During the
Second World War, Stoney served with the
Royal Air Force. On television, he appeared in three serials of the
science fiction series
Doctor Who over a period of ten years, playing Mavic Chen in ''
The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66), Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion (1968) and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975). Stoney also appeared in two episodes of another BBC science fiction series, Blake's 7, playing Councillor Joban in the episode Hostage
and Ardus in the episode Animals
. He also played the astrologer Thrasyllus in the 1976 BBC adaptation of I, Claudius'', a role he had earlier played in
Granada Television's 1968 series
The Caesars. In 1985, it was reported in the
Doctor Who fan magazine
DWB that Stoney had died at the age of 64, but in 1987 he made an appearance at a
Doctor Who convention to prove he was very much alive, to the shock of the fans. He retired in 1993. ==Selected filmography==