WHOVIANS OF THE HAT SQUAD 2019

THIS IS  A WORK IN PROGRESS....

"The Hat Squad" was the name of a short-lived detective series years ago but I have purloined the title for my tributes to those in the TV business who have passed away during the year.  (I publish the list every New Year's Eve here in the blog.)  For me, it's a reference to my tip of the hat to all of the people who contributed to this fictional world of the Toob.

This year, there seemed to be quite a few who had connections to "the Whoniverse."  I don't know if there were more than usual - Time may be wibbly-wobbly, but it still marches on and so there will always be 'Doctor Who' personnel lost as we travel forward to six decades of the show, one second at a time.

The list will begin with the actors from the show.  (I'm not including myself, but there are people out there who are only interested in the characters onscreen.)  These aren't exactly obituaries, but instead a rundown of the characters they played.  With the people behind the scenes, there will be more of a look at their credits.

Most of the character descriptions come from the TARDIS wiki.

Sadly, let the tributes begin.....

W. MORGAN SHEPPARD
[August 24, 1932 - January 6, 2019]

CANTON EVERITT DELAWARE III -  In 2011, Canton was invited by a future version of the Doctor to the place where the Doctor would be shot and killed. There he met River, Amy and Rory again, told them that it was definitely the Doctor who was shot and that he was really dead. He left them gasoline to burn the Doctor's corpse; the Doctor had secretly used a Teselecta duplicate to fake his own death, and the gasoline barely singed it. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, The Wedding of River Song) Canton also told them that he wouldn't see them again, but they would see him. This was before they were going to meet his younger self later in their personal timelines. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)  

DEL HENNEY
[July 24, 1934 - January 14, 2019]

COLONEL ARCHER - Colonel Archer was an officer in the British Army.  He was in command of the bomb disposal squad sent with Professor Laird to investigate a threat discovered in the London docklands — namely strange canisters discovered by builders in a warehouse. This turned out to be samples of the Movellan virus sent by the Daleks to Earth in 1984 for safekeeping.  Archer was killed by Lytton's "policemen" and replaced by a Dalek duplicate, which was killed fighting Daleks loyal to Davros. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)  

WINDSOR DAVIES
[August 28, 1930 - January 17, 2019]

TOBY - Toby was a criminal hired by Arthur Terrall to kidnap Jamie McCrimmon.  He took Terrall's keys and sneaked into Maxtible's laboratory and snooped in some of the boxes. Also in the room, was a Dalek, which exterminated him before he could get away from it. (TV: The Evil Of The Daleks)

CLIVE SWIFT
[February 9, 1936 - February 1, 2019]

MR. COPPER - Mr Copper was an employee aboard the Titanic who met the Tenth Doctor and Astrid Peth. Mr Copper was a travelling salesman, but he reached retirementwith little to show for a life's work. He pretended to have a first-class degree in "Earthonomics" to get the job of Ship Historian. In reality, he had been a student at Mrs Golightly's Happy Travelling University and Dry Cleaners. After the near-destruction of the vessel, the Doctor allowed him to live in 21st century England. (TV: Voyage Of The Damned)

SHEENA MARSHE
[dates unknown]
"BIG NOSE KATE" - Kate Fisher or Kate Elder was a singer at the Last Chance Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona and the girlfriend of Doc Holliday.   After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Kate and Holliday left Tombstone together. (TV: The Gunfighters)    "Big Nose Kate" was an alias, with Mary Cummings being her real name.