List of Doctor Who directors

This is a list of directors for the science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It is sortable by a number of different criteria. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by writer's last name.

Director	Number of Stories	First Story	Last/Latest Story	Notes	Since first episode's broadcast date
Joe Ahearne	4	"Dalek"	"Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways"		18 years, 364 days
Christopher Barry	10	The Daleks	The Creature from the Pit	Directed episodes 1,2,4, & 5 of The Daleks with Richard Martin taking on the other episodes.	60 years, 129 days
Morris Barry	3	The Moonbase	The Dominators		57 years, 77 days
Ed Bazalgette	1	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"		8 years, 193 days
Rodney Bennett	3	The Ark in Space	The Masque of Mandragora		49 years, 94 days
Paul Bernard	3	Day of the Daleks	Frontier in Space		52 years, 118 days
Lovett Bickford	1	The Leisure Hive	The Leisure Hive		43 years, 242 days
John Black	2	The Keeper of Traken	Four to Doomsday		43 years, 88 days
Farren Blackburn	2	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"	"The Rings of Akhaten"		12 years, 125 days
Darrol Blake	1	The Stones of Blood	The Stones of Blood		45 years, 183 days
Gerald Blake	2	The Abominable Snowmen	The Invasion of Time		56 years, 211 days
Keith Boak	2	"Rose"	"Aliens of London"/"World War Three"		19 years, 33 days
Michael E. Briant	6	Colony in Space	The Robots of Death		53 years, 18 days
Alan Bromly	2	The Time Warrior	Nightmare of Eden		50 years, 135 days
Douglas Camfield	9	Planet of Giants	The Seeds of Doom	Directed only episode 3 of Planet of Giants. Directed only the first two episodes of Inferno before falling ill. Producer Barry Letts took over directing duties but Camfield retained credit on all episodes.	59 years, 180 days
Jonny Campbell	2	"The Vampires of Venice"	"Vincent and the Doctor"		13 years, 356 days
Richard Clark	4	"Gridlock"	"Night Terrors"		17 years, 14 days
Chris Clough	6	Terror of the Vervoids	Silver Nemesis		37 years, 179 days
Timothy Combe	2	Doctor Who and the Silurians	The Mind of Evil		54 years, 116 days
Frank Cox	2	The Edge of Destruction	The Sensorites		60 years, 80 days
John Crockett	1	The Aztecs	The Aztecs		59 years, 341 days
Fiona Cumming	4	Castrovalva	Planet of Fire		42 years, 115 days
Hugh David	2	The Highlanders	Fury from the Deep		57 years, 133 days
John Davies	1	The Macra Terror	The Macra Terror		57 years, 48 days
Tristan DeVere Cole	1	The Wheel in Space	The Wheel in Space		56 years, 1 day
Terence Dudley	1	Meglos	Meglos		43 years, 214 days
Michael Ferguson	4	The War Machines	The Claws of Axos		57 years, 308 days
Sheree Folkson	1	"In the Forest of the Night"	"In the Forest of the Night"		9 years, 186 days
Derrick Goodwin	1	The Invisible Enemy	The Invisible Enemy		46 years, 210 days
John Gorrie	2	The Keys of Marinus	The Reign of Terror		60 years, 17 days
Brian Grant	1	"The Long Game"	"The Long Game"		18 years, 357 days
Ken Grieve	1	Destiny of the Daleks	Destiny of the Daleks		44 years, 240 days
Peter Grimwade	4	Full Circle	Earthshock		43 years, 186 days
Andrew Gunn	2	"The Beast Below"	"Victory of the Daleks"		14 years, 18 days
Graeme Harper	11	The Caves of Androzani	"The Waters of Mars"	Graeme Harper, as of 2016 is the only director to direct an episode or a story from both the classic era and the 2005 revival.	40 years, 51 days
Michael Hart	1	The Space Pirates	The Space Pirates		55 years, 51 days
James Hawes	4	"The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"	"School Reunion"		18 years, 343 days
Michael Hayes	3	The Androids of Tara	City of Death		45 years, 155 days
Toby Haynes	3	"The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang"	"The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon"		13 years, 314 days
Sarah Hellings	1	The Mark of the Rani	The Mark of the Rani		39 years, 86 days
Henric Hirsch	1	The Reign of Terror	The Reign of Terror		59 years, 264 days
Peter Hoar	1	"A Good Man Goes to War"	"A Good Man Goes to War"		12 years, 329 days
Steve Hughes	1	"Closing Time"	"Closing Time"		12 years, 217 days
Nick Hurran	5	"The Girl Who Waited"	"The Day of the Doctor"		12 years, 231 days
Waris Hussein	2	An Unearthly Child	Marco Polo		60 years, 157 days
Michael Imison	1	The Ark	The Ark		58 years, 54 days
Ron Jones	6	Black Orchid	Mindwarp		42 years, 58 days
Paul Joyce	1	Warriors' Gate	Warriors' Gate	When Joyce was not available, the role of director on Warriors' Gate was taken by production assistant Graeme Harper.	43 years, 116 days
