Robert Jewell

Robert Jewell
Birth date:	20 January 1920
Death date:	10 May 1998
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Dalek operator, Bing Crosby
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1963-67
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Terronauts, Prisoner: Cell Block H
IMDb profile

Robert G. Jewell (20 January 1920-10 May 1998) was a Dalek operator in several episodes of the original Doctor Who television series and in the 1960s Dalek movies. Unlike most Dalek operators, however, he did get a chance to guest star in a speaking role outside the Dalek casing. He played Bing Crosby in "The Feast of Steven", thus giving him two roles in The Daleks' Master Plan story.

He also notably took some still photography of the transmission of "The Feast of Steven" which, due to the fact that John Cura was not then employed to take telesnaps of Doctor Who, became the only surviving images of that episode. Technically, however, they weren't telesnaps, as they didn't use Cura's professional process. They were simply the amateur efforts of Jewell pointing a camera at his television screen and clicking, resulting in mostly very low quality, blurry images.

Credits

Television

Doctor Who

As Dalek Operator

• The Daleks
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• The Chase
• Mission to the Unknown
• The Daleks' Master Plan
• The Power of the Daleks
• The Evil of the Daleks
• The War Games (uncredited)

Other Roles

• The Web Planet - Zarbi
• The Daleks' Master Plan - Clown
• The Macra Terror - Macra Operator

1960s Dalek films

• Dr. Who and the Daleks - Dalek Operator
• Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. - Leader Dalek Operator

Documentary appearances

• Future Memories (via archive recordings)
• Talking Daleks (via archive recordings)

External links

• Robert Jewell at the Internet Movie Database