Key Crew working on
THE WAR MACHINES who have previously worked on the show:
- Ian Stueart Black (Writer)
- Innes Lloyd (Producer)
Who: Before And After #1558 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #27 - The War Machines
Name: Michael Ferguson [1937 - 2021]
Role(s): Director [21 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1969 / 1970 / 1971
Stories: The War Machines episode 1 - The War Machines episode 4 / The Seeds Of Death episode 1 - The Seeds Of Death episode 6 / The Ambassadors of Death episode 1 - The Ambassadors Of Death episode 7 / The Claws Of Axos episode 1 - The Claws Of Axos episode 4
Note(s):
- Was one of the few directors to direct stories of the First, Second and Third Doctors
- Was the uncredited assistant floor manager during the first Daleks' story. Being a member of Equity, part of his duties for this required him to do a bit of acting. He played the first Dalek to appear in the show - operating the Dalek sucker arm that threatened Barbara at the end of the first episode. He also doubled for Alydon's hand in the same episode
Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Compact [26 episodes] (1964-1965) / The Flying Swan [4 episodes] (1965) / 199 Park Lane [6 episodes] (1965) / The Newcomers [18 episodes] (1965-1966) / The Dark Number [5 episodes] (1966-1967)
After Who Films: Flat Bust (1979), Pride of Our Alley (1983), Killer Waiting (1984), Melons [short] (2002)
Television: Softly Softly [2 episodes] (1967) / Z Cars [16 episodes] (1967-1968) / The Gambler [2 episodes] (1968) / Triton [4 episodes] (1968) / Pegasus [4 episodes] (1969) / The Doctors [6 episodes] (1969-1970) / Out of the Unknown [4 episodes] (1969-1971) / Paul Temple [4 episodes] (1970-1971) / The Passenger [3 episodes] (1971) / The Man Outside [4 episodes] (1972) / Colditz [5 episodes] (1972-1973) / Hadleigh [3 episodes] (1973) / Sporting Scenes [1 episode] (1974) / Beryl's Lot [2 episodes] (1974) / Perils of Pendragon [4 episodes] (1974) / Ski-Boy [5 episodes] (1974) / Affairs of the Heart [2 episodes] (1974) / Churchill's People [1 episode] (1975) / The Main Chance [2 episodes] (1975) / Quiller [3 episodes] (1975) / Nobody's House [3 episodes] (1976) / Dickens of London [6 episodes] (1976) / The Sunday Drama [1 episode] (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week [1 episode] (1978) / The Sandbaggers [8 episodes] (1978-1980) / Flambards [5 episodes] (1979) / ITV Playhouse [2 episodes] (1980-1981) / Airline [5 episodes] (1982) / The Glory Boys [3 episodes] (1984) / The Bill [21 episodes] (1985-2002) / Lytton's Diary []3 episodes (1986) / EastEnders [4 episodes] (1990) / Night & Day [2 episodes] (2003)