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Monday, July 08, 2013

The Romans

Derek Francis as the amorous
Emperor Nero

First broadcast Jan 16 to Feb 6 1965

1. The Slave Traders (13.0m)

2. All Roads Lead to Rome (11.5m)

3. Conspiracy (10.0m)

4. Inferno (12.0m)
Average audience for serial: 11.63m

A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be seen at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story at Time Space Visualiser!

Facts

At 87, Bart was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of his death.

John Caesar (Second man in market) January 23rd 1926 to June 11th 2000 (pancreatic cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Second man in market in The Romans (1965)
Played: Egyptian warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66, uncredited)
Played: Monoid Four in The Ark (1966)
Played: Cowboy in The Gunfighters (1966, uncredited)
Played: Guard in The Macra Terror (1967)
Played: Pirate guard in The Space Pirates (1969, uncredited)
Played: CPO Myers in The Sea Devils (1972)
Played: R/T soldier in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Career highlights
John's first credit was in Paul of Tarsus (1960), then The Lenny the Lion Show (1961), Maigret (1963), Bat Out of Hell (1966), No Hiding Place (1967), Germinal (1970), The Guardians (1971), War and Peace (1972), Boy Dominic (1974), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), Lorna Doone (1976), Janet and Company (1982), Bootle Saddles (1984), Big Deal (1984) and The Bill (1989).

Peter Diamond (Delos) August 10th 1929 to March 27th 2004 (stroke)
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: The Daleks (1964, uncredited), The Rescue (1965, uncredited), The Daemons (1971, uncredited)
Fight arranger: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Romans (1965), The Space Museum (1965), The Chase (1965), The Evil of the Daleks (1967), The War Games (1969), The Daemons (1971)

Played: Roboman in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964, uncredited)
Played: Delos in The Romans (1965)

Played: Morok technician/ guard in The Space Museum (1965)
Played: Sailor in The Highlanders (1966-67)
Played: Davis in The Ice Warriors (1967)
Played: Extra in The Enemy of the World (1967-68, uncredited)
Played: Double for Dr Who/ Salamander in The Enemy of the World (1967-68, uncredited)
Played: Confederate horseman in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: Alien guard in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Career highlights
Peter was one of the most prolific stuntmen in the UK, starting out on The Three Musketeers (1954), followed by The Gordon Honour (1955-56), The Cabin in the Clearing (1959), Ghost Squad (1963), Children of the Damned (1964), Carry On Cleo (1964), Alfie (1966), Follyfoot (1971), Star Wars (1977), Poldark (1977), Return of the Saint (1978-79), Dick Turpin (1979), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Superman II (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Lifeforce (1985), Superman IV (1987), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), TECX (1990), Zorro (1990-93, some episodes of which he also directed), Highlander (1992-93), Hamish Macbeth (1995-96), One Foot in the Grave (1996), Oktober (1998), Monarch of the Glen (2002) and Heartbeat (1996-2004), as well as a great many James Bond and Hammer films.
Facts
Peter learnt his craft from Hollywood action man Errol Flynn. He will be remembered by a generation of Star Wars fans as the Tusken Raider who attacks Luke in the original film, as well as the man who devised the definitive method of handling a light sabre! He died returning home to Durham from Yorkshire after being on the set of the drama Heartbeat as its stunt coordinator.

Dennis Edwards (Centurion) December 28th 1916 to March 15th 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Centurion in The Romans (1965)
Played: Lord Gomer in The Invasion of Time (1978)
Career highlights
Debuted in Toad of Toad Hall (1953), followed by The Scarlet Pimpernel (1956), The Black Brigand (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Private Investigator (1959), Ghost Squad (1963), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967), Jackanory (1971), Father Brown (1974), The Brothers (1976), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), People Like Us (1978), Ladykillers (1981), No Problem! (1983), Grange Hill (1985) and Birds of a Feather (1991).

Nick Evans (Didius) Born August 2nd 1932
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Power of the Daleks (1966, uncredited)
Played: Slyther in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Didius in The Romans (1965)
Career highlights
Nick's other work includes Educated Evans (1957), Love and Mr Lewisham (1959), The Forgotten Faces (1961), The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1964), R3 (1965), Alice in Wonderland (1966), The Devil in the Fog (1968), General Hospital (1972), The Adventurer (1973), Father Brown (1974) and All Creatures Great and Small (1988).

Derek Francis (Emperor Nero) November 7th 1923 to March 27th 1984 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Hugely prolific Derek debuted in 1960's Knight Errant Limited, followed by roles in The Long Way Home (1960), The Six Proud Walkers (1962), The Tomb of Ligeia (1964), Danger Man (1966), The Forsyte Saga (1967), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Middlemarch (1968), Up Pompeii! (1970), Jason King (1971), Whoops Baghdad! (1973), Churchill's People (1975), To the Devil a Daughter (1976), Rising Damp (1977), Bless Me Father (1978), Partners (1981), Jemima Shore Investigates (1983) and A Christmas Carol (1984). Derek also had a memorable long-running role as Father Matthew in the sitcoms Oh, Brother! (1969-70) and Oh, Father! (1973), and appeared in a number of Carry On films between 1967-72.
Facts
Derek was a good friend of Jacqueline Hill and her husband Alvin Rakoff, and was the godfather to their two children. With sad irony, Derek played a character called Ernest in Channel 4's mini-series Winter Sunlight (1984), who died of a heart attack in the same week that Derek himself died the same way.

Dorothy-Rose Gribble (Woman slave) July 5th 1917 to October 1st 2014
Career highlights
Other credits include The Crucible (1959), Maigret (1961) and Monitor (1965). Dorothy-Rose was also a theatre producer, writer (in 1977 she wrote a book called My Servant Must Not Fail: A Story of Black Magic in Renaissance Times), poet and guesthouse owner.
Facts
She was a long-time resident of Highclere in Hampshire, and a member of the Highclere Society (Highclere being the location of Downton Abbey's filming). She was apparently a descendant of the poet John Milton. When she died, Dorothy bequeathed her arts studio Westridge to the community of Highclere.
In 2014, two months after her death, Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Dorothy-Rose here.

Barry Jackson (Ascaris) March 29th 1938 to December 5th 2013 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ascaris in The Romans (1965)
Played: Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown (1965)
Played: Drax in The Armageddon Factor (1979)
Career highlights
Barry enjoyed a long career, starting with An Age of Kings (1960) and taking in A for Andromeda (1961), The Desperate People (1963), Kenilworth (1967), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Doomwatch (1972), Diamonds on Wheels (1974), Poldark (1975), Moll Flanders (1975), The New Avengers (1976), Blake's 7 (1978), Churchill and the Generals (1979), Cribb (1981), Them and Us (1985), Fortunes of War (1987), Growing Rich (1992), Three Seven Eleven (1993-94), Bernard's Watch (1999-2000), Wimbledon (2004), Derailed (2005), Toscanini in His Own Words (2009), Foster (2011) and The Wedding Video (2012). He played Walter Peters in A Touch of Frost (1994/2002) and played pathologist Dr George Bullard in 76 episodes of Midsomer Murders (1997-2011; when he left, he said the series was getting "too saucy"!). Barry also acted as a fight arranger under the name Jack Barry, most notably on Adam Adamant Lives! (1966).
Facts
Barry was named after the theatre impresario Sir Barry Jackson, founder of Birmingham Rep.

Ernest Jennings (First man in market) January 9th 1902 to March 1st 1994
Doctor Who credits
Played: First man in market in The Romans (1965)

Played: Highlander in The Highlanders (1966, uncredited)
Played: Peasant in State of Decay (1980, uncredited)
Played: Aged rebel [Verne] in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986, uncredited)
Career highlights
Ernest debuted in Top Secret (1962), followed by Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965), The Goodies (1970), Psychomania (1973), Steptoe and Son (1974), Kizzy (1976), Bless Me Father (1981), Objects of Affection (1982) and Late Expectations (1987).

Facts

At 92, Ernest was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of his death.

Edward Kelsey (Slave buyer) June 4th 1930 to April 23rd 2019 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Slave buyer in The Romans (1965)
Played: Resno in The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Played: Edu in The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
Debuted in Mary Britten MD (1958), then The Men from Room 13 (1961), The Avengers (1962), St Ives (1967), The Saint (1968), Doomwatch (1970), Cranford (1972), Shoestring (1979), Minder (1982), Anna of the Five Towns (1985), Casualty (1987), The Vicar of Dibley (1994), Brush with Fate (2003) and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). Edward memorably provided the voice of Baron Silas Greenback and Colonel K in the cartoon series Danger Mouse (1981-92). He also played Joe Grundy on BBC Radio 4's long-running soap The Archers from 1985 until his death, providing his vocal performance right to the end from his nursing home.

Facts

Edward provided the descriptive commentary for blind visitors to the Palace of Westminster. Edward's son Peter predeceased him.

