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{{Infobox Person
| image          =
| birth date    =[[11 November (people)|11 November]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]
| death date    =[[26 December (people)|26 December]] [[1993 (people)|1993]]
| job title      = [[Director (crew)|Director]]
| story          = ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' & ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]''
| time          = 1977-1978
| non dwu        = ''The Quatermass Experiment'', ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'', ''[[Thirty Minute Theatre]]'', ''Paul Temple'', ''The Man Outside'', ''Barlow at Large'', ''Survivors'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'', ''Cribb''
| imdb          = 0818226
}}'''George Spenton-Foster''' (born [[11 November (people)|11 November]] [[1926 (people)|1926]] as '''Thomas George Spenton''', died [[26 December (people)|26 December]] [[1993 (people)|1993]]<ref>[https://readokaloosa.org/Author/Home?author=%22Spenton-Foster%2C%20George%22 Read Okalasooa]</ref>) [[Director (crew)|directed]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' and ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]''.


== Career ==
He also directed episodes of {{wi|Out of the Unknown}} (on which he also served as associate producer on the first two seasons) and ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]''.


== Legacy ==
[[Tom Baker]] described him as a "lovely, camp old thing".<ref>[https://www.tombakerofficial.com/october-2010-issue-427/ Tom Baker The Official Site]</ref>


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== External links ==
'''George Spenton-Foster''' [[director|directed]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' and ''[[The Ribos Operation]]''. He also directed four episodes of ''[[Blake's 7]]'' in [[1979]]. In the documentaries he was said to have been a quite camp person and very likeable.
{{imdb name|id=0818226}}


== Doctor Who Stories Directed ==
== Footnotes ==
* ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''
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* ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]''
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== External links ==
[[Category:Doctor Who directors]]
{{imdb name|id=0818226|name=George Spenton-Foster}}
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[[Category:Doctor Who directors|Spenton-Foster, George]]
[[Category:Worked on Blake's 7]]
[[Category:Worked in the Quatermass franchise]]
[[Category:Worked on Survivors]]

Latest revision as of 20:42, 3 November 2024

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George Spenton-Foster (born 11 November 1926 as Thomas George Spenton, died 26 December 1993[1]) directed the Doctor Who television stories Image of the Fendahl and The Ribos Operation.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

He also directed episodes of Out of the Unknown (on which he also served as associate producer on the first two seasons) and Blake's 7.

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tom Baker described him as a "lovely, camp old thing".[2]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]