Captain of the spaceship Titanic, which was visiting Earth orbit from the planet Sto at Christmas, 2008. Before the voyage, he had found out that he was dying. The ship's owner, Max Capricorn, was on the brink of being ousted from his firm and had planned an elaborate revenge on his fellow boardmembers. Hardaker was offered a large sum of money to go to his family if he allowed the Titanic to be wrecked - deliberately putting it in the path of some meteoroids with its protective shields down. He agreed on the condition that his fellow officers would be old men like himself, only to have the eager young Midshipman Frame assigned to his bridge crew. Hardaker arranged for everyone to leave hi alone on the bridge, but Frame pointed out that this was against regulations and insisted on staying. When Frame saw what his captain was up to he tried to stop him, and Hardaker pulled a gun on him - wounding him. Hardaker was then killed when the meteoroids struck.
Played by: Geoffrey Palmer. Appearances: Voyage of the Damned (2007).
- Palmer had appeared in the programme on two previous occasions, both during the Jon Pertwee era - The Silurians, and The Mutants. In all three appearances his character gets killed.
- His son, Charles, has directed a number of Doctor Who stories, from Smith and Jones in 2007 and The Eaters of Light in 2017.
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