Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston
Birth date:	29 October 1935
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	The Valeyard
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	see credits section
Main time period active:	1986, 2003, 2011, 2014-2015, 2018
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Power Game, Cromwell, Macbeth, Nicholas and Alexandra, Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, The Merchant of Venice, Jane Eyre, Quiller, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, Press Gang, The Darling Buds of May, Only Fools and Horses..., The Bill, Eastenders, Foyle's War, Emmerdale, Midsumer Murders
IMDb profile

Michael Jayston played the Valeyard in the Doctor Who stories The Mysterious Planet, Mindwarp, Terror of the Vervoids and The Ultimate Foe. He reprised the role in He Jests at Scars..., Trial of the Valeyard and all four stories of The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure produced by Big Finish Productions. He played the Tsar in Tsar Wars in Serpent Crest. He went on to play Donald De Souza in Emmerdale, contemporaneously with Jenna Coleman's performance as Jasmine Thomas.

External links

• Michael Jayston at the Internet Movie Database