#paul darrow

Paul Darrow invited me to join him on a smoke break, just after lunchtime, on a pleasant September Sunday.

“Do you smoke?” he asks me. We’re stood out the back entrance of the venue, some twists and turns of the corridor past the green room.

“Sometimes,” I tell him.

“Do you want one?” He offers the pack to me, but I politely decline.

“I’m trying to cut down,” I reply.

“I’ve been trying to cut down since I started,” he laughs, in that deadpan way that is, it seems, almost exclusively the domain of distinguished older gentlemen.

Doctor Who fans will know him as Captain Hawkins in The Silurians, and later as Tekker in Timelash, though he is best known for his role as Avon in the British sci-fi classic Blake’s 7, a role he has since reprised for the Big Finish audio range based on the series. This year, he’s taken his involvement in Blake’s 7 a step further: his Blake’s 7 novel, Lucifer, was released in May of 2013, with further volumes to follow. Exciting times, Mr. Darrow!

My quest to photograph the people of Who continues, and as such, if you’ve been involved in the Who universe, or know someone who has, do get in contact!

“The man who killed Bayban.”

Colin Baker guest stars in -

Blake’s 7 S03E06 - City at the Edge of the World(1980)

On sale today! A charity anthology supporting the World Wildlife Fund, in celebration of Paul Darrow’s iconic character from Blake’s 7. Featuring original fan stories and artwork. 

(I have a couple of pieces of artwork in it, plus a story.) 

https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/jackie-emery-and-annie-worrall-and-oliver-dallas/forever-avon/paperback/product-y9mg5r.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Two of my illustrations for the upcoming fan anthology bookForever Avon. 

The top illustration is for a short story I wrote called “Demon”(which is also on AO3); the second is for the story “To Bring the Dead,”byAnn Worrall. 

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Paul darrow and Maureen o brian as mr and mrs bravo in The victorian murder mystery “the poisoning of charles bravo” Copyright BBC