British Science Fiction Series

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Report of the death of John Griffiths, editor on early Hartnell Who and production assistant on The Mind Of Evil:

 

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On ‎20‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 12:51, YoungWillz said:

Henry Woolf is 89 today!

 

Tom Baker is 85 today!

Henry Woolf is 90 today!

 

Tom Baker is 86 today!

 

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I know the death of Nicholas Parsons has been noted on his own thread but I just thought I would mention it on here because of the brilliant part he played in the Dr Who story Curse of Fenric. One of the most memorable guest actors from the classic series   .Ironically they just released the boxset of the series he was in yesterday ! Think I'll watch the story  again in his honour ! http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/01/nicholas-parsons-1923-2020.html

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One of Douglas Camfield's preferred actors, Norman Hartley, who appeared in The Time Meddler and The Invasion, dead according to Mr Hadoke:

 

Also Blakes 7 and Revenge Of The Pink Panther among his many credits.

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As it will be another 4 years before we can do this properly, Adolf Hitler Albert Welling is 68 today!

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Shirley Cooklin is 90 today!

 

(I'm just going to assume she's still alive).

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45 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Shirley Cooklin is 90 today!

 

(I'm just going to assume she's still alive).

I reckon she's most certainly still alive. Her death would go noticed.

According to official records, she's a year younger than her IMDb age, so 89, not 90.

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10 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I reckon she's most certainly still alive. Her death would go noticed.

According to official records, she's a year younger than her IMDb age, so 89, not 90.

 

Was alive in September 2018, still doing conventions. Almost certainly alive.

 

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5 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

According to official records, she's a year younger than her IMDb age, so 89, not 90.

 

Summat wrong somewhere, G.R.O. has her being born in 1930.  

 

 

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1 hour ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

Summat wrong somewhere, G.R.O. has her being born in 1930.  

 

 

GRO will be correct, so must be 1930 after all.

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33 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

GRO will be correct, so must be 1930 after all.

 

Just out of curiosity, have a look at your source for one of the names just above Cooklin (Ida Cooklin perhaps) and see what year that returns.

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5 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

Just out of curiosity, have a look at your source for one of the names just above Cooklin (Ida Cooklin perhaps) and see what year that returns.

1930

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6 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

Just out of curiosity, have a look at your source for one of the names just above Cooklin (Ida Cooklin perhaps) and see what year that returns.

It was my bad. Wrong Shirley Cooklin.

Here is the correct one on Ancestry.

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Frazer Hines can no longer attend the Terrence Dicks celebration event according to Twitter. No reason given

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Apparently it is Chris Chibnall's 50th birthday today.

 

 

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I just realised it would have been Pat Troughtons 100th birthday a few days ago. Hope  he's having a good celebration in the after life ! 

I will watch the newly animated version of The Faceless Ones today to celebrate ! 

 

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8 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

I just realised it would have been Pat Troughtons 100th birthday a few days ago. Hope  he's having a good celebration in the after life ! 

I will watch the newly animated version of The Faceless Ones today to celebrate ! 

 

According to this, Barry Wilsher who played Heslington in The Faceless Ones has died:

 

Other appearances include The Avengers and The Saint.

 

RIP.

 

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7 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

According to this, Barry Wilsher who played Heslington in The Faceless Ones has died:

 

Other appearances include The Avengers and The Saint.

 

RIP.

 

Another good reason to watch The Faceless Ones, albeit a sadder one ..

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On 11/06/2019 at 11:11, msc said:

OK, something of possible interest: Joan Ellacott is allegedly still alive aged 99. Costume designer on Deadly Assassin, but also a whole bunch of Guardian friendly meritorious productions.

 

Allegedly played a huge role in this post. As you can see from the imdb date change, further research from Dr Who fans (a group as interested in research as deadpoolers) has discovered Joan Ellacott actually died in 2007.

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Ok, given that, here is a list of as many living people who worked or appeared on Dr Who who are 70 in 2020 or older. Credited cast, producers, directors, writers, unless they are notable not the many many uncredited extras as we'd be here all day.

