David Warner
David Warner (29 July 1941[1]-24 July 2022[2]) was a noted character actor who has performed in a number of Doctor Who related productions for the BBC and Big Finish.
Warner was best known to Doctor Who enthusiasts as the voice of the "Unbound Doctor", who began in the Doctor Who Unbound series, and was brought back in The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield.
His only screen acting appearance in the Doctor Who universe was as Professor Grisenko in the Doctor Who Series 7 episode, Cold War. Three years earlier, he had also played another professor in an Ice Warrior story, when he voiced Professor Boston Schooner in the New Eighth Doctor Adventure, Deimos.
Previously, in 2009, he played Lord Azlok for the BBC-produced animated Doctor Who serial, Dreamland, co-starring David Tennant.
Warner also narrated the audiobook release of the Twelfth Doctor novel Royal Blood, written by Una McCormack.
He was one of the actors considered for the part of Borusa in a television movie project that eventually became Doctor Who.[3] He was also considered for the roles of Valgard in Terminus (TCH 37), Commander Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep (TCH 38), Orcini in Revelation of the Daleks, (TCH 41) Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet (TCH 42) and Ratcliffe in Remembrance of the Daleks. (TCH 44). Pip and Jane Baker also suggested him for the role of the Seventh Doctor. (DCOM: The Last Chance Saloon)
Career highlights[[edit] | edit source]
Outside of Doctor Who, Warner was involved in many legendary film and TV productions, including Tron, James Cameron's Titanic, The Omen, Time Bandits, and Z-Cars, as well as various roles in the Star Trek and Batman franchises.
In 2005, Warner also appeared in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalyse, written by and starring Doctor Who writer/actor Mark Gatiss, who also wrote Cold War.
Personal life[[edit] | edit source]
He was the partner of Bernice Summerfield actress Lisa Bowerman.[4]
Credits[[edit] | edit source]
As the Unbound Doctor
Audio[[edit] | edit source]
Doctor Who Unbound[[edit] | edit source]
The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | edit source]
- The Unbound Universe
- Ruler of the Universe
- Buried Memories
- Lost in Translation
- Blood & Steel (released posthumous)
Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far[[edit] | edit source]
Once and Future[[edit] | edit source]
- Time Lord Immemorial - credited as Alternate Universe Doctor (released posthumous)
Dark Gallifrey[[edit] | edit source]
- The War Master (released posthumous)
As Cuthbert
The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | edit source]
- The Sands of Life / War Against the Laan
- The Dalek Contract / The Final Phase
- The Pursuit of History / Casualties of Time
Jago and Litefoot[[edit] | edit source]
- The Devil's Dicemen
- The Mourning After
- The Museum of Curiosities
- How the Other Half Lives
- Too Much Reality
- Jago & Litefoot Forever
Other Roles
Television[[edit] | edit source]
Doctor Who[[edit] | edit source]
Audio[[edit] | edit source]
Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | edit source]
- Summer - Sir Isaac Newton
Special Releases[[edit] | edit source]
- The Worlds of Big Finish
- The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber - Mycroft Holmes
The Lost Stories[[edit] | edit source]
- The Children of Seth - Autarch Siris
- The Rosemariners - Professor Arnold Biggs
The Eighth Doctor Adventures =[[edit] | edit source]
- Deimos - Professor Boston Schooner
The War Doctor[[edit] | edit source]
The Early Adventures[[edit] | edit source]
- The Black Hole - Narrator
The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | edit source]
- Empathy Games - Co-ordinator Angell
- The Crumbling Magician - Allie Kay
Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | edit source]
Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | edit source]
Graceless[[edit] | edit source]
As Daniel
- The Sphere
- The Fog
- The End (also as The Grace)
Torchwood[[edit] | edit source]
God Among Us[[edit] | edit source]
- God Among Us 2
- Another Man's Shoes - The Committee
- Eye of the Storm - The Committee
Audiobook Readings[[edit] | edit source]
BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | edit source]
External links[[edit] | edit source]
- David Warner at the Internet Movie Database
- David Warner at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek canon wiki
- David Warner at the Star Wars Wiki
- David Warner at The Babylon 5 Project
- David Warner at the DC Animated Universe Wiki
- David Warner at the Muppet Wiki
- David Warner at the Tron Wiki
- David Warner at the Gargoyles Wiki
