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Mark Gatiss

**Mark Gatiss** (born 17 October 1966) has been a major creative force in the production of *Doctor Who* fiction since the 1990s.

## Profile

Given Gatiss' accomplishments as a *Doctor Who* author, screenwriter, audio writer, audio actor, screen actor, documentary narrator, and documentary subject, his contribution to the *Doctor Who* franchise is unique.

### Televised *Doctor Who*

For *Doctor Who*, Gatiss writes it so the Doctor usually cannot gain a complete victory or someone else has to step in to save the day. With the latter, it tends to fall to the companions or a one-off character.

Although other writers had enjoyed small roles in the 1963 version of *Doctor Who*, he was the first to have a major speaking role in a story, in the form of Jasper Jeake in *Phantasmagoria*, a story he also wrote. Gatiss resultantly became one of few people to have written and acted in the same episode of *Doctor Who*, and he claimed that it also made him "the first and only person so far to write for the series and be in it *twice*".

### *Doctor Who* work in other media

Outside the programme proper, he has written various officially licensed novels, televised spoofs and audio plays.

Gatiss also wrote the docu-drama *An Adventure in Space and Time*. A dramatised account of William Hartnell's tenure as the Doctor, it was produced and broadcast as part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations. He portrayed the Third Doctor in the accompanying *Another Doctor* extra.

Gatiss also has significant relationships with *Doctor Who* luminaries that extend beyond the programme itself. For instance, he is a frequent collaborator with Steven Moffat, with whom he created and produced *Sherlock*, a TV series which started airing in 2010. He also played Robert Louis Stevenson in Moffat's *Jekyll*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Writer

* *Nightshade*
* *Death's Oracle*
* *Subjects of War*
* *Phantasmagoria*
Nicholas Ball

**John Nicholas Ball** (born 11 April 1946) played Sir Leon in the *Doctor Who* television stories *The Herald* and *The Green Knight*.

## Profile

He is best known for playing the title role in the television series *Hazell*.

He portrayed the vicious gang lord Terry Bates in *EastEnders* between 2007 and 2009. He played Garry Ryan in series five of *Footballers' Wives* and both series of its spin-off programme *Footballers' Wives: Extra Time*. The voice of Nicholas Ball can be heard as well on various audio books offered via the internet; he has narrated books from such authors as Christopher Hitchens and James Maybrick. He was, in 2019, in an advert for Premier Inn, playing the part of Lenny Henry's manager.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Herald*
* *The Green Knight*
Paul Flanagan

**Paul Flanagan** played a UNIT soldier in the *Doctor Who* television story *Nothing* and an Aberrant in the story *Evolution*.

## Profile

Flanagan has worked as an actor and stunt co-ordinator on various films and TV shows, such as *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, *Coronation Street* and *Red Dwarf*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *Nothing* - UNIT soldier
* *Evolution* - Aberrant
Oscar Yates

**Oscar Yates** was prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1988.

Upon receiving word that Metatraxi technology had landed in Scotland, Yates gave the order to have the technology given to the United States of America in order to help them uphold the Truman Doctrine. Later, he acted as an ambassador for NATO to a summit organised by the Seventh Doctor, where he made a brief case for the technology to be kept for NATO's interests to be protected. He ultimately agreed fairly quickly to give the technology over to the Doctor, and organised to have such matters attended to. (TV: *Crime of the Century*)

## Behind the Scenes

* Despite them sharing a surname, Colin Brake stated in an issue of *Doctor Who Magazine* that Oscar Yates was not intended to have any relation to Mike Yates, a companion of the Third Doctor.
Dickens (Night Thoughts)

Dickens, as he appeared in Night Thoughts

**Major Dickens** was an anaesthetist in the British Army. He had been in the Falklands War. He built the alarm system used to track and scare people in the house. He also wanted to be famous for bringing someone back to life. Dickens later revealed to the Seventh Doctor and Raine Cunningham that he murdered his colleagues in order for them to never tell anyone about the failure of their experiments, and that their housekeeper Sue was the result of said experiments. Angered by his general disregard for her, Sue killed him after the Doctor and Raine left the room. (TV: *Night Thoughts*)
Douglas Cavendish

Cavendish, as he appeared in Downtime

Captain **Douglas Cavendish** was a member of the Virtual Ordnance Group at UNIT. He was a self-satisfied rising officer in the 1990s, only to suffer mentally after possession by the Great Intelligence.

## Biography

Lieutenant Cavendish was sent to investigate the explosion at the Det-Sen Monastery, where he came in contact with some web made by the Great Intelligence and came under its influence. (PROSE: *Downtime*)

Back in England, he was promoted to captain.

When the Great Intelligence was ready to make its move in 1995, Cavendish arranged a meeting with the Eighth Doctor under pretence of his files being hacked, hoping to capture him and learn he had any 'souvenirs' from his service relating to the Intelligence. They met in a hotel bar, where Cavendish was passive-aggressive about the Doctor's time and received a barb about "jumped-up officers with tuppeny-hapenny commissions." The Doctor grew suspicious of the line of questioning, spotted Cavendish's backup coming, and, realising Cavendish was compromised, escaped. Cavendish ordered the Chillies after him. (TV: *Downtime*) Cavendish later stole the pre-UNIT Ministry of Defence report of the initial Yeti encounter, which existed only on hard copy. (PROSE: *Downtime*)

The mind-controlled Cavendish assisted the Intelligence and its Yeti hordes in the fight at New World University, where he almost caused Kate Lethrbidge-Stewart to be possessed. (TV: *Downtime*)
Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri, as they appear in The Monster of Peladon

**Alpha Centauri** was an Alpha Centauran diplomat who had numerous dealings with the planet Peladon during its membership of the Galactic Federation. In their roles on Peladon, they had multiple encounters with the Doctor and regarded the Time Lord as a friend.

