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They were responsible for devising and implementing a lighting plan for episodes, but had no direct control over the [[camera operator]]s, like modern [[director of photography|directors of photography]] do.  As with most other behind-the-scenes personnel of that era, lighting directors were not employed by the ''Doctor Who'' production office, but were instead BBC employees who floated around the various BBC programmes in production at the direction of the head of the BBC lighting department. Nevertheless, [[director]]s and [[producer]]s could ''request'' certain lighting directors to light their programmmes.
They were responsible for devising and implementing a lighting plan for episodes, but had no direct control over the [[camera operator]]s, like modern [[director of photography|directors of photography]] do.  As with most other behind-the-scenes personnel of that era, lighting directors were not employed by the ''Doctor Who'' production office, but were instead BBC employees who floated around the various BBC programmes in production at the direction of the head of the BBC lighting department. Nevertheless, [[director]]s and [[producer]]s could ''request'' certain lighting directors to light their programmmes.


In modern, [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the lighting director has two rough analogues. In that the lighting director was responsible for creating a broad lighting plan, he had one of the two main functions of the modern [[director of photography]]. In the early days, because of the studio-bound nature of the original ''Doctor Who'', the lighting director was actually much closer to being a theatrical [[wikipedia:lighting designer|lighting designer]] than a modern cinematographer.
In modern, [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the lighting director has two rough analogues. In that the lighting director was responsible for creating a broad lighting plan, he had one of the two main functions of the modern [[director of photography]]. But as he also often physically hung lights and otherwise actually executed that plan, it would not be unreasonable to compare some of his responsibilities to those of a [[gaffer]]. 
 
In the early days, because of the studio-bound nature of the original ''Doctor Who'', the lighting director was actually much closer to being a theatrical [[wikipedia:lighting designer|lighting designer]] than a modern cinematographer.
==[[Season 1]]==
==[[Season 1]]==
*[[An Unearthly Child]] - [[Geoff Shaw]]
*[[An Unearthly Child]] - [[Geoff Shaw]]

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"Studio lighting" and sometimes "lighting" were credits for people who were in fact lighting directors during the 1963 version of Doctor Who. However, they were often not formally credited at all. In fact, the job was never credited until Eric Monk appeared in the end titles of the first part of Terror of the Autons.

They were responsible for devising and implementing a lighting plan for episodes, but had no direct control over the camera operators, like modern directors of photography do. As with most other behind-the-scenes personnel of that era, lighting directors were not employed by the Doctor Who production office, but were instead BBC employees who floated around the various BBC programmes in production at the direction of the head of the BBC lighting department. Nevertheless, directors and producers could request certain lighting directors to light their programmmes.

In modern, BBC Wales Doctor Who, the lighting director has two rough analogues. In that the lighting director was responsible for creating a broad lighting plan, he had one of the two main functions of the modern director of photography. But as he also often physically hung lights and otherwise actually executed that plan, it would not be unreasonable to compare some of his responsibilities to those of a gaffer.

In the early days, because of the studio-bound nature of the original Doctor Who, the lighting director was actually much closer to being a theatrical lighting designer than a modern cinematographer.

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