Ralph Adebayo was a crewmember on the Moonbase. He was a geologist and acted as a general handyman.
Biography
Ralph was fetching supplies from the Moonbase's food store — or "shopping", as the crew thought of it (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen) — and noticed that some of the food sacks marked SUGAR had holes in them, causing him to exclaim "Anyone would think we had rats up here!" He then heard a tin can fall and saw the tall shadow of a strange figure.
When Ralph sent the newly arrived Ben to fetch items on the list, he was abducted and partially converted by the Telosian Cybermen and used by them to work the Gravitron controls. (TV: The Moonbase)
Behind the scenes
- While credited only as "Ralph" for episode one both on-screen and in Radio Times, in some photos the surname "Adebayo" can be seen on his uniform's name-tag.
- Ralph has a triband flag on his uniform's name-tag. In surviving photos, the coloured stripes on the flag are the same colour which would indicate it's the Nigerian flag (two green and one white), fitting his surname.
- Mark Heath is credited as "Ralph" for episode one, and as "Scientist" for episode three. He is billed without specific role under the heading "Others in Cast" in Radio Times for episode three.