dinah retired from acting in 1954 after marrying second husband Sir John Davis, president of the Rank Organisation (it was his condition she gave up acting if they wed), but returned following their divorce. Dinah's first husband was actor Jimmy Hanley, with whom she had three children - one died in infancy, while the other two are Jenny Hanley, best remembered as presenter of children's show Magpie in the 1970s, and Sir Jeremy Hanley, former Conservative MP and British foreign minister and Conservative Party chairman in the 1990s. Her third (of four) husband was Canadian actor John Merivale, who in 1970 was given 10 years to live due to a previously undiagnosed hereditary kidney condition. When he married Dinah in 1986 she learnt how to administer kidney dialysis at home, until he passed away in 1990.
This is Your Life: Dinah was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on March 28th, 1979, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews dressed as a porter at Heathrow Airport. Link to The Big Red Book entry.

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

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

John Tallents (Guard) Born Jan 11 1947
Career highlights
Further credits include Nancy Astor (1982), The Fourth Arm (1983), Diana (1984) and Island at War (2004).
Facts
John started out studying law, as he comes from a continuous line of solicitors dating back to 1780, but changed his career when he got a job at auctioneers Sotheby's specialising in ceramics. He didn't decide to go into acting until the late 1970s. Nowadays he performs as Charles Dickens on reading tours around the UK and beyond, much like we see Dickens doing in The Unquiet Dead.

Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) Mar 25 1920 to Mar 28 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks

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

CREW

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

Peter Moffatt (director) Aug 15 1922 to Oct 21 2007
Doctor Who credits
Directed: State of Decay (1980), The Visitation (1982), Mawdryn Undead (1983), The Five Doctors (1983), The Twin Dilemma (1984), The Two Doctors (1985)
Played: Man outside restaurant in The Two Doctors (1985, uncredited)
Played: Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
His training to become an actor was disturbed by the outbreak of World War Two, during which he became a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft 3 in Germany. After the war he went back into acting in programmes such as Emil and the Detectives (1952) and Tales from Soho (1956), but then turned to directing, working on Small Time (1960), Tales of Mystery (1961), It Happened Like This (1963), Crane (1963-64), Seven Deadly Sins (1966-67), Sexton Blake (1968), Hadleigh (1969), Big Brother (1970), Crime of Passion (1971-72), New Scotland Yard (1972), Melissa (1974), Rooms (1974-77), The Camerons (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Juliet Bravo (1980/82), EastEnders (1986) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-88).
Facts
He was married to actress/ director/ producer Joan Kemp-Welch.

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 Castrovalva

Silver Nemesis

Ace (Sophie Aldred) and the Doctor
(Sylvester McCoy) with some of their
silvery adversaries

Three episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three)
First broadcast Nov 23 to Dec 7 1988 - Parts Two and Three were actually shown first in New Zealand on Nov 25 as part of a compilation of the whole story, but they were first shown episodically in the UK
Average audience for serial: 5.50m

REGULAR CAST

Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor) Born Aug 20 1943 Click here for Sylvester McCoy's entry on Time and the Rani

Sophie Aldred (Ace) Born Aug 20 1962 Click here for Sophie Aldred's entry on Dragonfire

GUEST CAST

David Banks (Cyber Leader) Born Sep 24 1951
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Leader in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Attack of the Cybermen (1985), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
David, 6ft 3in, made his acting debut in Keep It in the Family (1980), then made appearances in Bret Maverick (1981/82), The Bill (1991), A Time to Dance (1992), EastEnders (1994), Canary Wharf (1996) and Doctors (2006). Between 1991-92 he had a regular role in soap Brookside as Graeme Curtis.
Facts
In 1989 he played Karl the mercenary in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure (a role he reprised for an audio adaptation in 2007). On April 29th 1989, Pertwee fell ill and was replaced for two performances by David, who wore a white suit, t-shirt and Panama hat as the Doctor. In the late 1980s David got involved with Cyber-lore, writing the biographical work Doctor Who - Cybermen in 1988, which he adapted into audio cassettes and narrated as Origins of the Cybermen (1989-90). In 1984 David submitted a script to the Doctor Who production team called FlipBack which was steeped in Cyber-continuity, and was ultimately developed into his New Adventure novel Iceberg in 1993. David would have been cast as the Auton leader if the aborted Season 23 Doctor Who story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It had been filmed.

Chris Chering (Skinhead) Born Mar 13 1967
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tetrap in Time and the Rani (1987, uncredited)
Played: Skinhead in Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Chris's further work includes Casualty (1987), It Couldn't Happen Here (1987), The One Game (1988), The Bill (1988/89), Sob Sisters (1989) and The Innocent Sleep (1995).
Facts
Chris was one of the subjects of photographer Gavin Watson's classic book Skins (1994), documenting the look and sub-culture of The Wycombe Skins. He was known as Tottenham Chris and worked at the time in the Fred Perry clothes factory.

Anton Diffring (De Flores) Oct 20 1916 to May 19 1989 (natural causes/ cancer/ AIDS*)
Career highlights
German Anton (actually born Alfred Pollack) made his acting debut in Convoy (1940), followed by The Great Manhunt (1950), The Woman's Angle (1952), Bachelor in Paris (1952), Operation Diplomat (1953), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), The Colditz Story (1955), I Am a Camera (1955), The Crooked Sky (1957), Hancock's Half Hour (1957), O.S.S (1958), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), Invisible Man (1959), Incident at Midnight (1963), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), The Blue Max (1966), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kill Rommel! (1969), Zeppelin (1971), Assignment: Vienna (1972-73), Shatter (1974), The Beast Must Die (1974), Operation: Daybreak (1975), Vanessa (1977), The Unicorn (1978), Flambards (1979), The Winds of War (1983), Operation Dead End (1986), Faceless (1987), Derrick (1981/84/87) and Anna (1988).
Facts
Despite being typecast as nasty Nazis, Anton actually fled Germany in 1939 for Canada (possibly due to his homosexuality), where he was interned as an enemy alien until the end of the war. His sister is sculptor Jacqueline Diffring.
* There are differing and inconclusive accounts of Anton's cause of death. Some accounts say it was natural causes, another says it was cancer, while a 2002 interview with German actor Arthur Brauss claims Anton died of AIDS. He was once described by British actress Jean Kent as "queer as a three-dollar bill, but nobody seemed to notice that."

