Gladys Spencer

Gladys Spencer (27 November 1894-12 December 1992 ) voiced the Earth High Minister in the Doctor Who television story The Ark in Space.

She was credited alongside Peter Tuddenham as "Voices" for part one, and as "High Minister's Voice" for part three.

Spencer's scenes were omitted entirely from the 69-minute compilation repeat of the story, as broadcast Wednesday 20 August 1975.

Death
At the age of 98, she was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of her death and the last surviving cast member to be born in the 1890s.