## Biography

Alpha Centauri first came to Peladon on the Committee of Assessment to review their petition to enter the Galactic Federation. They aided the Third Doctor in defeating the plans of Hepesh and Arcturus to sabotage the assessment. (TV: *The Curse of Peladon*)

As ambassador to Peladon during Queen Thalira's reign, Centauri was tricked by Eckersley into summoning Federation troops when a mining dispute threatened the Federation's supply of trisilicate, providing a pretex for a group of renegade Ice Warriors led by the Ice Lord Azaxyr to declare martial law to take the trisiciliate for the Federation's enemies, Galaxy 5. Centauri subsequently helped the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith expose the scheme and stop Eckersley and Azaxyr. (TV: *The Monster of Peladon*)

Centauri was present during the Eighth Doctor's efforts to recover the Diadem from Nic Reece on Peladon in the 40th Century. They attempted to repeal the Doctor's execution alongside his companion, Bernice, with little success. (TV: *Legacy*)

## Characteristics

Alpha Centauri had a squeaky falsetto voice, and was a genderless "hermaphrodite hexapod" according to the Doctor. (TV: *The Curse of Peladon*)

The Third Doctor sometimes referred to them with "he" and "him", and had a penchant for addressing them as "my dear fellow". (TV: *The Monster of Peladon*)

Like most of their race, Alpha Centauri was a natural pacifist and a hypochondriac. Despite this, they demonstrated and developed a degree of courage during their time on Peladon. (TV: *The Curse of Peladon*, *The Monster of Peladon*)

## Behind the Scenes

* Alpha Centauri is referred to by masculine pronouns in *The Curse of Peladon* (excluding one instance when the Doctor says that they are an "it" rather than a "he" or "she") and *The Monster of Peladon*, as well as in their novelisations. This is also the case in *Legacy*, in which Geban is aware that they are really an "it".
Bonnie Langford

**Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford** (born 22 July 1964) appeared as the Doctor's companion Mel, debuting in *Terror of the Vervoids*, one of the stories in *The Trial of a Time Lord*, and departing at the conclusion of *Dragonfire*.

## Profile

Langford was born at Hampton Court, Surrey. She married fellow actor Paul Grunert in 1995 and has one daughter (born 2000). The couple divorced in 2015. She was the first companion actor to have been born after *Doctor Who* began in 1963.

She first achieved fame as a child actor, starring in the television series *Just William* and the film *Bugsy Malone*.

Her stage work includes *Annie*, *Peter Pan: The Musical*, *Cats* and *The Pirates of Penzance*. Langford was a regular guest (2003-2005) on Sandi Toksvig's weekday lunchtime show on LBC radio and occasionally deputised when Sandi was ill or on holiday. Langford had just completed a run in *Peter Pan* at the time she was announced as the Doctor's newest companion. A publicity photo was passed round of Langford in costume as Peter and Colin Baker in costume as the Doctor, "flying" together on wires.

She has received a fair amount of criticism over her career, as she has been widely perceived as an overly perky youth. Some *Doctor Who* fans have voiced similar complaints about the character of Mel. Noël Coward reportedly made the comment, after seeing a play with the young Bonnie Langford in it in which a horse also defecated on the stage, "If they had shoved the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once." Langford herself told interviewer Michael Parkinson on his television chat show that Coward had said the best way to improve the play was to "cut the second half and the child's throat!"

On 23 October 2005, Langford performed in *Children Will Listen*, a 75th birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. She then appeared in the pantomime *Cinderella* at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.

In January 2006, Langford was a celebrity contestant on ITV's *Dancing On Ice*, along with fellow musical theatre stalwart John Barrowman.

Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker praised Bonnie Langford in an extra for the The Trial of a Time Lord DVD Box Set. He states that in his long career, he has never worked with anyone more professional than her.

She also contributed to the charity reference book *Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who*.

She joined the West End cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre on September 16th 2014. She plays the part of Muriel Eubanks.

In 2015, she joined the cast of *EastEnders* in the role of Carmel Kazemi. She left the role in 2018. Langord’s onscreen family in the show included Davood Ghadami and Shaheen Jafargholi as her two sons.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *Terror of the Vervoids*
* *The Ultimate Foe*
* *Time and the Rani*
* *Paradise Towers*
* *Delta and the Bannermen*
* *Dragonfire*
* *Alixion* (brief cameo)
Sarah Sutton

**Sarah Sutton** (born 12 December 1961) played Nyssa in *Doctor Who* from *The Keeper of Traken* to *Terminus*, as well as Nyssa's doppelganger Ann Talbot in *Black Orchid*. She also made a cameo appearance as Nyssa in *The Caves of Androzani* and reprised the role in the thirtieth anniversary special *Destiny*.

