In memory of actor
Tim Barlow (1936 - 2023)
Appeared as Tyssan in the 1979 Doctor Who story '
Destiny of the Daleks'
He suffered with total deafness, having lost his hearing in the 1950's when he was in the army and was testing a high velocity Muzzle Rifle
However, in 2008, he received a cochlear implant which allowing him to partially hear again. His experience with the cochlear implant was the subject of a BBC radio program, '
It's My Story: Earfull - From Silence Into Sound'