Fiona Cumming

Fiona Cumming
Birth date:	9 October 1937
Death date:	1 January 2015
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Director
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1966-69, 1972, 1982-84, 1988
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Z-Cars, Angels, The Omega Factor, Blake's 7, Emmerdale, High Road, Eldorado
IMDb profile

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.

John Nathan-Turner wanted her to direct the Sixth Doctor television story The Ultimate Evil, but the episode was later abandoned due to the 18-month hiatus. (INFO: The Mysterious Planet)

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

She shared her memories on her Doctor Who career on the 23rd edition of Big Finish's charity podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, as well as the documentaries Directing Castrovalva, Snake Charmer, Winner Takes All, Casting Off!, The Flames of Sarn and Return to the Planet of Fire. She also featured on the documentary Breaking Point, where she shared her memories of fellow Doctor Who director Mary Ridge.

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

Documentary appearances

• Time Trap: The Making of Castrovalva (archive recordings)

to be completed

External links

• Fiona Cumming at the Internet Movie Database