John Scott Martin (1 April 1926 – 6 January 2009)[1] was an English actor born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Typically, Martin would operate the first Dalek when a group of three entered a scene, due largely to his long tenure on the programme.

[2] He also operated other Doctor Who monster costumes including the insectoid Zarbi[3] in The Web Planet, and the robotic Mechanoids in The Chase.

Some of his other television credits include various roles in I, Claudius, Z-Cars and Softly, Softly,[3] as well as a TV Technician in Quatermass and the Pit, as Brown in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, as a waiter in The Good Life, as Hawke in Poldark (1977) and as Rico Vivaldi in five episodes of the 2004 comedy Mine All Mine, written by Russell T. Davies.

In the Manchester Opera House production of Fiddler on the Roof featuring Topol in the starring role, he played the Rabbi.