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|image = Paddy Russell.jpg | |image = Paddy Russell.jpg | ||
| | |birth date = [[4 July (people)|4 July]] [[1928 (people)|1928]] | ||
|job title= [[Director]] | |death date = [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2017 (people)|2017]] | ||
|time = 1966, 1974- | |job title = [[Director (crew)|Director]] | ||
|story = [[#Credits| | |time =1966, 1974-75, 1977 | ||
|non dwu = | |story =[[#Credits|See Credits Section]] | ||
|imdb = 0751373 | |non dwu = | ||
|imdb = 0751373 | |||
|clip = Special DVD Feature Paddy Russell - filming in deserted London - Invasion of the Dinosaurs | |||
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'''Paddy Russell''' (born [[4 July (people)|4 July]] [[1928 (people)|1928]] in Highgate, London<ref name=":0">''[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/nov/07/paddy-russell-obituary The Guardian], 7 Nov 2017''</ref>, died [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2017 (people)|2017]]<ref>https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2017/11/paddy-russell-1928-2017.html</ref>) was a [[television]] [[Director (crew)|director]] who worked on episodes with the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fourth Doctor]]s. She was the first female director to work on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', although her first work as director, ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'', no longer exists in the BBC Archives. | |||
'''Paddy Russell''' ([[4 July (people)|4 July]] [[1928 (people)|1928]]-[[ | |||
She was the original choice to direct ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'', but she was unavailable. ([[INFO]]: "[[The Edge of Destruction (episode)|The Edge of Destruction]]") According to [[Barry Letts]], she refused to direct any stories with [[Dalek|"tin cans"]] in it. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[More than 30 Years in the TARDIS]]'') | |||
== Career == | |||
Before becoming a production assistant, she wanted to become an actor and went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama for her studies.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
In the 1950s, she worked as a [[BBC]] production assistant to famed director {{w|Rudolph Cartier}}. She worked on all three [[Quatermass]] serials as well as the 1954 adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s {{wi|Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)|Nineteen Eighty-Four}}. | |||
In 1965, she directed "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?", an episode of ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'', a science-fiction series. Following her first involvement in ''Doctor Who'' in 1966, she directed episodes of {{wi|Pere Goriot}}, {{wi|Little Women (1970 TV series)|Little Women}}, {{wi|Softly, Softly: Taskforce}}, ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and {{wi|The Moonstone}}. | |||
== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed == | == ''Doctor Who'' stories directed == | ||
* ''[[The Massacre | * ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'' | ||
* ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' | * ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' | ||
* ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' | * ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' | ||
* ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' | * ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' | ||
== External links == | |||
{{imdb name|id=0751373}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who directors]] | [[Category:Doctor Who directors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:56, 24 March 2024
Paddy Russell (born 4 July 1928 in Highgate, London[1], died 2 November 2017[2]) was a television director who worked on episodes with the First, Third and Fourth Doctors. She was the first female director to work on Doctor Who, although her first work as director, The Massacre, no longer exists in the BBC Archives.
She was the original choice to direct The Edge of Destruction, but she was unavailable. (INFO: "The Edge of Destruction") According to Barry Letts, she refused to direct any stories with "tin cans" in it. (DCOM: More than 30 Years in the TARDIS)
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Before becoming a production assistant, she wanted to become an actor and went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama for her studies.[1]
In the 1950s, she worked as a BBC production assistant to famed director Rudolph Cartier. She worked on all three Quatermass serials as well as the 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In 1965, she directed "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?", an episode of Out of the Unknown, a science-fiction series. Following her first involvement in Doctor Who in 1966, she directed episodes of Pere Goriot, Little Women, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Z-Cars and The Moonstone.
