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Up to the end of Season 26, there have been 713 broadcast episodes,
nearly half of which were directed by just ten of the 59 directors responsible
for those episodes. There is a clear margin between the top three directors -
Douglas Camfield, David Maloney, Christopher Barry - and the rest; Between
them, this trio directed nearly a fifth of all Doctor Who episodes.
Douglas Camfield has directed the most episodes, but Christopher Barry
has directed the most stories. The person who has worked longest on the
show as a director is also Barry, whose time spans 16 years. Second is
Camfield with 12 years, followed by Paddy Russell and Gerald Blake, both
with 11 years. Blake is unusual in that he only directed two stories -
The Abominable Snowmen in 1967 and The Invasion of Time in
1978, returning to the show after more than a decade away! Other long serving
directors are David Maloney (9 years), Pennant Roberts and Barry Letts (both
8 years).
At the other end of the scale are those who have directed the least
for the show. This distinction is jointly held by Tony Virgo and Michael
Owen Morris, both Fifth Doctor era directors who have only done one
two-part story each. Frank Cox directed three episodes for Hartnell's first
season.
Sometimes the director went uncredited on the original broadcast. This
happened for John Gorrie on the third episode of The Reign of Terror,
Douglas Camfield on the third episode of The Time Meddler and Barry
Letts on Terror of the Autons.
Uncredited co-directors include Mervyn Pinfield on the third episode
of Planet of Giants, Douglas Camfield on the last episode
of The Chase, Barry Letts who took over from Douglas Camfield on
Inferno, and Graham Williams who stepped in to assist Alan Bromly in completing
Nightmare of Eden. Long serving producer John Nathan-Turner also
helped out as an uncredited Second Unit Director on The Five Doctors,
Delta and the Bannermen and The Curse of Fenric. Pennant
Roberts was the director of the cancelled Shada and was therefore
the uncredited director of the Fourth Doctor segments in The Five
Doctors.
In the guide below, only the main director as credited for each episode
has been counted. So that a comparison can be made of how much material
each director contributed to the series, all stories are counted in terms
of standard approximately 25 minute episodes, including The Five
Doctors, Resurrection of the Daleks and Season 22.
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Episodes |
Stories |
Douglas Camfield |
52 |
9 |
David Maloney |
45 |
8 |
Christopher Barry |
43 |
10 |
Michael E Briant |
30 |
6 |
Derek Martinus |
26 |
6 |
Peter Moffatt |
26 |
6 |
Barry Letts |
24 |
5 |
Ron Jones |
22 |
6 |
Richard Martin |
22 |
5 |
Michael Ferguson |
21 |
4 |
Pennant Roberts |
20 |
5 |
Chris Clough |
18 |
5 |
Lennie Mayne |
18 |
4 |
Paddy Russell |
18 |
4 |
Fiona Cumming |
16 |
4 |
Peter Grimwade |
16 |
4 |
Paul Bernard |
16 |
3 |
Michael Hayes |
14 |
3 |
Morris Barry |
13 |
3 |
Timothy Combe |
13 |
2 |
Nicholas Mallett |
12 |
3 |
Gerald Blake |
12 |
2 |
Rodney Bennett |
10 |
3 |
Mervyn Pinfield |
10 |
3 |
Alan Wareing |
10 |
3 |
Hugh David |
10 |
2 |
Waris Hussein |
10 |
2 |
John Black |
8 |
2 |
Alan Bromly |
8 |
2 |
Graeme Harper |
8 |
2 |
Andrew Morgan |
8 |
2 |
Matthew Robinson |
8 |
2 |
Julia Smith |
8 |
2 |
George Spenton-Foster |
8 |
2 |
Norman Stewart |
8 |
2 |
John Gorrie |
7 |
2 |
Tristan de Vere Cole |
6 |
1 |
Michael Hart |
6 |
1 |
Gerry Mill |
6 |
1 |
John Crockett |
5 |
2 |
Henric Hirsch |
5 |
1 |
Lovett Bickford |
4 |
1 |
Darrol Blake |
4 |
1 |
John Davies |
4 |
1 |
Terence Dudley |
4 |
1 |
Derrick Goodwin |
4 |
1 |
Ken Grieve |
4 |
1 |
Sarah Hellings |
