Striker

Striker
Species:	Eternal
Job:	Captain
Affiliated with:	Shadow
Appearance:	Enlightenment
Main actor:	Keith Barron

Captain Striker was an Eternal who participated in the race for Enlightenment. For the race, his ship, the Shadow, was modelled on an Edwardian sailing yacht.

Biography

Striker welcomed aboard the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough and he dined with them. Striker was fiercely competitive with fellow racer, Wrack. Wrack tried to destroy the Shadow with a powerful weapon but the Doctor disabled it and Wrack was sucked into the vacuum of space. (TV: Enlightenment)

Behind the scenes

• Peter Sallis was originally due to play the role, but industrial action meant that Sallis could no longer fit it around his other commitments.