Gertan Klauber (Galley master) March 5th 1932 to August 1st 2008
Doctor Who credits
Played: Galley master in The Romans (1965)
Played: Ola in The Macra Terror (1967)
Career highlights
Gertan's lengthy career began in Assignment Foreign Legion (1957), then The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958), The Big Pull (1962), Carry On Cleo (1964), Danger Man (1966), The Avengers (1969), The Goodies (1970), Carry On Henry (1971), Upstairs Downstairs (1974), Poldark (1977), Octopussy (1983), Blackadder the Third (1987), House of Cards (1990), The Famous Five (1997) and Red Cap (2003).
Facts
Czech-born Gertan was married to actress Gwendolyn Watts (sister of fellow actor Sally Watts), who appeared in three medical-themed Carry On films. They had two children, one of whom - Daniel - predeceased Gertan.

Tony Lambden (Court messenger) December 10th 1933 to September 21st 2006

Doctor Who credits

Played: Citizen of Millennius in The Keys of Marinus (1964, uncredited)

Played: Revolutionary soldier in The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited)

Played: Rebel in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964, uncredited)

Played: Court messenger in The Romans (1965)
Career highlights
Tony's other credits include Eyes Down and Look In (1963), The Avengers (1964), Steptoe and Son (1965) and Frankie Howerd (1966).

Kay Patrick (Poppaea) Born September 2nd 1941
Doctor Who credits
Played: Poppaea in The Romans (1965)
Played: Flower in The Savages (1966)
Career highlights
Kay started her career in front of the cameras, appearing in The Call (1962), The Flying Swan (1965), Nana (1968) and The First Churchills (1969), but then moved behind the camera to become director on soaps such as EastEnders (1986), Brookside (1992-94), Springhill (1996-97) and Emmerdale (1998-99), as well as Dramarama (1987-89), Jupiter Moon (1990), In Suspicious Circumstances (1993-94), Sunburn (1999) and Holby City (2000). In later years she became a producer on Coronation Street (1996-97), Sunburn (1999-2000), Merseybeat (2002) and Crossroads (2001-03). Her latter career has concentrated on directing more than 260 episodes of soap opera Coronation Street (1994-2015).

Awards

2014: British Soap Award for Best Single Episode (Coronation Street - Hayley's Death) - shared with Chris Fewtrell
Facts
In 2009, Kay was hit and injured badly by a car while working on Coronation Street (needing a plate in her shoulder and a reconstructed knee), but she was back on set in 2010.

Michael Peake (Tavius) October 13th 1918 to April 1st 1967
Career highlights
Michael's earliest credit was the narrator of The Ambermere Treasure (1955), followed by roles in Manuela (1957), William Tell (1959), Strip Tease Murder (1961), Strongroom (1962), The Gorgon (1964), The Troubleshooters (1965), The Avengers (1966) and The Rat Catchers (1967).

Brian Proudfoot (Tigilinus) March 15th 1932 to September 7th 2009
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dr Who in The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited), The Space Museum (1965, uncredited)

Played: Parisian citizen in The Reign of Terror (1964, uncredited)
Played: Tigilinus in The Romans (1965)

Played: Aridian in The Chase (1965, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), Moonstrike (1963) and The Desperate People (1963).
Facts
Brian has the honour of being the first actor to appear in Doctor Who on location - doubling as the Doctor! The shots of the Doctor wandering the French countryside in The Reign of Terror (1964) are actually Proudfoot, not William Hartnell.

Derek Sydney (Sevcheria) January 11th 1920 to June 18th 2000 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Derek's earliest credit was a 1949 adaptation of Macbeth, followed by roles in Hot Ice (1952), The Constant Husband (1955), Man from Tangier (1957), Sword of Freedom (1957-58), The Men from Room 13 (1959), Danger Man (1960), Carry On Spying (1964), The Likely Lads (1966), Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) and Timeslip (1971).

Facts

Derek retired from actors' union Equity in 1990 and passed away in San Marcos, California, where he was a part-time resident.

Margot Thomas (Stallholder) January 16th 1919 to September 26th 2008 (cancer)
Career highlights
Margot debuted in Oliver Twist (1962), followed by roles in Katy (1962), Z Cars (1967), Take Three Girls (1969), The Befrienders (1972), The Dragon's Opponent (1973), The Stud (1978), Roger Doesn't Live Here Any More (1981), Bullseye! (1990) and After Henry (1992).
Facts
Margot was an ardent supporter of the theatre, and in the 1960s helped revive the fortunes of Henley's Kenton Theatre, which first opened in 1805 but fell on hard times in 1963. Her husband was RAF pilot Gilbert Travers Thomas, who also wrote screenplays for the BBC in the 1940s and 50s.

Ann Tirard (Locusta) June 5th 1917 to August 12th 2003
Doctor Who credits
Played: Locusta in The Romans (1965)
Played: The Seeker in The Ribos Operation (1978)
Career highlights
Ann's earliest credit was on Nathaniel Titlark (1957), then Violent Playground (1958), Emergency Ward 10 (1960), The Avengers (1961), Let's Go Out (1965), Witchfinder General (1968), Rogues' Gallery (1969), Jane Eyre (1973), Crossroads (1966-67), Within These Walls (1976-78), Schalcken the Painter (1979), Moonlighting (1982), The Witches (1990) and Devil's Advocate (1995).
Facts
Ann was married to actor William Lyon Brown.

CREW

Dennis Spooner (writer & story editor) December 1st 1932 to September 20th 1986 (heart attack) Click here for Dennis Spooner's entry on The Reign of Terror

Christopher Barry (director) September 20th 1925 to February 7th 2014 (following a fall) Click here for Christopher Barry's entry on The Daleks

Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child

Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) February 28th 1912 to May 20th 1966 Click here for Mervyn Pinfield's entry on An Unearthly Child

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

An Unearthly Child (aka 100,000 BC)

D'you wanna come with us...?

First broadcast Nov 23 to Dec 14 1963

1. An Unearthly Child (4.4m; 6.0m when repeated the following week)

2. The Cave of Skulls (5.9m)

3. The Forest of Fear (6.9m)

4. The Firemaker (6.4m)
Average audience for serial: 5.90m

A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be found at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story at Time Space Visualiser here!

Doctor Who credits
Played: Hur in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Edith in The Time Meddler (1965)
Career highlights
Alethea's earliest role was in Touch of Death (1961), followed by roles in Silent Evidence (1962), The Villains (1964), The Woman in White (1966), Paul Temple (1969), Hardy Heating Company Ltd (1970), Doomwatch (1971), Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), Thriller (1973) and The Cedar Tree (1976). Her most successful recurring role was as Ethel Barraclough in Sam (1973-75).
Facts
Before training as an actor, Alethea was a teacher. Alethea was one of six siblings. Tragically, Alethea was one of three that pre-deceased their parents: sister Elsie died in 1975 aged 60, and sister Miriam died four months after Alethea, aged 59. It must have been a devastating period for the Charlton family.

Howard Lang (Horg) March 20th 1911 to December 11th 1989

Career highlights
Howard's long career began as an uncredited extra in a 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, followed by roles in The Mudlark (1950), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954), The Adventures of the Big Man (1956), The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960), Sergeant Cork (1963), Freewheelers (1968), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), The Last Days of Pompeii (1984), The Pickwick Papers (1985) and The Pyrates (1986). He had recurring roles as Grenville in Sir Francis Drake (1961-62), Captain Baines in The Onedin Line (1971-80) and Winston Churchill in The Winds of War (1983).
Facts
Howard continued his affiliation with the sea long after leaving the Royal Navy, sailing his own yacht, based at Chichester harbour. His step-brother was Sir Peter Yarranton, a prominent figure in rugby union and chairman of the UK Sports Council 1989-94.

Derek Newark (Za) June 8th 1933 to August 11th 1998 (heart attack)

Doctor Who credits
Played: Za in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Greg Sutton in Inferno (1970)
Career highlights
Derek made his screen debut in Out of This World (1962), followed by roles in Redcap (1964), Front Page Story (1965), The Baron (1967), The Caesars (1968), three episodes of The Avengers (1964-68), Fragment of Fear (1970), Dad's Army (1971), Budgie (1971-72), Private Schulz (1981), Travelling Man (1984), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), War and Remembrance (1988), The Nineteenth Hole (1989) and 99-1 (1994). Derek is fondly remembered as DI Tucker in Barlow at Large (1974-75), and Detective Chief Superintendent Sullivan in Travelling Man (1984), while he had the memorable role of wrestler tenant Spooner in two episodes of sitcom Rising Damp (1974-75).
Facts
Derek served in the Merchant Navy and Coldstream Guards before becoming a Services DJ in Singapore. As an actor, he was among the company which opened the National Theatre at its South Bank home. Derek's fatal heart attack was brought on by liver failure following years of alcoholism.

