The actor paid his respects to a “popular member of the Doctor Who family”. <\/p>
Sylvester McCoy has paid tribute to his Doctor Who<\/a> co-star Tony Selby, who died last week at the age of 83.<\/p>\n Selby played a character called Sabalom Glitz, a rogue who encountered Sylvester McCoy\u2019s Seventh Doctor in the long-running show\u2019s 24th series during a storyline titled Dragonfire.<\/p>\n In total, Selby appeared in nine episodes of the iconic sci-fi drama, having shared the screen with Colin Baker\u2019s Sixth Doctor in two previous arcs.<\/p> Following the news that Selby had died, a heartfelt message was shared from McCoy\u2019s official Twitter page, describing the late actor as a \u201cwarm, merry, generous person\u201d.<\/p>\n McCoy\u2019s tribute reads: \u201cJust heard the sad sad news that Tony Selby has died. A popular member of the Doctor Who family. He was such a warm, merry, generous person. And it was always a joy to meet him socially.\u201d<\/p>\n message from Sylvester this morning. \u201cJust heard the sad sad news that Tony Shelby has died. A popular member of the Doctor Who family. He was such a warm, merry, generous person. And it was always a joy to meet him socially. ” pic.twitter.com\/eWUyjjUdsS<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sylvester McCoy (@4SylvesterMcCoy) September 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> News of Selby\u2019s death was first reported by his talent agency LCM Limited, which announced he had died peacefully in London yesterday and honoured his decades-long career.<\/p>\n \u201cWith great sadness we announce that actor Tony Selby passed away peacefully in London yesterday,\u201d the statement began. \u201cIn a career spanning 70 years in theatre, film and TV, Tony was highly respected and loved by family, friends and colleagues. His renowned sense of humour will be missed by us all.\u201d<\/p>\n Selby starred in a wide variety of other television shows during his life, including guest roles in Stan Lee\u2019s Lucky Man<\/a> on Sky One, medical soap Doctors, popular sitcom My Family and ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders<\/a>.<\/p>\n Classic Doctor Who is available to stream on BritBox. Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a> content or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The actor paid his respects to a “popular member of the Doctor Who family”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4060,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sylvester-mccoy-pays-tribute-to-tony-selby-after-doctor-who-stars-death-aged-83.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actor paid his respects to a \"popular member of the Doctor Who family\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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