The best guest actors on season 16 of "Doctor Who"
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- Bearded, heavy-set New Zealand-born character actor with a booming voice, who went to England to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After repertory experience, he had notable stage appearances with the National Theatre Company (of which he was a founder member) and the Mermaid Theatre, invariably in Shakespearean parts. His portrayals of Balthasar in 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1965) and Sebastian in 'The Tempest' (1970) were particularly well received. He also played Doolittle during a European tour of 'My Fair Lady'.
During the 1970's, Purchase made frequent guest appearances on such television series as I, Claudius (1976), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), Blake's 7 (1978), and (famously larger-than-life) in the Doctor Who (1963) episode 'The Pirate Planet'. His role was that of a cybernetically-enhanced pirate captain, complete with a robotic parrot. Among other notable TV performances were his Duke of Buckingham in The First Churchills (1969) and his Earl of Northumberland in the BBC production of 'Henry IV'. He continued to alternate television with appearances on the stage. During the production of 'The Last Confession' (starring David Suchet) in May 2007, Purchase, playing a cardinal, became ill and died aged 69 in June 2008.The Pirate Captain
(The Pirate Planet) - Rosalind Lloyd was born on 25 March 1953 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wives and Daughters (1971), Doctor Who (1963) and A Question of Guilt (1980).Nurse/Queen Xanxia
(The Pirate Planet) - Immensely talented and instantly recognizable, Peter Jeffrey was one of a great generation of British actors who were comfortable in everything from classical theatre to television comedy. He was born in Bristol, England in 1929 and went on to be educated at Harrow school. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge and embarked on a career as an actor. During his distinguished and diverse stage career, he worked with all of the great British theatre companies and performed with the likes of Peggy Ashcroft, Marius Goring, Paul Scofield, Eric Porter and Peter O'Toole.
His opportunities in television and film always seemed to come in the form of supporting roles but his rare talent always brightened the screen. Peter Jeffrey was still acting in the final years of his life, including a wonderful BBC adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper (1996). He was greatly respected in the industry for his quiet professionalism and the empathy he had for other actors and the support he gave to less experienced colleagues. His death from cancer at the age of 70 in 1999 robbed British acting of one of its finest and most reliable performers.Count Grendel
(The Androids of Tara) - Actor
- Soundtrack
Philip Madoc was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and attended Twyn School. He became interested in acting when he was a teenager. He studied at the University of Vienna and pursued a theatrical career by attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. During the 1960s, he became a familiar face on British television, often cast in sinister roles due to his dark looks and deep voice. He became particularly familiar to fans of fantasy television, playing five different roles on The Avengers (1961) and four different roles on Doctor Who (1963). Into the 1970s and the guest appearances kept coming, including comedies such as Dad's Army (1968) (as a U-Boat captain in one of the most famous scenes on British TV) and The Good Life (1975). Although widely respected as a versatile actor adept at accents, Madoc never really became a star until 1981, when he portrayed former British prime minister David Lloyd George on an acclaimed television series, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981). Madoc has not been short of work for the last 40 years, a rare accomplishment for an actor, and has worked on films, radio and on the stage as well as his prolific television career. Madoc died of cancer in 2012.Fenner
(The Power of Kroll)- Actor
- Soundtrack
Iain Cuthbertson was born on 4 January 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Doctor Who (1963) and Scotch on the Rocks (1973). He was married to Janet Mary Smith and Anne Kristen. He died on 4 September 2009 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.Garron
(The Ribos Operation)- Neville Jason was born on 29 May 1934 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for From Russia with Love (1963), The Message (1976) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 16 October 2015 in Camden, London, England, UK.Prince Reynart
(The Androids of Tara) - Prolific British character actor, adept at eccentric or whimsical impersonations, particularly of Dickensian characters. The son of law society president Sir Dingwall Bateson, he won a scholarship to Wadham College, where he trained for acting with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Straight out of college, he was handpicked by Alberto Cavalcanti for the role of Lord Verisopht in the Ealing production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947). Bateson made his theatrical debut at the Old Vic the following year in "Twelfth Night". He was highly acclaimed for his performance as Lucky in "Waiting for Godot", which he first performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955.