## Profile

Prior to *Doctor Who*, Sutton appeared on other television programmes, including *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (1974) as Alice (a role which Deborah Watling also played) and as Diana Purwell in *The Moon Stallion* (1978), written by *Doctor Who* writer Brian Hayles, in which she managed the difficult task of playing a blind girl throughout the entire serial. She also appeared in *The Crucible* (1980) as Susannah Walcott. After playing Nyssa, Sutton left full-time acting.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Keeper of Traken*
* *Logopolis*
* *Castrovalva*
* *Four to Doomsday*
* *Kinda*
* *The Visitation*
* *Black Orchid* (also as Ann Talbot)
* *Earthshock*
* *Time-Flight*
* *Arc of Infinity*
* *Snakedance*
* *Mawdryn Undead*
* *Terminus*
* *The Caves of Androzani*
* *Destiny*
Nick Gillard

**Nick Gillard** was stunt arranger for the *Doctor Who* television story *Silver Nemesis* (with Paul Heasman). He was also the stunt double for Turlough in *Mawdryn Undead*. (DWM 234) He later played Yevgeni in *Ice Time* and was the body actor for Alpha Centauri in *Legacy*.

## Profile

He is most famous for having invented the style of lightsaber duelling seen in the *Star Wars* prequel trilogy.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Actor

* *Mawdryn Undead* - Vislor Turlough (stunt double, uncredited)
* *Ice Time* - Yevgeni
* *Legacy* - Alpha Centauri (body actor)
Makkith

**Makkith** was a humanised Black Dalek on the planet Kyrol, Squadron Leader of Kodath Squadron and second to Alpha. The Ninth Doctor told him he was the first Dalek he met with a name. Makkith destroyed himself to prevent the Kata-Phobus from feeding on the humanised Daleks. (TV: *Children of the Revolution*)

## Appearance

Amongst the humanised Daleks, Makkith had a distinct casing with red, bulb-shaped luminosity dischargers and an orange eye lens. Similar to the Dalek saucer commander, Makkith's casing had a black dome and alternating panels on the base unit, as well as slats on an otherwise blue shell with silver sense globes and weapons platform bands. (TV: *Children of the Revolution*)
Season 29

**Season 29** of *Doctor Who* ran from 19 September 1992 to 19 December 1992. It starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Julia Sawalha as Raine Cunningham and Saskia Reeves as Guinevere Hoult. The season opened with *A School for Glory* and ended with *Nightshade*.

## Overview

### Script Editor Steps Down

Marc Platt decided that this would be his final season acting as script editor for the series, believing that the job was 'taking its toll' on him, and that he wished to simply go back to writing for the show, rather than editing the scripts as well.

### A Change of Companions

Early on in the series, Julia Sawalha announced her intention to leave the role of Raine Cunningham behind, believing that she had stayed for enough time in the role. To allow for this, Raine's character was killed off, so as to keep in line with the darker tone the show was taking. In her place, rather than creating a brand new character, it was decided that Saskia Reeves' Guinevere Hoult would be brought back to act as the new companion, as her performance in *The Herald* had been praised.

## Television Stories

26/09/1992
03/10/1992
 2
24/10/1992
 3
14/11/1992
 4
05/12/1992
12/12/1992
19/12/1992

## Cast

### Main

* The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
* Raine Cunningham - Julia Sawalha
* Guinevere Hoult - Saskia Reeves

### Recurring

* The Master - Anthony Ainley
* Ancelyn - Marcus Gilbert
* Winifred Bambera - Angela Bruce
* Sergeant Zbrigniev - Robert Jezek
* Lancelot - Andrew Fettes
* Gawain - Robert McCulley
* Percival - Gordon Kennedy
* Leon - Nicholas Ball

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### VHS

* *A School for Glory*
* *The Green Knight*
* *Illegal Alien*
* *Nightshade*

#### DVD

* All serials of Season 29 were released in 2010.

#### Blu-Ray

* The complete series has been upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and was released as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 29* in the UK.
* It was released in the US under the title *Doctor Who: Richard Griffiths - Complete Season Two.*

#### Novels

* *A School for Glory*
* *The Green Knight*
* *Illegal Alien*
* *Nightshade*
Peter Firth

**Peter Macintosh Firth** (born 27 October 1953) played Salock in the *Doctor Who* television story *Crime of the Century*.

## Profile

He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme *Spooks*; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in *Equus* (1977), earning both a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the role.
Brett (Alixion)

**Brett** was the teenage son of Herrel and Olvic. He joined his parents on a tour of the Monastery of Alixion, where he took a liking to Raine Cunningham. Brother Ialgo later invited Brett to attend a sermon with him, and he agreed, with his parents' permission. Once alone, he was taken to a draining pod and had his mind drained to make the elixir. His corpse was found by Herrel and Kniles during Urnie's uprising against the Abbot. (TV: *Alixion*)
Mal Young

**Mal Young** (born 26 January 1957) was an executive producer for *Doctor Who* from 1998, acting in this role alongside Matthew Robinson.

## Profile

He also contributed to the charity reference book *Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *Phantasmagoria*
* *Placebo Effect*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
* *The Council's Reverence*
* *Children of the Revolution*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*
Lisa Bowerman

**Lisa Bowerman** (born 1 February 1962) is an actor. She played Karra in *Survival*, but is better known as the Eighth and Ninth Doctor's companion Professor Bernice Summerfield, who she played from *Love and War* to *Return of the Living Dad*, and again in *Visions of Tomorrow*.

## Profile

She is the younger sister of Robin Bowerman.

She also contributed to the reference book *Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It*.

