2023 (people)

2023 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2023, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 8 January - Actor Ray Callaghan died.
• 13 January - Actor Eve Pearce died.
• 20 January - Actor Tim Barlow died.
• 27 January - Actor Sylvia Syms died.
• 31 January - Technical manager Alan Jeffrey died.
• 11 February - Film collector Terry Burnett died.
• 15 February - Actor Richard Kane died.
• March - Actor Derek Smith died.
• 13 March - Visual effects designer Peter Day died.
• 24 March - Stunt performer Richard Hammett died.
• 27 March - Actor Derek Hunt died.
• 28 March - Television presenter Paul O'Grady died.
• 11 April - Actor Jim McManus died.
• 14 April - Actor Murray Melvin died.
• 18 April - Actor Terrence Hardiman died.
• 28 April - Film cameraman Ken Westbury died.
• 3 May - Set dresser Alan Hatchman died.
• 1 June - Actor Roger Squires died.
• 3 June - Actor Anthony Gardner died.
• 6 June - Stunt performer Dinny Powell died.
• 12 June - Actor Patricia Prior died.
• 12 July - Actor John Nettleton died.
• 9 August - Actor Doreen Mantle died.
• 10 August - Actor Lillias Walker died.
• 18 August - Cameraman Bernard Newnham died.
• 22 August - Actor Elizabeth Norman died.
• 12 September - Actor Jean Boht died.
• 27 September - Actor Michael Gambon died.
• 4 October - Costume designer Shawna Trpcic died.
• Unknown - Actor Carol Sloman died.