Leslie French (Mathematician) Apr 23 1904 to Jan 21 1999
Career highlights
Leslie made his credited debut in Radio Pirates (1935), after which he appeared in Tobias and the Angel (1939), This England (1941), Robin Hood (1953), The Scapegoat (1959), Bleak House (1959), Emma (1960), The Singer Not the Song (1961), The Leopard (1963), Taxi! (1964), Play School (1964), A Tale of Two Cities (1965), The Witches (1967), Villette (1970), Death in Venice (1971), Jason King (1971), Doctor on the Go (1977), Supernatural (1977), The Glamour Girls (1982), Lovejoy (1986), The Singing Detective (1986), Strike It Rich! (1986-87), The Living Daylights (1987), Uncle Silas (1989), Perfect Scoundrels (1992) and O Mary This London (1994). He also directed the 1939 TV film Traitor's Gate.
Facts
Trained ballet dancer Leslie, who was apparently the model for Eric Gill's sculpture of Ariel with Prospero on the front of BBC Broadcasting House (built 1928-32), began as a child actor and singer in the 1920s and 30s, becoming synonymous with the role of Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest opposite John Gielgud's Prospero (Leslie performed Ariel in only a tiny loincloth). In 1963, Leslie was offered the key to the city of Cape Town for his work in theatre there. It is believed Leslie was also considered for the role of the First Doctor in 1963.

Dolores Gray (Mrs Remington) Jun 7 1924 to Jun 26 2002 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Chicago-born Dolores started out as a singer in Hollywood clubs in the late 1930s until she made a name for herself on Rudy Vallee's radio show. From radio, Dolores moved to the stage on Broadway and in London's West End, appearing in shows such as Two on the Aisle, Sherry!, 42nd Street, Annie Get Your Gun, Destry Rides Again and Carnival in Flanders. It wasn't long until the movies beckoned too, and Dolores appeared in It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Kismet (1955), The Opposite Sex (1956) and Designing Woman (1957). After this Dolores became a top cabaret and variety act, appearing on shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Bell Telephone Hour and The Good Old Days. Dolores, who performed all her life with a bullet lodged in her left lung after getting caught in gangland crossfire as a child in Chicago, sang Marilyn Monroe's vocals on the Decca Records soundtrack release of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954).
Awards
1954: Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (Carnival in Flanders)
Facts
Dolores' husband was racehorse owner Andrew J Crevolin, who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby with Determine.

Mark Hardy (Cyber Lieutenant)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Lieutenant in Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Mark's other credits include A Coming-Out Party (1961), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Corridor People (1966), The Orchard End Murder (1980), Personal Services (1987), Who's the Boss? (1987), Friendships Field (1995) and Bright Young Things (2003). It is unclear whether these are all the same actor (it's a common name!).

Symond Lawes (Skinhead) Born Sep 28 1965
Career highlights
Symond also appeared in The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987), Dear John (1987), The One Game (1988), Troublemakers (1990) and Meades Eats (2003).
Facts
Once a model for Merc Clothing, Symond ("The World's Most Famous Skinhead") became a promoter for Concrete Jungle festivals in the United States and runs the SubCultz website. He has also organised events such as X-Ray Spex live, and remains active within the skinhead sub-culture community, organising international skinhead reunions and appearing in documentaries about the skinhead sub-culture.

Gerard Murphy (Richard Maynarde) Oct 14 1948 to Aug 26 2013 (prostate cancer)
Career highlights
Gerard debuted in a 1972 episode of Z Cars, after which he found work in Crown Court (1974), Catchpenny Twist (1977), The Chiffy Kids (1978), My Son, My Son (1979), Billy Boy (1982), Charters and Caldicott (1985), Saracen (1989), Waterworld (1995), Father Ted (1996), Vanity Fair (1998), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000), Batman Begins (2005), Dalziel and Pascoe (2007), Spooks (2009) and The Comedian (2012). He also had a recurring role as DI Bracken in McCallum (1995-98).
Facts
Before dying from prostate cancer (diagnosed in 2011), Gerard had a compressed spinal cord caused by the illness, but this did not stop him working on stage.

Brian Orrell (Cyberman) Born Sep 26 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyber Lieutenant in Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
Played: Cyberman in Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Other credits include The Union (1981), Ladykillers (1981), Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982), Icebound in the Antarctic (1983) and Work! (1992).
Facts
Brian was originally cast as a generic Cyberman, but was upgraded to Cyber Lieutenant when that part's original actor Jonathan David was upgraded to play Stratton. In later years Brian became a key figure in the UK Liberal Democrat party, becoming London Candidates Chair having overall responsibility for the approval and selection of all LibDem election candidates in London for 73 constituencies, as well as London Mayor. He is also a former Chairman of the LibDems' London Region, and inaugural Chairman of the English Candidates' Committee and Chairman of the English State Party. He also served on the Federal Executive for eight years, and also coaches party members in voice skills.

Martyn Read (Security guard) Nov 11 1944 to Sep 25 2022
Career highlights
Martyn's debut was in Dixon of Dock Green (1972), then Juggernaut (1974), Star Wars (1977), The Latchkey Children (1980), The Dick Emery Hour (1980), The Cleopatras (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Yes Minister (1984), The Collectors (1986), Streets Apart (1988), Love Hurts (1992), The House of Eliott (1994), Beyond Reason (1995), Gangster No1 (2000), Coronation Street (2001) and Doctors (2005/07/12). Martyn also played Les Turner in Flesh and Blood (1980-82) and Sergeant Wilson in The Darling Buds of May (1991-93).
Facts
Martyn was the third actor to play Captain Birds Eye in the frozen fish finger TV commercials (the first was John Hewer, the best recognised face of the character, between 1967-98; the second was the handsome but commercial mis-step of Thomas Pescod; and Martyn was the third, although told to slim down for the role!).

