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{{Infobox Person | |||
| image = Paul Joyce.jpg | |||
| job title = [[Director (crew)|Director]] | |||
| story = ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'' | |||
| time = 1981 | |||
| non dwu = ''Crown Court'', ''Play for Today'' | |||
| imdb = 0431588 | |||
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'''Paul Joyce''' [[Director (crew)|directed]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]''. He was later interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Dreaming (documentary)|The Dreaming]]'' and [[THWR 165|the 165th]], [[THWR 167|167th]] and [[THWR 169|169th editions]] of [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s charity podcast series ''[[Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]''. | |||
Complications with the production of the story led him to undertake a joint effort to rewrite its script. He later argued with then-[[producer]] [[John Nathan-Turner]] and [[Studio Lighting|lighting director]] [[John Dixon (technician)|John Dixon]] over differing visions about how to capture the story. Joyce was briefly fired from his position after the dispute, leaving then-[[production assistant]] [[Graeme Harper]] to oversee the latter half of the script. Joyce was quickly re-hired after the issues with productions were worked out.<ref>[[REF]]: [[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor]]</ref> | |||
[[Category:Doctor Who directors | To date, he is the only director on ''Doctor Who ''to have been fired and re-hired. | ||
== External links == | |||
{{imdb name|id=0431588}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Doctor Who directors]] | |||
[[Category:Directors interviewed on Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:42, 3 November 2024
Paul Joyce directed the Doctor Who television story Warriors' Gate. He was later interviewed in the documentary The Dreaming and the 165th, 167th and 169th editions of Big Finish's charity podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round.
Complications with the production of the story led him to undertake a joint effort to rewrite its script. He later argued with then-producer John Nathan-Turner and lighting director John Dixon over differing visions about how to capture the story. Joyce was briefly fired from his position after the dispute, leaving then-production assistant Graeme Harper to oversee the latter half of the script. Joyce was quickly re-hired after the issues with productions were worked out.[1]
To date, he is the only director on Doctor Who to have been fired and re-hired.
