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Ian Don Marter (28 October 1944 – 28 October 1986) was an English actor and writer, known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975.
Sep 16, 2009 · We had some superb villains – Michael Wisher’s Davros, Kevin Lindsay’s Sontatan. But to us they were more often than not terribly funny – we’d seen them eating their lunch, or in the Robot’s case fallling over, sights the viewers were spared.
Ian Marter played Harry Sullivan appearing alongside fourth Doctor Tom Baker, from December 1974 to September 1975. After graduating from Oxford University in 1969, Marter initially worked at the Bristol Old Vic theatre, where he was a stage manager as well as acting in various minor roles.
Ian Don Marter (28 October 1944-28 October 1986[1]) played companion Harry Sullivan in Doctor Who from Robot to Terror of the Zygons and again in The Android Invasion. He also played the minor role of Lieutenant John Andrews in the Doctor Who story Carnival of Monsters.
Actor: Doctor Faustus. Ian Marter left university in 1969 and joined the Bristol Old Vic as an acting stage manager. In 1970, producer Barry Letts considered him for the role of Captain Mike Yates in Terror of the Autons: Episode One (1971), but it ultimately went to Richard Franklin.
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Mar 19, 2007 · The monsters of the planet were among the least compelling aspects of the original television story; again, Marter can just make them up and indeed actually brings in more. We get loads more banter between the Doctor and Ian, with Marter putting comic dialogue in rather than taking it out.
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Ian Marter. Actor: Doctor Who. Ian Marter left university in 1969 and joined the Bristol Old Vic as an acting stage manager. In 1970, producer Barry Letts considered him for the role of Captain Mike Yates in Terror of the Autons: Episode One (1971), but it ultimately went to Richard Franklin.
