SECOND ACT
Varada Sethu is not the first companion actor to be a familiar face
PETER PURVES
As Morton Dill, an Alabama hayseed who briefly encounters the TARDIS crew and a Dalek on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in episode three of “The Chase” (1966), Peter Purves impressed William Hartnell. He recommended producer Verity Lambert to cast him as space pilot Steven Taylor.