Today we wish Sir Lenny Henry a happy 64th birthday. He played Daniel Barton in Spyfall Parts 1 & 2. Back in 1985 he played a version of the Doctor in his own comedy series - the first black representation of the Doctor on TV. He and companion Peri faced Thatchos - a Cyber version of Mrs T. The sketch also featured Lee Cornes, who had been in Kinda playing the Trickster.
We also remember the Swedish actor / choreographer Tutte Lemkow, whose birthday it would have been today. He had four roles in Doctor Who, all during the Hartnell era, though only three were on screen.
He was the devious Kuiju in Marco Polo, the bandit Ibrahim in The Crusade, and the mute spy Cyclops in The Myth Makers. The fourth role was as choreographer on The Celestial Toymaker.
He died in 1991, aged 73.
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