Fiona Walker (Lady Peinforte) Born May 24th 1944
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kala in The Keys of Marinus (1964)
Played: Lady Peinforte in Silver Nemesis (1988)
Career highlights
Fiona debuted in Doctor Who, then appeared in The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1964), Nursery Tale (1967), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Jude the Obscure (1971), The Asphyx (1973), I, Claudius (1976), The Norman Conquests (1978), Bleak House (1985), Time After Time (1986), The Woman in Black (1989), Wish Me Luck (1990), Poirot (1993), Eldorado (1993), The Chief (1994) and Century (1996).
Facts
In 1988, Fiona married the TV director Herbert Wise (he directed her in I, Claudius in 1976, and they'd lived together since 1971). Their daughter is actress Susannah Wise. Fiona appeared in Doctor Who's first and 25th anniversary seasons. She retired from acting in the 1990s, and became a supporter of the Harington Scheme in London's Highgate, which provides young people with learning difficulties with skills and vocational training.

Metin Yenal (Karl)
Career highlights
German-born Metin made his English language debut in Doctor Who, after which he appeared in The Pied Piper (1990), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1991), Swing Kids (1993), Grange Hill (1994) and Dirty Old Town (1995).

Jazz Quartet:

Ernest Mothle Dec 2 1941 to May 2 2011 (diabetes)
South Africa born Ernest (known as Shololo) was a double bass player of wide repute who played with giants of jazz such as Archie Shepp, Jimmy Witherspoon and Sonny Stitt, and performed for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday at Wembley Stadium in 1989. He also performed as part of the orchestra in Haunted Honeymoon (1986).

Courtney Pine Born Mar 18 1964
Jazz musician Courtney is best known as a saxophone player, although he also plays the clarinet, flute, bass clarinet and keyboards. He released his debut album Journey to the Urge Within in 1986 which made the Top 40 Albums Chart in the UK. He has also enjoyed Singles Chart success with Mica Paris on Like Dreamers Do (1988), Carroll Thompson on I'm Still Waiting (1990) and Elkie Brooks on Too Much to Lose (1999). As well as fronting his own band, Courtney presents jazz programmes on BBC Radio. Other TV work includes French and Saunders (1990) and History is Made at Night (1999).
Awards
2000: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to jazz music
2009: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to jazz music

Adrian Reid Born Jan 4 1958
As a jazz pianist and trio leader, Adrian still performs on the live circuit and is based in London. He was a member of the seminal jazz group Cymande, who influenced acts such as the Fugees and De La Soul. In the early 1980s he formed the band Midnite Express, which later became the chart band Imagination. He has also worked as a musical director and arranger on several West End shows, including Five Guys Named Moe and Kat and the Kings.

Frank Tontoh Born May 22 1964
Drummer Frank has known Courtney Pine for many years, and as well as performing for him he has played for Jason Donovan, Tanita Tikaram, Craig David, Amy Winehouse, Aztec Camera, George Michael, Gary Barlow, among others. He has been in numerous bands himself, including Jazz Warriors, Hi Tension and Desperately Seeking Fusion.

CREW

Kevin Clarke (writer) Born 1945
Career highlights
Doctor Who's 25th anniversary tale was Kevin's first TV work, after which he wrote for Wish Me Luck (1988/90), The Bill (1988-91), Albert and the Lion (1992), Ellington (1996), Wycliffe (1997-98), The Last Detective (2005) and Casualty (2007). While writing for The Bill, Kevin created the character of Roxanne, a transvestite police informant played by drag artiste Lily Savage (aka Paul O'Grady, who went on to forge a high profile TV career in the UK as both Lily and himself). In later years Kevin gained himself an Open University degree in history, then read post-grad history at Oxford, gaining a subsequent MA in renaissance studies at the University of London.

Chris Clough (director) Born Mar 9 1951
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Trial of a Time Lord Parts 9-14 (1986), Delta and the Bannermen (1987), Dragonfire (1987), The Happiness Patrol (1988), Silver Nemesis (1988)
Played: Voice of Fifi in The Happiness Patrol (1988, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in Silver Nemesis (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
Further directing work includes Brookside (1982), EastEnders (1985-88), Casualty (1994-95), The Bill (1992-95), Ballykissangel (1996) and Skins (2007). Chris later went into production, handling The Bill (1995-97), Ballykissangel (1998-99), Black Cab (2000), Table 12 (2001), Born and Bred (2003-04), The Ghost Squad (2005), Skins (2007-13), Sirens (2011), Strike Back (2012), Lucan (2013), The Missing (2014), Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016), Rellik (2017), Dark Heart (2018) and World on Fire (2019).
Awards
2019: BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama (Killed By My Debt) - with Joseph Bullman, Tahsin Guner and Aysha Rafaele.

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

Andrew Cartmel (script editor) Born Apr 6 1958 Click here for Andrew Cartmel's entry on Time and the Rani

Full Circle

Marshman selfie

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Oct 25 to Nov 15 1980
Average audience for serial: 5.25m

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

John Leeson (Voice of K-9) Born Mar 16 1943 Click here for John Leeson's entry on The Invisible Enemy

Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Born Dec 19 1961
Doctor Who credits
Played: Adric in Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate, The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday, Kinda, The Visitation, Black Orchid, Earthshock, Time-Flight (1980-82). Return appearance in The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Career highlights
Matthew's only other TV work prior to Doctor Who was To Serve Them All My Days (1980) and Top of the Pops (1980, as a guest), and after Doctor Who he appeared in a small part in The Knife Man (1984). After this he pursued a career on the stage, and in 2006 self-published his debut novel, Fates, Flowers: A Comedy of New York. He has since written two more, as well as his autobiography Blue Box Boy (2010).
Facts
Matthew, who started at the BBC as a clerk in the news department, lived in Connecticut, US, between 1998-2017 with his husband, and since 2003 has also worked as a tour guide at the Mark Twain Museum, Hartford, Connecticut. He collects rare books by obscure mid-century poets. Since 2014 Matthew has appeared as Adric in a number of audio productions by Big Finish. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Matthew here.

