The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN who have previously worked on the show:

• Derek Martinus (Director)
• Terry Nation (Writer)
• Verity Lambert (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE MYTH MAKERS who have previously worked on the show:

• None

Who: Before And After #1552a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #20 - The Myth Makers

Name: Michael Leeson-Smith [1916 - 2001] [Birth Name: John Michael Bazalgette Leeston-Smith]

Role(s): Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1965
Stories: The Myth Makers part 1: Temple Of Secrets - The Myth Makers part 4: Horse Of Destruction
Note(s): Is one of only three directors who (at time of writing) have no episodes of 'Doctor Who' in the archives

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Pagliacci (1960)
Television: World Theatre [1 episode] (1959) / The Small House at Allington [6 episodes] (1960) / Z Cars [11 episodes] (1962-1965) / Festival [1 episode] (1964) / Witch Wood [4 episodes] (1964) / Catch Hand [1 episode] (1964) / Thorndyke [1 episode] (1964) / The Wednesday Play [1 episode] (1965) / Londoners [1 episode] (1965) / R3 [2 episodes] (1965)

After Who
Films: The Human Voice (1976)
Television: ITV Playhouse [1 episode] (1968) / The World About Us [1 episode] (1969)

Who: Before And After #1552b

Name: Donald Cotton [1928 - 1999]

Role(s): Writer [8 episodes]
Year(s): 1965 / 1966
Stories: The Myth Makers part 1: Temple Of Secrets - The Myth Makers part 4: Horse Of Destruction / The Gunfighters part 1: A Holiday For The Doctor - The Gunfighters part 4: The O.K Corral
Note(s): Wrote the Target Novelisations of his own stories 'The Myth Makers' and 'The Gunfighters'. Also wrote the Target Novelisation of 'The Romans'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: The Merry Christmas (1955)
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: Adam Adamant Lives! [1 episode] (1966)

Who: Before And After #1552c

Name: John Wiles [1925 - 1999]

Role(s): Producer [28 episodes]
Year(s): 1965 / 1966
Stories: The Myth Makers part 1: Temple Of Secrets - The Ark part 4: The Bomb
Note(s):

• It is reported that he had a very challenging working relationship with William Hartnell
• Away from his producer role, he was also a very successful television writer

Before Who: Producer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: History of the Motor Car (1972) / Hazardous Ops (1989)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (William Hartnell) and Ian (William Russell) are quickly captured by the Daleks and their Robomen slaves at the beginning of episode two of The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Robert Sidaway (1942 - 2024)

Appeared as Avon in The Savages...

...and Captain Jimmy Turner in The Invasion

Away from the Whoniverse, he was also the creator / writer / producer of 67 episodes of the 'Best Of British: A History Of British Film' which ran between 1987 - 1994 and the creator / writer / producer of 13 episodes of the 1994 'World Of Hammer' television series

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE DALEKS' MASTER PLAN who have previously worked on the show:

• Douglas Camfield (Director)
• Terry Nation (Writer)
• Dennis Spooner (Writer)
• John Wiles (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE MASSACRE who have previously worked on the show:

• John Lucarotti (Writer)
• John Wiles (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1553a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #22 - The Massacre

Name: Paddy Russell [1928 - 2017]

Role(s): Director [18 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1974 / 1975 / 1977
Stories: The Massacre part 1: War Of God - The Massacre part 4: Bell Of Doom / Invasion part 1 - Invasion Of The Dinosaurs part 6 / Pyramids Of Mars part 1 - Pyramids Of Mars part 4 / Horror Of Fang Rock part 1 - Horror Of Fang Rock part 4
Note(s):

• She was the first female director to work on 'Doctor Who', although (at time of writing) her first work for the programme, 'The Massacre', no longer exists in the BBC Archives
• She was the original choice to direct 'The Edge of Destruction', but she was unavailable