She was a regular in the first series of the BBC medical drama *Casualty*. Outside of acting, she also works as a professional photographer.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Bernice Summerfield

* *Love and War*
* *Transit*
* *The Domesday Book*
* *Destiny*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Death's Oracle*
* *Nothing*
* *Venusian Lullaby*
* *Legacy*
* *Goth Opera*
* *The Death of Art*
* *The Romance of Crime*
* *Paradox of the Daleks*
* *Downtime*
* *The Menagerie*
* *Mind Games*
* *The Eyes of Madmen*
* *Toy Soldiers*
* *Return of the Living Dad*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*
Nicholas Pegg

**Nicholas Pegg** was a lead Dalek Operator during the BBC Wales era of *Doctor Who*.

## Profile

### "the Watcher"

Pegg was also a long-standing contributor to *Doctor Who Magazine*, mainly under the persona of "The Watcher". Starting in 1999's DWM 281, Pegg first wrote as "The Watcher" in the column *It's the end, but...*, before quickly establishing the annual tradition of *The Watcher's Christmas Quiz*.

In 2009, the Watcher returned for a series of articles titled *The Watcher's Guide to...*.

Into the 2010s, another monthly comedic column by the Watcher was launched titled *Wotcha!*. In late October 2017, DWM dismissed Pegg due to a coded message in *Wotcha!* insulting Panini and BBC Worldwide.
Kate O'Mara

**Kate O'Mara** (10 August 1939-30 March 2014) was an English actress who played the first major incarnation ofthe Rani from 1985 through to 1997, beginning with *The Mark of the Rani* and ending with *Evolution*.

## Profile

O'Mara's TV and film acting career dates back to the 1960s when she appeared in most of the major ITC productions such as *Danger Man* and *The Saint*, as well as *The Avengers*. She later also participated in a stage play based upon the Sydney Newman creation.

O'Mara made her *Doctor Who* debut as the renegade Time Lord the Rani in the 1985 story *The Mark of the Rani*. Between it and her second appearance in *Time and the Rani*, O'Mara made two dozen appearances as Cassandra 'Caress' Morrell on the American prime-time soap opera *Dynasty*, her best-known role internationally.

She was the aunt of Tam Williams, the ex-wife of Jeremy Young and Richard Willis, the sister-in-law of Michael and Martin Cochrane and the former sister-in-law of Simon Williams.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Mark of the Rani*
* *Time and the Rani*
* *Network*
* *Evolution*
Scott Gray

**Warwick Gray**, later known by his pen name **Scott Gray**, wrote and edited several *Doctor Who Magazine* comic stories. He also drew the *DWM* comic stories *Matildus* and *The Power of the Mobox*, and wrote the *Doctor Who* television story *Children of the Revolution*.

## Profile

Gray began his career writing and illustrating comic stories for *Razor Magazine*, *Time Space Visualiser* and *Timestreams*, publications of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club under his given name of Warwick Gray whilst living in Dunedin, New Zealand. In 1991 he sold a story to *Doctor Who Magazine*, prompting him to move to work in the UK. He became the magazine's assistant editor and was the title's regular comic strip writer between 1998 and 2004, covering most of the Tenth Doctor's stories. In 1995 he adopted the pen-name Scott Gray.

Gray now edits the Marvel Collectors' Edition line of magazines and has worked with artist Roger Langridge on the Marvel comic team the Fin Fang Four.

Due to his extensive work in comics he has inspired his nephew Ryan and his close friend Ed Hills to be like him when they grow up.
Michael Keating

**Michael Keating** (born 10 February 1947) played Goudry in the *Doctor Who* television story *The Sun Makers* and Kniles in the *Doctor Who* television story *Alixion*.

## Profile

Outside of *Doctor Who*, he is perhaps best known for playing Vila Restal in all 52 episodes of *Blake's 7*. Keating also played the recurring role of Reverend Stevens in the BBC soap *EastEnders* from 2005-2017.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Sun Makers* - Goudry
* *Alixion* - Kniles
Martin Day

**Martin Day** wrote the *Doctor Who* television story *The Menagerie*.

## Profile

He also wrote many episodes of the soaps *Fair City*, *Doctors* and *Family Affairs*. Having worked previously at Bath Spa University, he is now visiting lecturer in creative writing at the University of Winchester and the Wessex regional representative of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
Roger Bolton

**Roger Bolton** composed the incidental music for various *Doctor Who* stories throughout the mid-1990's.

## Profile

He is also known for his work on *To Die For* and *Bugs*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Highest Science*
* *Death's Oracle*
* *Legacy*
* *The Romance of Crime*
* *The Menagerie*
* *Return of the Living Dad*
* *The English Way of Death*
* *Vampire Science*
* *Genocide*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
Colin Brake

**Colin Brake** (born 1962) is a writer for *Doctor Who*. He was also script editor from 1993 to 1998. As of 2006, Brake lived in Leicester with his wife Kerry and their children, Cefn and Kassia.

## Profile

Brake began working on *EastEnders* in 1985 as a writer and script editor, being partly responsible for the introduction of the soap's first Asian characters Saeed and Naima Jeffery. From there, he went on to work as "script executive" on the popular Saturday night action adventure programme *Bugs*, before moving to Channel 5 in 1997 to be "script associate" on their evening soap *Family Affairs*.

He started his work on *Doctor Who* in 1990 with the story *Crime of the Century*. He was then elected to be the next script editor for the programme in 1993 after the previous script editor, Marc Platt, stepped down. During this time, he wrote several stories, and amended the 30th Anniversary Special, *Destiny*.