GUEST CAST

Norman Bacon (Marshchild) Died 2020
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rebel in The Sun Makers (1977, uncredited)
Played: Marshchild in Full Circle (1980)
Played: Dalek operator in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988, uncredited)
Career highlights
Norman's earliest credit was in William (1962), followed by Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), The First Lady (1969), Out of the Unknown (1971), The Goodies (1977), Blake's 7 (1979), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Classic Ghost Stories (1986) and You Rang, M'Lord? (1991). He also appeared in the concert film for the Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams in 1983.

George Baker (Login) Apr 1 1931 to Oct 7 2011 (pneumonia following a stroke)
Career highlights
Bulgaria born George was the son of a British consul, and secured his first acting credit in The Intruder (1953), followed by roles in The Dam Busters (1955), Hell in Korea (1956), The Moonraker (1958), Nick of the River (1959), Sword of Lancelot (1963), Rupert of Hentzau (1964), Curse of the Fly (1965), Undermind (1965), The Prisoner (1967), The Sex Game (1968), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Up Pompeii (1970), The Fenn Street Gang (1971), Bowler (1973), Survivors (1975), I, Claudius (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Ladykillers (1980), The Chinese Detective (1982), Goodbye Mr Chips (1984), The Canterville Ghost (1986), Robin of Sherwood (1984-86), The Charmer (1987), No Job for a Lady (1990-91), Johnny and the Dead (1995), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2001), Coronation Street (2003), Spooks (2005) and New Tricks (2007). He will be best remembered as Detective Chief Inspector Reg Wexford in ITV's adaptation of Ruth Rendell's thrillers between 1987-2000 (three of which he adapted himself). George also had a regular role as David West in ill-fated soap Triangle (1982-83).
Awards
2007: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to charity
Facts
George reportedly submitted a script to the Doctor Who production office in the 1980s. In 1980 he wrote a TV play called Fatal Spring about war poets Vidal Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, which won a United Nations peace award. He also wrote his own recipe book in 1992, called A Cook for All Seasons. He also did screen tests for the role of Ben-Hur in 1959, as can be seen on the film's DVD extras. His first wife was costume designer Julia Squire, who died in 1989 aged 63 after falling downstairs; his second wife was actress Sally Home, who died of cancer aged 57 in 1992; and his third wife was actress Louie Ramsay, who played his screen wife Dora Wexford in the Ruth Rendell Mysteries, who also predeceased him, aged 81.
This is Your Life: George was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on April 5th, 1995, surprised by host Michael Aspel during a photoshoot on board a boat at Port Solent. Three Doctor Who actors appeared as guests on the show - Sylvia Sims, Peter Sallis and Maureen Lipman. Link to The Big Red Book entry.

James Bree (Nefred) Jul 20 1923 to Dec 1 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Security Chief in The War Games (1969)
Played: Nefred in Full Circle (1980)
Played: Keeper of the Matrix in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)
Career highlights
James's earliest appearance was in What's in Store (1953), then Give Them a Ring (1954), Stage By Stage: The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger (1954), Just My Luck (1957), Probation Officer (1962), R3 (1965), The Prisoner (1968), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), On the Buses (1971), Ace of Wands (1972), The Donati Conspiracy (1973), I, Claudius (1976), Secret Army (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1979), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Galloping Galaxies! (1985-86), Executive Stress (1986), Without a Clue (1988), Anna Lee (1994), Silent Witness (1996) and Ruth Rendell: The Orchard Walls (1998). James also appeared in the Doctor Who fan video spin-off Downtime (1995) and Lust in Space (1998, his final work).
Facts
He was a close friend of Doctor Who film actor Peter Cushing, and read a tribute out at his funeral. James suffered a stroke in 1998 which left him without the power of speech for the rest of his life. James was born as James Rutherfoord Worsfold Thomson, but became Thomson-Bree (just Bree professionally) after inheriting land from his great-uncle, Archdeacon William Bree. Through this inheritance, James became patron of the benefice and rectory of Allesley in Coventry. James's long-time partner, Albert Yates, died in 2006.

Tony Calvin (Dexeter) Mar 27 1931 to Aug 14 1999
Career highlights
Tony first appeared in Z Cars (1962), followed by roles in Suspense (1963), The Counterfeit Constable (1964), A Family At War (1970), Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), John Halifax, Gentleman (1974), Sutherland's Law (1975), Shades of Greene (1975), The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978), The Professionals (1978), Fox (1980) and The Nation's Health (1983).

Andrew Forbes (Omril) Born Apr 20 1955
Career highlights
South African born Andrew debuted in Crown Court (1979), then appeared in Shoestring (1980), Super Gran (1985), Strike It Rich! (1986-87), Lovejoy (1991), Birds of a Feather (1991), Incognito (1997), The Hello Girls (1996-98), Starhunter (2001), Keen Eddie (2003), Bad Girls (2006), Hollyoaks (2008), Bronson (2008), Poirot (2009), EastEnders (2011), Doctors (2013), Silent Witness (2016) and Coronation Street (2018). Like co-star Bernard Padden, Andrew has also written for Doctors (2004-05).

Adrian Gibbs (Rysik) Born Aug 13 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rysik in Full Circle (1980)
Played: The Watcher in Logopolis (1981, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Black Orchid (1982, uncredited)
Career highlights
South African Adrian had previously appeared in A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Dancing Princesses (1978) and A Man Called Intrepid (1979). He also performed as one of David Bowie's six backing dancers on The 1980 Floor Show (1973).
Facts
Adrian started out as a dancer, training at ballet school and then being taught in jazz by renowned choreographer Arlene Phillips. He was also the "face of Burberry" for a while. In later years, Adrian became a photographer.
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Adrian here.