Before Who: Role Credits
Films: Treasure Island (1965)
Television: Compact [20 episodes] (1963) / First Night [1 episode] (1964) / Story Parade [1 episode] (1964) / The Massingham Affair [6 episodes] (1964) / Hit and Run [4 episodes] (1965) / Reluctant Bandit [5 episodes] (1965) / The Mind of the Enemy [5 episodes] (1965) / Heiress of Garth [6 episodes] (1965) / Out of the Unknown [1 episode] (1965) / Thirty-Minute Theatre [1 episode] (1965) / Quick Before They Catch Us [4 episodes] (1966)

After Who
Films: Badger's Set (1974)
Television: The Newcomers [22 episodes] (1966-1967) / Angel Pavement [4 episodes] (1967) / Z Cars [55 episodes] (1967-1976) / Late Night Horror [2 episodes] (1968) / Pere Goriot [4 episodes] (1968) / Imperial Palace [4 episodes] (1969) / Little Women [9 episodes] (1970) / The Doctors [4 episodes] (1971) / Fathers and Sons [4 episodes] (1971) / The Moonstone [5 episodes] (1972) / The Man Outside [1 episode] (1972) / Softly Softly: Task Force [2 episodes] (1972-1973) / Full House [1 episode] (1973) / Harriet's Back in Town [4 episodes] (1973) / My Old Man [13 episodes] (1974-1975) / Within These Walls [2 episodes] (1975-1976) / Emmerdale Farm [77 episodes] (1976-1980) / The Standard [3 episodes] (1978) / The Omega Factor [1 episode] (1979) / 3-2-1 [15 episodes] (1979-1980) / The Squad [4 episodes] (1980) / The Ark Stories (1981)First Tuesday [2 episodes] (1987-1988)

Who: Before And After #1553b

Name: Donald Tosh [1935 - 2019]

Role(s): Writer [3 episodes]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Massacre part 1: War Of God / The Massacre part 4 (uncredited): Bell Of Doom / The Celestial Toymaker part 1 (uncredited): The Celestial Toymaker
Note(s):

• Was also the script editor for 'Doctor Who' between The Time Meddler part 1: The Watcher - The Massacre part 3: Priest Of Death
• Appeared as an uncredited party guest in the 2013 docudrama 'An Adventure In Space And Time'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: Mystery Hall [6 episodes] (1967) / Thirty-Minute Theatre [ episode] (1968) / Sherlock Holmes [1 episode] (1968)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Davison, obscured) kills the Cyberleader (David Banks) by choking it with gold dust from Adric's star badge at the finale of Earthshock (1982)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE ARK who have previously worked on the show:

• John Wiles (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1554a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #23 - The Ark

Name: Michael Imison [1935 - ]

Role(s): Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Ark part 1: The Steel Sky - The Ark part 4: The Bomb

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Liza of Lambeth (1965)
Television: Compact [20 episodes] (1963-1964) / First Night [1 episode] (1964) / Mary Barton [4 episodes] (1964) / Swizzlewick [5 episodes] (1964) / The Flying Swan [2 episodes] (1965) / Buddenbrooks [7 episodes] (1965)

After Who
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1554b

Name: Paul Erickson [1920 - 1991]

Role(s): Writer [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Ark part 1: The Steel Sky - The Ark part 4: The Bomb
Note(s):

• Was married to Who writer Lesley Scott
• Wrote the Target novelisation of 'The Ark'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: Armchair Mystery Theatre [1 episode] (1964) / The Saint [3 episodes] (1964) / No Hiding Place [1 episode] (1965) / Out of the Unknown (1965) / Crossroads [75 episodes] (1965-1966)

After Who
Films: Der K?fig (1966), De gevangenis (1970)
Television: The Inside Man [1 episode] (1969) / Paul Temple [1 episode] (1970) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes [1 episode] (1971) / Freewheelers [9 episodes] (1971) / Rogue's Rock [3 episodes] (1974)

Who: Before And After #1554c

Name: Lesley Scott [? - ]

Role(s): Writer [4 episodes] [See note]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Ark part 1: The Steel Sky - The Ark part 4: The Bomb
Note(s):

• Was married to Who writer Paul Erickson
• Although she was the first woman credited with writing for the series, she actually did not have anything to do with the scripts and has no other known contributions to either television or film. Her on-screen writer's credit was part of "a personal arrangement" she had with her husband Paul Erickson

