Very sorry to learn of the death on 18th October of actor Nabil Shaban, who played the villainous character Sil in two Colin Baker stories - Vengeance on Varos and Mindwarp, the second section of Trial of a Time Lord.
Born in Jordan, he was sent to England as a child for medical reasons (osteogenesis imperfecta - brittle bone disease) and settled there.
His first TV role was opposite Ian McKellen in the Channel 4 drama Walter (1982), and his final acting credit was as Sil in an unofficial spinoff in 2019.
As well as acting, he wrote, produced and directed for television and theatre, his work heavily influenced by his politics. He championed disability rights in particular, and was one of the founders of theatre company Graeae.
Sil was one of the highlights of an especially troubled period for Doctor Who and it is a great shame that the character was never brought back. Shaban once suggested himself as a new Doctor.
RIP
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