2018 (people)

2018 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2018, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 2 January - Actor Michael Gordon died.
• 5 January - Stage director Mick Hughes died.
• 10 January - Writer David Fisher died.
• 11 January - Actor Derek Keller died.
• 12 January - Actor Bella Emberg died.
• 15 January - Actor Peter Wyngarde died.
• 24 January - Illustrator Peter Archer died.
• 24 January - O.B. Lighting technician Ian Dow died.
• February - DWM production assistant James McMalon died.
• 12 February - Make-up artist Dorka Nieradzik died.
• 14 February - Actor Nicholas Hawtrey died.
• 26 February - Actor Peter Miles died.
• 11 March - Actor Ken Dodd died.
• 23 March - Writer Rupert Laight died.
• 9 April - Designer Derek Dodd died.
• 12 April - Actor Elaine Hopkins died.
• 20 April - Fight arranger John Waller died.
• 21 April - Actor David Grey died.
• 3 June - Actor Pamela Ann Davy died.
• 15 June - Actor Leslie Grantham died.
• 28 June - Writer Harlan Ellison died.
• 29 June - Actor Helen Griffin died.
• 1 July - Costume designer Juanita Waterson died.
• 9 July - Actor William Hughes died.
• 23 July - Actor Alan Bennion died.
• 25 July - Actor Carolyn Jones died.
• 29 July - Director Lovett Bickford died.
• 4 August - Actor Janet Hargreaves died.
• 4 August - Actor John Line died.
• 12 August - Actor Rio Fanning died.
• 22 August - Costume designer Kathy Ayerst died.
• 2018 - Costume assistant Barry Simmons died.
• 27 August - Production designer Michael Pickwoad died.
• 31 August - Actor Johnny Barrs died.
• 3 September - Actor Jacqueline Pearce died.
• 6 September - Actor Peter Benson died.
• 14 September - Actor Zienia Merton died.
• 24 September - Actor Rick James died.
• 4 October - Actor Anthony Colby died.
• 9 October - Actor Pat Gorman died.
• 17 October - Script editor Derrick Sherwin died.
• 24 October - Actor Laurence Kennedy died.
• 12 November - DWM publisher Stan Lee died.
• 16 November - Actor Andrew Burt died.
• 16 November - Actor George A. Cooper died.
• 17 November - Fight arranger John Greenwood died.
• 2 December - Actor Salo Gardner died.
• 11 December - Actor John Wreford died.
• 19 December - Director Bill Sellars died.
• 19 December - Actor Dorota Rae died,
• 28 December - Actor June Whitfield died.
• Unknown - Actor Johnny Crawford died.
• Unknown - Studio sound recordist Alan Edmonds died.
• Unknown - Actor Gerry Martin died.
• Unknown - Actor Glenn Whitter died.

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