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'''Douglas Camfield''' ([[8 May (people)|8 May]] [[1931 (people)|1931]]-[[27 January (people)|27 January]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=DouglasCamfield Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) was an accomplished [[director]] of [[television]] from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', his credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}, {{wi|Van der Valk (TV series)|Van der Valk}}, ''[[The Sweeney]]'', {{wi|Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring}}, {{wi|The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals}} and the BBC dramatisation of {{wi|Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste}}. | '''Douglas Camfield''' ([[8 May (people)|8 May]] [[1931 (people)|1931]]-[[27 January (people)|27 January]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=DouglasCamfield Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) was an accomplished [[director]] of [[television]] from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', his credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}, {{wi|Van der Valk (TV series)|Van der Valk}}, ''[[The Sweeney]]'', {{wi|Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring}}, {{wi|The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals}} and the BBC dramatisation of {{wi|Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste}}. | ||
He was a [[production assistant]] on several early ''Doctor Who'' serials, including ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''. His earliest directorial effort for the programme was on [[9 October (production)|9 October]] [[1963 (production)|1963]], when he directed some [[16mm]] film inserts for "[[The Cave of Skulls]]", "[[The Forest of Fear]]" and "[[The Firemaker (episode)|The Firemaker]]". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]''). His first directorial ''credit'' was on the episode "[[Crisis]]". He directed several other serials, including: | He was a [[production assistant]] on several early ''Doctor Who'' serials, including ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''. His earliest directorial effort for the programme was on [[9 October (production)|9 October]] [[1963 (production)|1963]], when he directed some [[16mm]] film inserts for "[[The Cave of Skulls]]", "[[The Forest of Fear]]" and "[[The Firemaker (episode)|The Firemaker]]". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]''). His first directorial ''credit'' was on the ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' episode "[[Crisis]]". He directed several other serials, including: | ||
* ''[[The Crusade]]'' | * ''[[The Crusade]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' — whose [[location filming]] actually included [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]'s return to [[London]] in the final episode of ''[[The Chase]]'', "[[The Planet of Decision]]". Therefore he was either, as [[William Russell]] claims, the actual [[still photographer]] for the montage at the end of "The Planet of Decision" ([[DCOM]]: "[[The Planet of Decision]]") or the director of a now-unknown BBC still photographer, according to [[David J Howe]] and friends. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') The two sources agree he was present throughout the still session, even if they disagree about who actually opened the shutter. | * ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' — whose [[location filming]] actually included [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]'s return to [[London]] in the final episode of ''[[The Chase]]'', "[[The Planet of Decision]]". Therefore he was either, as [[William Russell]] claims, the actual [[still photographer]] for the montage at the end of "The Planet of Decision" ([[DCOM]]: "[[The Planet of Decision]]") or the director of a now-unknown BBC still photographer, according to [[David J Howe]] and friends. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') The two sources agree he was present throughout the still session, even if they disagree about who actually opened the shutter. | ||
