Film editor was a title applied across the 1963 version of Doctor Who. The title was completely abandoned after Revelation of the Daleks, when the programme began using videotape for all location shooting.
Throughout much of the 1960s, editing of videotape, the primary medium on which Doctor Who was captured, was expensive, and therefore avoided. A "film editor" during the monochromatic era of Doctor Who, would thus have been someone who edited only those portions of episodes actually captured on film stock, such as location shoots and model work.
On a few stories, such as Horror of Fang Rock and The Invisible Enemy, no kind of editor is credited. The term has clearly different applicability with respect to the 1996 movie; Patrick Lussier can be considered the genuine editor of that adventure, as it was recorded entirely on film. This also applies to Spearhead from Space, which was also made completely on film.
The BBC Wales version of the programme does not use the term "film editor"; instead, they employ editors in their digital ecosystem. As would be expected in a theatrical film release, the BBC Wales position is one of the most important in the post-production process. They integrate every visual element into a final cut of an episode, and may incorporate their own artistic touches into episodes. No "film editor" of the 1963 version would have had anything like the amount of creative input a modern BBC Wales editor enjoys.
Season 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An Unearthly Child - John House (uncredited, INFO: An Unearthly Child)
- The Daleks - Ted Walter
- Marco Polo - Richard Barclay, Elmer Davies, and John House
- The Reign of Terror - Caroline Shields
Season 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Dalek Invasion of Earth - John Griffiths
- The Rescue - Jim Latham
- The Romans - Jim Latham
- The Web Planet - Gitta Zadek
- The Crusade - Pam Bosworth
- The Chase - Norman Matthews
- The Time Meddler - Norman Matthews (uncredited, INFO: The Time Meddler)
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- The Smugglers - Colin Eggleston
- The Power of the Daleks - Jim Latham
- The Underwater Menace - Eddie Wallstab
- The Moonbase - Ted Walter
- The Macra Terror - Eddie Wallstab
- The Faceless Ones - Chris Hayden
- The Evil of the Daleks - Ted Walter
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- The Tomb of the Cybermen - Alan Martin
- The Abominable Snowmen - Philip Barnikel
- The Ice Warriors - Michael Lockey
- The Enemy of the World - Philip Barnikel
- The Web of Fear - Philip Barnikel and Colin Hobson
- Fury from the Deep - Colin Hobson
- The Wheel in Space - Ron Fry
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- The Dominators - Chris Hayden
- The Mind Robber - Martyn Day
- The Invasion - Martyn Day
- The Krotons - Martyn Day
- The Seeds of Death - Martyn Day
- The Space Pirates - Martyn Day
- The War Games - Chris Hayden
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Season 11[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Time Warrior - William Symon
- Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Bob Rymer
- Death to the Daleks - Bob Rymer
- The Monster of Peladon - William Symon
- Planet of the Spiders - Bob Rymer
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- Terror of the Zygons - Ian McKendrick
- Planet of Evil - M A C Adams
- Pyramids of Mars - M A C Adams
- The Android Invasion - Mike Stoffer
- The Seeds of Doom - M A C Adams
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- Castrovalva - Mike Houghton and Robin Jackman
- The Visitation - Ken Bilton
- Black Orchid - Mike Houghton
- Earthshock - Mike Houghton
- Time-Flight - Mike Houghton
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- Time and the Rani - Alastair Mitchell
- Paradise Towers - Alastair Mitchell
- Delta and the Bannermen - Alastair Mitchell