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'''Matthew Waterhouse''' (born on [[19 December (people)|19 December]] [[1961 (people)|1961]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref> in [[Hertford]]) played [[companion]] [[Adric]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' to ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', with cameo appearances in ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.
'''Matthew Waterhouse''' (born on [[19 December (people)|19 December]] [[1961 (people)|1961]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref> in [[Hertford]]) played [[companion]] [[Adric]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' to ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', with cameo appearances in ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.


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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Waterhouse is openly gay.<ref>''Blue Box Boy'', Matthew Waterhouse (published 2010 by What Noise Productions)</ref>
Waterhouse is openly gay<ref>''Blue Box Boy'', Matthew Waterhouse (published 2010 by What Noise Productions)</ref> and lives with his husband in [[Sussex]]. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[Living With Waterhouse (documentary)|Living With Waterhouse]]'')


== Career ==
== Career ==
Waterhouse began his career as a clerk in the [[BBC]] news department before securing a role in the television drama {{wi|To Serve Them All My Days}} in 1980. Shortly afterward he auditioned for and won the role of Adric. He was a confirmed ''Doctor Who'' fan and had had at least one letter printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' before he took up the role.
Waterhouse began his career as a clerk in the [[BBC]] news department before securing a role in the television drama {{wi|To Serve Them All My Days (TV series)|To Serve Them All My Days}} in 1980. Shortly afterward he auditioned for and won the role of Adric. He was a confirmed ''Doctor Who'' fan and had had at least one letter printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' before he took up the role.


Adric was a companion of [[Tom Baker]] and [[Peter Davison]]'s [[the Doctor|Doctors]] from 1980 to 1982. Waterhouse was the youngest actor to play a companion and remains the youngest male to have done so. (In 2010, [[Caitlin Blackwood]] aged ten played the role of seven-year-old [[Amelia Pond]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s first companion, and continued to portray her on a recurring basis throughout — and immediately beyond — her cousin [[Karen Gillan]]'s regular performance as adult Amy). Matthew Waterhouse is openly [[gay]] and is believed to be the first non-heterosexual actor on ''Doctor Who'' to have been open about his [[sexuality]] while on the series. He also played the third companion to die in the series after [[Katarina]] in 1965 and [[Sara Kingdom]] in 1966. The first ''Doctor Who'' serial Waterhouse filmed was ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]''; ''Full Circle'' was filmed afterwards.
Adric was a companion of [[Tom Baker]] and [[Peter Davison]]'s [[the Doctor|Doctors]] from 1980 to 1982. Waterhouse was the youngest actor to play a companion and remains the youngest male to have done so. (In 2010, [[Caitlin Blackwood]] aged ten played the role of seven-year-old [[Amelia Pond]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s first companion, and continued to portray her on a recurring basis throughout — and immediately beyond — her cousin [[Karen Gillan]]'s regular performance as adult Amy). Matthew Waterhouse is openly [[gay]] and is believed to be the first non-heterosexual actor on ''Doctor Who'' to have been open about his [[sexuality]] while on the series. He also played the third companion to die in the series after [[Katarina]] in 1965 and [[Sara Kingdom]] in 1966. The first ''Doctor Who'' serial Waterhouse filmed was ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]''; ''Full Circle'' was filmed afterwards.


Waterhouse's name was used, as an in-joke, by comedians [[Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]] for a character in their sketch show {{wi|Little Britain}}. Waterhouse in the programme is an unsuccessful inventor of bizarre and ridiculous new versions of things such as board games and breakfast cereals. (''Little Britain'' has also featured two other characters named after ''Doctor Who'' companion actors, [[Michael Craze]] and [[Mark Strickson]].)
Waterhouse's name was used, as an in-joke, by comedians [[Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]] for a character in their sketch show {{wi|Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain}}. Waterhouse in the programme is an unsuccessful inventor of bizarre and ridiculous new versions of things such as board games and breakfast cereals. (''Little Britain'' has also featured two other characters named after ''Doctor Who'' companion actors, [[Michael Craze]] and [[Mark Strickson]].)


Waterhouse has lived in [[Connecticut]], in the [[United States]], since July 1998. He still appears occasionally at fan conventions and visits the [[UK]]. Most recently, he has contributed to the commentary for the DVD releases of ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''.
Waterhouse has lived in [[Connecticut]], in the [[United States]], since July 1998. He still appears occasionally at fan conventions and visits the [[UK]]. Most recently, he has contributed to the commentary for the DVD releases of ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''.
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Waterhouse was offered a role in the [[Big Finish]] audios shortly after they started, but turned down the offers for many years. This was not due to a resentment of the company but rather a belief that he could not capture the youthful essence of the fifteen-year-old [[Adric]] at his age. After recording some Target audio books, he decided that doing so might have been possible, and in 2014 he reprised the role in two audios for ''[[The Fifth Doctor Box Set]]''; ''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]'' and ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]''. ([[DWMSE 39]])
Waterhouse was offered a role in the [[Big Finish]] audios shortly after they started, but turned down the offers for many years. This was not due to a resentment of the company but rather a belief that he could not capture the youthful essence of the fifteen-year-old [[Adric]] at his age. After recording some Target audio books, he decided that doing so might have been possible, and in 2014 he reprised the role in two audios for ''[[The Fifth Doctor Box Set]]''; ''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]'' and ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]''. ([[DWMSE 39]])


