Post by The Collector on Jan 16, 2009 13:02:23 GMT
John Scott Martin, 'Man Inside the Dalek,' Dies at 82
By John Scott Lewinski
A very sad month for sci-fi movie and TV fans kicked off with the less-bulletined, but still sad loss of John Scott Martin -- the veteran British actor best known for operating a Dalek through four decades and countless episodes of Doctor Who.
Enjoying a career in theater, TV and film that spanned more than a half-century, Martin appeared in Monty Python films, Little Shop of Horrors and Pink Floyd The Wall.
Compact in stature and experienced in stagecraft, Martin was a natural choice to squeeze inside the Dalek's mechanical costume, operating the monster in the first Doctor Who episodes that created Dalekmania in the United Kingtom, circa 1964. He would star in 110 episodes of the show, either encased in Dalekanium or making an occasional on-screen appearance in the flesh.
By John Scott Lewinski
A very sad month for sci-fi movie and TV fans kicked off with the less-bulletined, but still sad loss of John Scott Martin -- the veteran British actor best known for operating a Dalek through four decades and countless episodes of Doctor Who.
Enjoying a career in theater, TV and film that spanned more than a half-century, Martin appeared in Monty Python films, Little Shop of Horrors and Pink Floyd The Wall.
Compact in stature and experienced in stagecraft, Martin was a natural choice to squeeze inside the Dalek's mechanical costume, operating the monster in the first Doctor Who episodes that created Dalekmania in the United Kingtom, circa 1964. He would star in 110 episodes of the show, either encased in Dalekanium or making an occasional on-screen appearance in the flesh.