In the early 2000s, Brake wrote episodes of the daytime soaps *Doctors* and the revival of *Crossroads*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Script Editor

* *Network*
* *Destruction of the Daleks*
* *Love and War*
* *Transit*
* *The Domesday Book*
* *Destiny*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Death's Oracle*
* *Nothing*
* *Venusian Lullaby*
* *Legacy*
* *Goth Opera*
* *The Death of Art*
* *The Romance of Crime*
* *Paradox of the Daleks*
* *Downtime*
* *The Menagerie*
* *Mind Games*
* *The Eyes of Madmen*
* *Toy Soldiers*
* *Return of the Living Dad*
* *Subjects of War*
* *The English Way of Death*
* *Damaged Goods*
* *The Dark Path*
* *Vampire Science*
* *Blink*
* *Genocide*
* *Evolution*
* *Matrix*
* *Phantasmagoria*
* *Placebo Effect*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
* *The Council's Reverence*
* *Children of the Revolution*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*

#### As Writer

* *Crime of the Century*
* *Destruction of the Daleks*
* *Destiny* (with David Roden)
* *Nothing*
* *The Council's Reverence*
Nigel Lambert

**Nigel Lambert** (born 11 May 1944) played Hardin in the *Doctor Who* television story *The Leisure Hive*, and Vitali in the *Doctor Who* television story *Ice Time*.

## Profile

He voiced Mr Curry in *The Adventures of Paddington Bear* television series and "Papa" in the Dolmio pasta sauce puppet commercials. He contributed extensively to the magazine partwork *Story Teller*, published by Marshall Cavendish, a fortnightly magazine and cassette tape featuring children's stories. Lambert has recorded over fifty BBC Audio books. He is best known for his role as the narrator of the first series of the BBC comedy series *Look Around You*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Leisure Hive* - Hardin
* *Ice Time* - Vitali Wolshkin
Marek Anton

**Marek Anton** appeared in three *Doctor Who* television stories: as the Destroyer in *Battlefield* and *The Herald* and Vershinin in *The Curse of Fenric*.

## Profile

Anton later played a German soldier in one episode of the comedy series *'Allo 'Allo!*, and a Russian soldier in the TV series *Love Hurts*, in the episode "Cold Comfort". His last known television appearance was in the series *The Famous Five* as Markhoff in the episode "Five Fall Into Adventure". The actor currently resides in Poland.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As the Destroyer

* *Battlefield*
* *The Herald*
Arthur's World

Whilst Camelot and King Arthur were mere fiction in the Doctor's universe, they actually existed in another world, "**Arthur's World**". It seemed to connect to the 20th century of the Doctor's native universe in Carbury near Lake Vortigern, in rural England, via an interstitial vortex.

Upon coming across knights of Camelot who wielded energy weapons, the Seventh Doctor guessed that this Camelot belonged to an alternate Earth where advanced technology developed alongside magic. For example, Ancelyn told Brigadier Winifred Bambera that cars did not exist on Arthur's world. However, flying machines called ornithopters were used as transport. (TV: *Battlefield*, *The Green Knight*) The Eighth Doctor proved this theory correct when he visited the alternate Earth and embraced the title of Merlin. (TV: *The Herald*)
Hugh Spight

**Hugh Spight** (born 5 May 1947) was a Dalek Operator for several *Doctor Who* television stories from 1988 to 1998. He also played an uncredited Robot Clown in *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy*. (DWM 211)

## Profile

In 1982 Hugh Spight spent six weeks at Elstree Studios filming with Harrison Ford in *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi*. But he believed his chance at fame was shot down when his name was misspelled during the credits, renaming him Hugh Spirit. He since stated that "[he] was a bit gutted really".

He played several small background roles in the film - a pig-like Gamorrean guard, a Mon Calamari fish creature and an Elom monster. Originally trained in ballet dancing, he made it on to the Star Wars set after he was spotted next door on the set of Muppet-creator Jim Henson's movie The Dark Crystal.

His biggest role is as the Gamorrean guard who escorts Mr Ford's character Han Solo into captivity. He said: "We were on Jabba the Hutt's barge and in those scenes I was the one who had my hand on the shoulder of Harrison Ford. "We had to take him down to the dungeon.''

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As a Dalek Operator

* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *Destruction of the Daleks*
* *Destiny*
* *Paradox of the Daleks*
* *Children of the Revolution*

#### Other Roles

* *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy* (Robot Clown, uncredited)
Colin Jeavons

**Colin Jeavons** (born 20 October 1929) played Damon in the *Doctor Who* television story *The Underwater Menace*, George Tracey in the *K9 and Company* television story *A Girl's Best Friend*, and Howard Philips in the *Doctor Who* television story *Avatar*, where he also voiced the Body-snatchers.

## Profile

His best known role is probably that of Inspector Lestrade in the various Granada *Sherlock Holmes* series starring Jeremy Brett. He also played Tim Stamper in *House of Cards* and its sequel *To Play the King*.

Marc Platt put him forward as a suggestion to portray the Eighth Doctor.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Underwater Menace*
* *Avatar*
Adellus

**Adellus** was a humanised Green Dalek scientist on the planet Kyrol. (TV: *Children of the Revolution*)

## Behind the Scenes

* Adellus holds the distinction of being the first Dalek to be played by a woman. His operator was Martina Berne, the first female Dalek operator in the show's history. Despite this, his voice was provided by Nicholas Briggs, much like most other Daleks in the story.
John Bush

**John Bush** was film editor for the *Doctor Who* television story *Frontier in Space*. He later produced the first four *Doctor Who and the Daleks* featurettes for the show's 30th anniversary.

## Profile

He is best known for *Breakaway Girls* (1978), *Blue Peter Special Assignment* (1973) and *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955).

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Producer

* *Bigger Inside Than Out*
* *The Antique Doctor Who Show*
* *Missing in Action*
* *I Was That Monster*
Rutan

The **Rutans** were a race of amorphous green blobs who waged a five-millennia-long war with the Sontarans.