== Acting Credits ==
== Acting credits ==
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
==== Doctor Who ====
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==== The Audio Novels ====
==== The Audio Novels ====
* ''[[Watchers (audio story)|Watchers]]''
* ''[[Watchers (audio story)|Watchers]]''
* ''[[Prisoners of London (audio story)|Prisoners of London]]''


==== Doctor Who Audio Annuals ====
==== Doctor Who Audio Annuals ====
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* ''[[The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor (documentary)|The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor (documentary)|The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty]]''
*''[[THWR 96|Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 96: Matthew Waterhouse]]''
* ''[[THWR 96|Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 96: Matthew Waterhouse]]''
* ''[[The Fan Show]]''
* ''[[The Fan Show]]''
* ''[[Time Trap: The Making of Castrovalva (documentary)|Time Trap: The Making of Castrovalva]]''


== Writing Credits ==
== Writing credits ==
=== Short Stories ===
=== Short Stories ===
==== The Target Storybook ====
==== The Target Storybook ====
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==== The Audio Novels ====
==== The Audio Novels ====
* ''[[Watchers (audio story)|Watchers]]''
* ''[[Watchers (audio story)|Watchers]]''
* ''[[Prisoners of London (audio story)|Prisoners of London]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Fourth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
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[[Category:Actors interviewed on Swap Shop]]
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 3 November 2024

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Matthew Waterhouse (born on 19 December 1961[1] in Hertford) played companion Adric in Doctor Who from Full Circle to Earthshock, with cameo appearances in Time-Flight and The Caves of Androzani.

After leaving the series, he began a stage career. Since 2014, he reprised the role of Adric for Big Finish's audio adventures. He shared his memories of portraying Adric in the 96th edition of Big Finish's charity podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Waterhouse is openly gay[2] and lives with his husband in Sussex. (DCOM: Living With Waterhouse)

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Waterhouse began his career as a clerk in the BBC news department before securing a role in the television drama To Serve Them All My Days in 1980. Shortly afterward he auditioned for and won the role of Adric. He was a confirmed Doctor Who fan and had had at least one letter printed in Doctor Who Weekly before he took up the role.

Adric was a companion of Tom Baker and Peter Davison's Doctors from 1980 to 1982. Waterhouse was the youngest actor to play a companion and remains the youngest male to have done so. (In 2010, Caitlin Blackwood aged ten played the role of seven-year-old Amelia Pond, the Eleventh Doctor's first companion, and continued to portray her on a recurring basis throughout — and immediately beyond — her cousin Karen Gillan's regular performance as adult Amy). Matthew Waterhouse is openly gay and is believed to be the first non-heterosexual actor on Doctor Who to have been open about his sexuality while on the series. He also played the third companion to die in the series after Katarina in 1965 and Sara Kingdom in 1966. The first Doctor Who serial Waterhouse filmed was State of Decay; Full Circle was filmed afterwards.

Waterhouse's name was used, as an in-joke, by comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams for a character in their sketch show Little Britain. Waterhouse in the programme is an unsuccessful inventor of bizarre and ridiculous new versions of things such as board games and breakfast cereals. (Little Britain has also featured two other characters named after Doctor Who companion actors, Michael Craze and Mark Strickson.)

Waterhouse has lived in Connecticut, in the United States, since July 1998. He still appears occasionally at fan conventions and visits the UK. Most recently, he has contributed to the commentary for the DVD releases of The Visitation and Earthshock.

In 2010, Waterhouse joined a growing number of Doctor Who actors in publishing an autobiography. In his book, Blue Box Boy, he writes candidly about his experiences making Doctor Who. In it he claims Tom Baker had a horrible attitude and that he was shocked that someone he admired could be this way. To publicise the release, he consented to a rare interview for Doctor Who Magazine #424.

Waterhouse was offered a role in the Big Finish audios shortly after they started, but turned down the offers for many years. This was not due to a resentment of the company but rather a belief that he could not capture the youthful essence of the fifteen-year-old Adric at his age. After recording some Target audio books, he decided that doing so might have been possible, and in 2014 he reprised the role in two audios for The Fifth Doctor Box Set; Psychodrome and Iterations of I. (DWMSE 39)

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

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

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

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

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

The Audio Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Audio Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dalek Audio Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

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The Collection[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writing credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Target Storybook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Audio Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

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  1. REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
  2. Blue Box Boy, Matthew Waterhouse (published 2010 by What Noise Productions)