 

1.      1917 – Earl Cameron

 

2.      1920 – Arnold Yarrow

 

3.      1924 – William Russell, Donald Pelmear, Laurie Webb

 

4.      1925 – David Graham, Morris Perry, Ysanne Churchman, James Garbutt

 

5.      1926 – Andre Maranne, Barbara Clegg

 

6.      1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, June Brown, Frank Windsor, Frank Mills, Graham Rigby, David de Keyser, Derek Smith

 

7.      1928 – Mark Eden, Peter Cellier, Michael Craig, Georgine Anderson, Bernard Cribbins

 

8.      1929 – Colin Jeavons, Steve Machin, Damaris Hayman, John Woodvine, Clifford Rose, Philip Latham, John Nettleton, Thelma Barlow, John Greenwood, Patricia Prior

 

9.      1930 – Henry Lincoln, Shirley Cooklin, Richard Martin, Roy Evans. Alan Curtis, David Garfield, Henry Woolf, John Rolfe (c.), Lillias Walker, Gary Watson, Brian Peck

 

10.   1931 –Godfrey James, Cy Town, Kenneth Cope, John Fraser, June Bland, Claire Bloom, Kenneth Seeger, Gordon Faith, James Greene

 

11.   1932 – Sonny Caldinez, Carmen Munroe, John Gorrie, Jolyon Booth, Edward de Souza, Roy Scammell, Vera Fusek, Gabriel Woolf, Antony Carrick, Barbara Shelley, Vilma Hollingberry, Wendy Gifford, Kenton Moore, Dinny Powell

 

12.   1933 – Bernard Lodge, Michael Allaby, Geoffrey Frederick, Patrick Godfrey, Donald Douglas, Michael McStay, Derek Martin, Rhoda Lewis, Sheila Hancock, Ian Frost, Inigo Jackson

 

13.   1934 –Mary Peach,  Jeremy Young, Billy Cornelius, Ann Davies, Robert Aldous, Jean Marsh, Kenneth Ives, Arthur Cox, Gilbert Wynne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Christopher Benjamin, Tom Baker, Roy Macready, Slyvia Syms, Mona Hammond, Mitzi McKenzie, John Davies, Leila Hoffman, Michael Wolf, Martin Muncaster, Jean Challis

 

14.   1935 – Tristan de Vere Cole, George Roubicek, Derren Nesbitt, Julian Glover, Michael Imison, Glenn Beck, David Prowse, Derrick Goodwin, Wanda Ventham,  Susan Engel, Michael Jayston, Janet Henfrey, Anne Reid, David Daker, Sandra Reid (c.), Allister Bain

 

15.   1936 –Ralph Watson, Philip Voss, Timothy Combe, Douglas Sheldon, David Savile, Richard Franklin, Tessa Shaw, Tim Barlow, Brian Blessed, Tony Scoggo, Richard Wilson, Nicholas McArdle (c.), Jon Lauriemore, Terence Lodge

 

16.   1937 – Derrick Gilbert, Michael Kilgarriff, Tony Caunter, Eileen Helsby, Michael Ferguson, Clive Scott, Hugh Futcher, Donald Gee, Tom Georgeson, Brian Grellis, David Bailie, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Davyd Harries, Colette O’Neil, Maurice Roeves, Sheila Reid, Gawn Grainger, William Gaunt, Ian Hogg, Barbara Windsor, Vic Tablian, Martin Cort, Viktors Ritelis, David Arlen, Davyd Harries, Terrence Hardiman, Brian Cullingford, Darrol Blake, Steven Berkoff

 

17.   1938 – Tina Packer, Milton Johns, Brian Hodgson, Warris Hussein, Spencer Chapman, Frances White, John Tillinger, David Weston, Tim Goodman, Christopher Dunham, Richard Kane, Christopher Robbie, Christopher Coll, Leslie Schofield, Louis Mahoney, Laurence Harrington, Tim Preece, Julian Fox, Roy Boyd, David McKail, Eleanor Bron, John Savident, Philip Martin, Tony Selby, Val McCrimmon, John Tordoff, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Penelope Lee, Col Farrell

 

18.   1939 –Geoffrey Kirkland, Ian Thompson, peter Purves, Marina Martin, Lynda Baron, Eric Mival, Rudolph Walker, John Moreno, Paul Grist, Bob Baker, Valentine Palmer, Garrick Hagon, Jonathan Newth, John Cleese, Ian McCulloch, Jonathan Burn, Edmund Pegge, James Fox, Ian McKellen, Meg Wynn-Owen, Jonathan Burn

 

