20 Doctor Who Actors Who Have Been In Star Wars (& 2 Who Will Be)
21. Malcolm Tierney
Tierney turned in a solid performance as Doland, the assistant to the misguided Professor Lasky in the Doctor Who adventure Terror of the Vervoids, which comprised episodes 9 to 12 of Colin Baker's The Trial of a Time Lord series. The greedy Doland wants to sell the plant-like Vervoids as slaves on Earth, only to die eventually at their hands. But Star Wars aficionados know Tierney as officer Lt. Shann Childsen in A New Hope. Stationed in the Death Star's Detention Block AA-23, he's the Imperial officer who says, upon seeing the not-really-handcuffed Chewbacca, Where are you taking this thing?. It's the start of a great scene and Tierney says his line with the perfect degree of disdain.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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