Vislor Turlough travelled with the Doctor between Mawdryn Undead and Planet of Fire. Turlough was at Brendon School, in England, when he was approached by the Black Guardian, who persuaded him to help destroy the Doctor. Turlough's allegiances were tested when the Doctor saved Turlough's life. He was torn in his loyalty to The Doctor who he recognised as a brave and good man, and the Black Guardian who had promised his freedom. Eventually, he made the right decision, fighting against the Black Guardian and destroying him. After that, his relationship with The Doctor and Tegan was more relaxed since he had no need to hide anything. He proved his courage and intelligence on more than one occasion. He rescued Peri from the sea at Lanzarote at the start of an adventure that would prove his courage once and for all as well as revealing his secret. Turlough was an alien, marooned on Earth after a civil war on his own planet, Trion, which had claimed the life of his mother. His father and brother had been sent to the prison planet Sarn. When The Doctor and companions travelled to Sarn he helped to put a stop to the superstitious practices of the volcano god worshippers and was re-united with his brother. On discovering that the civil war was over and he was free to return home he remained on Sarn to pilot the ship with the freed prisoners back to Trion. His character grew up emotionally in his time with The Doctor and was clearly a braver, stronger one by the end.
Mark Strickson was born in the small village of Ilmington, After leaving RADA he joined the Mikron Theatre Company in 1980 for two years travelling up and down the country on a narrow boat writing and performing plays. There he met his first wife, actress Julie Brennon. Mark's first television work was for Granada on Strangers and Celebration. His first major role was as ambulance man Terry in hospital drama Angels and whilst working on the show he approached Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner and read for the part of Turlough. He was then offered regular employment on both Angels and Doctor Who on the same day; he decided on Who as he thought that the character of Turlough was more like himself than that of Terry. He spent an enjoyable two years working on Doctor Who. After leaving the show he made a number of TV appearances in shows such as Bergerac, David Copperfield and Casualty, played Young Scrooge in the 1984 George C Scott version of A Christmas Carol, and toured the country as Oswald in Ibsen's Ghosts. He formed his own theatre company called Raw Deal and produced Everyman in London. In 1988 he and Julie emigrated to Australia where he obtained a first class honours degree in Zoology at the University of New England. His thesis was on the "overwintering biochemistry of the light brown apple moth". Whilst studying he also developed an external Theatre Studies course. He continued to act and appeared in a number of Australian TV shows including GP, Police Rescue, Minder and Dolphin Bay, usually as the token "Pommie", and became well known as the "Strepsils Man" in a TV advert! He and Julie parted amicably and he met his second wife Delmey Brittain, a relation of actor Tony Brittain. He returned to the UK in 1995 and joined Bristol based wildlife production company Partridge Films and began to produce natural history programmes for both terrestrial and satellite TV. He was instrumental in introducing Australian naturalist Steve Irwin to the British public in shows such as The Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World. Mark continues to produce natural history shows, attend Doctor Who conventions and from time to time still does a little acting. He has reprised the role of Turlough in Big Finish audio dramas.
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Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1961. His father was a musician who worked
at the local theatre in Stratford and, as well as singing in the nearby
Trinity Church choir, the young Mark would help out with the music
before finally becoming involved with the acting. He joined the National
Youth Theatre and after leaving school he
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