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Name: David Banks  
   
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Date of Birth: 24th September 1951
   
Place of Birth: Hull, England, UK
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
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David Banks

David Banks (born 24 September 1951 in Hull, England) is a British actor.

His television roles include EastEnders and Brookside and also he was the Cyberleader in the science fiction series Doctor Who in several of the later episodes featuring the cybermen:- Earthshock (1982), The Five Doctors (1983), Attack of the Cybermen (1986) and Silver Nemesis (1988). He also appeared for two performances as the Doctor in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure (1989) replacing Jon Pertwee who had fallen ill.

He wrote Iceberg for the Virgin Missing Adventures range of Doctor Who spin-off novels, which featured the Cybermen. In 1988 he wrote a biographical work Doctor Who - Cybermen. He adapted the book into four audio cassettes which he narrated, Origins of the Cybermen (1989, released on CD in 2004), The Early Cybermen (1989), The Cyber Nomads (1990) and The Ultimate Cybermen (1990).

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