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'''Douglas Camfield''' (born [[8 May (people)|8 May]] [[1931 (people)|1931]] in [[India]], died [[27 January (people)|27 January]] [[1984 (people)|1984]] in [[Hounslow]]<ref>[[TCH 5]]</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]]'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', {{wi|Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring}}, {{wi|The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals}} and the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] dramatisation of {{wi|Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste}}. | '''Douglas Camfield''' (born [[8 May (people)|8 May]] [[1931 (people)|1931]] in [[India]], died [[27 January (people)|27 January]] [[1984 (people)|1984]] in [[Hounslow]]<ref>[[TCH 5]]</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]]'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', {{wi|Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring}}, {{wi|The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals}} and the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] dramatisation of {{wi|Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste}}. | ||
He was a [[production assistant]] on several early ''Doctor Who'' stories, 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 1963, when he directed some [[16mm]] film inserts for "[[The Cave of Skulls]]", "[[The Forest of Fear]]" and "[[The Firemaker ( | He was a [[production assistant]] on several early ''Doctor Who'' stories, 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 1963, when he directed some [[16mm]] film inserts for "[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)#The Cave of Skulls (2)|The Cave of Skulls]]", "[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)#The Forest of Fear (3)|The Forest of Fear]]" and "[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)#The Firemaker (4)|The Firemaker]]". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]''). His first directorial ''credit'' was on the ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' episode "[[Planet of Giants (TV story)#Crisis (3)|Crisis]]". He directed several other serials, including: | ||
* ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'' | * ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'' | ||
* ''[[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 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 Chase (TV story)#The Planet of Decision (6)|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]]'' | * ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | * ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | ||
