Tony Harding

Tony Harding
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	visual effects designer
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1977, 1979-80, 1983-84
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Dad's Army, The Goodies, Moonfleet, The Box of Delights, The Monocled Mutineer, Campion, Prince Caspion and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, Century Falls, Keeping Up Appearances, Mrs Brown, Aquila, The Worst Witch, Silent Witness, Jonathan Creek, Trial & Retribution
IMDb profile

Tony Harding was the visual effects designer for several Doctor Who stories. He was the designer of K9, but has called the Malus, another of his creations, his favourite monster.

At the time of his initial involvement with Doctor Who, he was an assistant designer in the BBC's visual effects department. He was brought into the production of The Invisible Enemy only because other visual effects personnel had begun to run late on the many models required for the show. Not knowing exactly what he would be doing on the programme, he was handed a script and told to take notice of the minimalist description of K9. From that date he had only three weeks to design and build what would become known as K9 Mark I.

He was also an uncredited visual effects assistant on The Dæmons (INFO: The Dæmons) and Genesis of the Daleks. (INFO: Genesis of the Daleks)

Credits

Harding's original concept art for K9.

• The Invisible Enemy
• The Power of Kroll
• State of Decay
• The Kings' Demons
• The Awakening

External links

• Tony Harding at the Internet Movie Database