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|death date = 28 October [[1986 (people)|1986]] | |death date = 28 October [[1986 (people)|1986]] | ||
|role = [[Harry Sullivan]] | |role = [[Harry Sullivan]] | ||
|job title = Actor, [[ | |job title = Actor, [[writer]] | ||
|time = 1973-75, 1977-79, 1981, 1983-86, 1987-88 (posthumous) | |time = 1973-75, 1977-79, 1981, 1983-86, 1987-88 (posthumous) | ||
|non dwu = ''Crown Court'', ''Fell Tiger'', ''[[Bergerac]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' | |non dwu = ''Crown Court'', ''Fell Tiger'', ''[[Bergerac]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' | ||
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=== Scratchman === | === Scratchman === | ||
Marter remained involved with ''Doctor Who'' after his departure from the cast. He co-wrote the script for a potential [[List of Doctor Who feature films|feature film]] version, provisionally titled ''[[Doctor Who Meets Scratchman]]'' in collaboration with Baker and film director {{w|James Hill (British director)|James Hill}}, although this never came to pass. The intention was to have Baker's Doctor come face to face with [[Scratchman]], an ancient British word for the devil. The finale of the film would have taken place on a giant pinball table, the holes in the table portals to other dimensions. The project fizzled out due to lack of funding and the dire state of the British film industry. | Marter remained involved with ''Doctor Who'' after his departure from the cast. He co-wrote the script for a potential [[List of Doctor Who feature films|feature film]] version, provisionally titled ''[[Doctor Who Meets Scratchman]]'' in collaboration with Baker and film director {{w|James Hill (British director)|James Hill}}, although this never came to pass. The intention was to have Baker's Doctor come face to face with [[Scratchman]], an ancient British word for the devil. The finale of the film would have taken place on a giant pinball table, the holes in the table portals to other dimensions. The project fizzled out due to lack of funding and the dire state of the British film industry. | ||
=== Later acting career === | === Later acting career === | ||
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In addition to his ''Doctor Who'' novelisations, he adapted several 1980s [[United States|American]] films, such as {{wi|Splash (film)|Splash}} (1984) and {{wi|Down and Out in Beverly Hills}} (1986) for [[Target Books|Target]] and their [[Star Books]] imprint. Some of these books were published under the pen name Ian Don. | In addition to his ''Doctor Who'' novelisations, he adapted several 1980s [[United States|American]] films, such as {{wi|Splash (film)|Splash}} (1984) and {{wi|Down and Out in Beverly Hills}} (1986) for [[Target Books|Target]] and their [[Star Books]] imprint. Some of these books were published under the pen name Ian Don. | ||
Marter also wrote an original spin-off novel for Target, ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'', starring the character he had played on screen, published in 1986, only weeks before his death; this was the second original ''Doctor Who''-related novel ever published, after ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (novel)|Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]''. | Marter also wrote an original spin-off novel for Target, ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'', starring the character he had played on screen, published in 1986, only weeks before his death; this was the second original ''Doctor Who''-related novel ever published, after ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (novel)|Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]''. | ||
Marter died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986 (people)|1986]] (some sources erroneously give his date of death as being two days later{{Fact}}, [[30 October (people)|30 October]]) after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of type 1 diabetes. As a result, he has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away. | Marter died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986 (people)|1986]] (some sources erroneously give his date of death as being two days later{{Fact}}, [[30 October (people)|30 October]]) after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of type 1 diabetes. As a result, he has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away. | ||