Mark Carville Mark Carville , born Myamus on the planet Byulna , was one of the original three members of the Common Men . He and the other two in the band — also from Byulna — were brought to Earth as part of the selfish schemes of Lenny Kruger , who planned to use their popularity to render himself the most powerful man in Mutter ' s Spiral . Biography . Myamus was from the Court of Caldee on Byulna , in which his mother was the Queen , and his father was one of miner s under the castle . Myamus was kidnapped at a very young age by Lenny Kruger , who brought him to 20th century Earth , where he grew up in Liverpool as Mark Carville inside a flesh suit , thinking himself human . In 1957 , he got together with two other locals , James O ' Meara and Korky Goldsmith , and formed the Common Men . The band was not particularly popular , and — by the suggestion of the Fifth Doctor — became the backing group for Aubrey Waites in 1963 . This new alliance , adopting the name John Smith and the Common Men , became hugely popular within weeks , and quickly rose up to # 2 on the British charts , just below the Beatles . Mark never found out he was an alien . Alternate timeline . In an alternate timeline created by Lenny Kruger , the Common Men became the most popular band in the world in the Beatles ' place . They met Nyssa in 1950s Hamburg , and let her stay in their hotel for a few nights . He and James met the Fifth Doctor close afterwards , who explained their origins to them in the Pfannkuchen . They soon , though , had their memories wiped of the encounter by Lenny . They then unknowingly re - encountered the Doctor on 31 October 1963 , when they arrived in London after a plane ride , only to find hundreds of fans screaming for them outside . The Doctor warned them of Lenny walking through the crowd with an impulse laser , and James invited him for a drink . The group met the Time Lord once more in 1967 . They were at the time in a small Welsh town , promised a free private seminar with the guru Paravatar . Paravatar , secretly a retire d time travel ler hypnotised the musicians into revealing their true identities . After waking up , the Common Men were finally approached by Lenny , who quickly became their new manager . According to James , when Korky once wrote a song , Mark never even came in to work on it with them . Mark was , around 1970 , years after the Common Men split up , was interviewed for six days by Rita in his house in New York . By this point , Lenny had controlled him to no longer trust the Doctor . When the Doctor " did " arrive at the end of those six days , the two began to get along again . While sharing pictures with the man , though , Mark was transformed into his true form without the others . He soon kill ed fellow band member James out of anger . Lenny , upset that all did not work to plan , further manipulated in time . In yet another timeline , the Common Men got back together . After the Doctor explained the situation to them , they agreed to help pretend that Lenny killed James , thus spreading bad word about him throughout the world . Lenny , soon to die because of this , finally let the Doctor restore the original timeline , and Mark returned to normal . ( AUDIO : " " )