Barney Lawrence (Marshman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Marshman in Full Circle (1980)
Played: Guard in State of Decay (1980, uncredited), Warriors of the Deep (1984, uncredited)
Played: Foster in The Keeper of Traken (1981, uncredited)
Played: Hostage in Kinda (1982, uncredited)
Played: Android in Earthshock (1982, uncredited)
Played: Dave Culshaw in Time-Flight (1982, uncredited)
Played: Royal servant in Snakedance (1983, uncredited)
Played: Sailor in Enlightenment (1983, uncredited)
Played: Trooper in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984, uncredited)
Career highlights
Barney also appeared uncredited in four episodes of Blake's 7 (1978-81).

Leonard Maguire (Draith) May 26 1924 to Sep 12 1997
Career highlights
Leonard's earliest acting credit was in Kidnapped (1956), followed by Ivanhoe (1958), Redgauntlet (1959), Rob Roy (1961), Dixon of Dock Green (1962), Tempo (1962-64), Z Cars (1967), Paul Temple (1969), Hine (1971), Emmerdale Farm (1973), Scotch on the Rocks (1973), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1974), Huntingtower (1978), The Awakening (1980), The Day Christ Died (1980), Icebound in the Antarctic (1983), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Rockcliffe's Babies (1987), EastEnders (1986-88), The Girl in a Swing (1988), Dodgem (1991), Memento Mori (1992) and Victory (1996). He also hosted the arts programme Tempo between 1962-64, and took part in a number of Scotland on Film productions in the 1950s and 60s.
Facts
Leonard primarily worked in theatre and radio, performing in almost 2,000 plays from the early 1950s to the late 60s. His wife was radio producer Frances Campbell.

Bernard Padden (Tylos) Born Dec 29 1956
Career highlights
Bernard made his debut in The Dustbinmen (1970), and also took roles in How We Used to Live (1975), Emmerdale Farm (1979), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), Valentine Park (1987), Binky and Boo (1987), Erik the Viking (1989), England, My England (1995), Grange Hill (1997), Sunnyside Farm (1997), The Dark Room (1999) and Zemanovaload (2005). Since 2003 Bernard has written more than 40 scripts for daytime soap Doctors, and also wrote the 12-minute animated short Binky and Boo (1987).
Facts
Bernard has lectured in scriptwriting at Salford and Stoke Universities.

June Page (Keara) Born 1955
Career highlights
June debuted in Softly Softly (1971), then appeared in Intimate Strangers (1974), Sam and the River (1975), A Place to Hide (1976), Survivors (1976), Somebody's Daughter (1978), Crown Court (1981), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Grange Hill (1983), Relative Strangers (1985), Thin Air (1988), Birds of a Feather (1989), Wild Justice (1993), nine episodes of The Bill (1987-2001) and Bad Girls (2004).
Facts
After meeting on Doctor Who, June married co-star Richard Willis.

Alan Rowe (Garif) Dec 14 1926 to Oct 21 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice from Space Control in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Dr Evans in The Moonbase (1967)
Played: Edward of Wessex in The Time Warrior (1973-74)
Played: Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Played: Garif in Full Circle (1980)
Career highlights
New Zealander Alan's career began with You Never Can Tell (1955), then Sword of Freedom (1957), An Age of Kings (1960), Maigret (1963), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Heil Caesar! (1973), The XYY Man (1976), Crown Court (1975-79, as Justice Quinlan), Number 10 (1983), Morgan's Boy (1984), Lovejoy (1986), The Manageress (1989-90), Forever Green (1989-92) and Wycliffe (1997).
Facts
He was the long-term partner of actor Geoffrey Bayldon, who appeared in Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979).

Richard Willis (Varsh) Born Apr 6 1958
Career highlights
Richard's earliest role was in Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973), followed by Soldier and Me (1974), Shadows (1975), A Bunch of Fives (1977), The Doombolt Chase (1978), The Feathered Serpent (1976-78), Rebecca (1979), Diary of a Nobody (1979), The Quiz Kid (1979), Flesh and Blood (1980-82), The Prodigal (1983), The Bill (1989), Maigret (1992), Wycliffe (1997), Law and Order (2005), The Big Bad Swim (2006), Flashpoint (2009), Nikita (2011), Lost Girl (2011) and Dreadful Sorry (2013).
Facts
In 2001 Richard (now known as Richard Sheridan Willis) moved to the US and became a citizen in 2007, although he is now based in Canada. In 2005 Richard performed Shakespeare at the White House for President George W Bush, and later became artistic director of the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. After meeting on Doctor Who, Richard married co-star June Page. His second wife, between 1993-96, was Rani actress Kate O'Mara. Here he is on Twitter.

CREW

Andrew Smith (writer) Born Jul 27 1962
Career highlights
Scottish-born Andrew was the first Doctor Who fan to send a script to the production office which was actually made. His early work included scripts for Not the Nine O'Clock News, Radio Scotland's Naked Radio, Radio 4's satirical Week Ending, and a play called Thieves in Scottish Television's Preview series.
Facts
Andrew's subsequent Doctor Who submissions The Secret of Cassius, The First Sontarans and The Torson Triumvirate were not developed, although the Sontaran serial was adapted on audio by Big Finish in 2012, and he has written new audios for them too. He worked for 25 years as part of the British police force's Special Branch. Here he is, on Twitter!
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Andrew here.

