Sad to report the death of two fine character actors much attached to cult film and television. Kevin Stoney died on 20 January at the age of 86. His many television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dixon of Dock Green and Hammer House of Horror, with supporting roles in Inspector Morse and The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries before his retirement in the mid-1990s. However, he was at his best in Doctor Who: as the deliciously coy baddie, Mavin Chen, opposite William Hartnell in ‘The Dalek MasterPlan’ and the oily businessman, Tobias Vaughn, opposite Patrick Troughton in ‘The Invasion’. He appeared with the cybermen again in the Tom Baker story ‘The Revenge of the Cybermen’. Barrie Gosney, who died after a fall on 24 January at the age of 82, chalked up such classic comedy credits as Carry On Jack and Don’t Just Lie There, Say Something. He appeared in all three ‘Up’ films with Frankie Howerd. And, more recently, he was part of Harry Hill’s rep. company and the benign Uncle Barry in Al Murray’s Time Gentlemen, Please!