Michael Ferguson

Michael Ferguson
Birth date:	14 June 1937
Death date:	4 October 2021
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Director, Assistant floor manager
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1963-64, 1966, 1969-71
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Michael Ferguson (14 June 1937-4 October 2021) was one of the few directors to direct stories of the First, Second and Third Doctors.

He was also an uncredited assistant floor manager during the Daleks' debut serial (with Jeremy Hare). Part of his duties on this serial required him doing a bit of performing. Being also a member of Equity (having previously worked as an actor), he nominally played the first Dalek, operating the Dalek sucker arm that threatened Barbara Wright at the end of the episode "The Dead Planet". (BBC DVD: The War Games) He also doubled for Alydon's hand in "The Dead Planet". (INFO: "The Dead Planet")

Personal life

Michael cast his brother-in-law Ric Felgate as various roles in The War Machines, The Seeds of Death and The Ambassadors of Death.

Credits

Production

Assistant Floor Manager

• The Daleks (Uncredited, with Jeremy Hare) (INFO: "The Dead Planet")

Director

• The War Machines
• The Seeds of Death
• The Ambassadors of Death
• The Claws of Axos

Acting

• The Daleks - Dalek (Episode 2 Reprise, Uncredited) (INFO: "The Dead Planet")

Documentary appearances

• Axon Stations!
• Michael Ferguson's Monster Masterclass
• Directing Who: Michael Ferguson on The Claws of Axos

to be completed

Audio commentary

to be added

External links

• Michael Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database