- John Newman, Doctor Who #52: Doctor Who and the Silurians, TV, 1969. Finch changed his mind about playing Spencer. Newman took over in his eighth and final rôle (in six years), before turning stage producer. For Finch, forgiveness took nine years – before he was invited back to the Whoverse as Mentiad in #99: The Pirate Planet, 1978, opposite the longest serving hero, Doc4 Tom Baker.
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