Eileen Way (Old Mother) September 2nd 1911 to June 16th 1994

Doctor Who credits
Played: Old Mother in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Old Woman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Played: Karela in The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Career highlights
Eileen's long CV stretches back to The Gay Lord Quex (1938), with subsequent roles in The Happy Family (1952), They Who Dare (1954), Barbie (1955), The Vikings (1958), The Singer Not the Song (1961), Vendetta for the Saint (1968), Poldark (1977), Sphinx (1981), The Rainbow (1988), Birds of a Feather (1991), Century Falls (1993, in which she played Alice Harkness - the series was written by Russell T Davies!) and Sean's Show (1992-93, as Mrs Pebbles). A recurring role was as Minty in By the Sword Divided (1983-85).
Facts
Eileen was married to psychiatrist Felix Brown until his death in 1972, and with her husband took part in the Aldermaston anti-nuclear marches in the 1950s and 60s.

Jeremy Young (Kal) July 28th 1934 to April 9th 2022

Doctor Who credits
Played: Kal in An Unearthly Child (1963)
Played: Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown (1965)
Career highlights
Debuting in Grip of the Strangler (1958), Jeremy had a prolific career, appearing in Suspense (1963), Crossroads (1964), Court Martial (1965), Department S (1969), Up Pompeii (1970), Coronation Street (1972), The New Avengers (1976), The Tripods (1984), EastEnders (1988-89), The Scarlet and the Black (1993), Photographing Fairies (1997) and The Debt (2003). He played Neville Crane in Deadline Midnight (1960-61), Athos in The Three Musketeers and The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1966-67) and Klaus in Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979).
Facts
Jeremy was briefly married to actress Coral Atkins in 1960, and then Kate O'Mara between 1961-76, and was stepfather to Kate's son Dickon (the father was actually actor Ian Cullen, who appeared in The Aztecs). Interviewed in 2005 for the British Library/ University of Sheffield's Theatre Archive Project, Jeremy said: "I'd started Doctor Who, the very first adventure. My claim to fame in Doctor Who, because the people that write to you - you know, the sort of anoraks, say 'You were the very first villain in Doctor Who, you know'. I still get letters these days, and go to conventions and things. They're all mad; they're very nice, very sweet, but they're all mad as hatters!"
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Jeremy here.

UNCREDITED GUEST CAST

Francesca Bertorelli (Schoolchild) Apr 27 1948 to Jul 4 2009. Francesca played the same role in the pilot episode, and also appeared in The Romans (Woman in market). She emigrated to Canada in 1974, took the married surname Gallina, and had two children, one named Dino.

Elizabeth Body (Tribeswoman)

Carole Clarke (Schoolchild) Jun 24 1949 to Feb 2019. Carole had a brief pop career under the name of Carol Friday circa 1965-67, after which she returned to acting under the name Caroline Villiers in the 1970s and 80s. Carole also appeared as a schoolchild in the pilot version of An Unearthly Child.

Reg Cranfield (Policeman) 1902 to 1983. Reg played the policeman seen exploring Totter's Lane in the opening moments of An Unearthly Child, making him the first actor seen on screen in Doctor Who. Although some paperwork lists Reg as having played the same role in the earlier pilot recording, it's believed the policeman then was actually played by Fred Rawlings (Aug 19 1915 to 2003). Reg's other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (Passer-by), The Gunfighters (Settler), The Underwater Menace (Atlantean priest & Man in market), The Invasion (UNIT soldier), The Mutants (Solonian), The Green Death (Villager) and The Deadly Assassin (Time Lord).

Al Davis (Tribesman) There's a possibility Al and Billie were related.

Billie Davis (Tribesman) There's a possibility Billie and Al were related. However, this is not the singing (and female) Billie Davis who had several UK chart hits in the 1960s. This Billie was a man.

Roy Denton (Tribesman) Sep 4 1900 to 1988. Roy's further uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Invasion (Window cleaner) and Doctor Who and the Silurians (London extra). However, he was cast to play the part of "1st Man" in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve episode 3 (Priest of Death), but fell ill the day before recording and was replaced at the last minute by Will Stampe. Roy was, however, still credited in the part in that week's Radio Times. Born as William Aldred Roy Denton, he died in Brinsworth House, the nursing home for retired entertainment professionals.

Jean Denyer (Tribeswoman)

Veronica Dyson (Tribeswoman)

Janet Fairhead (Tribe child) One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum.

Diane Gay (Tribeswoman)

Bob Haddow (Tribesman) Bob also appeared in The Keys of Marinus (Idol). It's probable Bob emigrated to Australia circa 1966 as his CV is made up of Antipodean productions from 1967-70.

Heather Lyons (Schoolchild) Born 1949. Played the same role in the pilot episode. She later changed her name to Kim Leon and then Heather Wilcox.

Antonia Moss (Tribe child) Born Apr 15 1948. One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum. Antonia had several stage roles in the 1960s until giving birth to her daughter Lisa in 1967, after which she spent the next 30 years as a film and TV extra. In the 1990s Antonia graduated with a BA in humanities and a diploma in librarianship. Other Doctor Who work includes Colony in Space (Uxariean priest).

Julie Moss (Tribe child) There's a possibility Antonia and Julie are related. Julie was also a Corona Stage School pupil.

Bill Nicholas (Tribesman) Further Doctor Who appearances include two uncredited roles in The Reign of Terror (Citizen and Revolutionary soldier).

Timothy Palmer (Tribe child) One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum.

Brenda Proctor (Tribeswoman) Sep 11 1942 to Dec 13 2022.

Mavis Ransom (Schoolchild) Born 1948. Mavis played the same role in the pilot episode.

David Rosen (Tribe child) One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum.

Cedric Schoeman (Schoolchild) Played the same role in the pilot episode. Cedric was born in South Africa, and returned there soon after leaving school.

Brian Thomas (Schoolchild) Oct 4 1947 to Jan 21 2003. Played the same role in the pilot episode. He later became a lighting director at London's Royal Court Theatre.

Trevor Thomas (Tribe child) One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum.

Lyn Turner (Tribeswoman) Her other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Time Meddler (Villager), The Invasion (Charlady) and Doctor Who and the Silurians (London extra).

Doreen Ubels (Tribeswoman) Apr 23 1928 to May 25 1995. Born Doreen Woodward in Birmingham, married Dutchman Gijsbert Pieter Ubels (1916-2007) in 1947. Her later uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Myth Makers (Woman in square) and The War Machines (Pedestrian).

Frank Wheatley (Tribesman) Nov 22 1880 to Aug 26 1965. Frank also appeared in The Romans (Man in market), broadcast eight months before his death.

Elizabeth White (Tribe child) One of several Corona Stage School children recruited to play children in the Tribe of Gum.

Richard Wilson (Schoolchild) 1948 to 2002 (cancer). Played the same role in the pilot episode. Richard later changed his stage name to Richard Alexander (his middle name) before moving into hotel management.

CREW

Anthony Coburn (writer) December 10th 1927 to April 28th 1977 (heart attack)

Career highlights
Australian Anthony was first and foremost a scriptwriter, working on programmes such as Knight Errant Limited (1960), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963), Maigret (1963), The Children of the New Forest (1964), The Newcomers (1965-66), Vendetta (1967-68), The Borderers (1970), The View from Daniel Pike (1971) and Sutherland's Law (1972-73), but he also became a producer on Vendetta (1968), The Borderers (1969-70), The Regiment (1972), Sutherland's Law (1972), The Venturers (1972), Warship (1973-74) and Quiller (1975). He died of a heart attack while producing the second series of Poldark (1977).
Facts
As well as penning the first ever scripts for Doctor Who, it is believed Anthony also came up with the idea of the TARDIS exterior resembling a police box after regularly seeing one incongruously sited at Wimbledon Common in the early 1960s, as well as the idea of Susan being the Doctor's granddaughter. In November 2013, his son Stef Coburn launched a legal battle against the BBC, claiming his father had not been given adequate recognition for coming up with the idea of the TARDIS/ police box. In more recent years Stef has blocked the BBC's right to stream An Unearthly Child, claiming the Corporation treated his father poorly in his latter years. Anthony did write a second script for the show, called The Robots aka The Masters of Luxor, but this was never produced (the scripts survive though, and were issued as a Titan script book (1992) and made into an audio play by Big Finish (2012)).

Waris Hussein (director) Born December 9th 1938

Doctor Who credits
Directed: An Unearthly Child (1963), Marco Polo (episodes 1-3 & 5-7, 1964)
Career highlights
Waris was just 24 when he got the job of directing the first ever Doctor Who story - almost unheard of for an Indian-born gay man at that time. His first job was the BBC soap Compact (1962-63), followed by work on The Newcomers (1965), A Touch of Love (1969), Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), SWALK (1971), The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), Armchair Thriller: Rachel in Danger (1978), The Henderson Monster (1980), The Winter of Our Discontent (1983), Copacabana (1985), When the Bough Breaks (1986), The Shell Seekers (1989), The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993), The Face on the Milk Carton (1995), Supply and Demand (1998) and Her Best Friend's Husband (2002). He has also dabbled with acting, having appeared in the film Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Mr Nice (2010). He also wrote two BBC screenplays, for Days in the Trees (1967) and St Joan (1968).
Awards
1979: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series/ Serial (Edward and Mrs Simpson)
1986: Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Programme (Copacabana)
Facts
Waris declined the offer to direct Doctor Who's 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors in 1983. He acted as a consultant on the Doctor Who origins drama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), in which he was played by Sacha Dhawan.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Waris here.

Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer)

Doctor Who credits
Produced: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, Marco Polo, The Keys of Marinus, The Aztecs, The Sensorites, The Reign of Terror, Planet of Giants, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Romans, The Web Planet, The Crusade, The Space Museum, The Chase, The Time Meddler, Galaxy 4, Mission to the Unknown (1963-65)
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Verity's first producing job on TV, quite an achievement for a woman of 28, and during her first months was accompanied by the more experienced Mervyn Pinfield as associate producer. Verity left the series to produce The Newcomers (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67), Detective (1968), various Somerset Maugham adaptations (1969-70), Budgie (1971-72), Between the Wars (1973), Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Rock Follies (1976), Couples (1975-76), The Norman Conquests (1977), Quatermass (1979), Fox (1980), Widows (1983), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Minder (1979-84), Dreamchild (1985), Clockwise (1986), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Evil Angels (1988), GBH (1991), Eldorado (1992-93), So Haunt Me (1992-94), May to December (1989-94), She's Out (1995), Class Act (1995), Jonathan Creek (1998-2004), The Cazalets (2001) and Love Soup (2005-08).
Awards
1970: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (W. Somerset Maugham)
1989: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film (Evil Angels)
1997: British Film Institute Fellowship
2002: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to film and television
Facts
Verity was married to director Colin Bucksey between 1973-87. She was due to be presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Women in Film and Television Awards the following month. In 2014, a blue heritage plaque commemorating Verity was unveiled at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios.

Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) February 28th 1912 to May 20th 1966

Doctor Who credits
Associate producer: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, Marco Polo, The Keys of Marinus, The Aztecs, The Sensorites, The Reign of Terror, Planet of Giants, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Romans (1963-65)
Directed: The Sensorites (episodes 1-4, 1964), Planet of Giants (episodes 1-3, 1964), The Space Museum (1965)
Career highlights
Mervyn was a BBC stalwart, joining the Corporation in the 1950s to produce live drama at Alexandra Palace. He was coupled with Verity Lambert to watch over the cub producer in her early days. His previous credits included directing Saturday Playhouse (1960), Compact (1962) and The Monsters (1962).
Facts
He was the inventor of a very early version of the Teleprompter or Autocue called the Piniprompter. He died almost exactly a year after his final work on Doctor Who.

David Whitaker (story editor) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma)

Doctor Who credits
Story edited: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, Marco Polo, The Keys of Marinus, The Aztecs, The Sensorites, The Reign of Terror, Planet of Giants, The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1963-64)
Wrote: The Edge of Destruction (1964), The Rescue (1965), The Crusade (1965), The Power of the Daleks (1966), The Evil of the Daleks (1967), The Enemy of the World (1967-68), The Wheel in Space (1968), The Ambassadors of Death (episodes 1-3, 1970)
Career highlights
David was a writer at heart, having begun writing the continuity script on A Christmas Night with the Stars in 1958, followed by Compact (1962), Undermind (1965), Mr Rose (1968), Paul Temple (1970) and Elephant Boy (1973).
Facts
He also wrote the Dalek comic strips in TV Century 21 magazine and the 1965 stage play The Curse of the Daleks. David was the first person to write a novelisation of a Doctor Who story, namely Doctor Who in An Exciting Adventure with the Daleks in 1964. He also novelised The Crusade, but died before completing a novelisation of The Enemy of the World (it was finished by Ian Marter).

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Jacqueline Hill (career biography)

Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) Dec 17 1929 to Feb 18 1993 (bone cancer)

Doctor Who credits
Played: Barbara Wright in 100,000 BC, The Daleks, Inside the Spaceship, Marco Polo, The Keys of Marinus, The Aztecs, The Sensorites, The Reign of Terror, Planet of Giants, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Romans, The Web Planet, The Crusade, The Space Museum, The Chase (1963-65).
Played: Lexa in Meglos (1980).

Jacqueline Hill in her younger days,
probably the 1950s

Career

Jacqueline in The Blue Parrot (1953)

Jacqueline made her screen acting debut at the age of just 23 in The Blue Parrot, directed by John Harlow for Nettlefold Studios. Released in October 1953, it focused on a nightclub in London's Soho which was at the centre of an undercover investigation into the murder of a small-time crook. Dermot Walsh plays American cop Bob Herrick who is visiting Scotland Yard and is taken under the wing of Superintendent Chester (played by Ballard Berkeley, later to play the eccentric Major in the sitcom Fawlty Towers). Bob meets Jacqueline's character, Maureen Maguire, who goes undercover to help investigate the crime. The film also starred Dad's Army's John Le Mesurier, Ferdy Mayne (father of Delta and the Bannermen's Belinda Mayne) and Edwin Richfield (The Sea Devils, 1972, and The Twin Dilemma, 1984). You can see some footage of The Blue Parrot (briefly including Jacqueline) on YouTube as part of a DVD trailer...

Following her film debut, Jacqueline appeared in the BBC's fantasy mini-series The Rose and the Ring, a now missing three-part adaptation for children of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1854 novel (broadcast between November 24th and December 8th, 1953, and adapted by Stanley Haynes). In it she played Fairy Blackstick, joined by David McCallum, Patrick Cargill, Kenneth Connor and Wilfrid Brambell. Timothy Bateson (The Ribos Operation, 1978) was also on the bill.

Newspaper cuttings publicising The
Legend of Pepito (1955)

On June 5th, 1955, Jacqueline appeared in her first of four BBC Sunday Night Theatre presentations. The Legend of Pepito was a folk tale by Ted Allan based on a story by B. Traven, and located in a village in Mexico. Jacqueline played Jeannie, and her co-stars included none other than future Master actor Roger Delgado, as well as Wolfe Morris (The Abominable Snowmen, 1967), Harry Towb (The Seeds of Death, 1969, and Terror of the Autons, 1971) and Margot Van Der Burgh (The Aztecs, 1964, and The Keeper of Traken, 1981). Also on the bill was Sam Wanamaker, father of Zoe (later to play Cassandra in 21st century Doctor Who). Interestingly, the producer was one Alvin Rakoff, who Jacqueline would go on to marry in 1958. The play was repeated on July 14th, but although the footage is now missing from the archives, Alvin Rakoff did retain telesnaps of the repeat taken by John Cura.

Jacqueline with her husband,
director and producer Alvin Rakoff

Just over two years later, on December 27th, 1955, Jacqueline appeared in another play produced by Rakoff for the BBC called Three Empty Rooms, written by Reginald Rose and co-starring Bernard Bresslaw (The Ice Warriors, 1967), Edwin Richfield (The Sea Devils, 1972, and The Twin Dilemma, 1984) and Cyril Shaps (The Tomb of the Cybermen, 1967, The Ambassadors of Death, 1970, Planet of the Spiders, 1974, and The Androids of Tara, 1978). Again, Rakoff retained photographs taken of this production.

The BBC Sunday Night Theatre play The Seat of the Scornful (now missing, but with surviving images) was another written by Ted Allan, this time a whodunnit based on the 1941 novel Death Turns the Tables by John Dickson Carr and broadcast on April 15th, 1956, and set in the fictitious seaside village of Tawnish. Another Rakoff production, it featured Jacqueline as Cynthia Lee, and co-starred William Lucas (Frontios, 1984), Graham Leaman (The Macra Terror, 1967; Fury from the Deep, 1968; The Seeds of Death, 1969; Colony in Space, 1971; and The Three Doctors, 1972-73), Dennis Edwards (The Romans, 1965, and The Invasion of Time, 1978) and Neil Wilson (Spearhead from Space, 1970).

Jacqueline Hill and Sean Connery
in Requiem for a Heavyweight

Alvin would also be the producer behind Jacqueline's next project, the BBC's Sunday Night Theatre 90-minute presentation Requiem for a Heavyweight (aka Blood Money), written by Rod Serling (best known for the US series The Twilight Zone). Here, Jacqueline played Grace Carney opposite a very young, pre-James Bond Sean Connery as Harlan "Mountain" McClintock, a retired boxer whose corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring. This was a remake of Serling's original American version broadcast in the States under the Playhouse 90 banner, which starred Jack Palance as McClintock. However, for the British remount (aired live on March 31st, 1957), Palance wasn't available, so Rakoff cast Connery instead. Also in the cast was Warren Mitchell, later to find fame as Alf Garnett in the sitcom Til Death Us Do Part. In 2014 an audio recording of this previously lost play was discovered in Alvin Rakoff's attic. Alvin said: "It was my habit in those days to take audio recordings of some of my better work. It was the only way of capturing it given that everything went out live. Sean was tall and strikingly handsome, an obvious star in the making, so I decided to take a copy for posterity, should my inkling come true. It is remarkable that the tapes survived, unharmed, for so long. It's also remarkable that I remembered them - they could easily have been left in the attic for another 60 years." Rakoff also retained some telesnaps taken by John Cura of this play.

