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.

January

• 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.

February

• 11 February - Film collector Terry Burnett died.
• 15 February - Actor Richard Kane died.

March

• 5 March - Sculptor and visual effects designer John Friedlander 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.
• Unknown - Actor Derek Smith died.

April

• 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.

May

• 3 May - Set dresser Alan Hatchman died.

June

• 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.
• 27 June - Graphic designer Sid Sutton died.
• Unknown -
  • Designer Dinah Walker died.
  • Studio sound technician Tony Milton died.

July

• 12 July - Actor John Nettleton died.

August

• 4 August - Technical co-ordinator Michael Langley-Evans died.
• 5 August - Cameraman Michael Patrick Rix 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.

September

• 12 September - Actor Jean Boht died.
• 13 September - Designer Stuart Walker died.
• 27 September - Actor Michael Gambon died.

October

• 4 October - Costume designer Shawna Trpcic died.
• 29 October - Actor Tony Rohr died.

December

• 1 December - Actor Brigit Forsyth died.
• 12 December - Assistant floor manager Richard Leyland died.
• 25 December - Actor Richard Franklin died.
• 30 December - Visual effects assistant Ian Wingrove died.

Unknown

• Props buyer Brenda Barker died.
• Production associate Jenny Doe died.
• Actor Bertie Green died.
• Technical manager Alan Jeffery died.
• Actor Carol Sloman died.
• Actor Alan Thompson died.
• Actor Willie Jonah died.