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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 (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]]''. | '''Ian Don Marter''' (born [[28 October (people)|28 October]] [[1944]] in [[Wikipedia:Coventry|Coventry]], [[England]] to Donald and Helen (nee Donaldson) Marter; died [[28 October (people)|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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Marter's acting career outside of ''Doctor Who'' consisted mainly of guest roles in series such as the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Bergerac (television)|Bergerac]]'' (in [[1985]]) and [[Wikipedia:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (television)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (in [[1986]]). He also had minor roles in films, such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Abominable Dr. Phibes|The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[Wikipedia:The Medusa Touch (film)|The Medusa Touch]]'' ([[1978]]). | Marter's acting career outside of ''Doctor Who'' consisted mainly of guest roles in series such as the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Bergerac (television)|Bergerac]]'' (in [[1985]]) and [[Wikipedia:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (television)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (in [[1986]]). He also had minor roles in films, such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Abominable Dr. Phibes|The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[Wikipedia:The Medusa Touch (film)|The Medusa Touch]]'' ([[1978]]). | ||
Marter married Rosemary Heyland in 1968 and had two sons, Rupert and Toby. He died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986]] (some sources erroneously give his date of death as being two days later, [[30 October]]) after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of diabetes. He has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away, and only the second major ''Doctor Who'' actor to die (the first was [[William Hartnell]] more than a decade earlier). | Marter married Rosemary Heyland in 1968 and had two sons, Rupert and Toby. He died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986]] (some sources erroneously give his date of death as being two days later, [[30 October (people)|30 October]]) after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of diabetes. He has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away, and only the second major ''Doctor Who'' actor to die (the first was [[William Hartnell]] more than a decade earlier). | ||
At the time of his death, Marter had completed work on two final novelisations, ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]''. Both were published posthumously. | At the time of his death, Marter had completed work on two final novelisations, ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]''. Both were published posthumously. | ||