Peter Grimwade (director) Jun 8 1942 to May 15 1990 (leukaemia)
Doctor Who credits
Production assistant: Spearhead from Space (1970, uncredited), The Daemons (1971, uncredited), Robot (1974-75), Pyramids of Mars (1975), The Robots of Death (1977), Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Directed: Full Circle (1980), Logopolis (1981), Kinda (1982), Earthshock (1982)
Wrote: Time-Flight (1982), Mawdryn Undead (1983), Planet of Fire (1984)
Career highlights
Peter also worked as production assistant on Z Cars (1973), The Doll (1975), Five Red Herrings (1975), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978-80). Further directing work was on The Omega Factor (1979) and a Dramarama story in 1986 entitled The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt (a thinly veiled attack on his former producer John Nathan-Turner, which Peter also wrote). Further writing credits were on Z Cars (1969-71) and Kim & Co (1975-76).
Facts
Peter, who is namechecked in The Robots of Death via "Grimwade's Syndrome", was originally going to direct a Dalek story for Season 20 entitled The Return, but when the story was delayed a year due to industrial strikes, he lost the remount to Matthew Robinson (Resurrection of the Daleks). After Doctor Who, Peter mainly produced industrial training videos. In 1987 he wrote a novel called Robot, which contained several Doctor Who references.

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

Christopher H Bidmead (script editor) Jan 18 1941 to Aug 6 2025 Click here for Christopher H Bidmead's entry on The Leisure Hive

Logopolis

The Doctor (Tom Baker) with his new
friends, plus a new old enemy!

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
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) August 8th 1936 to March 18th 2026
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), Electricity (2014) and Casualty (2015). 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 (wrier and script editor) Jan 18 1941 to Aug 6 2025 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

Battlefield

The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) and
Morgaine (Jean Marsh)... or is it Bret
Vyon and Sara Kingdom reunited?

Four episodes (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
First broadcast Sep 6 to 27 1989
Average audience for serial: 3.65m

REGULAR CAST

Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor) Born Aug 20 1943 Click here for Sylvester McCoy's entry on Time and the Rani

Sophie Aldred (Ace) Born Aug 20 1962 Click here for Sophie Aldred's entry on Dragonfire

GUEST CAST

Marek Anton (The Destroyer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Destroyer in Battlefield (1989)
Played: Vershinin in The Curse of Fenric (1989)
Career highlights
Marek's further credits include The Paradise Club (1989), 'Allo 'Allo! (1992), Love Hurts (1993) and The Famous Five (1996).
Facts
He now lives in Poland.

June Bland (Elizabeth Rowlinson) Born Jun 2 1931
Doctor Who credits
Played: Berger in Earthshock (1982)
Played: Elizabeth Rowlinson in Battlefield (1989)
Career highlights
June's other screen work include The Case Before You (1959), Scotland Yard (1960), A for Andromeda (1961), Bat Out of Hell (1966) and Angels (1980). She also had a long-running role as Vera Harker in 207 episodes of soap The Newcomers (1966-69) and Mrs Lipska in 26 episodes of The Doctors (1970-71). Between 1959-61 she was credited as June Sellars.
Facts
In 1995, she established the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in Basingstoke, UK, which she then sold as a franchise ten years later. In 1950, June married the director Bill Sellars (who helmed the Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker), but later divorced him. After this, Sellars moved to Spain to live with his civil partner, Alan Sandilands, but when Sandilands died in 2012, Sellars returned to the UK and remarried June (they had three children together). Sellars died in 2018, aged 93.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with June here.

Christopher Bowen (Mordred) Born Oct 20 1959
Career highlights
Christopher's first role was in Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), followed by Cyrano de Bergerac (1985), Knights of God (1987), The Shell Seekers (1989), Waiting for God (1991), Darkman (1992), South Beach (1993), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1995), Richard III (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Heartbeat (2001), Poirot (2001), Lie With Me (2004), Jane Eyre (2006), Holby City (2007), Lewis (2010), Parade's End (2012), Homefront (2012), Maigret Sets a Trap (2016), On Chesil Beach (2017), Ransom (2018), Endeavour (2019) and Outlander (2020). He also regularly played Alex Milburn in the short-lived soap Castles (1995).

Angela Bruce (Brigadier Winifred Bambera) Born May 6 1951
Career highlights
Angela's debut came in Man at the Top in 1973, followed by roles in Within These Walls (1975), Rock Follies (1976), Coronation Street (1978), Empire Road (1979), The Winner (1983), Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), The Practice (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Spender (1991), Prime Suspect (1991), Van der Valk (1992), Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), Our Friends in the North (1996), Only Fools and Horses (1996), Big Bad World (1999), EastEnders (2000), The Ghost Hunter (2001), Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002), My Family (2002), Waking the Dead (2005), Spooks (2007), Casualty (1996/2007/2015), Vera (2015), Him (2016) and Doctors (2002/05/09/16/17/20). She's had regular roles as Sandra Ling in Angels (1975-79), Chrissie Stuart in Press Gang (1989-90) and Mandy Goodhue in Bad Girls (2006).
Facts
Angela was born to a white mother and a West Indian father, and was adopted aged three by a couple with the surname Bruce. Angela reprised the role of Brigadier Bambera in the Big Finish audio Animal in 2011.

Noel Collins (Pat Rowlinson) Dec 11 1936 to Aug 15 2011 (lung cancer)
Career highlights
Noel's first credit was a 1967 Wednesday Play called Days in the Trees, followed by The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here! (1972), Adult Fun (1972), Middlemen (1977), Within These Walls (1978), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Accident (1978), A Question of Guilt (1980), Never Never Land (1980), Bread (1986), A Master of the Marionettes (1989) and Health and Efficiency (1994). He is most associated with the character of Sgt George Parrish in over 80 episodes of Juliet Bravo (1980-85).
Facts
Noel was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 1996, after which he had a lung removed. He became one of 53 people who launched a £17m lawsuit against Gallaher and Imperial Tobacco, claiming the companies were negligent in not reducing the tar content in cigarettes once the link between smoking and lung cancer had been established. The claim was abandoned in 1999 because of the prospect of soaring legal costs if it were lost.

Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart) Dec 16 1929 to Feb 22 2011 (cancer) Click here for Nicholas Courtney's entry on The Daleks' Master Plan

Angela Douglas (Doris Lethbridge-Stewart) Born Oct 29 1940
Career highlights
After debuting in a 1958 episode of Dixon of Dock Green, Angela's credits include The Shakedown (1960), Bootsie and Snudge (1960), Coronation Street (1961), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), The Gentle Terror (1961), Compact (1962), Some People (1962), The Comedy Man (1964), Sergeant Cork (1966), Wuthering Heights (1967), Jason King (1972), Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973), Father Brown (1974), The Gentle Touch (1984), Strathblair (1993), Soldier Soldier (1994), Hamlet (1996), This Year's Love (1999), Deceit (2000), The Four Feathers (2002), Holby City (2004), Four Seasons (2008-09) and Sniff (2010). She had regular roles as Julie Ward in Oil Strike North (1975) and Isobel Trimble in Cardiac Arrest (1995-96), but is best known for being a member of the Carry On film franchise team, appearing in four films between 1966-68.
Facts
Angela was married to actor Kenneth More until his death in 1982 (she had put her acting career pretty much on hold to care for Kenneth after he was diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson's Disease in 1979). Her second husband is director Bill Bryden.

James Ellis (Peter Warmsley) Mar 15 1931 to Mar 8 2014 (stroke)
Career highlights
Belfast born James made his first appearance in Escape (1957), then The Adventures of Robin Hood (1958), Over the Bridge (1961), The Scales of Justice (1966), Full House (1973), Til Death Us Do Part (1975), The Long March (1980), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), The Gathering Seed (1983), Tripper's Day (1984), Re-Animator (1985), The Practice (1986), The Marksman (1987), Troubles (1988), Little Sir Nicholas (1990), Woof! (1991), So You Think You've Got Troubles (1991), In Sickness and in Health (1992), Lovejoy (1993), Priest (1994), Common as Muck (1994), Leapin' Leprechauns! (1995), Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996), Mike and Angelo (1997), Birds of a Feather (1998), Big Bad World (1999), Sunburn (2000), Only Fools and Horses (2002), Magic Grandad (2003), The Bill (2004), Down to Earth (2005) and Eternal Law (2012). He had recurring roles as Norman Martin in three Graham Reid Play for Todays (1982-84), Paddy Reilly in One By One (1984-87), Sarge in Nightingales (1990-93), Uncle Minto in Ballykissangel (1998-99) and Mr Mullen in Playing the Field (1998-2002). However, it is his long-running role as Bert Lynch in more than 620 episodes of Z Cars (1962-78) that he will be most remembered for.
Facts
James (whose father was a sheet metal worker on the Titanic) was also a poet, writer and a translator of folklore from foreign languages into English. Married twice, James had four children - two of whom sadly predeceased him: in 1988, his 28-year-old son Adam was murdered in London by a robber who took just £1.20, while 49-year-old actor Hugo killed himself in 2011. A third son, 44-year-old Toto, died after collapsing at his mother's home in Nottinghamshire in 2026.
This is Your Life: James was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on January 25th, 2001, surprised by host Michael Aspel during rehearsals for the play The Playboy of the Western World at the National Theatre.

Marcus Gilbert (Ancelyn) Jul 29 1958 to Jan 11 2026 (throat cancer)
Career highlights
Marcus debuted in The Weather in the Streets (1983), then Master of the Game (1984), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984), Robin of Sherwood (1984), Connie (1985), Biggles (1986), Rambo III (1988), Uncle Silas (1989), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Hunter (1991), Army of Darkness (1992), Riders (1993), Murder, She Wrote (1994), The Lazarus Man (1996), Doctors (2001), Freebird (2008) and Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie (2015).
Facts
Aged just 12, Marcus's father and maternal grandparents all lost their lives in a car accident while on their way to watch his opera singer mother perform, on October 31st, 1970. Marcus was the only survivor, although he was admitted to intensive care with a cracked skull and broken ribs. In the 1990s Marcus became the male face of the Nescafe Gold Blend coffee adverts, having previously found acclaim in the New Romantic/ punk/ skinhead mash-up that is the 1984 Lee Cooper jeans advert Mean Jeans (it won the Best Cinema Commercial Award of 1986). Keen traveller Marcus later developed his own production company, Touch the Sky Productions, which made documentaries on his ascents of locations such as Mount Kilimanjaro and the Peruvian Andes. Marcus was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2020, the same year his wife died of pancreatic cancer (on his 62nd birthday). In 2023, Marcus reached out to fellow actor Lysette Anthony following her Parkinson's diagnosis, and they fell into a relationship together. 
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Marcus here.

Robert Jezek (Sergeant Zbrigniev) Born Apr 6 1955
Career highlights
Canadian Robert debuted in The Ted Kennedy Jr Story (1986), then took roles in Star Cops (1987), The March (1990), Shadowchaser (1992), Death Machine (1994), Event Horizon (1997), Dark Realm (2001), The 51st State (2001), Living the Quake (2006), Rosemary and Thyme (2006), Inside the Twin Towers (2006), Casino Royale (2006), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007), Taggart (2008), Shameless (2009), EastEnders (2011), Holby City (2012), Walking with the Enemy (2013), Asylum (2015), Ren (2016), Two Tramps and a Tin of Tuna (2018) and The Spy (2019). Between 2010-12, Robert regularly played Steve Conway in the series I Shouldn't Be Alive.
Facts
Robert provided the voice of Frobisher, the shape-shifting penguin who started out as a companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors in the comic strips of Doctor Who Magazine and then transferred to audio in two Big Finish adventures in 2000-02. In 2000, Robert appeared in the music video for Fatboy Slim's Sunset (Bird of Prey), and in 2008 appeared in drag in a Renault Twingo commercial.

