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David Banks (born 24th September 1951) is a stage and television actor and occasional writer and producer. He is best known to Doctor Who fans for his portrayal of the Cyber-Leader in Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Attack of the Cybermen, and Silver Nemesis. Banks also played Karl and, briefly, the Doctor in the Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure stage production, after taking over the latter role from Jon Pertwee at short notice. He also wrote the Iceberg, a New Adventures novel featuring the Cybermen and the part non-fiction, part in universe biography book Doctor Who: Cybermen. He has also produced a number of audio tapes including: The Archive Tapes (narrated by Banks himself), The Ultimate Interview (with Colin Baker), Pertwee in Person (with Jon Pertwee), and Who's the real McCoy?^[1].

References

1. ↑ David Banks (1990) Doctor Who: Cybermen, W H Allen & Co plc. ISBN 0-352-32738-3.

External links

• David Banks at the Internet Movie Database.
• David Banks at Wikipedia.
• Actors who have played the Doctor at Wikipedia.