Joyous Errand was a six-part BBC series written by Ian Dallas, adapted from the 1956 novel by Leeds journalist Denis Bowmaker Wylie, and broadcast between April 6th and May 11th, 1957. It starred Ernest Thesiger, Peter Arne, Ursula Howells and Kevin Stoney, with Jacqueline appearing as Carrie Dean. I can't find much more information about this play (or the novel) - and all six episodes are absent from the archives - but rather quaintly, an opinion piece appeared in the April 19th edition of the Spectator written by John Beavan saying: "The BBC Saturday serial Joyous Errand is, so far, less violent than most serials. This was the second instalment and I had missed the first one. Since there was no pick-up in the Radio Times, and none in the piece itself until it was halfway through, a good deal of it was wasted. Would it be bad television art simply to print a synopsis on the screen for the benefit of those frivolous viewers who have missed what has gone before?"

A newspaper cutting publicising Man
in the Corner, with Bill Nagy

On January 12th, 1958 Jacqueline appeared in a now-missing Armchair Theatre for ABC Weekend Television entitled Man in the Corner, written by Ernest Pendrell and directed by her fiance Alvin Rakoff (they would marry soon after). Her co-stars included the magnificently named Gaylord Cavallaro, Oliver Johnston and Bill Nagy, while Jacqueline played the character of Florence Miller. I'm not sure, but the picture further up the page of Jacqueline with Alvin Rakoff may well be from rehearsals for this play.

A few months later, on May 30th, 1958, Jacqueline was "in the corner" again in the now-missing ITV Playhouse presentation Poet's Corner. Her co-stars in this included Carry On actor Kenneth Connor, Harry Green, Israel Price, Tony Quinn and Gary Raymond, but Jacqueline's character name is not recorded online.

On August 6th, 1958, Jacqueline played Miss Willie (Wilhelmina) in the now-missing ITV Play of the Week The Curious Savage, adapted by Gerald Savory from John Patrick's 1950 play. Miss Willie is an admin assistant and nurse who works at the Cloisters psychiatric sanatorium because her husband Jeff (played by Lionel Blair) is a patient there. Because of an aircrash during the war, he does not remember that he is married to Miss Willie, but she hopes one day his memory will return. The play also featured Maggie Smith and Peter Sallis (The Ice Warriors, 1967).

Jacqueline with husband Alvin Rakoff

Jacqueline's final BBC Sunday Night Theatre was The Velvet Alley, broadcast on November 22nd, 1959 and now missing (but with surviving photos courtesy of director Alvin Rakoff). Written by Twilight Zone supremo Rod Serling, it had first been produced in the United States in January 1959 for Playhouse 90. Ernie Pandish (played by Sam Wanamaker) has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it, but now he seems likely to hit the big time. It's very much an expose about the entertainment industry, and is thought to be autobiographical for Serling. Jacqueline played Pat Pandish, and the play co-starred Patrick Allen, George Pravda (The Enemy of the World, 1967-68, The Mutants, 1972, and The Deadly Assassin, 1976), David Graham (Dalek voice actor) and John Abineri (Fury from the Deep, 1968; The Ambassadors of Death, 1970; Death to the Daleks, 1974; The Power of Kroll, 1978-79). For historical interest, eight clips of the American The Velvet Alley are viewable on YouTube.

Next up was an episode of The Flying Doctor, entitled Brainstorm, filmed in 1959 but not broadcast in London until May 1961. Greg Graham (series star Richard Denning) is summoned to the Ferguson homestead but on arrival is told his services are no longer required. Suspicious, he returns later to find one of the rooms completely wrecked. He then has to turn detective to help cure a man with a serious brain disorder. Jacqueline played Ellen Ferguson and Peter Dyneley her troubled husband Jeff. The episode also featured James Copeland (The Krotons, 1968-69) and Alan White (The Tenth Planet, 1966).

On May 7th, 1960, Jacqueline appeared in the Saturday Playhouse The Man Who Came to Dinner, broadcast from the BBC's Midlands studios. Originally a 1939 comedy play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart, it was adapted for television by Gilbert Phelps, and directed by Patrick Dromgoole. Leo McKern played Sheridan Whiteside, a famous author, broadcaster and expert on just about everything, who is invited to dinner by pompous small-town businessman Ernest Stanley (Stuart Nicol) - and stays rather longer than anyone anticipated when he slips on some ice as he arrives and injures his hip. Sheridan is then looked after by several professionals, including a doctor, a nurse, and the doctor's secretary Maggie Cutler, played by Jacqueline! The cast also included Jack May (The Space Pirates, 1969) and Barry Wilsher (The Faceless Ones, 1967).

The BBC's Sunday Night Play on October 23rd, 1960 was The Chopping Block by Vincent Tilsley, directed by Vivian Matalon, co-starring Glyn Houston (The Hand of Fear, 1976, and The Awakening, 1984), Ursula Howells and Barbara Young, with Jacqueline in the role of Jane. I can't find very much information out about this play (which is ironic, because it does exist in the BBC archives), but Jacqueline's next project was the now-missing 80-minute BBC play The Watching Cat, broadcast on April 3rd, 1961 and written by Pamela Fry. The interesting thing about this play is American Fry was contracted to write an adaptation of her own 1960 book, but it wasn't used, and instead an adaptation by none other than Anthony Coburn was used. He, of course, went on to write the very first Doctor Who story, 100,000 BC (1963). The Radio Times synopsis read: "The house is full of watching cats but only one of them watches over the secret that old Jeremiah Ellis hid before he died." Jacqueline played orphan Catherine Ellis, rather fittingly a young, single schoolteacher from a remote town who inherits a large house from an eccentric, previously unknown uncle. There she encounters an evil stepmother, an unstable half-sister and a tall, dark and handsome lodger. The play co-starred Ruth Dunning and Graydon Gould.

The Men from Room 13 was a detective thriller series on the BBC which ran between 1959-61, and Jacqueline was a guest star in a (naturally missing) three-part story called The Man Who Made Trouble, broadcast between July 8th-22nd, 1961. Jacqueline played Miss Angel in a story about two restaurant owners who want to escape a protection racket. Also starring were Brian Wilde, Kenneth MacKintosh and Peter Stephens (The Celestial Toymaker, 1966, and The Underwater Menace, 1967), while music was provided by Doctor Who theme arranger Ron Grainer and his sextet!

The Six Proud Walkers was on
the cover of the Radio Times
in March 1962

Jacqueline next appeared in the now lost BBC series The Six Proud Walkers, a mystery shown between March and June 1962 and written by Donald Wilson (co-creator of Doctor Who). The title is taken from the traditional song Green Grow the Rushes and each episode drew its title from a line in the song. Jacqueline played Sally Walker in The Nine Bright Shiners, The Rivals, The Lilywhite Boys, The Seven Stars, The Eighth Commandment and The Mulberry Accelerator, and her co-stars included Lana Morris, Tony Britton, Julia Lockwood, Derek Francis (The Romans, 1965), Andrew Sachs (later to play Manuel in sitcom Fawlty Towers), Terence Alexander (The Mark of the Rani, 1985), Philip Ray (The Seeds of Death, 1969), Kevin Stoney (The Daleks' Master Plan, 1965-66; The Invasion, 1968; Revenge of the Cybermen, 1975) and Alan Tilvern (Planet of Giants, 1964). The series graced the cover of the Radio Times in launch week, but sadly it did not feature Jacqueline.

On July 17th, 1962 Jacqueline appeared in her first of two episodes of the police series No Hiding Place, The Bank Job, in which she played Sonya Gardner. LostShows.com claims one or more sequences from this otherwise missing episode do exist, but this footage is not available online. Joining her on the bill was Tom Sheridan, who later had a minor role in the Doctor Who story The Rescue (1965).

Jacqueline next appeared in the BBC's sci-fi anthology series Out of This World in a story called Medicine Show (now missing!), written by Julian Bond from a story by Robert Moore Williams. Shown on August 4th 1962, it told the story of a medicine show which revisited a small American town, this time under new ownership. The strange new owners require seeds as payment in return for miracle cures. Hosted by horror giant Boris Karloff, the tale co-starred Raymond Adamson, Margo Cunningham and Nigel Arkwright, with Jacqueline playing Lil Harmon. This production had a strange effect on some of its audience as, following transmission, story editor Irene Shubik received many letters from those wanting to take advantage of the extraterrestrial medicine men's services!

Jacqueline as Yvonne Moncin in Maigret

Jacqueline next appeared in an episode of the BBC's Maigret, which starred Rupert Davies as Georges Simenon's French detective. In The Trap, broadcast on December 10th, 1962, a serial killer is at large in a working class district, his victims all women. Maigret soon identifies the murderer, but what intrigues him is the motive. This episode of the series was actually repeated twice (September 1963 and February 1964) and for a third time when chosen by Davies as his Star Choice in March 1969. This makes it all the more frustrating that the episode is missing from the archives, but at least we have a grainy image of Jacqueline playing Yvonne Moncin from it. She co-starred with series regular Ewen Solon (The Savages, 1966, and Planet of Evil, 1975), Neville Jason (The Androids of Tara, 1978) and Aubrey Woods (Day of the Daleks, 1972).