19.   1940 –Bernard Holley, Pauline Collins, Carole Ann Ford, Clive Doig, Frank Cox, Ronald Pickup, Neville Smith, Annette Robertson, Louise Pajo, David Calderisi, Stanley McGeagh, Alec Linstead, Tony Adams, Ben Howard, John Gregg, Harry Fielder, John Black, Barry Stanton,  James Beckett, Judy Cornwell, Angela Douglas, William Wilde, Jim McManus, Gilly Fraser (c.), Mark Heath, Ringo Starr, Birgit Forsyth, Michael Gambon

 

20.   1941 – John Levene, Hannah Gordon, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Tranchell, Jackie Lane, Kay Patrick, Anneke Wills, Mike Lucas, John Atterbury, Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Walker, David Arlen, Andrew Robertson, David Gooderson, Malcolm Terris, Christopher Hamilton bidmead, Nerys Hughes, Ahmed khalil, Brian Miller, Polly James, David Ashton, Alan David, Roy Marsden, Angela Pleasance, Maurice O’Connell, Rachel Davies (c.), Roger Limb, David Warner, David Ashford

 

21.   1942 – Illona Rodgers, Michael E Briant, Robert Sidaway, Prentis Hancock, Ian Talbot, Fernanda Marlowe, Stuart Fell, James Marcus, Patricia Maynard, Stephen Yardley, John Challis, Brian Croucher, Denis Lill, Paul Shelley, John D Collins, Chloe Ashcroft, Pam St Clement, Peter Symonds, Caroline Hunt, Margot Hayhoe (c.), Carl Rigg, John Bloomfield, Ernie Vincze, Bernard Lloyd-Jones, John Owens, David Bradley, David Quilter, Paul McCartney, James Marcus

 

22.   1943 – Donald Sumpter, Kevork Malikyan, Virginia Wetherell, Maureen O’Brien, Valentino Musetti, Delia Lindon, Giles Block, George Layton, Ian Hines, David Simeon, David Griffin, Chris Boucher, Gregory de Polnay, John Leeson, Peter Straker, Myra Frances, Colin Baker, Georgina Hale, Edward Peel, Sylvester McCoy, Roger Nott, Roger Murray-Leach, Julia Foster

 

23.   1944 – Adam Verney, Frazer Hines, Fiona Walker, Paula Topham, Sally Faulkner, Graham Weston, Pik-Sen Lim, Philip Hinchcliffe, Catherine Schell, Barry Andrews, nigel lambert, Eric Saward, Timothy Block, Keith Drinkel, Martin Potter, Isla Blair, Matthew Robinson, Barbara Kinghorn, Faith Brown, Colin Spaull, John Ogwen, Richard Hartley, Patricia Quinn, Julian Holloway, Anne Robinson, Pamela Salem, Judith Paris, Paul Joyce, Ian Barritt, David Rowlands, John Flanagan, Martin Potter

 

24.   1945 – Clive Merrison, Jeremy Bulloch, Sandra Bryant, Jimmy Winston, John Kane, Conrad Asquith, John Abbott, Andrew McCulloch, John Flanagan, Graeme Harper, Michael Melia, Nicolas Chagrin, Alibe Parsons, Morgan Deare, Bill Lyons, Michael Brandon, Bill Paterson, Michael Bertinshaw, Tariq Anwar, Sarah Hellings

 

25.   1946 – Peter Craze, Richard Ireson, Miles Northover, Katy Manning, Graham Simpson, Tom Chadbon, Sheila Ruskin, Annie Lambert, Roger Davenport, Roy holder, Martin Cochrane , Dickon Ashworth, Simon Williams, Penelope Wilton, Colin Prockter, Struan Rodger, Maureen Lipman, Robin Soans, James Acheson, Colette Gleeson, Timothy Dalton, Martin Fisk, David Suchet, Brian Cox, Graham Simpson, Felicity Kendal, Togo Igawa

 

26.   1947 – Wendy Padbury, Petra Markham, Felicity Gibson, Guy Siner, Brendan Price, Adrienne Burgess, Michael Keating, Paul Seed, Tony Osoba, Michael Osborne, Christopher Neame, Paddy Kingsland, Michael Cochrane, James Warwick, Ann Holloway, Alec Sabin, Peter Burroughs, Terry Molloy, Rula Lenska, John Alkin, Stephen Churchett, Leslie Meadows, William Thomas, Jack Galloway, John Tallents, Ralph Arliss, Colin Stinton, Ann Widdecombe, George Costigan,Rachel Bell, Ozzie Yue, Lois Baxter

 