Mat King	1	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"		11 years, 1 day
Michael Kerrigan	1	Battlefield	Battlefield		34 years, 235 days
Michael Leeston-Smith	1	The Myth Makers	The Myth Makers		58 years, 195 days
Barry Letts	5	The Enemy of the World	The Android Invasion	Directed Episodes 3-7 of Inferno after Douglas Camfield fell ill. However, Camfield retained credit on all episodes.	56 years, 127 days
Euros Lyn	9	"The End of the World"	The End of Time	Euros Lyn is the only director to direct from the beginning of Russell T Davies era until the end. Also did some directing for the episode The Beast Below	19 years, 26 days
Kenny McBain	1	The Horns of Nimon	The Horns of Nimon		44 years, 128 days
Colm McCarthy	1	"The Bells of Saint John"	"The Bells of Saint John"		11 years, 29 days
Hettie MacDonald	2	"Blink"	"The Magician's Apprentice"/"The Witch's Familiar"		16 years, 324 days
Douglas Mackinnon	7	"The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky"	"The Husbands of River Song"		16 years, 2 days
Nicholas Mallett	3	The Mysterious Planet	The Curse of Fenric		37 years, 235 days
David Maloney	8	The Mind Robber	The Talons of Weng-Chiang		55 years, 227 days
Richard Martin	4	The Daleks	The Chase	Directed episodes 3, 6, & 7 of The Daleks with Christopher Barry taking on the other episodes.	60 years, 129 days
Derek Martinus	6	Galaxy 4	Spearhead from Space		58 years, 169 days
Lennie Mayne	4	The Curse of Peladon	The Hand of Fear		52 years, 90 days
Saul Metzstein	5	"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"	"The Name of the Doctor"		11 years, 233 days
Gerry Mill	1	The Faceless Ones	The Faceless Ones		57 years, 20 days
Peter Moffatt	6	State of Decay	The Two Doctors		43 years, 158 days
Justin Molotnikov	2	"Sleep No More"	"Face the Raven"		8 years, 166 days
Andrew Morgan	2	Time and the Rani	Remembrance of the Daleks		36 years, 234 days
Catherine Morshead	2	"Amy's Choice"	"The Lodger"		13 years, 349 days
Paul Murphy	2	"Robot of Sherwood"	"The Caretaker"		9 years, 235 days
Daniel Nettheim	1	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"		8 years, 180 days
Daniel O'Hara	1	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"		8 years, 208 days
Michael Owen Morris	1	The Awakening	The Awakening		40 years, 100 days
Charles Palmer	3	"Smith and Jones"	"Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"		17 years, 28 days
Mervyn Pinfield	4	The Sensorites	Galaxy 4		59 years, 313 days
Jamie Payne	2	"Hide"	"The Time of the Doctor"		11 years, 8 days
Mary Ridge	1	Terminus	Terminus		41 years, 73 days
Pennant Roberts	6	The Face of Evil	Timelash		47 years, 118 days
Matthew Robinson	2	Resurrection of the Daleks	Attack of the Cybermen		40 years, 80 days
Paddy Russell	4	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	Horror of Fang Rock		58 years, 83 days
Geoffrey Sax	1	Doctor Who	Doctor Who		27 years, 352 days
Bill Sellars	1	The Celestial Toymaker	The Celestial Toymaker		58 years, 26 days
Richard Senior	1	"Let's Kill Hitler"	"Let's Kill Hitler"		12 years, 245 days
Julian Simpson	1	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"		12 years, 343 days
Adam Smith	2	"The Eleventh Hour"	"The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone"		14 years, 25 days
Julia Smith	2	The Smugglers	The Underwater Menace		57 years, 231 days
George Spenton-Foster	2	Image of the Fendahl	The Ribos Operation		46 years, 182 days
Norman Stewart	2	Underworld	The Power of Kroll		46 years, 112 days
James Strong	5	"The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit"	"Planet of the Dead"		17 years, 330 days
Rachel Talalay	3	"Dark Water"/"Death in Heaven"	"Hell Bent"		9 years, 179 days
Colin Teague	2	"The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Time Lords"	"The Fires of Pompeii"		16 years, 310 days
Alice Troughton	2	"The Doctor's Daughter"	"Midnight"		15 years, 354 days
Rex Tucker	1	The Gunfighters	The Gunfighters		57 years, 364 days
Tony Virgo	1	The King's Demons	The King's Demons		41 years, 44 days
Alan Wareing	3	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Survival		35 years, 136 days
Ashley Way	1	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"		13 years, 342 days
Jeremy Webb	2	"The Curse of the Black Spot"	"The Wedding of River Song"		12 years, 357 days
Ben Wheatley	2	"Deep Breath"	"Into the Dalek"		9 years, 249 days
Paul Wilmshurst	3	"Kill the Moon"	"Last Christmas"		9 years, 207 days
Stephen Woolfenden	1	"Nightmare in Silver"	"Nightmare in Silver"		10 years, 353 days
Dan Zeff	1	"Love & Monsters"	"Love & Monsters"		17 years, 316 days

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