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) is somewhat surprised to see her hospital relocated to the moon in Smith and Jones (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER who have previously worked on the show:

• None

Who: Before And After #1555a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #24 - The Celestial Toymaker

Name: Bill Sellars [1925 - 2018]

Role(s): Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Celestial Toymaker part 1: The Celestial Toymaker - The Celestial Toymaker part 4: The Final Test
Note(s): Was married to Who actress June Bland

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Compact [8 episodes] (1965) / 199 Park Lane [2 episodes] (1965) / United! [8 episodes] (1965-1966)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Thirty-Minute Theatre [1 episode] (1966) / The Newcomers [20 episodes] (1966-1967)

Who: Before And After #1555b

Name: Brian Hayles [1931 - 1978]

Role(s): Writer [30 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1967 / 1969 / 1972 / 1974
Stories: The Celestial Toymaker part 1: The Celestial Toymaker - The Celestial Toymaker part 4: The Final Test / The Smugglers episode 1 - The Smuggles episode 4 / The Ice Warriors episode 1 - The Ice Warriors episode 6 / The Seeds Of Death episode 1 - The Seeds Of Death episode 6 / The Curse Of Peladon episode 1 - The Curse Of Peladon episode 4 / The Monster Of Peladon part 1 - The Monster Of Peladon part 6
Note(s):

• Creator of the Ice Warriors
• Wrote the Target novelisation of 'Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon' / 'Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors'
• Wrote the Big Finish Productions audio stories 'The Dark Planet' / 'The Queen of Time' / 'Lords of the Red Planet'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: The Badger Game (1962)
Television: Suspense [1 episode] (1963) / Your World [4 episodes] (1963) / Swizzlewick [8 episodes] (1964) / Z Cars [] 4 episodes (1964-1969) / Crossroads [10 episodes] (1965) / Jury Room [1 episode] (1965) / Legend of Death [5 episodes] (1965) / The Wednesday Thriller [1 episode] (1965) / Walter and Connie Reporting [13 episodes] (1965-1966) / United! [143 episodes, also series creator] (1965-1967)

After Who
Films: Nothing But the Night (1973), Warlords of Atlantis (1978), Arabian Adventure (1979)
Television: Packers End [1 episode] (1968) / Public Eye [1 episode] (1968) / Coronation Street [1 episode] (1968) / The First Lady [1 episode] (1969) / Out of the Unknown [2 episodes] (1969-1971) / Slim John [5 episodes] (1970) / Doomwatch [2 episodes] (1971-1972) / The Regiment [1 episode] (1973) / Barlow at Large [1 episode] (1974) / BBC2 Playhouse [1 episode] (1976) / The Moon Stallion [6 episodes] (1978)

Who: Before And After #1555c

Name: Innes Lloyd [1925 - 1991] [Birth Name: George Innes Llewelyn Lloyd ]

Role(s): Producer [77 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1967 / 1968
Stories: The Celestial Toymaker part 1: The Celestial Toymaker - The Evil Of The Daleks episode 7 / The Abominable Snowmen episode 1 - The Enemy Of The World episode 6

Before Who: Producer Credits
Films: None
Television: Television Top of the Form [2 episodes] (1962-1964)

After Who
Films: Morning Story (1970), A Day Out (1972), The Stone Tape (1972), The Cricket Match (1973), Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976), Follow the Star (1979), A Small Desperation (1983), Possibilities (1983), Submariners (1983), An Englishman Abroad (1983), Amy (1984), Terra Nova (1984), Talk to Me (1984), The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams (1986), Number 27 (1988), Bomber Harris (1989)
Television: Thirty-Minute Theatre [68 episodes (1968-1973) / Dead of Night [7 episodes] (1972) / Away from It All [8 episodes] (1973) / Sporting Scenes [6 episodes] (1973-1974) / Bedtime Stories [6 episodes] (1974) / Play for Today [18 episodes] (1975-1982) / Orde Wingate [3 episodes] (1976) / Brensham People [3 episodes] (1976) / BBC2 Playhouse [17 episodes] (1976-1982) / Premiere [1 episode] (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week [10 episodes] (1977-1978) / An Englishman's Castle [3 episodes] (1978) / Objects of Affection [5 episodes] (1982) / Reith [2 episodes] (1983) / The Man from Moscow [3 episodes] (1985) / Screen Two [6 episodes] (1986-1990) / Talking Heads [6 episodes] (1988) / Sunday Premiere [1 episode] (1988) / Screen One [2 episodes] (1989-1991)