4 |
1 |
Michael Imison |
4 |
1 |
Paul Joyce |
4 |
1 |
Michael Kerrigan |
4 |
1 |
Michael Leeston-Smith |
4 |
1 |
Kenny McBain |
4 |
1 |
Mary Ridge |
4 |
1 |
Bill Sellars |
4 |
1 |
Rex Tucker |
4 |
1 |
Frank Cox |
3 |
2 |
Michael Owen Morris |
2 |
1 |
Tony Virgo |
2 |
1 |
The Directors of Doctor Who
- Christopher Barry
- 1963-79, 10 stories, 43 episodes
The Mutants (The Daleks) [1-2, 4-5]; The Rescue [1-2];
The Romans [1-4]; The Savages [1-4]; The Power of the
Daleks [1-6]; The Daemons [1-5]; The Mutants [1-6];
Robot [1-4]; The Brain of Morbius [1-4]; The Creature
from the Pit [1-4]
- Morris Barry
- 1967-68, 3 stories, 13 episodes
The Moonbase [1-4]; The Tomb of the Cybermen [1-4]; The
Dominators [1-5]
- Rodney Bennett
- 1975-76, 3 stories, 10 episodes
The Ark in Space [1-4]; The Sontaran Experiment [1-2]; The
Masque of Mandragora [1-4]
- Paul Bernard
- 1972-3, 3 stories, 16 episodes
Day of the Daleks [1-4]; The Time Monster [1-6]; Frontier in Space [1-6]
- Lovett Bickford
- 1980, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Leisure Hive [1-4]
- John Black
- 1981-82, 2 stories, 8 episodes
The Keeper of Traken [1-4]; Four to Doomsday [1-4]
- Darrol Blake
- 1978, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Stones of Blood [1-4]
- Gerald Blake
- 1967-78, 2 stories, 12 episodes
The Abominable Snowmen [1-6]; The Invasion of Time [1-6]
- Michael E Briant
- 1971-77, 6 stories, 30 episodes
Colony in Space [1-6]; The Sea Devils [1-6]; The Green
Death [1-6]; Death to the Daleks [1-4]; Revenge of the
Cybermen [1-4]; The Robots of Death [1-4]
- Alan Bromly
- 1973-79, 2 stories, 8 episodes
The Time Warrior [1-4]; Nightmare of Eden [1-4]
- Douglas Camfield
- 1964-76, 9 stories, 52 episodes
Planet of Giants [3]; The Crusade [1-4]; The Time
Meddler [1-4]; The Daleks' Master Plan [1-12]; The Web
of Fear [1-6]; The Invasion [1-8]; Inferno [1-7];
Terror of the Zygons [1-4]; The Seeds of Doom [1-6]
- Chris Clough
- 1986-88, 5 stories, 18 episodes
The Trial of a Time Lord [9-14]; Delta and the Bannermen
[1-3]; Dragonfire [1-3]; Silver Nemesis [1-3]; The Happiness
Patrol [1-3]
- Tristan de Vere Cole
- 1968, 1 story, 6 episodes
The Wheel in Space [1-6]
- Timothy Combe
- 1970-71, 2 stories, 13 episodes
Doctor Who and the Silurians [1-7]; The Mind of Evil [1-6]
- Frank Cox
- 1964, 2 stories, 3 episodes
Inside the Spaceship [2]; The Sensorites [5-6]
- John Crockett
- 1964, 2 stories, 5 episodes
Marco Polo [4]; The Aztecs [1-4]
- Fiona Cumming
- 1982-84, 4 stories, 16 episodes
Castrovalva [1-4]; Snakedance [1-4]; Enlightenment [1-4]; Planet of Fire [1-4]
- Hugh David
- 1966-68, 2 stories, 10 episodes
The Highlanders [1-4]; Fury from the Deep [1-6]
- John Davies
- 1967, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Macra Terror [1-4]
- Terence Dudley
- 1980, 1 story, 4 episodes
Meglos [1-4]
- Michael Ferguson
- 1966-71, 4 stories, 21 episodes
The War Machines [1-4]; The Seeds of Death [1-6]; The
Ambassadors of Death [1-7]; The Claws of Axos [1-4]
- Derrick Goodwin
- 1977, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Invisible Enemy [1-4]
- John Gorrie
- 1964, 2 stories, 7 episodes
The Reign of Terror [3]; The Keys of Marinus [1-6]
- Ken Grieve
- 1979, 1 stories, 4 episodes
Destiny of the Daleks [1-4]
- Peter Grimwade
- 1980-82, 4 stories, 16 episodes
Full Circle [1-4]; Logopolis [1-4]; Kinda [1-4]; Earthshock [1-4]
- Graeme Harper
- 1984-85, 2 stories, 8 episodes
The Caves of Androzani [1-4]; Revelation of the Daleks [1-4]
- Michael Hart
- 1969, 1 story, 6 episodes
The Space Pirates [1-6]
- Michael Hayes
- 1978-79, 3 stories, 14 episodes
The Androids of Tara [1-4]; The Armageddon Factor [1-6]; City of Death [1-4]
- Sarah Hellings
