Very sorry to hear today of the death of actor Stewart Bevan, at the age of 73. He played Professor Cliff Jones in the classic The Green Death, whom Jo Grant fell in love with. In real life, Bevan was Katy Manning's partner at the time. Director Michael E Briant had been reluctant to cast a friend of the star, but he proved to be the best person for the job anyway.
Bevan returned to the role in a spoof documentary, by Mark Gatiss, on the story's DVD.
Since then he has been reunited with Katy Manning for both the trailers for the Pertwee Blu-ray box-sets - battling Autons on the Season 8 one, and Giant Maggots on the Season 10 one. He and Manning also feature in new documentaries on each - revisiting the locations for The Daemons and The Green Death.
A great friend of the series, he'll be sorely missed.
RIP.
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