1. Ian Don Marter was an English actor and writer known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975.
Ian Marter graduated from St Edmund Hall in 1966 and started work at the Bristol Old Vic theatre, where he served as a stage manager in addition to acting in stage roles.
In 1971, Ian Marter auditioned for the regular role of Captain Mike Yates in the eighth season of Doctor Who.
Ian Marter was offered the part, but was unable to accept due to a prior commitment.
Ian Marter remained involved with Doctor Who after his departure from the regular cast.
Ian Marter co-wrote the script for a feature film version, provisionally titled Doctor Who Meets Scratchman, in collaboration with Baker and director James Hill; due to a lack of funding, the project was ultimately abandoned.
Ian Marter later became involved with the writing of novelisations of Doctor Who TV serials for Target Books, penning nine such adaptations in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Ian Marter's novelisations were somewhat controversial, most notably when the word "bastard" appeared in his novelisation of the 1967 story The Enemy of the World.
Ian Marter was one of a small group of Doctor Who actors to write licensed fiction based on the series.
Ian Marter wrote an original spin-off novel for Target, Harry Sullivan's War, featuring the return of his character, which was published in 1986 and was one of the earliest original Doctor Who-related novels to be released.
Ian Marter had been planning both a sequel to this novel and an adaptation of his unused Doctor Who Meets Scratchman script at the time of his death.
Ian Marter's acting career beyond Doctor Who comprised mainly roles in episodes of series such as the BBC's The Brothers, Crown Court, Bergerac and Granada Television's The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Ian Marter had minor roles in several films, such as Doctor Faustus, The Abominable Dr Phibes, North and South, The Medusa Touch, and the comedy short The Waterloo Bridge Handicap.
Ian Marter lived and worked in New Zealand in the early 1980s, appearing in the soap opera Close to Home from 1982.
Ian Marter died in 1986, on his 42nd birthday, from a heart attack associated with diabetes-related cardiovascular disease.