## Biology

In their natural forms, the Rutans were amoeba-like, their bodies shaped somewhat like jellyfish, with a green glowing body and many light-green tendrils. They were amphibious and could cling to sheer, vertical surfaces. They had considerable mobility out of the water, despite their shape. Rutans could see, even without visible eyes, but their vision was limited. (TV: *Horror of Fang Rock*)They could also speak by forming vocal apparatuses (TV: *Subjects of War*) which gave them a harsh, tinny voice. (TV: *Horror of Fang Rock*)

Rutans were formidable fighters, even when they did not have weapons. Rutans could generate lethal bioelectrical shocks to defend themselves and seemed to be able to absorb electrical energy directly for sustenance. (TV: *Horror of Fang Rock*) The Rutans were also able, after changing their form into another being, to absorb their thought process and as a result gain a perfect understanding of how to undertake complex tasks from other cultures. (TV: *Subjects of War*) This shape-changing ability was undetectable to neural brainwave scans. (TV: *Subjects of War*) Though they preferred colder, (TV: *Horror of Fang Rock*) brighter environments, Rutans could survive almost anywhere, including the vacuum of space. (TV: *Subjects of War*)

Rutans were telepaths and could communicate with one another through thought processes equated by the Ninth Doctor to echolocation. (TV: *Subjects of War*)
Miles Richardson

**Miles Richardson** (born 15 July 1963) played roles in two *Doctor Who* television stories: Georges d'Armes in *The Domesday Book* and Douglas Cavendish in *Downtime*.

## Profile

He is divorced from fellow actor Beverley Cressman and is the son of Ian Richardson. He is also well known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *The Domesday Book* - Georges d'Armes
* *Downtime* - Douglas Cavendish
Death's Oracle (TV Story)

***Death's Oracle*** was the second serial of Season 31 of *Doctor Who*. It was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Michael Kerrigan, and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor and Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.

## Synopsis

The TARDIS lands on Ione 7, a seemingly uneventful colony world, save for one thing: the Oracle of Death, Bi'Oli. Through unknown means, she can accurately pinpoint who will be next to die in the colony.

The Doctor is suspicious, but has nothing to back up any claims he may well have. Benny is less so, and more willing to make friends than enemies.

And then the omen arrives. Benny is fated to be next to die. Racing against the clock, can the Doctor uncover the truth of Bi'Oli's powers before it is too late?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
* Bernice - Lisa Bowerman
* Bi'Oli - Rosie Marcel
* Trasicio - Paul Bettany
* Paulus - Nigel Plaskitt
* Jens - James Dreyfus
* Mau'ani - Hugh Quarshie
* Ashe'il - Bella Enahoro
* Fenese - Mary Jo Randle

## Worldbuilding

### Diseases

* The Doctor rules out various human diseases on the grounds of extinction or the settlement being immunised, including bubonic plague, scarlet fever and tuberculosis.
* Trasicio likens his "killing curse" to a viral infection.

*TBA*

## Home Video & DVD Releases

### VHS

* This story was first released on VHS in 2001.

### DVD

* This story along with the other stories in Season 31 were released as *Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-First Season* in 2007.

### Blu-ray

* This story along with the other stories in Season 31 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 31* in the UK.
Verity Lambert

**Verity Lambert**, the first producer of *Doctor Who*, was born in London on 27 November 1935. She served as producer from *An Unearthly Child* to *Mission to the Unknown*.

Ms. Lambert owned her own production company, Cinema Verity. In this position, she served as executive producer for *Doctor Who* after the BBC outsourced production of the programme to the company. She served as executive producer from *The Highest Science* to *Matrix*, after which she served as a consultant producer for Season 35.

## Profile

Her work on *Doctor Who* was the first time that she had been a full producer and was one of the first times a woman had such a role in television. The day after her death was the forty-fourth anniversary of the show's debut.

She was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to film and television, making her the first producer of *Doctor Who* to be made an OBE. She was due to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Women in Film and Television Awards in December 2007, but died before the award could be presented to her. It was awarded posthumously. Lambert passed on just five days shy of her 72nd birthday, falling victim to cancer and a lifestyle of heavy smoking.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Executive Producer

* *The Highest Science*
* *Death's Oracle*
* *Nothing*
* *Venusian Lullaby*
* *Legacy*
* *Goth Opera*
* *The Death of Art*
* *The Romance of Crime*
* *Paradox of the Daleks*
* *Downtime*
* *The Menagerie*
* *Mind Games*
* *The Eyes of Madmen*
* *Toy Soldiers*
* *Return of the Living Dad*
* *Subjects of War*
* *The English Way of Death*
* *Damaged Goods*
* *The Dark Path*
* *Vampire Science*
* *Blink*
* *Genocide*
* *Evolution*
* *Matrix*

#### As Consultant Executive Producer

* *Phantasmagoria*
* *Placebo Effect*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
* *The Council's Reverence*
* *Children of the Revolution*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*

#### As 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*
* *The Web Planet*
* *The Crusade*
* *The Space Museum*
* *The Chase*
* *The Time Meddler*
* *Galaxy 4*
* *Mission to the Unknown*
Hubert Rees

**Hubert Rees** (27 April 1928-20 October 2009) appeared in several *Doctor Who* television stories: as the Chief Engineer in *Fury from the Deep*, Captain Ransom in *The War Games*, John Stevenson in *The Seeds of Doom* and Oscar Yates in *Crime of the Century*.