A lovely colour picture of Jacqueline
from the early 1960s

Jacqueline's last work before appearing on Doctor Who as Barbara Wright (she'd been contracted on July 31st) was on October 8th, 1963, in the ITV Play of the Week, The Fixers. According to LostShows.com, this play does exist in the Granada archives, and was adapted by Gerald Savory from the 1958 Stephen Becker novel Juice. It addressed the issues of individual responsibility and justice in a story about a fortysomething managing director who, after his third martini, knocks over a pedestrian on his way home, but finds that wealth and influence can have their benefits when you enter the legal system. Jacqueline played Helen Harrison, wife of main character Joe, played by Lee Patterson. Other actors involved included Bruce Boa, David Bauer and Guy Kingsley Poynter.

Between November 1963 and June 1965, Jacqueline played Doctor Who's schoolteacher assistant Barbara Wright in a total of 16 stories and became something of a household name through its popularity. She decided to leave the show in early April 1965, and on May 6th, she and William Russell (who was also leaving the show) went on location around London to take photographs for use in their departure episode, The Planet of Decision. Her final day on the Doctor Who set was June 4th, 1965.

Jacqueline with William Hartnell, William Russell and Maureen O'Brien
on set for her final Doctor Who story, The Chase

Jacqueline appeared in just one other production during her two years with Doctor Who, and it was her second film role, playing Sandy Lavery in The Comedy Man (released September 1964), once again directed by her husband Alvin Rakoff. The film concerned a jobbing actor who has never quite made it big, but who has one last stab at success in London when he records a hit TV commercial. It was based on a novel by Douglas Hayes and starred Kenneth More in the lead role, with assistance from Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Norman Rossington, Angela Douglas (Battlefield, 1989), Frank Finlay, Gerald Campion (Shada, unbroadcast), Derek Francis (The Romans, 1965), Edwin Richfield (The Sea Devils, 1972, and The Twin Dilemma, 1984), Eileen Way (100,000 BC, 1963, and The Creature from the Pit, 1979), Hamilton Dyce (Spearhead from Space, 1970) and even Chubby Checker! You can watch the DVD trailer for the film here, but Jacqueline is not included...

Jacqueline with her children Sasha and John

After leaving Doctor Who, Jacqueline appeared in only one more production before leaving the acting profession to bring up her daughter and son, Sasha and John. It was second No Hiding Place, entitled You Never Can Tell Till You Try, broadcast on May 25th, 1966, which is (of course!) sadly missing from the archives - in fact, only 25 of the 236 episodes made are known to survive in some form. This episode starred Raymond Francis and Johnny Briggs, along with Michael McStay (The Seeds of Doom, 1976), Francis Matthews and Derek Francis (The Romans, 1965), with Jacqueline playing Sarah Paterson. Also on the cast list was a certain Barry Letts, who would go on to produce Doctor Who during the Jon Pertwee era, while the script editor was Louis Marks, who first wrote for Doctor Who in 1964 (Planet of Giants).

Jacqueline, aged 49, playing Margaret
Eden in Crown Court (1978)

Jacqueline took 12 years out of her acting career to bring up her children, and found it difficult to return to the profession as a 49-year-old woman at a time when there were so few roles for women of that age. Nevertheless, she secured a part in the legal series Crown Court, in the two-part story A Man with Everything (broadcast October 31st to November 1st, 1978). The plot concerned wealthy Kenneth Eden, who carried out voluntary work with his wife helping youngsters at a local children's home. But he finds himself accused of stealing a necklace from, and indecently assaulting, a teenager, which he denies. Geoffrey Palmer (Doctor Who and the Silurians, 1970; The Mutants, 1972; Voyage of the Damned, 2007) played Eden, and Jacqueline his wife Margaret, while co-stars included Tony Caunter (The Crusade, 1965; Colony in Space, 1971; Enlightenment, 1983), Peter Copley (Pyramids of Mars, 1975), Vernon Dobtcheff (The War Games, 1969) and Anne Reid (The Curse of Fenric, 1989, and Smith and Jones, 2007). The director was Richard Martin, who had handled several of Jacqueline's Doctor Who serials, so she no doubt felt comfortable, this being her first job in so long. Wonderfully, you can watch Jacqueline's performance in Crown Court on YouTube. A good place to start is when she's giving evidence at 1hr 00m 42s into this video:

Jacqueline as Lady Capulet in Romeo
and Juliet (1978)

The very next month, Jacqueline was back on our screen again, this time playing Lady Capulet in Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, part of the BBC's ongoing Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1978-85). Broadcast on December 3rd, 1978, the 168-minute epic also featured Patrick Ryecart (The Trial of a Time Lord, 1986), Celia Johnson, Michael Hordern, John Gielgud, Anthony Andrews, Alan Rickman (his TV debut), Esmond Knight (The Space Pirates, 1969), David Sibley (The Pirate Planet, 1978), Vernon Dobtcheff (The War Games, 1969), John Savident (The Visitation, 1982) and Jeremy Young (100,000 BC, 1963).

Jacqueline's next project was a return to Doctor Who, but not as Barbara Wright this time. In the four-part Tom Baker story Meglos, she played high priestess Lexa, leader of the religious Deons, broadcast between September 27th and October 10th, 1980. The studio recording of Meglos took place between June 25th and July 12th. Jacqueline can be seen in this clip from Meglos on YouTube:

On December 6th, 1982 Jacqueline appeared in series 8 of the medical drama Angels as Mrs Muirhead in a story written by Rosemary Mason and directed by Stephen Butcher. Unfortunately this episode is yet to reach DVD and the only information I can find on it is that it featured the end of Vicky Smith's obsessive search for her real mother. The episode also featured Pauline Quirke, Arthur Cox (The Dominators, 1968, The Eleventh Hour, 2010) and Stacy Davies (The Invasion, 1968, State of Decay, 1980). The producer was Julia Smith, who had directed two Doctor Who stories in 1966 and later went on to co-create soap EastEnders.

Jacqueline in Tales of the Unexpected:
The Luncheon (1983)

Jacqueline appeared in two episodes of the quirky series Tales of the Unexpected next. The first was The Luncheon, broadcast on June 18th, 1983, based upon a story by Jeffrey Archer. It tells the story of author Tony Medway (played by Bosco Hogan) who is invited to an expensive restaurant by the wife of an influential film producer to discuss making a film of his book. However, as his host Susan Mandeville (Gayle Hunnicutt) starts ordering pricier and pricier items off the menu, Tony starts to wonder if he's going to be able to afford this meal out at all. Jacqueline plays Melanie Litmayer, an American friend of Mandeville's. You can watch the episode on YouTube (fittingly, Jacqueline's first word in it is: "Susan!"), but unfortunately the footage is presented on a mock cinema screen, but it's still perfectly possible to view. Jacqueline appears at 11m 53s.

Jacqueline in Tales of the Unexpected:
Accidental Death (1984)

Her second Tales of the Unexpected was Accidental Death, broadcast on August 19th, 1984, about a couple of thieves who travel the country pretending to be market researchers but actually finding suitable homes to burgle. One such home they visit is that of Mrs Milvain, played by Jacqueline in what is a very small part. The episode also features Cyril Cusack, Andrew Ray, Lynsey Baxter and Giles Phibbs (The Sensorites, 1964), and was produced by Graham Williams, who produced Doctor Who between 1977-80. As with every episode of Tales of the Unexpected, it features a fabulous, memorable theme tune by Doctor Who theme composer Ron Grainer. Again, the episode is watchable in full on a pretend cinema screen here (Jacqueline appears at 3m in).

Jacqueline's penultimate screen acting work was in the Screenplay strand, a film written by Peter Buckman called All Together Now. Broadcast on BBC2 on July 9th, 1986, and directed by David Attwood, it was a comedy about a brass band having its weekly rehearsals upset by the arrival of a new recruit from the North, who "knows how to do things properly". It starred Clive Swift (Revelation of the Daleks, 1985, Voyage of the Damned, 2007) as the interfering trombonist James, and a very young Colin Farrell as conductor Matthew. Also in the line-up was Terry Molloy (the man behind the 1980s Davros), while Jacqueline played the part of tenor horn player Jenny.

