Gareth Thomas

From Wikipedia Gareth Daniel Thomas 12 February 1945 13 April 2016 was a Welsh actor He is best known for his role as Roj Blake in the BBC science fiction television series Blakes 7 but appeared in many other films and television programmes including Shem in the ITV scifi series Star Maidens and Adam Brake in the fantasy series Children of the Stones From 1999 to 2005 Thomas took part in 12 of 14 CD episodes of MJTVs original audio comedy scifi drama series Soldiers of Love playing camp Welsh TV host Hywel Hammond and villain of the piece Aaron Arkenstein In 2001 he appeared in Storm Warning an audio drama based on Doctor Who by Big Finish Productions He also played the part of Kalendorf in the Big Finish Productions Dalek Empire series In 2006 he appeared as a guest star in the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood in the episode Ghost Machine In 2012 Thomas returned to the role of Roj Blake in Big Finish Productions Blakes 7 The Liberator Chronicles a series of dramatic readings which take place during Series One before the death of Olag Gan Thomas stars as Blake in Counterfeit by Peter Anghelides and False Positive by Eddie Robson In 2013 he appeared as Brother Cadfael in Middle Ground Theatre Companys adaption of The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters Thomas died of heart failure on 13 April 2016 he was 71