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|name              = Richard Franklin
|image      = Richard Franklin.jpg
|image            =
|birth date = [[15 January (people)|15 January]] [[1936 (people)|1936]]
|birth date       = [[15 January]] [[1936]]
|death date = [[25 December (people)|25 December]] [[2023 (people)|2023]]
|death date       =
|story     = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
|aka            =
|role       = Captain [[Mike Yates]]
|story           = [[Mike Yates - List of Appearances|list of appearances for Mike Yates]]
|time      = 1971-74, 1983-85, 1993, 2000, 2005-06, 2008-17, 2019
|role             = Captain [[Mike Yates]]
|non dwu   = ''The Saint'', ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'', ''Emmerdale''
|job title        =
|imdb      = 0291524
|non dwu             =
|twitter    = PlanetFranklin
|non dwu            =
|clip      = Exclusive First Look - Exit Lines - Doctor Who The Daemons - BBC
|imdb          = nm0291524
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'''Richard Kimber Franklin''' ([[15 January (people)|15 January]] [[1936 (people)|1936]]-[[25 December (people)|25 December]] [[2023 (people)|2023]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/richard-franklin.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>) played Captain [[Mike Yates]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' to ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''. He reprised the role for the twentieth-anniversary special ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' (albeit only as a phantom image) and the thirtieth-anniversary adventure ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. Franklin also wrote ''The Killing Stone'', a spin-off novel featuring Mike Yates and released as a [[BBV Productions|BBV]] audio book.


'''Richard Franklin''' portrayed Captain [[Mike Yates]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'' to ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. He reprised the role for the twentieth-anniversary special ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and the thirtieth-anniversary adventure ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. Franklin also wrote ''The Killing Stone'', a spin-off novel featuring Mike Yates and released as a BBV audio book.
== Biography ==
Franklin left a career in advertising to join the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1963. Soon afterward he began his first professional work as an actor with the Century Theatre. His first television role was in an episode of ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''. Afterwards, he appeared as a photographer and a guard in ''The Fiction-Makers'', a two-part episode of ''[[The Saint (series)|The Saint]]'' which were later edited together into a film. He also worked for eighteen months as a member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
 
After a run on the popular drama series, ''[[Crossroads]]'', Franklin made his first appearance as [[Mike Yates]] in the 1971 ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''. For the next three seasons of the series' run, he made semi-regular appearances as the dashing young officer, a member of [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]]. Though he only appeared in nine stories, the character became immensely popular with fans. While on ''Doctor Who'', he also appeared in episodes of {{wi|From a Bird's Eye View}} and ''The Pathfinders''.
 
After making his final regular ''Doctor Who'' appearance in ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', Franklin mainly appeared on stage and made no television appearances until a small role in ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' in 1980. He was then invited back for a cameo appearance in the 1983 twentieth anniversary episode, ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''.
 
In 1984, Franklin appeared in the TV movie ''Waving to a Train''. That same year, he also wrote and directed a sketch, ''[[Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery]]'', in which members of the old troop were brought back into action to search for a shrunken [[Margaret Thatcher]]. It also starred [[John Levene]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]]. There was another gap in his career until 1988, when he gained a regular role as Denis Rigg in soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'', alongside [[Frazer Hines]]. He appeared in thirty five episodes until 1989.
 
Franklin returned to ''Doctor Who'' again in 1993 for ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', a skit televised on the [[BBC]] as part of its Children in Need charity drive. It brought past cast members from the show together in an adventure which also featured cameos by members of the cast of ''[[EastEnders]]''.
 
In the 1990s, Franklin made guest appearances in {{wi|Harry (TV series)|Harry}} and {{wi|Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat}}. In 1997, Franklin ran unsuccessfully as a member of the Referendum Party for Hackney South/[[Shoreditch]] in the General Election. The Referendum Party opposes [[UK]] membership in the [[European Union]]. Franklin's entry into politics and his association with a party perceived by some as radical was something of a surprise to his fans. In 2005 he ran for [[Hove]] as a member of the Silent Majority Party and was again unsuccessful.
 
In the 2000s, Franklin mostly made appearances only in short films, but made an appearance in the films ''Feedback ''and {{wi|Chemical Wedding}}. He also had a small role as an engineer in the 2016 ''[[Star Wars]]'' film {{wi|Rogue One}}. He reprised the role of Mike Yates opposite [[Tom Baker]] for the 2009 [[AudioGO]] series ''[[Hornets' Nest]]'' and the 2010 series ''[[Demon Quest]]''. He has also voiced Yates in several [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]], and also for ''[[The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)|The Horror of Flat Holm]]'' for [[Infinity (video game)|Doctor Who Infinity]] in 2019.


