Latep was a young Thal who was a member of their second mission to the planet Spiridon. It had been sent to intercept the first mission and warn them of new information they had learned about the Dalek forces on the planet. Instead of a small scientific unit experimenting with invisibility techniques, the planet was really concealing a vast arsenal of 10,000 Daleks, frozen in suspended animation pending the conclusion of a war between Earth and Draconia. This had been engineered by the Master on their behalf.
Latep became enamoured of the Doctor's companion Jo Grant after the two of them were forced to help each other survive the dangers of the planet. One the Daleks had been defeated, Latep asked Jo to travel back to Skaro with him. She declined, preferring to return to her own home on Earth.
Played by: Alan Tucker. Appearances: Planet of the Daleks (1973).
- Latep was originally called Petal in Terry Nation's scripts. The name wasn't changed because that was a stupid name, but because it was too close to Patel - a character from Frontier in Space.
- A lot of Tucker's TV work was in Shakespeare roles. He was Prince Edward in The Wars of the Roses (his first big TV role), Malcolm in Macbeth, Stephano in The Merchant of Venice, and the First Gentleman in Measure for Measure (his final TV role).
- Another genre role came with three instalments of Gerry Anderson's UFO.
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