Nothing, if not versatile, Bateson turned his considerable talents to a wide variety of diverse assignments, ranging from Shakespearean classics (Richard III (1955)) to social drama The Outsider (1948)) and lightweight farce (The Mouse That Roared (1959)). He was a longstanding member of the BBC radio repertory company and latterly much in demand for voice-over work, which included providing the voice of Kreacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Television saw him in small roles as scientists, police officers, clerks and the like, in numerous popular shows from The Avengers (1961) and Z Cars (1962) to Doctor Who (1963).Binro
(The Ribos Operation) - Bob Keegan was born on 3 December 1924 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Straw Dogs (1971), A Kind of Loving (1982) and The Children of the New Forest (1977). He died on 16 January 1988 in London, England, UK.Sholakh
(The Ribos Operation) - Actress
- Soundtrack
Lalla Ward born Sarah Ward, daughter of Lord Bangor - Edward Ward - and his writer wife, Marjorie Banks. She always wanted to act, paint and draw, and so joined the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1967. When she left in 1970, it was straight into a part in the Hammer film Vampire Circus (1972).
Following this she worked extensively on stage, in films - including England Made Me (1973), Rosebud (1975) and Crossed Swords (1977) (aka The Prince and the Pauper) - and on television - including appearances in Thundersky (1975), Hazell Meets the First Eleven (1978), Thundersky (1975) and several episodes of The Duchess of Duke Street (1976). She also appeared in a film called Got It Made (1974), which was later reissued as "Sweet Virgin" with sex scenes added featuring other actors. This led to her winning a libel action against Club International magazine, which ran a selection of nude photographs from the film purporting to be of her.
Her guest appearance in the story The Armageddon Factor: Part One (1979) led to her being chosen to play Romana when the original actress, Mary Tamm, left after one season. Ward quit Doctor Who in 1980, and in December of that year married Tom Baker. The marriage lasted 16 months. Ward continued to act, with roles in Schoolgirl Chums (1982) and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) for the BBC and "The Jeweller's Shop" and "The Rehearsal" on stage. She also developed her love of painting and wrote and illustrated several books.
In 1992, she married eminent biologist Dr. Richard Dawkins, author of such books as "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker", and gave up acting to concentrate on writing and on her family.Princess Astra
(The Armageddon Factor)- Andrew Robertson was born in 1941 in Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Oil Strike North (1975), Colin's Sandwich (1988) and Doctor Who (1963).Mr Fibuli
(The Pirate Planet) - Director
- Actor
Paul Seed is a British television director and former actor.
Born in Bideford in Devon, Seed began his career as an actor and appeared in numerous television series including Z-Cars, Softly Softly: Taskforce, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secret Army, Coronation Street (1960), Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected. Seed is married to actress Elizabeth Cassidy.
In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. Seed is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart.
Seed continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William, and also directed Blandings (2013), shown on BBC One.Graff Vynda-K
(The Ribos Operation)- Simon Lack was born on 19 December 1915 in Cleland, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Tunnel (1940), Enemy at the Door (1978) and Just William (1940). He died on 8 August 1980 in London, England, UK.Zadek
(The Androids of Tara) - Paul Lavers was born on 16 April 1950 in Bristol, UK. He is an actor, known for The Fence (2022), Housefull 3 (2016) and Chantelle: Psychic P.D - Night Division (2018).Farrah
(The Androids of Tara) - Scottish character actor Walter Prentis Hancock was raised and schooled in Glasgow. He initially studied architecture, but developed an early affinity for the stage and began acting with a local amateur company. After further studies at the Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama in London, Hancock made his television debut in 1969 and went on to become a prolific actor in that medium. He was a regular cast member of the BBC drama Spy Trap (1972), alongside co-stars Paul Daneman, Julian Glover and Michael Gwynn, comprising "The Department", a fictional British counter-espionage organisation. Hancock later became best known as mission controller and second-in-command Paul Morrow in the first season of Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999 (1975). 'Whovians' will remember him as different characters in four Doctor Who (1963) instalments between 1970 and 1978, notably as the impulsive Dalek victim Vaber (in Planet of the Daleks) and as the similarly misguided (and equally ill-fated) Controller Salamar (in Planet of Evil).