27.   1948 –Matthew Corbett, Stewart Bevan, Peter Howell, gareth Armstrong, David Warwick, David Sibley, Paul Jerricho, Michael J Jackson, Anita Graham, Stephen Wyatt, Joseph Marcell, Ron Cook, Peter Walshe, Mat Irvine, Tony Virgo, Rusty Goffe

 

28.   1949 – Susan Penhaligon, Andrew Johns, Rob Edwards, Neil Dalglish, Keith Skinner, Martyn Whitby, Cameron Gomez, Jeananne Crowley, Zoe Wannamaker, Simon Callow, Geoffrey Sax, David Allister (c.), Judy Norman, Ian Gelder, Neil Daglish, Bill Nighy

 

29.   1950 – David Troughton, Cheryl Hall, Nick Hobbs, Nigel Plaskitt, Michael Cashman, Liza Goddard, Nitza Saul, Eric Deacon, David Chandler, Christopher Ryan, Rachel Bell, Sharon Duce, Annette Badland, Robert Pugh, Sharon Duce, Paul Lavers, Catherine Howe, Ian McNeice

 

Finally had the impetus to finish this to 1950 but folk show up from behind a sofa all the time, and there's still a few folk who could be there but their birth dates are yet to show up. Although with several of those I've made guesses based on school dates or debuts, hence (c.) notes for circa.

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12 hours ago, msc said:

Ok, given that, here is a list of as many living people who worked or appeared on Dr Who who are 70 in 2020 or older. Credited cast, producers, directors, writers, unless they are notable not the many many uncredited extras as we'd be here all day.

 

1.      1917 – Earl Cameron

 

2.      1920 – Arnold Yarrow

 

In fact Arnold Yarrow turns 100 next week.Happy birthday to him in advance ! 

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On 07/04/2020 at 20:23, msc said:

 

4.      1925 – David Graham, Morris Perry, Ysanne Churchman, James Garbutt

 

Family member reporting him dead on Twitter.

This was also posted by Simon Garbutt on Facebook:

"I'm sorry to announce that James Garbutt, who played Ronson in Genesis of the Daleks, has died aged 94. Ronson, a Kaled scientist, was (following the Whovian timeline's logic) the first living being to be exterminated by a dalek, although they had of course appeared (and exterminated other beings) in earlier stories."

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9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Family member reporting him dead on Twitter.

This was also posted by Simon Garbutt on Facebook:

"I'm sorry to announce that James Garbutt, who played Ronson in Genesis of the Daleks, has died aged 94. Ronson, a Kaled scientist, was (following the Whovian timeline's logic) the first living being to be exterminated by a dalek, although they had of course appeared (and exterminated other beings) in earlier stories."

 

That's a shame, another of those dependable actors who used to show up in everything. Regular in When The Boat Comes In and The Onedin Line.

 

He's also quite good in Genesis of course, continuing to act in the background of scene when many would only watch for their own lines. And then, having proven how dependable he was, he goes full laldy in the death scene, screams and arms in the air. "That's what I signed up for, dying on Doctor Who!" he later claimed (I paraphrase).

 

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Can't be many left from Genesis, plenty have gone from that in recent years.

 

My first encounter with the dilemma "If you could go back, would you kill Hitler?"

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2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Can't be many left from Genesis, plenty have gone from that in recent years.

 

My first encounter with the dilemma "If you could go back, would you kill Hitler?"

 

Credited roles

 

• Doctor Who - Tom Baker
• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Harry Sullivan - Ian Marter
• Davros – Michael Wisher
• Nyder – Peter Miles
• Gharman - Dennis Chinnery
• Ravon - Guy Siner
• Time Lord - John Franklyn-Robbins
• Kaled Leader - Richard Reeves
• Dalek Operators - John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Keith Ashley
• Sevrin - Stephen Yardley
• Ronson - James Garbutt
• Tane - Drew Wood
• Gerrill - Jeremy Chandler
• Thal Soldier - Pat Gorman
• Kavell - Tom Georgeson
• Mogran - Ivor Roberts
• Thal Politician - Michael Lynch
• Thal Soldier - Hilary Minster
• Thal Guard - Max Faulkner
• Dalek Voices - Roy Skelton
• Bettan - Harriet Philpin
• Kaled Guard - Peter Mantle
• Kravos - Andrew Johns
• Thal Soldier - John Gleeson

 

Tom and the younger members of the cast, basically.