Jean Marsh (Morgaine) July 1st 1934 to April 13th 2025 (complications from dementia)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Joanna in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Played: Morgaine in Battlefield (1989)
Played: Party guest in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Jean's career began in The Infinite Shoeblack (1952), then The Limping Man (1953), The Twilight Zone (1959), I Spy (1967), UFO (1970), Frenzy (1972), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Hawaii Five-O (1978), Return to Oz (1985), Willow (1988), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989), The Tomorrow People (1994), Fatherland (1994), Dangerfield (1997), Sensitive Skin (2007), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Crooked House (2008), The Last Post (2011), Outlier (2014) and Grantchester (2014). Jean co-created the series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75 and 2010-12, and appeared in it as Rose Buck), and The House of Eliott (1991-94). She had regular roles as Sylvia Parrish in The Informer (1966-67), Roz Keith in 9 to 5 (1982-83) and Mrs Croker in The Ghost Hunter (2000-01).
Awards
1972: Royal Television Society Award for New Female Personality (Upstairs, Downstairs)

1975: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Upstairs, Downstairs)
2012: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
Facts
Jean studied ballet as a child in order to overcome a nervous paralysis (Bell's palsy) she suffered as a result of witnessing deaths and bombings during World War Two. Her sister was actor Yvonne Marsh, best known for playing Madge Cartwright in sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?. Jean was married to Third Doctor Jon Pertwee between 1955-60. Trivia fans might like the fact she appeared in Nicholas Courtney's first and last stories in Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan and Battlefield! In 2011, she suffered a minor stroke and heart attack, causing her to miss much of the filming for the second series of the Upstairs, Downstairs reboot.

Dorota Rae (Flight Lieutenant Lavel) Sep 15 1957 to Dec 19 2018
Career highlights
Polish born Dorota Kwiatkowska made her debut in her native language in Akwarale (1978), then Terrarium (1981), Thais (1984), Widziadlo (1984), Pay Off (1987), Love After Lunch (1987), Crossroads (1988), Game, Set and Match (1988), Testimony (1988), Gunblast Vodka (2000), Kameleon (2001), Pensjonat Pod Roza (2004), Hotel 52 (2011), Druga Szansa (2016) and Blondynka (2018).
Facts
Dorota died in Adelaide, Australia. For a lovely collection of photos of Dorota, mainly from the late 1970s and 1980s, click here. Dorota was married to Charles Bodman Rae, professor of music at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Dorota, as well as actor Stephen Garlick, here.

Stefan Schwartz (Knight Commander) Born May 1 1963
Career highlights
Stefan's acting career began with Strong Medicine (1986), after which he took roles in Inspector Morse (1987), The Bill (1989), Portrait of a Marriage (1990) and Do Not Disturb (1991). After that he gave up acting to become a major film and American TV director, helming Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993), Giving Tongue (1996), Shooting Fish (1997, which he also wrote), The Abduction Club (2002), The Best Man (2005, which he also wrote), Hustle (2007), Spooks (2007), Trial and Retribution (2009), Crash (2008-09), Luther (2010), Camelot (2011, on which he was also an executive producer), Being Human USA (2012), House MD (2012), Revenge (2013), The Walking Dead (2013), Dexter (2011-13), White Collar (2012-13), Black Sails (2015-16), The Americans (2014-18), Flesh and Bone (2015), Fear the Walking Dead (2015-17), Power (2015-18), Nightflyers (2018), NOS4A2 (2018), The Boys (2019) and Fortunate Son (2020).
Facts
Stefan's work on Shooting Fish won him Best Director at the Catalonian International Film Festival in 1997, while he also won an Audience Award for Soft Top Hard Shoulder at 1992's London Film Festival.

Ling Tai (Shou Yuing) Born Jun 23 1961
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tourist in The Leisure Hive (1980, uncredited)
Played: Seabase crewmember in Warriors of the Deep (1984, uncredited)
Played: Shou Yuing in Battlefield (1989)
Career highlights
Ling came to prominence as a regular on children's series Crackerjack between 1983-84, but began acting in The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980), then The Two Ronnies (1981), Bergerac (1983), Never the Twain (1984), John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), William Tell (1988), Stay Lucky (1989), Coronation Street (1989), Wilt (1990), Soldier Soldier (1993) and The Missing Star (2006). She also played Lily in children's series Spatz (1990).

Facts

Born in China as Lee Ling Tai ("beautiful goddess"), she was found abandoned as a baby on the streets of Hong Kong. Rescued by a policeman, Ling was taken to an orphanage, and at 18 months was taken to the UK with eight other babies, adopted by Leslie and Edna Emmerson of Eastcote, London, and given the name Kerry/ Keri Emmerson. In 1988, she married and had one child, but later divorced.

Paul Tomany (Major Husak) May 14 1957 to Jul 26 1992
Paul's other credits were Triangle (1982) and Capital City (1989).

CREW

Ben Aaronovitch (writer) Born Feb 22 1964
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), Battlefield (1989)
Career highlights
Ben's other screen writing work includes Jupiter Moon (1990), Casualty (1990) and Dark Knight (2001). Ben has now become a successful author, penning the Rivers of London series of books since 2011, which follows his authorship of several Doctor Who novels, including Transit (1992) and The Also People (1995).
Facts
His father was economist and Communist Sam Aaronovitch, and his brothers are broadcaster and journalist David Aaronovitch and actor Owen Aaronovitch. Ben's website is called The Folly and his blog is Temporarily Significant.

Michael Kerrigan (director) Nov 2 1952 to Aug 7 2014
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Battlefield (1989), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Day of the Clown (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Secrets of the Stars (2008)
Career highlights
Michael's other directing work included Spine Chillers (1980), Maggie (1981), Secrets (1982), The Baker Street Boys (1983), No 73 (1983-85), Henry's Leg (1986), Knights of God (1987), Mr Majeika (1988-90), EastEnders (1990), The Bill (1990-91), Parallel 9 (1992), The Famous Five (1995-96), Springhill (1996-97), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997), Holly and Stephen's Saturday Showdown (2004), The Courtroom (2004) and The Basil Brush Show (2002-07).

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

Andrew Cartmel (script editor) Born Apr 6 1958 Click here for Andrew Cartmel's entry on Time and the Rani