## Profile

Rees appeared in both the stage (1957) and screen (1973) adaptations of *Under Milk Wood*. He worked with Douglas Camfield prior to *The Seeds of Doom* in *Paul Temple* (1969) and *Public Eye* (1971). Camfield cast him in *The Sweeney* (1975) and again in *The Sweeney 2* (1978). He appeared as Inspector Lestrade in Tom Baker's *Sherlock Holmes* (1982).

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *Fury from the Deep* - Chief Engineer
* *The War Games* - Ransom
* *The Seeds of Doom* - John Stevenson
* *Crime of the Century* - Oscar Yates
Ida Williams

**Ida Williams** was a technician aboard the Space Vessel *Sekhmet*. She was one of the first to report sightings of a Rutan onboard the ship, and later turned the ship's lights back down after the Rutan turned them up to disorientate the crew. She would ultimately survive the encounter, though the Hadron cannon onboard their vessel had to be given to the Sontarans to ensure safe passage. (TV: *Subjects of War*)
Matthew Robinson

**Matthew Robinson** (born 27 July 1944) directed two *Doctor Who* television stories: *Resurrection of the Daleks* and *Attack of the Cybermen*. He was originally supposed to direct *The Nightmare Fair* (INFO: *The Mysterious Planet*) and *The Hollows of Time* before the episodes were abandoned. (DOC: *The Lost Season*)

Beginning in 1998, he served as the co-executive producer of *Doctor Who* under BBC Wales, alongside Head of Drama Mal Young.

## Profile

Robinson is notable for his casting of Terry Molloy as Davros in *Resurrection of the Daleks.*

Matthew shared is memories of his Doctor Who career on the documentary *On Location*.

His other television credits included *Z-Cars*, *Coronation Street*, *Howards' Way*, *EastEnders* (which he executively produced alongside *Doctor Who*) and *Byker Grove*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As Executive Producer

* *Phantasmagoria*
* *Placebo Effect*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
* *The Council's Reverence*
* *Children of the Revolution*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*

#### As Director

* *Resurrection of the Daleks*
* *Attack of the Cybermen*
Royce Mills

**Royce Mills** (12 May 1942-21 May 2019) provided Dalek voices in the *Doctor Who* television stories *Resurrection of the Daleks*, *Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks* and *Destruction of the Daleks*.

## Profile

Royce Mills was born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. He was an actor, known for Up the Chastity Belt (1972), History of the World: Part I (1981) and Real Life (1984). He was married to Una Morriss.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

* *Resurrection of the Daleks*
* *Revelation of the Daleks*
* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *Destruction of the Daleks*
John Leeson

**John Francis Christian Ducker** (born on 16 March 1943) better known by his stage name **John Leeson**, voiced K9 from 1977-1979 and again from 1980-1998 on *Doctor Who* and *K9 and Company*. He also appeared on screen as Dugeen in the season 16 television story *The Power of Kroll*.

## Profile

Tom Baker detested the character of K9, but got on very well with Leeson. A favourite joke during filming breaks was for Baker to work out crossword puzzles, asking the K9 prop the clues with Leeson giving the answers in character.

Leeson himself became frustrated with the character. He left the programme after the conclusion of the 16th season in 1978. David Brierley took over for four stories (one of which was never completed due to a BBC strike) the following year. When John Nathan-Turner took over as series producer for season 18 in 1980, he tempted Leeson back, with the promise the character would be "killed off" that year. Although the character was, eventually, not killed off, merely written out, Leeson agreed to return, and portrayed all of K9's subsequent return appearances on *Doctor Who* and its spin-off shows.

Other credits include appearances in *Blake's 7*, in the Season A episode *Mission to Destiny* and the Season B episode *Gambit*; *Jigsaw* in which he played the giant Biggum, who was so tall only his feet were seen and his voice heard; *Sorry!*; *'Allo 'Allo!*; and Bungle in the children's television series *Rainbow*. Leeson is also the voice behind the Space Gypsy characters on Children's UK hospital radio.

Today, he is now most likely to be heard as continuity announcer on Channel 4 in Britain. He also contributed to the charity reference book *Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who*.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As K9

* *The Invisible Enemy*
* *The Sun Makers*
* *Underworld*
* *The Invasion of Time*
* *The Ribos Operation*
* *The Pirate Planet*
* *The Stones of Blood*
* *The Androids of Tara*
* *The Armageddon Factor*
* *The Leisure Hive*
* *Meglos*
* *Full Circle*
* *State of Decay*
* *Warriors' Gate*
* *The Five Doctors*
* *Lungbarrow*
* *Mind Games*
* *The Council's Reverence*

#### Other Roles

* *The Invisible Enemy* - the Nucleus
* *The Sun Makers* - Computer voice (DWM 306)
* *The Power of Kroll* - Dugeen
* *Remembrance of the Daleks* - Dalek voices
* *Destruction of the Daleks* - Dalek voices
* *The Domesday Book* - Shahar voices
* *The English Way of Death* - Zodaal
Leon (The Herald)

Sir **Leon** was part of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Leon was hostile to the Doctor when he first appeared at Arthur's banquet as Merlin. He vocally contested Guinevere's pleas to let him stay, despite the Doctor having saved Lancelot's life. Nonetheless, he came to respect the Doctor in due time, aiding his companion Raine during the Battle of Camlann, and guiding them to the best blacksmith in Camelot so they could restrain the Destroyer. He later helped to cover the Doctor when he and Raine defeated the Destroyer. After the battle, he swore fealty to Guinevere as sovereign queen. (TV: *The Herald*)

