Mr Oak was one of a pair of technicians who were the first to be infected by a malignant seaweed lifeform. His colleague was a man named Quill. Whilst the latter was a tall, cadaverous man, Mr Oak was his physical opposite.
They worked at the Euro Sea Gas compound on England's south coast and one of their tasks was the maintenance of the impeller shaft, through which the gas was pumped into the compound from the drilling rigs out at sea. The weed creatures used the pipelines to travel to the complex, and Oak and Quill became infected as they worked in the shaft. They were then tasked with carrying out various acts that would aid the creatures in their plan to spread their influence to the rest of the planet. This included sabotage and the recruitment of other infected individuals, and the covering up of the weed's activities. The creatures did not want their presence known until well-established on the surface.
Like others infected, Oak's body underwent a physical transformation. Seaweed-like growths began to cover his body and he could generate a toxic gas. The infected could also breath under water, though Oak did not need to use this ability as he and Quill confined their subterfuge only to the compound.
Once the weed creature had been driven back to its natural habitat beneath the sea, those infected were returned to normal.
Played by: John Gill. Appearances: Fury From The Deep (1968).
- Gill, who died in 2007, was a well-known face on British TV for many years. His career lasted some 65 years.
- He made two films with Roman Polanski - Pirates and Tess.
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