Line #15 Creator/MarkStrickson


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2	Mark Strickson (born 6 April 1959) is an English actor and producer, best known for playing ''Series/DoctorWho'' companion Vislor Turlough in 1983-84, alongside Creator/PeterDavison's [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor Fifth Doctor]]. In 1984 he appeared in a film version of ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol\|1984}}'' as the young Ebeneezer Scrooge in the {{Pensieve Flashback}}s (Creator/GeorgeCScott played old Scrooge).
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4	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 ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' from 1999 onwards.
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7	!! Works with pages on TV Tropes that he has appeared in:
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9	[[AC:TV]]
10	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 31 episodes / 10 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead Mawdryn Undead]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus Terminus]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment Enlightenment]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire Planet of Fire]]"[[/labelnote]] (1983-84) -- Vislor Turlough
11	* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'': episode "Low Profile" (1985) -- West
12	* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'': episode " Absolution" (1988) -- Gynaecological Registrar
13	* ''Series/{{Minder}}'': episode "For a Few Dollars More" (1993) -- Swan
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15	[[AC:Film]]
16	* ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol\|1984}}'' (1984) -- Young Ebeneezer Scrooge
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18	[[AC:Audio Drama]]
19	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'':
20	** ''Main Range'': 24 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho002Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho020LoupsGaroux Loups-Garoux]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho076Singularity Singularity]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho136Cobwebs Cobwebs]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho137TheWhisperingForest The Whispering Forest]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho138TheCradleOfTheSnake The Cradle of the Snake]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho146HeroesOfSontar Heroes of Sontar]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho147KissOfDeath Kiss of Death]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho148RatTrap Rat Trap]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho159TheEmeraldTiger The Emerald Tiger]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho160TheJupiterConjunction The Jupiter Conjunction]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho161TheButcherOfBrisbane The Butcher of Brisbane]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho172EldradMustDie Eldrad Must Die!]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho173TheLadyOfMercia The Lady Of Mercia]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho174PrisonersOfFate Prisoners Of Fate]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho195Mistfall Mistfall]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho196Equilibrium Equilibrium]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho197TheEntropyPlague The Entropy Plague]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho217TheMemoryBankAndOtherStories The Memory Bank (and Other Stories)]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho247DevilInTheMist Devil in the Mist]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho248BlackThursday Black Thursday/Power Game]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho249TheKamelionEmpire The Kamelion Empire]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho274TheBlazingHour The Blazing Hour]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho275TheEndOfTheBeginning The End of the Beginning]]"[[/labelnote]] (1999-2021) -- Vislor Turlough
21	** ''Main Range'': "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Zagreus]]" (2003) -- Captain Neil [=McDonnell=]
22	** ''Companion Chronicles'': 2 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS4E5Ringpullworld Ringpullworld]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCSSpecialsFreakshow Freakshow]]"[[/labelnote]] (2009-10) -- Vislor Turlough
23	** Special Release "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheLightAtTheEnd The Light At The End]]" (2013) -- Vislor Turlough
24	** ''Short Trips'': 2 releases[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS6E1GardensOfTheDead Gardens of the Dead]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS8E5TrapForFools Trap for Fools]]"[[/labelnote]] (2016-18) -- Vislor Turlough
25	** ''The Lost Stories'': "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS5E1NightmareCountry Nightmare Country]]" (2019) -- Vislor Turlough
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27	!! Tropes associated with his work:
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29	* ActorInspiredElement: 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.

Context Creator / MarkStrickson