Until the late 90s, Hancock remained steadily employed in British episodic television. An avid sportsman, he was at one time a fencing instructor.Shrieve Captain
(The Ribos Operation) - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Nigel Plaskitt was born on 27 July 1950 in England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Lost in Space (1998) and Labyrinth (1986).Unstoffe
(The Ribos Operation)- Actor
- Soundtrack
Born in the Simonside area of South Shields, he left the North East when he was five, but went back for holidays with his grandparents. As he grew older he had it in his mind to be an actor, but had no idea how to go about it, so did various jobs before being called up for National Service in the RAF. On being demobbed he still wanted to be an actor, but was still unaware of how to become one, so worked for wool merchants for three years, during which he became a keen amateur actor. When the wool merchant went bankrupt, he managed to get a grant from Essex County Council to go to drama school. On completing the course his first job was with a company that traveled around in a bus doing shows at military camps. He then joined The Old Vic doing walk on parts and small speaking parts then spent 2 years in America and on his return joined the Bristol Old Vic. After about 12 years in the business he went to Newcastle to appear in 'Close the Coalhouse Door' at the Jesmond Playhouse - written by Alan Plater and also featuring fellow North East actors Colin Douglas and Alan Browning - which he considered made him a better actor. He appeared in the TV series 'Z Cars' as a Geordie police inspector but didn't enjoy it. There was then a 90 minute play for Granada Television which was done live.The Marshal
(The Armageddon Factor)- Lois Baxter was born on 26 April 1947 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), Dickens of London (1976) and Affairs of the Heart (1974). She has been married to David Savile since 1974.Lamia
(The Androids of Tara) - Beatrix Lehmann was born on 1 July 1903 in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Portrait of a Lady (1968) and Crime and Punishment (1979). She died on 31 July 1979 in London, England, UK.Professor Rumford
(The Stones of Blood) - Cyril Luckham was born on 25 July 1907 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Guardians (1971) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982). He was married to Violet Lamb. He died on 8 February 1989 in London, England, UK.White Guardian
(The Ribos Operation) - He could have been described as the "British Vincent Price". This distinguished actor was probably best known for his voice work. His low, resonant and mellifluous tones were employed to chill and excite for at least half a century. His most famous radio role was as "The Man In Black", back in the late 1940s, but he was making radio appearances as late as 1980 in "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy", and undoubtedly later, and was in the BBC Television Shakespeare in the year of his death, at 77.The Black Guardian
(The Armageddon Factor) - Glyn Owen was born on 6 March 1928 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), The Trollenberg Terror (1956) and Blake's 7 (1978). He was married to Carrie Owen. He died on 10 September 2004 in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.Rohm-Dutt
(The Power of Kroll) - While doing his national service he ran three theatres helping to rehabilitate servicemen then joined The Old Vic Theatre School for acting training and after completion accepted an invitation from Tyrone Guthrie to join the theatre's company headed by Donald Wolfit. Spending a season there he appeared in King Lear and Tamburlaine then moved into London's West End appearing in such as Pay the Piper, The Burning Boat, The Devils Disciple, the Rule of Three and The Happiest Millionaire. Moving into films he appeared in such as Funeral in Berlin, Diamonds Are Forever and Pope Joan. Being fluent in German he was cast as a German in such as Operation Crossbow. and Attack on the 'iron Coast. On television he played Chingachgook in the serial of The Last of the Mohicans which won him an Emmy nomination as Best Actor, Over 10 years he took four roles in the series Dr Who and guest starred in such series as Blakes Seven and Red Dwarf and the second and third series of The Survivors. Other roles include parts in Redcap, Minder, Bergerac, The Bill and Casualty. His two sons Sebastian and Daniel are also actors.Ranquin
(The Power of Kroll) - Actor
- Director
David Warwick is known for Doctor Who (1963), Smoking Shores and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976).Kimus
(The Pirate Planet)