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The Daleks' Master Plan: Counter Plot premiered on BBC One in 1965 at 5:51pm, watched by 9.90 million viewers.
Ben Browder is 57 today - credited as Isaac in A Town Called Mercy
Zienia Merton (died 2018 aged 72) would be 74 today - 2 credits, including Ping-Cho in Marco Polo
Tony Adams is 79 today - credited as Elgin in The Green Death
Stephen Moore (died 2019 aged 81) would be 82 today - 3 credits, including Eldane in The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Reg Whitehead (died 2016 aged 83) would be 87 today - 5 credits, including Yeti in The Abominable Snowmen
Richard Mathews (died 1992 aged 77) would be 105 today - credited as Rassilon in The Five Doctors
Malcolm Clarke (died 2003 aged 60) - 7 credits, including Incidental Music for The Sea Devils
Michael Robbins (died 1992 aged 62) - credited as Richard Mace in The Visitation
Wendy Williams 1934-2019
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