Creator / Mark Strickson

Mark Strickson (born 6 April 1959) is an English actor and producer, best known for playing Doctor Who companion Vislor Turlough in 1983-84, alongside Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor. In 1984 he appeared in a film version of A Christmas Carol as the young Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Pensieve Flashbacks (George C. Scott played old Scrooge).

In more recent years, he has relocated to New Zealand and moved away from acting into producing, with a focus on nature and wildlife documentaries. He has, however, reprised his role as Turlough in audio form for Big Finish Doctor Who from 1999 onwards.

Works with pages on TV Tropes that he has appeared in:

TV

• Doctor Who: 31 episodes / 10 stories^{show list}"Mawdryn Undead", "Terminus", "Enlightenment", "The King's Demons", "Warriors of the Deep", "The Awakening", "Frontios", "Resurrection of the Daleks", "Planet of Fire" (1983-84) — Vislor Turlough
• Bergerac: episode "Low Profile" (1985) — West
• CASUAL+Y: episode " Absolution" (1988) — Gynaecological Registrar
• Minder: episode "For a Few Dollars More" (1993) — Swan

Film

• A Christmas Carol (1984) — Young Ebeneezer Scrooge

Audio Drama

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • Main Range: 24 releases^{show list}"Phantasmagoria", "Loups-Garoux", "Singularity", "Cobwebs", "The Whispering Forest", "The Cradle of the Snake", "Heroes of Sontar", "Kiss of Death", "Rat Trap", "The Emerald Tiger", "The Jupiter Conjunction", "The Butcher of Brisbane", "Eldrad Must Die!", "The Lady Of Mercia", "Prisoners Of Fate", "Mistfall", "Equilibrium", "The Entropy Plague", "The Memory Bank (and Other Stories)", "Devil in the Mist", "Black Thursday/Power Game", "The Kamelion Empire", "The Blazing Hour", "The End of the Beginning" (1999-2021) — Vislor Turlough
  • Main Range: "Zagreus" (2003) — Captain Neil McDonnell
  • Companion Chronicles: 2 releases^{show list}"Ringpullworld", "Freakshow" (2009-10) — Vislor Turlough
  • Special Release "The Light At The End" (2013) — Vislor Turlough
  • Short Trips: 2 releases^{show list}"Gardens of the Dead", "Trap for Fools" (2016-18) — Vislor Turlough
  • The Lost Stories: "Nightmare Country" (2019) — Vislor Turlough

Tropes associated with his work:

• Actor-Inspired Element: Strickson came up with the idea for his costume as Turlough to be a black suit, feeling it would mark out the contrast between his character and the other regulars who dressed in light or bright colours.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Strickson dyed his naturally blond hair ginger for the role of Turlough in Doctor Who, at the behest of producer John Nathan-Turner, who felt that he resembled Peter Davison too closely with his natural hair colour.