Leon provided some information on Bertilak to the Doctor and UNIT on behalf of Guinevere, and later piloted an ornithopter to Bertilak's camp so the Doctor could speak with Bertilak personally. During the battle between Guinevere and UNIT's forces and the Sontarans, Leon helped to co-ordinate troops. He later led the Knights of the Round Table in swearing fealty to Gawain, upon his being made king in Guinevere's absence. (TV: *The Green Knight*)

## Behind the Scenes

* Unlike most other members of the Round Table, Leon has no basis in a character in Arthurian legend. The character Leodegrance, sometimes spelt Leondegrance, bears resemblance to Leon in name, however, where Leodegrance's primary role is as Guinevere's father, Leon in *Doctor Who* has no relation to Guinevere whatsoever.
Herrel

**Herrel** was the wife of Olvic and mother of Brett.

She took a tour of the Monastery of Alixion at the same time as the Seventh Doctor and Raine Cunningham. Compared to other tourists, she was much icier towards them, and openly told her husband after the Seventh Doctor was taken away by Brother Ialgo that she hoped to never see him again. She encouraged Brett to go with Ialgo to a sermon sometime later, and, alongside Kniles, found his corpse inside a draining pod during Urnie's uprising. After Ialgo shot Olvic, she attacked him, allowing the rest of the group to press ahead, (TV: *Alixion*) though she was dragged off Ialgo sometime later to be drained by a pair of monks. Herrel became the last person to have her mind drained at the Monastery. (PROSE: *Alixion*)
Salock

Salock, as he appeared in Crime of the Century

**Salock** was one of Maxim Felnikov's top generals. On his orders, he attacked Karfiristan using Metatraxi technology. When the Seventh Doctor alerted the Metatraxi, he attempted to fight one of their leaders, and was killed. (TV: *Crime of the Century*)
Cal MacAninch

**Cal MacAninch** (born 24 November 1963) played Larry Nightingale in the *Doctor Who* television story *Blink*.

## Profile

He is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama *HolbyBlue* on BBC1 (from 2007–08). Other notable appearances were his roles as Mr Thackeray in the ITV period drama, *Mr Selfridge*, and Henry Lang in *Downton Abbey*, but he has played many leading roles in British television and film over the last 30 years.
Dexter Fletcher

**Dexter Fletcher** (born 31 January 1966) played two separate roles in *Doctor Who*: Brett in *Alixion* and the narrator for the television story *UNIT Recruiting Film*.

## Profile

After starting his career as a child actor, Fletcher starred, along with Julia Sawalha, in Steven Moffat's *Press Gang*. He is probably still best known for appearing in the gangster films *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*, *Layer Cake* and the TV series *Hotel Babylon*.

More recently Fletcher has turned his hand to directing with films such as *Sunshine on Leith* and *Eddie the Eagle*.
Dibber

Dibber, as he appeared in The Mysterious Planet

**Dibber** was Sabalom Glitz's uneducated but sensible henchman from the planet of Salostopus in the galaxy of Andromeda.

## Biography

Circa the year 2,000,000, Dibber accompanied Sabalom Glitz to Earth (which was known as Ravolox at the time). Prior to this visit, Dibber had spent some time in prison. Dibber and Glitz were hired to acquire Time Lord files stolen by a group of Andromedans known as the Three Sleepers. To do so, they had to disable the black light power system that powered Drathro, an L3 robot that protected the Three Sleepers and the data that they had stolen.

Before carrying out their plan, they were imprisoned by Katryca, warrior queen of the Tribe of the Free. During their escape, Dibber destroyed the black light system receiver with a grenade. Dibber and Glitz then made their way into Drathro's base built out of the remains of the London Underground, where they were able to convince the dying Drathro they had a black light power system on their spaceship. Drathro fell for their lies and followed them towards the surface with the Time Lord data files. Drathro collapsed and blew up, burning the files in the process. (TV: *The Mysterious Planet*)

He was still alive and working with Glitz after Glitz's exploits on Iceworld. (TV: *Goth Opera*)
John Scott Martin

**John Scott Martin** (1 April 1926-6 January 2009) was primarily a Dalek operator in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

## Profile

During his time as a Dalek operator, Martin only missed one story featuring the Doctor's arch-enemies, *Destiny of the Daleks*, because he was at the time committed to the musical *Oliver!* in London's West End, and the terms of his contract meant he couldn't travel outside London to take part in the location filming.

## Credits

### *Doctor Who*

#### As a Dalek Operator

* *The Chase*
* *Mission to the Unknown*
* *The Daleks' Master Plan*
* *The Power of the Daleks*
* *The Evil of the Daleks*
* *Day of the Daleks*
* *Frontier in Space*
* *Planet of the Daleks*
* *Death to the Daleks*
* *Genesis of the Daleks*
* *The Five Doctors*
* *Resurrection of the Daleks*
* *Revelation of the Daleks*
* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *Destruction of the Daleks*
* *Destiny*
* *Paradox of the Daleks*

#### Other Roles

* *The Web Planet* - a Zarbi
* *The Chase* - a Mechonoid
* *Colony in Space* - the IMC robot
* *The Mutants* - a Mutt
* *The Green Death* - Ted Hughes
* *The Brain of Morbius* - Kriz
* *The Invisible Enemy* - The Nucleus

#### Uncredited Roles

* *The Dæmons* - Charlie (DWM 241)
* *The Three Doctors* - a gell guard (DWM 260)
* *Robot* - a reading guard (DWM 290)
* *Nightshade* - an unnamed pensioner (DWM 322)
* *Paradox of the Daleks* - a Kaled (DWM 550)