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| job title        = [[Visual effects]], [[Miniature effects]], [[Writer]]
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| time            = 1986-89, 1992, 1995-2003, 2005-09, 2013-17, 2023
| time            = 1985-89, 1992-Present
| story            = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
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| non dwu          = ''Red Dwarf'', ''Top of the Pops'', ''Sophia and Constance'', ''Space Vets'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'', ''Microsoap'', ''Aquila'', ''Empires: Egypt's Golden Age'', ''The Brighton Bomb'', ''Hiroshima'', ''Atonement'', ''Primeval'', ''Human Body: Pushing the Limits'', ''Meet the Ancestors'', ''Clash of the Dinosaurs'', ''Aircrash Confidential'', ''Jungle Book'', ''Star Cops''
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'''Mike Tucker''' was a largely uncredited visual effects assistant on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1985 to 1989, and [[model unit supervisor]] on [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] and [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|2]] of the [[BBC Wales]] version. He is one of the few behind-the-scenes personnel to work on both the 1963 and 2005 versions of ''Doctor Who''.
'''Mike Tucker''' was a largely uncredited visual effects assistant on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1985 to 1989, and [[model unit supervisor]] on [[series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 1]] and [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|2]] of the [[BBC Wales]] version. He is one of the few behind-the-scenes personnel to work on both the 1963 and 2005 versions of ''Doctor Who''.


He previously worked on the ''[[TARDIS Cam (series)|TARDIS Cam]]'' series.
He previously worked on the ''[[TARDIS Cam (series)|TARDIS Cam]]'' series.
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He has also made numerous contributions to non-televised ''Doctor Who'' fiction, and has occasionally written non-fictional accounts of his work on both major productions of ''Doctor Who''.
He has also made numerous contributions to non-televised ''Doctor Who'' fiction, and has occasionally written non-fictional accounts of his work on both major productions of ''Doctor Who''.


== Visual Effects credits ==
== Visual Effects Credits ==
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== Visual Effects Assistant ====
==== Visual Effects Assistant ====
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* ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]''
* ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]''


== Writer credits ==
== Writer Credits ==
=== Novels ===
=== Novels ===
==== BBC Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' (with [[Frazer Hines]] and [[Steve Cole]])
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'' (with [[Robert Perry]])
* ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'' (with [[Robert Perry]])
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* ''[[The Crawling Terror (novel)|The Crawling Terror]]''
* ''[[The Crawling Terror (novel)|The Crawling Terror]]''
* ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]''
* ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]''
* ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'' (with [[Sophie Aldred]] and [[Steve Cole]])


===== 2 in 1 Books =====
==== 2 in 1 Books ====
* ''[[Rain of Terror (novel)|Rain of Terror]]''
* ''[[Rain of Terror (novel)|Rain of Terror]]''


===== Quick Reads =====
==== Quick Reads ====
* ''[[The Silurian Gift (novel)|The Silurian Gift]]''
* ''[[The Silurian Gift (novel)|The Silurian Gift]]''


===== The Darksmith Legacy =====
==== The Darksmith Legacy ====
* ''[[The Art of War (novel)|The Art of War]]''
* ''[[The Art of War (novel)|The Art of War]]''


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==== Bernice Summerfield ====
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[The Stone's Lament (audio story)|The Stone's Lament]]''
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Stone's Lament (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Stone's Lament]]''
* ''[[The Bellotron Incident (audio story)|The Bellotron Incident]]''
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident]]''


=== Comics ===
=== Comics ===
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=== Unproduced stories ===
=== Unproduced stories ===
* ''[[Dark Rising (audio story)|Dark Rising]]''
* ''[[Dark Rising (unproduced audio story)|Dark Rising]]''


== Acting credits ==
== Acting Credits ==
=== Webcasts ===
=== Webcasts ===
* ''[[Defenders of Earth (webcast)|Defenders of Earth]]'' - [[Junior (Defenders of Earth)|Junior]]
* ''[[Defenders of Earth (webcast)|Defenders of Earth]]'' - [[Junior (Defenders of Earth)|Junior]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=1793689}}
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* {{NameSort}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13704.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Robert Perry & Mike Tucker, 01 January 2004]
* {{NameSort}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13704.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Robert Perry & Mike Tucker, 01 January 2004]


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Mike Tucker was a largely uncredited visual effects assistant on Doctor Who from 1985 to 1989, and model unit supervisor on series 1 and 2 of the BBC Wales version. He is one of the few behind-the-scenes personnel to work on both the 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who.

He previously worked on the TARDIS Cam series.

He received a special thanks for work on the minisode Eye on... Blatchford.

Tucker won a BAFTA for his work on The Day of the Doctor, and is today the supervisor of the Model Unit.

He has also made numerous contributions to non-televised Doctor Who fiction, and has occasionally written non-fictional accounts of his work on both major productions of Doctor Who.

Visual Effects Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Visual Effects Assistant[[edit] | [edit source]]

Visual Effects Designer[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miniature Effects Supervisor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Model Unit Supervisor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writer Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Past Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Novellas[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

2 in 1 Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Quick Reads[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Darksmith Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Brief Encounter[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Decalogs[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Twelve Doctors of Christmas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of Terror[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Target Storybook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Star Tales[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dalek[[edit] | [edit source]]

I Am the Master: Legends of the Renegade Time Lord[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Battles in Time[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Non-fiction books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Unproduced stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Acting Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

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