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In 2021, The Drama and Media Studies dept. at UCLan<\/strong> re-.produced one of Dr Who<\/strong>‘s most intriguing missing episodes, \u2018Mission to the Unknown\u2019 <\/strong>which was a teaser episode for the 12 part serial, “The Dalek Masterplan”<\/strong>. It was a superb production, and I was privileged to attend its filming, and to publicise it to the Dr Who fandom via Twitter. In recognition of my involvement and support with the project, UCLan generously awarded me an Honorary Fellowship<\/strong> in December 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was presented with my award at the campus in Preston, by the Chancellor, Ranvir Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I appeared in 46 episodes of the BBC Series between 1965 and 1966, all with the original Doctor, William Hartnell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Publicity Still from The Massacre of St. Bartholomew\u2019s Eve 1966<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After joining the cast for a one-off appearance as Morton Dill<\/strong>, an American Hill-billy on holiday in New York, the producers approached me and asked me to join the series permanently as Space Pilot Steven Taylor<\/strong>, a role which I embraced just three weeks later in the final episode of the six-part serial called, The Chase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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My first appearance as Steven Taylor (1965) with Jaqueline Hill (Barbara) and William Russell (Ian) in The Chase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I appeared as the Doctor\u2019s regular companion, Steven, in the following consecutive serials over the next 12 months:<\/p>\n

The Time Meddler<\/strong> – 4 episodes<\/p>\n