"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.
Season 1
- An Unearthly Child - Geoff Shaw
- The Daleks - Geoff Shaw and John Treays
- The Edge of Destruction - Dennis Channon
- Marco Polo - John Treays
- The Keys of Marinus - Peter Murray
- The Aztecs - Howard King
- The Sensorites - Peter Murray
- The Reign of Terror - Howard King
Season 2
- Planet of Giants - Howard King
- The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Howard King
- The Rescue - Howard King
- The Romans - Howard King
- The Web Planet - Ralph Walton
- The Crusade - Ralph Walton
- The Space Museum - Howard King
- The Chase - Howard King
- The Time Meddler - Ralph Walton
Season 3
- Galaxy 4 - Derek Hobday and Ralph Walton
- Mission to the Unknown - Ralph Walton
- The Myth Makers - Ralph Walton
- The Daleks' Master Plan - Geoff Shaw
- The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve - Dennis Channon
- The Ark - Howard King
- The Celestial Toymaker - Frank Cresswell
- The Gunfighters - George Summers
- The Savages - Graham Sothcott
- The War Machines - George Summers
Season 4
- The Smugglers - Cyril Wilkins
- The Tenth Planet - Howard King
- The Power of the Daleks - Graham Sothcott
- The Highlanders - Ken McGregor and George Summers
- The Underwater Menace - George Summers
- The Moonbase - Dave Sydenham
- The Macra Terror - Frank Cresswell
- The Faceless Ones - Howard King
- The Evil of the Daleks - Wally Whitmore
Season 5
Season 6
- The Dominators - Sam Neeter
- The Mind Robber - Howard King
- The Invasion - Robbie Robinson
- The Krotons - Howard King
- The Seeds of Death - Howard King
- The Space Pirates - Peter Winn
- The War Games - Howard King
Season 7
- Doctor Who and the Silurians - Ralph Walton
- The Ambassadors of Death - Geoff Shaw, Dave Sydenham and Ralph Walton
- Inferno - John Green
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12
- Robot - Nigel Wright
- The Ark in Space - Nigel Wright
- Genesis of the Daleks - Duncan Brown
- Revenge of the Cybermen - Derek Slee
Season 13
Season 14
Season 15
Season 16
- The Ribos Operation - Jim Purdie
- The Pirate Planet - Mike Jefferies
- The Stones of Blood - Warwick Fielding
- The Androids of Tara - Brian Clemett
- The Power of Kroll - Warwick Fielding
- The Armageddon Factor - Mike Jefferies
Season 17
- Destiny of the Daleks - John Dixon
- City of Death - Mike Jefferies
- The Creature from the Pit - Warwick Fielding
- Nightmare of Eden - Warwick Fielding
- The Horns of Nimon - Nigel Wright
- Shada - Mike Jefferies
Season 18
- The Leisure Hive - Duncan Brown
- Meglos - Bert Postlethwaite
- Full Circle - Mike Jefferies
- State of Decay - Bert Postlethwaite
- Warriors' Gate - John Dixon
- The Keeper of Traken - Don Babbage
- Logopolis - Henry Barber
Season 19
- Castrovalva - Ron Bristow
- Four to Doomsday - Don Babbage
- Kinda - Mike Jefferies
- The Visitation - Henry Barber
- Black Orchid - Fred Wright
- Earthshock - Fred Wright
- Time-Flight - Eric Wallis
Season 20
- Arc of Infinity - Don Babbage
- Snakedance - Henry Barber
- Mawdryn Undead - Don Babbage
- Terminus - Sam Barclay
- Enlightenment - Fred Wright
- The King's Demons - Peter Smee
- The Five Doctors - Don Babbage
Season 21
- Warriors of the Deep - Peter Smee
- The Awakening - Peter Catlett
- Frontios - John Summers
- Resurrection of the Daleks - Ron Bristow
- Planet of Fire - John Summers
- The Caves of Androzani - Don Babbage
- The Twin Dilemma - Don Babbage
Season 22
- Attack of the Cybermen - Henry Barber
- Vengeance on Varos - Dennis Channon
- The Mark of the Rani - Don Babbage
- The Two Doctors - Don Babbage
- Timelash - Henry Barber
- Revelation of the Daleks - Don Babbage
Season 23
- The Mysterious Planet - Mike Jefferies
- Mindwarp - Don Babbage
- Terror of the Vervoids - Don Babbage
- The Ultimate Foe - Don Babbage
Season 24
- Time and the Rani - Henry Barber
- Paradise Towers - Henry Barber
- Dragonfire - Don Babbage
Season 25
- Remembrance of the Daleks - Henry Barber
- The Happiness Patrol - Don Babbage
- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Don Babbage and Henry Barber