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Daleks, aboard the mother ship, above the planet that's home to the Asylum of the Daleks (2012)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE GUNFIGHTERS who have previously worked on the show:

• Donald Cotton (Writer)
• Innez Lloyd (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1556 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #25 - The Gunfighters

Name: Rex Tucker [1913 - 1996]

Role(s): Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1966
Stories: The Gunfighters part 1: A Holiday For The Doctor - The Gunfighters part 4: The O'K Corral
Note(s):

• Contributed to the lyrics of the song "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" in the story
• Requested that his director's credit be removed from the closing captions of the final episode - "The O.K. Corral" - following a disagreement with producer Innes Lloyd over the editing of the gunfight sequence

He had a significant impact upon the very beginnigs of 'Doctor Who'.

• Despite gaining no on-screen credit, in May 1963 he became the programme's first producer, as an 'interim' or 'caretaker' until Sydney Newman was able to find a permanent replacement. Also, if the programme had been filmed for its intended launch date - August 24, 1963, he would have been the director of 'An Unearthly Child' making him the first producer AND director to work on the show
• On 28 May 1963, he became the first in a very long line of people to send a memo to his superiors about the unsuitability of Lime Grove Studio D for Doctor Who. His memo to Donald Wilson [BBC drama department Head of Serials]worked, inasmuch as it got Wilson, Ayton Whitaker [Drama Group Administrator at the BBC] and Ian Atkins [Controller of Programme Services for Television at the BBC] to accept the word of an experienced director that Lime Grove simply didn't meet the technical requirements of a programme like Doctor Who. It also resulted in Wilson supporting the notion of Riverside Studios as an acceptable substitute, should studios at Television Centre prove unavailable
• He began the process of recruiting staff for the show. He was the original point of contact between 'Doctor Who' and composer Tristram Cary. Though Cary would ultimately not provide the theme and incidental music for the first serial, he would be in place to score The Daleks and The Daleks' Master Plan, cementing some musical punctuation into the fabric of Doctor Who. Tucker would also bring back Cary for The Gunfighters
• He was involved in initial casting for the show. He was the first person to offer the role of the Doctor to an actor (Hugh David). He held casting sessions for the part of Susan and Miss McGovern, (who would become Barbara Wright).
• He was responsible for tempering writer C. E. Webber's contributions to early 'Doctor Who'. He rejected Webber's story 'The Giants' - the first of three attempts to write a story about a miniaturised TARDIS crew. This story would have been the programme's first serial, the one he was slated to direct

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: The Tempest [version 1 ? Broadcast date May 10] (1951), The Tempest [version 2 ? Broadcast date May 13] (1951), The Silver Swan (1952), Victory (1958), Afternoon in River Walk (1961)
Television: The Three Musketeers [6 episodes] (1954) / The Mulberry Accelerator [6 episodes] (1955) / St. Ives [6 episodes] (1955) / Triton [4 episodes] (1961) / Suspense [2 episodes] (1963) / Jane Eyre [6 episodes] (1963) / Madame Bovary [4 episodes] (1964) / The Ordeal of Richard Feverel [4 episodes] (1964) / The Mill on the Floss [4 episodes] (1965) / For Whom the Bell Tolls [4 episodes] (1965) / Eugenie Grandet [3 episodes] (1965-1966) / A Farewell to Arms [3 episodes] (1966)

After Who
Films: Hassan (1970), Mr. Wodehouse Speaking (1972)
Television: The Wednesday Play [2 episodes] (1966-1967) / The Paradise Makers [6 episodes] (1967) / Point Counter Point [5 episodes] (1968) / The UK$1,000,000 Bank Note [4 episodes] (1968) / Sinister Street [6 episodes] (1969) / Paul Temple [1 episode] (1970) / Z Cars [1 episode] (1972)