Douglas Camfield: Difference between revisions

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 Time Meddler (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''