Fiona Cumming

Fiona Cumming (9 October 1937-1 January 2015) was one of the directors of Doctor Who. She was involved in several aspects of production extending over three decades of the show. She was an occasional assistant floor manager and production assistant during the 1960s and early 1970s, before becoming a director during Peter Davison's three seasons in the 1980s.

	9 October 1937
	1 January 2015
	Director
	1966-69, 1972, 1982-84, 1988
	Z-Cars, Angels, The Omega Factor, Blake's 7, Emmerdale, High Road, Eldorado
IMDb profile

John Nathan-Turner wanted her to direct the Sixth Doctor television story The Ultimate Evil, but the episode was later abandoned. (INFO: The Mysterious Planet)

She made an uncredited cameo appearance as a tourist at Windsor Castle in Silver Nemesis. (DWM 244)

She was married to floor manager Ian Fraser. (DWMSE 48)

Doctor Who work

Assistant floor manager

• The Massacre (with Richard Valentine)

Production assistant

• The Highlanders
• The Seeds of Death
• The Mutants (uncredited, with Chris D'Oyly-John)

Director

• Castrovalva
• Snakedance
• Enlightenment
• Planet of Fire

External links

• Fiona Cumming at the Internet Movie Database