- 1985, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Mark of the Rani [1-4]
- Henric Hirsch
- 1964, 1 story, 5 episodes
The Reign of Terror [1-2, 4-6]
- Waris Hussein
- 1963-64, 2 stories, 10 episodes
100,000 BC [1-4]; Marco Polo [1-3, 5-7]
- Michael Imison
- 1966, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Ark [1-4]
- Ron Jones
- 1982-86, 6 stories, 22 episodes
Black Orchid [1-2]; Time-Flight [1-4]; Arc of
Infinity [1-4]; Frontios [1-4]; Vengeance on Varos [1-4];
The Trial of a Time Lord [5-8]
- Paul Joyce
- 1981, 1 story, 4 episodes
Warriors' Gate [1-4]
- Michael Kerrigan
- 1989, 1 story, 4 episodes
Battlefield [1-4]
- Michael Leeston-Smith
- 1965, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Myth Makers [1-4]
- Barry Letts
- 1967-75, 5 stories, 24 episodes
The Enemy of the World [1-6]; Terror of the Autons [1-4];
Carnival of Monsters [1-4]; Planet of the Spiders [1-6];
The Android Invasion [1-4]
- Kenny McBain
- 1979-80, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Horns of Nimon [1-4]
- Nicholas Mallett
- 1986-89, 3 stories, 12 episodes
The Trial of a Time Lord [1-4]; Paradise Towers [1-4];
The Curse of Fenric [1-4]
- David Maloney
- 1968-77, 8 stories, 45 episodes
The Mind Robber [1-5]; The Krotons [1-4]; The War Games
[1-10]; Planet of the Daleks [1-6]; Genesis of the Daleks
[1-6]; Planet of Evil [1-4]; The Deadly Assassin [1-4];
The Talons of Weng-Chiang [1-6]
- Richard Martin
- 1964-64, 5 stories, 22 episodes
The Mutants (The Daleks) [3, 6-7]; Inside the Spaceship
[1]; The Dalek Invasion of Earth [1-6]; The Web Planet
[1-6]; The Chase [1-6]
- Derek Martinus
- 1965-70, 6 stories, 26 episodes
Galaxy 4 [1-4]; Mission to the Unknown [1]; The Tenth
Planet [1-4]; The Evil of the Daleks [1-7]; The Ice Warriors
[1-6]; Spearhead from Space [1-4]
- Lennie Mayne
- 1972-76, 4 stories, 18 episodes
The Curse of Peladon [1-4]; The Three Doctors [1-4]; The
Monster of Peladon [1-6]; The Hand of Fear [1-4]
- Gerry Mill
- 1967, 1 story, 6 episodes
The Faceless Ones [1-6]
- Peter Moffatt
- 1980-85, 6 stories, 26 episodes
State of Decay [1-4]; The Visitation [1-4]; Mawdryn Undead
[1-4]; The Five Doctors [1-4]; The Twin Dilemma [1-4]; The
Two Doctors [1-6]
- Andrew Morgan
- 1987-88, 2 stories, 8 episodes
Time and the Rani [1-4]; Remembrance of the Daleks [1-4]
- Michael Owen Morris
- 1984, 1 story, 2 episodes
The Awakening [1-2]
- Mervyn Pinfield
- 1964-65, 3 stories, 10 episodes
The Sensorites [1-4]; Planet of Giants [1-2]; The Space
Museum [1-4]
- Mary Ridge
- 1983, 1 story, 4 episodes
Terminus [1-4]
- Pennant Roberts
- 1977-85, 5 stories, 20 episodes
The Face of Evil [1-4]; The Sun Makers [1-4]; The Pirate
Planet [1-4]; Warriors of the Deep [1-4]; Timelash
[1-4]
- Matthew Robinson
- 1984-85, 2 stories, 8 episodes
Resurrection of the Daleks [1-4]; Attack of the Cybermen [1-4]
- Paddy Russell
- 1966-77, 4 stories, 18 episodes
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve [1-4]; Invasion of the
Dinosaurs [1-6]; Pyramids of Mars [1-4]; Horror of Fang
Rock [1-4]
- Bill Sellars
- 1966, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Celestial Toymaker [1-4]
- Julia Smith
- 1966-67, 2 stories, 8 episodes
The Smugglers [1-4]; The Underwater Menace [1-4]
- George Spenton-Foster
- 1977-78, 2 stories, 8 episodes
Image of the Fendahl [1-4]; The Ribos Operation [1-4]
- Norman Stewart
- 1978-79, 2 stories, 8 episodes
Underworld [1-4]; The Power of Kroll [1-4]
- Rex Tucker
- 1966, 1 story, 4 episodes
The Gunfighters [1-4]
- Tony Virgo
- 1983, 1 story, 2 episodes
The King's Demons [1-2]
- Alan Wareing
- 1988-89, 3 stories, 10 episodes
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [1-4]; Ghost Light [1-3]; Survival [1-3]
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