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[[Image:Captain Knight.jpg|thumb|Ralph Watson as [[Knight (The Web of Fear)|Captain Knight]] in "[[The Web of Fear]]"]]
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[[File:T.jpg|thumb|Ralph Watson as [[Knight (The Web of Fear)|Captain Knight]] with The Doctor and The Colonel "[[The Web of Fear]]"]]
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[[File:Web_Of_Fear_Trio.jpg|thumb|Ralph Watson as [[Knight (The Web of Fear)|Captain Knight]] with The Doctor and The Colonel "[[The Web of Fear]]"]]
|birth date      = [[20 January (people)|20 January]] [[1936 (people)|1936]]
[[File:RalphWatsonAsEttis.jpg|thumb|Ralph Watson as [[Ettis]] in "[[The Monster of Peladon]]"]]
|death date = [[20 June (people)|20 June]] [[2021 (people)|2021]]
|role            = [[Ben Knight]]
|job title        = [[Actor]]
|time            = 1967-1968, 1974, 1977, 2019
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|imdb            = 0914839
|story=[[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
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'''Ralph Watson''' ([[20 January (people)|20 January]] [[1936 (people)|1936]]<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1195939-Ralph-Watson Discogs]</ref>-[[20 June (people)|20 June]] [[2021 (people)|2021]]<ref>[[DWM 568]]</ref>) worked extensively in theatre, television and film for over fifty years.


'''Ralph Watson''' (born [[1936]]) has worked extensively in Theatre, Television and Film over the last 50 years and is still a working actor today.  
In the '60s and '70s he appeared in four ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories alongside three Doctors, with [[Patrick Troughton]] twice. He played an uncredited Generator Scientist in ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' ([[DWM 209]]), [[Ben Knight|Captain Knight]] in ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', [[Ettis]] in ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'' and [[Ben Travers]] in ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''.


In the '60s and '70s he appeared in four Doctor Who serials alongside three Doctors, working with [[Patrick Troughton]] twice.  
In 2019, he reprised the role of [[Ben Knight|Captain Knight]] in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Six]]'' audio story ''[[The Web of Time (audio story)|The Web of Time]]''.


He played Generator Scientist in "[[The Underwater Menace]]" Captain [[Knight]] in "[[The Web of Fear]]", [[Ettis]] in "[[The Monster of Peladon]]", and [[Ben]] in "[[Horror of Fang Rock]]".
He shared his memories of his ''Doctor Who'' career on the documentaries ''[[The Peladon Saga (documentary)|The Peladon Saga]]'' and ''[[Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear (documentary)|Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear]]'' (the latter of which was released after his death), [[THWR 154|the 154th edition]] of Big Finish's charitable podcast series ''[[Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]'' and the audio commentary for ''The Monster of Peladon''<nowiki/>'s DVD release.


Recently he returned to the BBC to record the audio commentary for the new remastered Doctor Who DVD Box Set "[[Peladon Tales]]" where he was re-united with fellow cast members [[Donald Gee]] and [[Nina Thomas]], as well as Producer [[Barry Letts]] (who has sadly since passed away) and Script Editor [[Terrance Dicks]].
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' - Voices / Overseer at Generating Station (uncredited)
* ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' - [[Ben Knight|Captain Knight]]
* ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'' - [[Ettis]]
* ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' - [[Ben Travers]]


==External links==
=== Audio ===
{{imdb name|id=0914839|name=Ralph Watson}}
==== The Diary of River Song ====
*[http://twitter.com/TheRalphWatson Ralph Watson's Twitter page]
* ''[[The Web of Time (audio story)|The Web of Time]]'' - [[Ben Knight|Captain Ben Knight]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors|Watson, Ralph]]
 
=== Documentary appearances ===
* ''[[The Peladon Saga (documentary)|The Peladon Saga]]''
* ''[[Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear (documentary)|Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0914839}}
{{twitter|TheRalphWatson}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{NameSort}}
 
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]
[[Category:The Diary of River Song voice actors]]
[[Category:Pre-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish]]

Latest revision as of 17:34, 9 March 2023

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Ralph Watson (20 January 1936[1]-20 June 2021[2]) worked extensively in theatre, television and film for over fifty years.

In the '60s and '70s he appeared in four Doctor Who television stories alongside three Doctors, with Patrick Troughton twice. He played an uncredited Generator Scientist in The Underwater Menace (DWM 209), Captain Knight in The Web of Fear, Ettis in The Monster of Peladon and Ben Travers in Horror of Fang Rock.

In 2019, he reprised the role of Captain Knight in Big Finish's The Diary of River Song: Series Six audio story The Web of Time.

He shared his memories of his Doctor Who career on the documentaries The Peladon Saga and Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear (the latter of which was released after his death), the 154th edition of Big Finish's charitable podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round and the audio commentary for The Monster of Peladon's DVD release.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary appearances[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Discogs
  2. ↑ DWM 568
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