I don’t if this is the right time, maybe no such thing anymore, but I feel I should share the news, for those who knew him, that our dear David Collings, actor, husband, father, died suddenly in the early hours of this morning. Perhaps we can celebrate him properly next year ...

Actorhas died at the age of 79.David Collings had a number of memorable appearances in Doctor Who appearing in eleven episodes of the Classic series between 1975 and 1983.His first appearance was in the Fourth Doctor story. Collins played Vorus, leader of the guardians on Voga. His performance as the proud renegade, trying to assert his races sovereignty but nearly bringing about their destruction was a tour de force.He returned to the series in 1977 playing Poul in the story. A very different role Poul was an undercover agent for the Kaldor City Company, eventually succumbing to Grimwade's Syndrome, the fear of Robots.His final appearance came in the fifth Doctor story, playing the title character Mawdryn, desperate to get the Doctor to give up his remaining regenerations.David Collings was born in Brighton in East Sussex in 1940. His first television appearance came in 1964, playing Raskolnikov in a live production of. Over the next thirty years, he was a regular of the British screen appearing in such programmes asandHe played William Wilberforce inand Blind Pew in. In 1981 he appeared in the final episode ofplaying Deva. He playedin the late seventies adaptation of a Chinese folktale.Film roles included Bob Cratchit in the classic 1970 film musical,, as well as roles inand, while Radio listeners heard him as Legolas in the acclaimed BBC dramatisation ofIn recent years Collins had worked for Big Finish appearing in several Doctor Who related productions.David Collings died suddenly earlier today. He is survived by his children and by his wife, Karen Archer , who announced the death on Twitter.