Ian Marter

Ian Marter was an actor and novelist He was best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC sciencefiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975 with a nonregular oneserial return in November and December 1975 Marter continued his association with Doctor Who long after leaving the show adapting several stories for the Target novelisation range and penning an original novel Harry Sullivans War In addition to these books Marter wrote adaptations of several 1980s American films such as Splash and Down and Out in Beverly Hills for Target and its imprint Star Books as well as the Gummi Bears books With the exception of Down and Out in Beverly Hills these books were published under the pen name Ian Don Don being his middle name Marter died in 1986 on his 42nd birthday from a heart attack associated with diabetesrelated cardiovascular disease