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ANTHONY AINLEY - 1932-2004
All Doctor Who fans round the world were shocked to hear of the passing of Anthony Ainley who played the Master in Doctor Who from 1981-1989 and who worked alongside Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy respectively - passed away on May 3 due to undisclosed causes.
Anthony first appeared in the story Keeper of Traken - marking his appearance as Tremas - father of Nyssa and shortly at the end of the story made his debut as the Master.
He continued to play the Master from Logopolis which was Tom Baker's swan song till the final TV story Survival - he returned in 1998 to play the Master yet again in the BBC's PC Game Destiny of the Doctors which he said he enjoyed doing the most.
Alongside filming of Doctor Who, Anthony enjoyed attending Doctor Who conventions - most notable appearances were at Battlefield Events held in Coventry and recently at Vortex Destiny in Northampton
He was very popular with fans and such a gentle man, I first met him at Battlefield 4 in 2000 and was scared stiff but by
the time I got to him he welcomed me graciously and shook my hand - and signed my Planet of Fire VHS - I asked if he enjoyed
being in that one and he said he did
I will never forget meeting such a nice and warm gentle person and he will truly be a sad loss to Doctor Who and acting in
general
This article originally appeared at Doctor Who World and was written by Andrew Hearne. Many thanks for letting me reproduce it here.
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