G is for... Grisenko

Professor Grisenko was a scientist who was stationed aboard the Soviet nuclear submarine Firebird. On a mission to collect ice core samples in the Arctic in 1983, the crew had discovered a large, armoured biped frozen in the ice. An impatient crewman thawed out the figure and it returned to life. It was actually Grand Marshal Skaldak, a member of the Ice Warrior race.
Grisenko loved western music - particularly bands like Duran Duran and, especially, Ultravox which he played constantly on his walkman. He had little time for the more hawk-like members of the crew, and adopted a fatherly role with the Doctor's companion Clara. On discovering that they were time-travelers, the only thing he really wanted to know about the future was if Ultravox were still together. Clara saved his life when he was about to be killed by Skaldak. She used this act of mercy to help convince the Ice Warrior not to fire the submarine's nuclear missiles.

Played by: David Warner. Appearances: Cold War (2013).

• After a number of roles in British cinema in the 1960's, Warner moved to Los Angeles where his career really took off internationally. He was the villain in Tron, and appeared in two of the Star Trek movies in different roles - an Earth ambassador in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and the Klingon Chancellor Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. On TV he also played a Cardassian officer in Star Trek: The Next Generation. For many though, his finest moment is Time Bandits, where he played the embodiment of Evil.
• Warner has appeared in a number of Big Finish audios, including a role as an alternative Doctor in the Unbound series. He joined the cast of The Scaryfiers after the death of Nicholas Courtney.
• He also voiced the character Azlok in the animated Doctor Who adventure Dreamland.