Creator / Jack Watling

Jack Watling (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an English actor. He was the father of Doctor Who actress Deborah Watling (who played companion Victoria Waterfield) and appeared in Who alongside his daughter, though not as her character's father, in "The Abominable Snowmen" (1967) and "The Web of Fear" (1968) as Professor Edward Travers.

His step-daughter Dilys Watling and son Giles Watling also became actors; Giles is now a Conservative MP.