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For other individuals of the same name, see Harper.
Harper, discussing his role in filming The Unicorn and the Wasp on Confidential

Graeme Harper (born 11th March 1945 in London) directed several Doctor Who stories and is unique as the only director to have directed episodes in the original run of Doctor Who and the revived run. Before becoming a director, he was Assistant Floor Manager for Colony in Space, Planet of the Daleks (with John Cook and Sue Hedden), and Planet of the Spiders. He was also Production Assistant for The Seeds of Doom and Warriors' Gate.

He had an uncredited onscreen appearance in The Brain of Morbius as one of the faces of the Doctor during the mindbending contest.

He has written about his experiences in directing Doctor Who in his book, Calling the Shots, co-written with Adrian Rigelsford.

The "Harper treatment"

Graeme Harper has a penchant for including a distorted image of a main character in most of the stories he has directed for BBC Wales. Though this does not appear in all of the stories, it has occurred often enough for it to be considered something of a directorial "signature". Characters are seen through magnifying glasses in Rise of the Cybermen, Army of Ghosts, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and Utopia, reflected in a series of mirrors in Turn Left, and through a curved window that gives a fish-eye effect in Journey's End.

Selected credits

Director

Doctor Who

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Graeme Harper

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