12 Doctor Who Actors Who Died In 2023

12. Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow played Tyssan in the serial Destiny Of The Daleks. This Fourth Doctor story saw the Doctor and Romana II arrive on Skaro, bargaining for the release of a group of slaves, including Tyssan.

Barlow was deaf at the time of filming, a result of an accident while testing a new high-velocity muzzle for a rifle in the '50s. He regained his hearing, thanks to a cochlear implant, which he would then discuss in the BBC Radio 4 programme Earfull - From Silence Into Sound.

He appeared in a range of other roles, including as Mr. Treacher in Hot Fuzz, and as a blind oracle in the HBO series Rome.

Barlow died in January 2023, at 87 years of age.