== Biography ==
Richard Franklin appeared regularly at ''Doctor Who'' fan conventions.
 
He was a first cousin once removed of [[Emma Campbell-Jones]].
 
== Acting credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
* ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
* ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
* ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
* ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''
* ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''
* ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
* ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
 
==== Mini-episodes ====
* ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''
 
=== Stage ===
* ''[[Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery (stage play)|Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery]]''
 
=== Video Games ===
==== Doctor Who Infinity ====
* ''[[The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)|The Horror of Flat Holm]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== The Nest Cottage Chronicles ====
* ''[[Hornets' Nest]]''
** ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]''
** ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]''
** ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]''
** ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]''
** ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]''
* ''[[Demon Quest]]''
** ''[[The Relics of Time (audio story)|The Relics of Time]]''
** ''[[The Demon of Paris (audio story)|The Demon of Paris]]''
** ''[[A Shard of Ice (audio story)|A Shard of Ice]]''
** ''[[Starfall (audio story)|Starfall]]''
** ''[[Sepulchre (audio story)|Sepulchre]]''
* ''[[Serpent Crest]]''
** ''[[The Hexford Invasion (audio story)|The Hexford Invasion]]''
** ''[[Survivors in Space (audio story)|Survivors in Space]]''
 
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]''
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Doctor Who]]''
** ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''
** ''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]''
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[The Mega (audio story)|The Mega]]''
 
==== The Third Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Prisoners of the Lake (audio story)|Prisoners of the Lake]]''
* ''[[The Havoc of Empires (audio story)|The Havoc of Empires]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Magician's Oath (audio story)|The Magician's Oath]]''
* ''[[The Rings of Ikiria (audio story)|The Rings of Ikiria]]''
 
==== Destiny of the Doctor ====
* ''[[Vengeance of the Stones (audio story)|Vengeance of the Stones]]''
 
==== UNIT: The New Series ====
* ''[[Assembled (audio anthology)|Assembled]]''
** ''[[Call to Arms (audio story)|Call to Arms]]''
** ''[[United (audio story)|United]]''
 
Other Roles
=== Audio ===
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' - [[Romolo Nusek]]
* ''[[Shades of Gray (audio story)|Shades of Gray]]'' - [[Collector (Shades of Gray)|the Collector]]
 
==== I, Davros ====
* ''[[Innocence (audio story)|Innocence]]'' - Colonel [[Nasgard]]
 
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|The Mind of Evil]]''
 
==== BBC Past Doctor Novels ====
* ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]''


Mr. Franklin left a career in advertising to join the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in [[1963]]. Soon afterward he began his first professional work as an actor with the Century Theatre. His first television role was as a guard in an episode of ''The Saint'', and he also worked for eighteen months as a member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
=== Documentary ===
* ''Myth Makers: Richard Franklin''
* ''[[Return to Devil's End]]''
* ''Myth Makers: Roger Delgado - A Tribute''
* ''Where on Earth Is... Katy Manning Because She'd Really Like to Know!''
* ''[[The World of Who (CON episode)|The World of Who]]''
* ''[[Why on Earth? (CON episode)|Why on Earth?]]''
* ''[[Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (documentary)|Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983]]''
* ''[[The Final Curtain (documentary)|The Final Curtain]]''
* ''[[Life on Earth (documentary)|Life on Earth]]''
* ''[[The UNIT Family (documentary)|The UNIT Family]]''
* ''[[The Devil Rides Out (documentary)|The Devil Rides Out]]''
* ''[[The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor (documentary)|The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty]]''
* ''[[Time and Atlantis (documentary)|Time and Atlantis]]'' (achieve interview)


After a run on the popular drama series, ''The Crossroads'', Franklin made his first appearance as [[Mike Yates]] in the [[1971]] ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''. For the next three seasons of the series’ run, he made semi-regular appearances as the dashing young officer, a member of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]]. Though he only appeared in nine stories, the character became immensely popular with fans. He was invited back for a cameo appearance in the [[1983]] twentieth anniversary episode, ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. He also returned in [[1993]] for ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', a skit televised on the [[BBC]] as part of its Comic Relief charity drive. It brought past cast members from the show together in an adventure which also featured cameos by members of the cast of ''[[EastEnders]]''.
=== Other ===
* ''[[Children in Need 1985 (TV story)|Children in Need 1985]]''


Franklin has remained a frequent and popular guest at fan conventions. He also wrote and directed a sketch, ''[[Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery]]'', in which members of the old troop were brought back into action to search for a shrunken [[Margaret Thatcher]].
=== Audio commentary ===


