What was Roger Delgado's Height?

Roger Delgado (5ft 7 ½ or 171.5 cm) was a British actor whose precise height contributed to his distinctive on-screen menace as the villainous The Master in early 1970s Doctor Who.

Standing at exactly 171.5 cm, Delgado's stature allowed him to embody a compact yet intensely threatening Time Lord antagonist, clashing memorably with Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor in serials like Frontier in Space.

• Born in Whitechapel, London, to a Belgian mother and Spanish father, he proudly claimed true Cockney roots.
• Key role: The Master across multiple Doctor Who stories, defining his career legacy.