Creator / Richard Franklin

Richard Franklin (15 January 1936- 25 December 2023) was an English actor, best known for playing UNIT officer Captain Mike Yates in Doctor Who from 1971-74, a role he reprised in audio form for Big Finish Doctor Who.

He is not to be confused with the Australian film director of the same name.

His roles in works with TV Tropes pages:

Film

• Chemical Wedding (2008) — Dean of Trinity University
• Rogue One (2016) — Sirro Argonne

TV

• Dixon of Dock Green: "Fire, Sleet and Candlelight" (1966) — 2nd PBX Operator
• The Saint: "The Fiction Makers" (1968) — Photographer / Guard
• Crossroads: 9 episodes (1969) — Joe Townsend
• Doctor Who: 10 stories^{show list} "Terror of the Autons", "The Mind of Evil", "The Claws of Axos", "The Dæmons", "Day of the Daleks", "The Time Monster", "The Green Death", "Invasion of the Dinosaurs", "Planet of the Spiders", "The Five Doctors" (1971-74, 1983) — Captain Mike Yates
• Blake's 7: "Aftermath" (1980) — Federation Trooper
• The Borgias: 1 episode (1981) — Party Guest
• Emmerdale: 34 episodes (1988-89) — Denis Rigg
• Children in Need: "Dimensions in Time"^note Doctor Who / Eastenders crossover (1993) — Captain Mike Yates
• Heartbeat: "Fool for Love" (1997) — Doctor

Audio Play

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • Bernice Summerfield:
    • "Dragon's Wrath" (2000) — Romolo Nusek
    • "Shades of Grey" (2012) — the Collector
  • I, Davros: "Innocence" (2006) — Captain Mike Yates
  • The Companion Chronicles: 2 stories^{show list} "The Magician's Oath", "The Rings of Ikiria" (2009, 2012) — Captain Mike Yates
  • Destiny of the Doctor: "Vengeance of the Stones (2013) — Captain Mike Yates
  • The Lost Stories: "The Mega" (2013) — Captain Mike Yates
  • The Worlds of Doctor Who: 2 stories^{show list} "The Screaming Skull", "Second Sight" (2014) — Captain Mike Yates
  • Main Range: "The Defectors" (2015) — Captain Mike Yates
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: 2 stories^{show list} "Prisoners of the Lake", "The Havoc of Empires" (2015) — Captain Mike Yates
  • UNIT: The New Series: "UNIT: Assembled" (2017) — Captain Mike Yates