Jacqueline's Spotlight picture after
she relaunched her career

Jacqueline's final acting work was as Mrs Mallard-Greene in the 11-part mini-series Paradise Postponed (1986), which was made by Euston Films, the company of her former Doctor Who producer (and friend ever since) Verity Lambert. It was written by John Mortimer and directed by her husband, Alvin Rakoff. The story was about a left-wing clergyman who dies and leave a great deal of his estate to a Conservative MP, and the plot revolves around why that might have been. There was a huge roll call of names on the cast list, including Paul Shelley (Four to Doomsday, 1982), David Threlfall, Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie (The Eleventh Hour, 2010), Peter Egan, Richard Vernon, Zoe Wanamaker (The End of the World, 2005, New Earth, 2006), Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons (The Underwater Menace, 1967, K9 & Company, 1982), Alan Rowe (The Moonbase, 1967, The Time Warrior, 1973-74, Horror of Fang Rock, 1977, Full Circle, 1980), Harold Innocent (The Happiness Patrol, 1988), Ann Davies (The Dalek Invasion of Earth, 1964 - and Jacqueline's good friend), Tom Chadbon (City of Death, 1979, The Trial of a Time Lord, 1986), Albert Welling (Let's Kill Hitler, 2011) and many, many more! Footage from the series can be found online, but it seems to be concentrated on Zoe Wanamaker, and doesn't feature Jacqueline.

Facts
Two of Jacqueline's closest friends were actors Richard Briers and his wife Anne Davies (both fellow Doctor Who alumni - Anne co-starred with Jacqueline in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, while Richard was in 1987's Paradise Towers), and it was the latter with whom Jacqueline enrolled with the Open University in the 1980s. She was married to Canadian TV and film director Alvin Rakoff.

Jacqueline on holiday in Amsterdam

Monday, June 24, 2013

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

The Daleks patrol Trafalgar Square

First broadcast Nov 21 to Dec 26 1964

1. World's End (11.4m)

2. The Daleks (12.4m)

3. Day of Reckoning (11.9m)

4. The End of Tomorrow (11.9m)

5. The Waking Ally (11.4m)

6. Flashpoint (12.4m)
Average audience for serial: 11.90m

A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be found at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode by episode review of this story at Time Space Visualiser here!

REGULAR CAST

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

William Russell (Ian Chesterton) November 19th 1924 to June 3rd 2024 For a full career biography for William Russell (aka Russell Enoch), click here.

Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) December 17th 1929 to February 18th 1993 (bone cancer) For a full career biography for Jacqueline Hill, click here.

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

CREDITED GUEST CAST

Robert Aldous (Insurgent) Born 1934
Career highlights
Other appearances include She Stoops to Conquer (1956), Redgauntlet (1959), The Man in the Mirror (1966), Dad's Army (1969), Tom Grattan's War (1970), Warship (1973), 'Allo! 'Allo! (1986) and Jeeves and Wooster (1991).
Facts
Until the age of 12, Robert suffered from infantile eczema and was often covered in bandages. In his latter years he lived in the London Charterhouse almshouses. You can read an in-depth interview conducted in 2010 with Robert about his theatrical career here.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Robert here.

Peter Badger (Roboman/ Phil Madison) March 3rd 1935 to April 7th 2020
Career highlights
Peter's CV also includes The Long Way Home (1960), Z Cars (1965), Dixon of Dock Green (1966), Public Eye (1969), Softly Softly: Task Force (1972), The Nation's Health (1983) and Great Performances: Degas and the Dance (2004).

Jean Conroy (Woman in the woods) September 29th 1934 to November 14th 1964 (accident in street)
Career highlights
Other work included A Chance to Live (1960), Boyd QC (1961), No Hiding Place (1962), The Rag Trade (1962), The Plane Makers (1963), Sergeant Cork (1964), The Children of the New Forest (1964) and The Unbearable Bassington (1965).
Facts
Jean's early death at the age of 30 means she is the first Doctor Who actor to die. Jean's episode The Waking Ally was recorded on Friday, October 16th, 1964 - a month later, she was dead, only a few weeks after her 30th birthday. The Waking Ally was broadcast posthumously on December 19th. Her final appearance in the Story Parade production of The Unbearable Bassington was broadcast in April 1965, so must have been pre-recorded months in advance (this seems unlikely for the time, but there you are...).

Ann Davies (Jenny) November 25th 1934 to April 26th 2022
Career highlights
Ann had previously appeared in Robert's Wife (1955), The Secret Kingdom (1960) and Harpers West One (1962), and went on to take roles in Mr Digby Darling (1971), Poldark (1976), Within These Walls (1975/78), The Nation's Health (1983), Widows 2 (1985), Ever Decreasing Circles (1987/89), Peter's Friends (1992), The Sculptress (1996), Grange Hill (1998-99), Doctors (2003), Run for Your Wife (2012) and Whitechapel (2013).
Facts
Ann was married to actor Richard Briers, who appeared in Paradise Towers (as well as spin-off Torchwood in 2008). Their daughter is actress Lucy Briers. Ann (and Richard) were good friends with Jacqueline Hill (companion Barbara Wright) and enrolled with the Open University in the 1980s together.

Michael Davis (Thomson)
Career highlights
Other appearances include Mandy (1952), The Music Box (1957), The Siege of Manchester (1965), Before the Party (1969), Germinal (1970) and Churchill's People (1975).

Nick Evans (Dalek operator & Slyther) Born August 2nd 1932
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Power of the Daleks (1966, uncredited)
Played: Slyther in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Didius in The Romans (1965)
Career highlights
Nick's other work includes Educated Evans (1957), Love and Mr Lewisham (1959), The Forgotten Faces (1961), The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1964), R3 (1965), Alice in Wonderland (1966), The Devil in the Fog (1968), General Hospital (1972), The Adventurer (1973), Father Brown (1974) and All Creatures Great and Small (1988).

Peter Fraser (David Campbell)
Career highlights
Peter's other work included The Gentle Goddess (1959), Boyd QC (1960), Ghost Squad (1963), The Plane Makers (1963), Carry On Cleo (1964), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Sorcerers (1967), Tales from the Crypt (1972) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). He also had a regular role as Dick Seton in Deadline Midnight (1961).

Facts

In 1961, Peter married actress Pamela Greer, who appeared in The Daleks' Master Plan. They later divorced.

Michael Goldie (Craddock) February 26th 1932 to June 17th 2013
Doctor Who credits
Played: Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space (1968)
Career highlights
Having previously appeared in Love Story (1963) and The Avengers (1963), Michael later appeared in The Children of the New Forest (1964), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Smith (1970), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973), Secret Army (1978), Matilda's England (1979), Get Lost! (1981), Fighting Back (1986), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Wycliffe (1996). Michael also played Bob Statham, owner of the Weatherfield Recorder, in soap Coronation Street (1983 & 1987-88).
Facts
Michael started out as a lumberjack in Canada before becoming an actor. Coincidentally, Michael's character in The Dalek Invasion of Earth was played by his Wheel in Space co-star Kenneth Watson in the movie version, Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966).

David Graham (Dalek voice) July 11th 1925 to September 20th 2024 Click here for David Graham's entry on The Daleks

Peter Hawkins (Dalek voice) April 3rd 1924 to July 8th 2006 (pneumonia) Click here for Peter Hawkins' entry on The Daleks

Meriel Hobson (Woman in the woods) September 22nd 1905 to April 6th 1997
Career highlights
Meriel had previously appeared in Charlesworth (1959), Break in Festivities (1959), Dixon of Dock Green (1962) and Cluff (1964), and later appeared in soap Crossroads (1965).

Facts

Meriel, who was married to television writer Rodney Hobson, was a member of the Quince Players amateur theatrical society in Berkshire in the 1950s/60s and also directed productions for them, often pantomimes. The Players are still going today.

Martyn Huntley (Roboman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: First human in The Sensorites (1964)
Played: Roboman in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Warren Earp in The Gunfighters (1966)
Career highlights
Martyn subsequently appeared in R3 (1965), United! (1966-67), A Farewell to Arms (1966), The Spanish Farm (1968) and Z Cars (1969).

Robert Jewell (Dalek operator) January 20th 1920 to May 10th 1998 Click here for Robert Jewell's entry on The Daleks

Alan Judd (Dortmun) October 12th 1909 to April 23rd 1988
Career highlights
Alan's career began in a 1946 adaptation of Saint Joan, followed by roles in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1950), 13 East Street (1952), The Golden Spur (1959), Crossroads (1964), The Forsyte Saga (1967), Scoop (1972), The Adventurer (1973), The Pallisers (1974), The Devil's Crown (1978) and Storyboard (1986). He also played the judge in 13 episodes of Jury (1983).

Facts

His life partner was the puppeteer Barry Smith, who lent his skills to Snakedance in 1983. Sadly, Alan died in 1988 aged 78, and Barry just 16 months later, aged only 59.

Bernard Kay (Carl Tyler) February 23rd 1928 to December 25th 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Played: Saladin in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones (1967)
Played: Caldwell in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
Bernard's first acting job was in ITV Television Playhouse's One of Us (1957), followed by Carry on Sergeant (1958), The Avengers (1962), Compact (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Breaking Point (1966), Witchfinder General (1968), The Hunting Party (1971), Warship (1974), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Accident (1978-79), The Gentle Touch (1982), The Bill (1984), Remington Steele (1987), Bomber Harris (1989), Century Falls (1993), Jonathan Creek (1997), Foyle's War (2002), Harry Hill's TV Burp (2008), Casualty 1909 (2009) and Psychosis (2010).
Facts
Within months of Bernard being born, his mother tragically took her own life, while his father was admitted to an asylum when he was nine years old, leaving him to be brought up by his grandparents. His father later died when he was 12. Bernard's career began as a reporter on the Manchester Guardian and Bolton Evening News in the 1940s. In 2006, he won the creative non-fiction prize of the New Writing Ventures Awards for his account of life growing up in 1930s/40s Bolton. Between 1963-77 (her death), Bernard was married to actress Patricia Haines (first wife of Michael Caine).
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Bernard here.

