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[[File:511px-IanMarter.jpg|right|200 px|Ian Marter speaking at a Doctor Who fan convention in 1983]] | [[File:511px-IanMarter.jpg|right|200 px|Ian Marter speaking at a Doctor Who fan convention in 1983]] | ||
'''Ian Don Marter''' (born [[28 October]] [[1944]] in [[Wikipedia:Coventry|Coventry]], [[England]] to Donald and Helen (nee Donaldson) Marter; died [[28 October]] [[1986]] in [[London]]) played [[companion]] [[Harry Sullivan]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' to ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' and again in ''[[The Android Invasion]]''. He wrote several books for the [[Target novelisation]]s, including two published posthumously. He also played the minor role of [[John Andrews]] in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''. | '''Ian Don Marter''' (born [[28 October]] [[1944]] in [[Wikipedia:Coventry|Coventry]], [[England]] to Donald and Helen (nee Donaldson) Marter; died [[28 October]] [[1986]] in [[London]]) played [[companion]] [[Harry Sullivan]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' to ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' and again in ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]''. He wrote several books for the [[Target novelisation]]s, including two published posthumously. He also played the minor role of [[John Andrews]] in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''. | ||
He sometimes wrote under the [[Wikipedia:pen name|pen name]] '''Ian Don'''. | He sometimes wrote under the [[Wikipedia:pen name|pen name]] '''Ian Don'''. | ||
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After graduating from [[Oxford University]] in [[1969]], Marter worked at the [[Wikipedia:Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic]] theatre, where he was a stage manager and acted in various minor roles. To supplement his low actor's wages, he worked for a time as a milkman and a schoolteacher. | After graduating from [[Oxford University]] in [[1969]], Marter worked at the [[Wikipedia:Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic]] theatre, where he was a stage manager and acted in various minor roles. To supplement his low actor's wages, he worked for a time as a milkman and a schoolteacher. | ||
In [[1971]] he auditioned for the regular role of Captain [[Mike Yates]] in the eighth season of ''Doctor Who''. Although he did not win the part, he sufficiently impressed the production team to be kept in mind and cast in a supporting role in the [[1973]] story'' [[Carnival of Monsters]]'', broadcast as part of the tenth season of the programme. | In [[1971]] he auditioned for the regular role of Captain [[Mike Yates]] in the eighth season of ''Doctor Who''. Although he did not win the part, he sufficiently impressed the production team to be kept in mind and cast in a supporting role in the [[1973]] story'' [[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', broadcast as part of the tenth season of the programme. | ||
In [[1974]], he was cast as Harry Sullivan, a character developed by the production team when they thought the [[Fourth Doctor]] would be portrayed by an older actor and would be unable to handle the more physical action scenes. However, after [[Tom Baker]], who was forty, was cast, this was no longer an issue and Harry was written out after just one season, despite being a popular character and gelling with Baker and other lead [[Elisabeth Sladen]]. Marter was the third ''Doctor Who'' regular to be cast following a guest appearance (the first was [[Peter Purves]] and the second [[Nicholas Courtney]]). | In [[1974]], he was cast as Harry Sullivan, a character developed by the production team when they thought the [[Fourth Doctor]] would be portrayed by an older actor and would be unable to handle the more physical action scenes. However, after [[Tom Baker]], who was forty, was cast, this was no longer an issue and Harry was written out after just one season, despite being a popular character and gelling with Baker and other lead [[Elisabeth Sladen]]. Marter was the third ''Doctor Who'' regular to be cast following a guest appearance (the first was [[Peter Purves]] and the second [[Nicholas Courtney]]). | ||
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* ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|The Invasion]]'' | * ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|The Invasion]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | * ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Rescue]]'' | * ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]'' | ||
* ''[[Harry Sullivan's War]]'' | * ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
