Mary Wimbush, John Hollis

Mary Wimbush, who starred as Sarah Jane Smith's Aunt Lavinia in "K9 and Company" and as Esme Harkness in the 1993 Russell T Davies serial "Century Falls", has died at the age of 81. She was perhaps best known as a regular in BBC Radio 4's long-running soap opera "The Archers" as the voice of Julia Pargetter-Carmichael, and from roles in various popular television shows such as "Poldark" in the 1970s and "Jeeves and Wooster" in the 1990s. BBC News has printed an article about her passing.

John Hollis, who played Professor Sondergaard in the Jon Pertwee serial "The Mutants," died on October 18 in London of natural causes. Hollis had an extensive career in science fiction roles, including on "The Tomorrow People," "Blake's 7," "Adam Adamant Lives," "The Avengers," "A For Andromeda" and in the films "Flash Gordon," the "Superman" series and "The Day of the Triffids," and is perhaps best known to fans as Lando Calrissian's aide Lobot in "The Empire Strikes Back". (Thanks to Ben Jolly, John Bowman)