Kevin Manser (Dalek operator) February 16th 1929 to December 21st 2001 (bowel cancer) Click here for Kevin Manser's entry on The Daleks

Richard McNeff (Baker) February 27th 1921 to January 7th 2006
Career highlights
Debuted in Yearaway (1956), followed by roles in Suspended Alibi (1957), Our House (1961), The Saint (1963), Redcap (1966), Up Pompeii (1969), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Warship (1977), Born and Bred (1980), Chance in a Million (1984) and The Wilsons (2000). In 1971, Richard penned a Thirty-Minute Theatre for the BBC called The Room They Left, starring Leslie Dwyer and Donald Gee.
Facts
Richard's brother Samuel became a major in the Intelligence and fought with Tito and the partisans in Yugoslavia. Richard's son (who is also called Richard and is an author) has dedicated a page of his website to his father here.

Peter Murphy (Dalek operator) August 16th 1928 to May 5th 1991 Click here for Peter Murphy's entry on The Daleks

Patrick O'Connell (Ashton) January 29th 1934 to August 10th 2017 (lung cancer and emphysema)
Career highlights
Debuted in Lena, Oh My Lena (1960), then The Big Spender (1965), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Cromwell (1970), Elizabeth R (1971), The Protectors (1972), Mind Your Language (1978), We'll Meet Again (1982), The Shooting Party (1985), She-Wolf of London (1990), Inspector Morse (1993) and As Time Goes By (1996). He had regular roles as Detective Inspector Gamble in Fraud Squad (1969-70) and Edward Hammond in The Brothers (1973-77).
Facts
Dublin-born Patrick was given away at birth, and at the age of three taken in and reared by Birmingham woman Dorothy Thomas. Sadly, two years later his errant father took him back and placed him in a Catholic orphanage in Dublin, where he lived for four years until Dorothy was able to rescue him and continue a stabler upbringing. He later became an artist, known for his paintings, linocuts and etchings. One of his children is Kate O'Connell, who acted in the 1980s and 90s until becoming a counsellor. In later years Patrick suffered with dementia.

Graham Rigby (Larry Madison) January 5th 1927 to April 5th 2021
Career highlights
Other work includes Knight Errant Limited (1960), The Avengers (1961), Hobson's Choice (1962), Swizzlewick (1964), Cluff (1965), Champion House (1967), The Onedin Line (1972), The Befrienders (1972), The Nearly Man (1975), A Traveller in Time (1978), Emmerdale Farm (1981), All Creatures Great and Small (1985-89), First Among Equals (1986), Cluedo (1990), Last of the Summer Wine (1991), Stay Lucky (1993), Out of the Blue (1995) and Like Father (2001). He also had several roles in Coronation Street between 1961-95, and played Charlie Forward in soap Crossroads on and off between 1965-79.

Nicholas Smith (Wells) March 5th 1934 to December 6th 2015 (head injury following a fall)
Career highlights
Debuted uncredited in Pathfinders to Mars (1960), followed by roles in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), The Frost Report (1966), Danger Island (1967), The Saint (1968), Ace of Wands (1971), Z Cars (1972-75, as PC Yates), Harriet's Back in Town (1973), Worzel Gummidge (1979), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Last of the Summer Wine (2008), M.I High (2010) and Charlie's Angels (2011). Nicholas will be most recognised as jug-eared Mr Rumbold in the sitcoms Are You Being Served? (1972-85) and Grace and Favour (1992-93).
Facts
Nicholas, whose first speaking screen role was Doctor Who, is the father of actress Catherine Russell.

Gerald Taylor (Dalek operator) October 11th 1940 to December 4th 1994 Click here for Gerald Taylor's entry on The Daleks

UNCREDITED GUEST CAST

Nigel Bernard (Freedom fighter) Nigel also appeared uncredited in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (Councilman) and The Faceless Ones (Passenger).

Jo Calvert (Slave in mine)

Susanne Charise (Freedom fighter)

Roy Curtis (Freedom fighter) It's possible Roy and Helene Curtis (an uncredited extra in The Reign of Terror) were related. Roy also appeared uncredited in The Reign of Terror (Citizen), The Gunfighters (Cowboy) and The Faceless Ones (Technician).

George Dare (Slave in mine) Dec 15 1884 to May 28 1966.

Adrian Drotsky (Roboman) An Adrian Drotsky married a Jane Bowman in 1962, and the pair had a child, also called Adrian, in 1966. Adrian's other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Keys of Marinus (Citizen of Millennius) and The Reign of Terror (French citizen & Peasant).

Stenson Falcke (Slave in mine) Mar 18 1909 to Dec 4 1993. Stenson Coultas Falcke served with the RAF in the 1920s before becoming a musician on Cunard cruise liners. He also appeared uncredited in Doctor Who and the Silurians (London extra).

Daphne Green (Slave in mine) Sep 12 1934 to 2004. Daphne's most memorable acting role was playing Liz Ruskin in more than 80 episodes of soap Emmerdale between 1973-75. Her other Doctor Who work included an uncredited role in The Myth Makers (Trojan woman in square).

Margot Hanson (Slave in mine)

Joe Hardesty (Freedom fighter)

Peter Holmes (Freedom fighter) Dec 7 1936 to Mar 16 2010 (cancer). Peter was a prolific bit part player, also appearing uncredited in Galaxy 4 (Rill), The Daleks' Master Plan (Reveller), Doctor Who and the Silurians (Technician), The Claws of Axos (Lab technician and Axon creature). In the 1960s he became the second husband of actor Barbara (Black Orchid) Murray, after which he became a schoolteacher. The two later divorced.

Peter Honeywell (Freedom fighter)

Jonas Kurchi (Slave in mine) His other uncredited Doctor Who work was The Gunfighters (Lynch mob).

Bill McAllister (Slave in mine)

Roma Milne (Freedom fighter) 1918 to Mar 16 2010

Peter Morton (Slave in mine)

Bill Moss (Roboman)

Patricia Phipps (Freedom fighter)

Tony Poole (Freedom fighter) Tony also appeared uncredited in The Romans (Rabble).

Molly Prescott (Freedom fighter)

Rex Rashley (Slave in mine) Oct 3 1894 to Feb 3 1972. Prolific extra who appeared in drama as well as variety (including with Ken Dodd and Morecambe and Wise). Further uncredited Doctor Who work includes Doctor Who and the Silurians (London extra) and The Daemons (Villager).

Michael Reed (Freedom fighter)

John Sackville West (Slave in mine) It feels like John may have been related to novelist Vita Sackville-West, but there's no evidence for sure. He also appeared uncredited in The Reign of Terror (Revolutionary soldier).

Rosina Stewart (Freedom fighter) Rosina's other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Keys of Marinus (Citizen of Millennius), The Enemy of the World (Shelterer) and Doctor Who and the Silurians (London extra).

Don Symonds (Slave in mine)

Fred Taylor (Slave in mine) Fred also appeared uncredited in The Romans (Man in market) and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (Parisian).

John Timberlake (Slave in mine) Dec 5 1904 to Nov 8 1993. John was a prolific background player, having appeared in films such as The Million Pound Note, Doctor at Sea, The Mouse That Roared and, one of his last roles, An American Werewolf in London (as a patron of The Slaughtered Lamb). His other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Enemy of the World (Shelterer) and Genesis of the Daleks (Kaled scientist). He died at actors' retirement home Denville Hall.

Graham Tonbridge (Slave in mine) May 13 1906 to Nov 30 1986. Prolific bit part player Graham started out as a dancer (performing in 1937's Over She Goes), appearing in everything from Doctor at Large and Dr No to Lawrence of Arabia and Tales from the Crypt. He also appeared uncredited in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (Councilman), The War Machines (Worker) and The Faceless Ones (Passenger from Madrid).

Reg Tyler (Roboman)

Alan Wakeling (Slave in mine) Alan's further uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (Parisian) and The War Machines (Worker).

Tony Walsh (Slave in mine)

Leslie Wilkinson (Slave in mine) Feb 1 1934 to Dec 27 1995. Leslie's other uncredited Doctor Who work includes The Keys of Marinus (Citizen of Millennius) and The Romans (Galley slave).

Jan Willis (Slave in mine)

Leonard Woodrow (Freedom fighter)

CREW

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

Richard Martin (director) Born January 3rd 1935 Click here for Richard Martin's entry on The Daleks

Verity Lambert (producer) November 27th 1935 to November 22nd 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child

Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) February 28th 1912 to May 20th 1966 Click here for Mervyn Pinfield's entry on An Unearthly Child

David Whitaker (story editor) April 18th 1928 to February 4th 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child

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