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'''Michael Hayes''' (born [[3 April (people)|3 April]] [[1929 (people)|1929]]) [[ | |image = Michael Hayes.jpg | ||
|birth date = [[3 April (people)|3 April]] [[1929 (people)|1929]] | |||
|death date = [[16 September (people)|16 September]] [[2014 (people)|2014]] | |||
|time = 1978-1979 | |||
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|imdb = 0371157 | |||
|job title = Director|story = ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'', ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''}} | |||
'''Michael Hayes''' (born in [[Essex]] on [[3 April (people)|3 April]] [[1929 (people)|1929]]<ref name="HayesIndep">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-hayes-prolific-producer-and-director-best-known-his-work-doctor-who-and-sci-fi-series-andromeda-strain-9847769.html</ref>-[[16 September (people)|16 September]] [[2014 (people)|2014]]<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/oct/14/michael-hayes The Guardian]</ref>) [[Director (crew)|directed]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'' and ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''. He was later interviewed in the documentaries ''[[The Humans of Tara]]'' and ''[[Defining Shadows]]''. | |||
Hayes was | == Career == | ||
Hayes' directorial debut was the [[BBC]]'s epic [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] production {{wi|An Age of Kings}}. He went on to direct the popular science fiction mini-series ''[[A for Andromeda]]''. | |||
Hayes was initially reluctant to direct ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which he thought of as "a children's show with dodgy effects".<ref name="HayesIndep" /> However, due to his friendship with head of serials [[Graeme MacDonald]] and thanks to the persuasion of [[producer]] [[Graham Williams]], he agreed to do one, hoping it would never actually happen. He came to like the show, agreeing to do two more. | |||
According to his recollections recorded on the audio commentary for ''The Armageddon Factor'', he only attended one meeting with the producers and writers, which seemed to him to go on forever. At one point he told the others to carry on with the meeting while he went off to the bar. Later, [[Douglas Adams]] gave him an autographed copy of one of his books that read "To Michael Hayes, a man who really knows where the bar is." | |||
He was glad to find that his first ''Doctor Who'' story, the four part ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'' was mostly shot on location instead of on a soundstage made up to look like an alien planet. During the night shoot at Leeds Castle, Hayes' then 14 year old son helped out by navigating the little rowboat that [[K9 Mark II|K9]] ends up in at the very end of the serial. | |||
By contrast, according to his audio commentary, the six part ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'' was the most tiresome and exhausting directing job he ever had. This was because it was filmed back to back with ''The Androids of Tara'' and he did not enjoy the constant filming on depressing, dimly lit studio sets. | |||
For ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', Hayes travelled to [[Paris]]. In this story, he made a "Hitchcock" style cameo appearance as the shifty-looking passenger wearing a cloth cap and carrying a metal case seen exiting the train at the Metro station Boissère after the Doctor and Romana — as well as dubbing one of the lines where a [[Police|gendarme]] tells the [[Fourth Doctor]] that the [[Mona Lisa]] has been stolen. ([[DWM 205]]) | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 21 March 2024
Michael Hayes (born in Essex on 3 April 1929[1]-16 September 2014[2]) directed the Doctor Who television stories The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor and City of Death. He was later interviewed in the documentaries The Humans of Tara and Defining Shadows.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Hayes' directorial debut was the BBC's epic Shakespearean production An Age of Kings. He went on to direct the popular science fiction mini-series A for Andromeda.
Hayes was initially reluctant to direct Doctor Who, which he thought of as "a children's show with dodgy effects".[1] However, due to his friendship with head of serials Graeme MacDonald and thanks to the persuasion of producer Graham Williams, he agreed to do one, hoping it would never actually happen. He came to like the show, agreeing to do two more.
According to his recollections recorded on the audio commentary for The Armageddon Factor, he only attended one meeting with the producers and writers, which seemed to him to go on forever. At one point he told the others to carry on with the meeting while he went off to the bar. Later, Douglas Adams gave him an autographed copy of one of his books that read "To Michael Hayes, a man who really knows where the bar is."
He was glad to find that his first Doctor Who story, the four part The Androids of Tara was mostly shot on location instead of on a soundstage made up to look like an alien planet. During the night shoot at Leeds Castle, Hayes' then 14 year old son helped out by navigating the little rowboat that K9 ends up in at the very end of the serial.
By contrast, according to his audio commentary, the six part The Armageddon Factor was the most tiresome and exhausting directing job he ever had. This was because it was filmed back to back with The Androids of Tara and he did not enjoy the constant filming on depressing, dimly lit studio sets.
For City of Death, Hayes travelled to Paris. In this story, he made a "Hitchcock" style cameo appearance as the shifty-looking passenger wearing a cloth cap and carrying a metal case seen exiting the train at the Metro station Boissère after the Doctor and Romana — as well as dubbing one of the lines where a gendarme tells the Fourth Doctor that the Mona Lisa has been stolen. (DWM 205)
