Captain Mike Yates — Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil Character Profile

About Captain Mike Yates

In charge of the UNIT convoy transporting the Thunderbolt missile. Taken prisoner by rioting criminals and contacts UNIT to reveal the missile's hidden location at an abandoned airfield.

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Franklin

Appears in

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Captain Mike Yates — Professional Commander — Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)

  Standard military hierarchy with the Brigadier directing Yates's convoy operations.

• Captain Mike Yates — Conflict Enemy — The Master (Roger Delgado)

  Yates becomes a direct victim of the Master's criminal recruitment and convoy hijacking.

• Captain Mike Yates — Alliance Teammate — The Doctor (Jon Pertwee)

  Yates provides critical intelligence to the Doctor and UNIT to help locate the stolen missile.

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• Corporal Bell (Fernanda Marlowe)
• Captain Chin Lee (Pik-Sen Lim)
• Prison Governor (Raymond Westwell)
• Professor Kettering (Simon Lack)
• Dr. Roland Summers (Michael Sheard)
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