In [[1997]], Franklin ran unsuccessfully as a member of the Referendum Party for Hackney South/[[Shoreditch]] in the General Election. The Referendum Party opposes [[UK]] membership in the European Union. Franklin’s entry into politics and his association with a party perceived by some as radical was something of a surprise to his fans. In [[2005]] he ran for [[Hove]] as a member of the Silent Majority Party and was again unsuccessful.
* ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''


Richard Franklin continues to act and appear at ''Doctor Who'' fan conventions. He reprised the role of Mike Yates opposite [[Tom Baker]] for the [[2009]] [[AudioGO]] series ''[[Hornets' Nest]]'' and the [[2010]] series ''[[Demon Quest]]''.
== Production credits ==
=== Stage ===
* ''[[Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery]]'' - writer & director


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.richardfranklin.co.uk/Richard_Franklin/Home.html Richard Franklin: Official Site]
{{official website|www.richardfranklin.co.uk/Richard_Franklin/Home.html}}
{{imdb name|id=0291524|name=Richard Franklin}}
{{imdb name|id=0291524}}
* [http://www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk/drwho/recall.htm Recalling a Bow-Wow, page about Recall:UNIT]
* [http://www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk/drwho/recall.htm Recalling a Bow-Wow, page about Recall:UNIT]
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 3 November 2024

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Richard Kimber Franklin (15 January 1936-25 December 2023[1]) played Captain Mike Yates on Doctor Who from Terror of the Autons to Planet of the Spiders. He reprised the role for the twentieth-anniversary special The Five Doctors (albeit only as a phantom image) and the thirtieth-anniversary adventure Dimensions in Time. Franklin also wrote The Killing Stone, a spin-off novel featuring Mike Yates and released as a BBV audio book.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Franklin left a career in advertising to join the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1963. Soon afterward he began his first professional work as an actor with the Century Theatre. His first television role was in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green. Afterwards, he appeared as a photographer and a guard in The Fiction-Makers, a two-part episode of The Saint which were later edited together into a film. He also worked for eighteen months as a member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

After a run on the popular drama series, Crossroads, Franklin made his first appearance as Mike Yates in the 1971 Doctor Who story Terror of the Autons. For the next three seasons of the series' run, he made semi-regular appearances as the dashing young officer, a member of United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Though he only appeared in nine stories, the character became immensely popular with fans. While on Doctor Who, he also appeared in episodes of From a Bird's Eye View and The Pathfinders.

After making his final regular Doctor Who appearance in Planet of the Spiders, Franklin mainly appeared on stage and made no television appearances until a small role in Blake's 7 in 1980. He was then invited back for a cameo appearance in the 1983 twentieth anniversary episode, The Five Doctors.

In 1984, Franklin appeared in the TV movie Waving to a Train. That same year, he also wrote and directed a sketch, Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery, in which members of the old troop were brought back into action to search for a shrunken Margaret Thatcher. It also starred John Levene and Nicholas Courtney. There was another gap in his career until 1988, when he gained a regular role as Denis Rigg in soap opera Emmerdale, alongside Frazer Hines. He appeared in thirty five episodes until 1989.

Franklin returned to Doctor Who again in 1993 for Dimensions in Time, a skit televised on the BBC as part of its Children in Need charity drive. It brought past cast members from the show together in an adventure which also featured cameos by members of the cast of EastEnders.

In the 1990s, Franklin made guest appearances in Harry and Heartbeat. In 1997, Franklin ran unsuccessfully as a member of the Referendum Party for Hackney South/Shoreditch in the General Election. The Referendum Party opposes UK membership in the European Union. Franklin's entry into politics and his association with a party perceived by some as radical was something of a surprise to his fans. In 2005 he ran for Hove as a member of the Silent Majority Party and was again unsuccessful.

In the 2000s, Franklin mostly made appearances only in short films, but made an appearance in the films Feedback and Chemical Wedding. He also had a small role as an engineer in the 2016 Star Wars film Rogue One. He reprised the role of Mike Yates opposite Tom Baker for the 2009 AudioGO series Hornets' Nest and the 2010 series Demon Quest. He has also voiced Yates in several Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories, and also for The Horror of Flat Holm for Doctor Who Infinity in 2019.

Richard Franklin appeared regularly at Doctor Who fan conventions.

He was a first cousin once removed of Emma Campbell-Jones.

Acting credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage[[edit] | [edit source]]

Video Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Infinity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Nest Cottage Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

UNIT: The New Series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

I, Davros[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Past Doctor Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio commentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Production credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Famous Birthdays
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