List of Doctor Who directors
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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 |
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Joe Ahearne | 4 | "Dalek" | "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways" | 19 years, 64 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, 195 days |
Morris Barry | 3 | The Moonbase | The Dominators | 57 years, 143 days | |
Ed Bazalgette | 1 | "The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived" | "The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived" | 8 years, 259 days | |
Rodney Bennett | 3 | The Ark in Space | The Masque of Mandragora | 49 years, 160 days | |
Paul Bernard | 3 | Day of the Daleks | Frontier in Space | 52 years, 184 days | |
Lovett Bickford | 1 | The Leisure Hive | The Leisure Hive | 43 years, 308 days | |
John Black | 2 | The Keeper of Traken | Four to Doomsday | 43 years, 154 days | |
Farren Blackburn | 2 | "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" | "The Rings of Akhaten" | 12 years, 191 days | |
Darrol Blake | 1 | The Stones of Blood | The Stones of Blood | 45 years, 249 days | |
Gerald Blake | 2 | The Abominable Snowmen | The Invasion of Time | 56 years, 277 days | |
Keith Boak | 2 | "Rose" | "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" | 19 years, 99 days | |
Michael E. Briant | 6 | Colony in Space | The Robots of Death | 53 years, 84 days | |
Alan Bromly | 2 | The Time Warrior | Nightmare of Eden | 50 years, 201 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, 246 days |
Jonny Campbell | 2 | "The Vampires of Venice" | "Vincent and the Doctor" | 14 years, 56 days | |
Richard Clark | 4 | "Gridlock" | "Night Terrors" | 17 years, 80 days | |
Chris Clough | 6 | Terror of the Vervoids | Silver Nemesis | 37 years, 245 days | |
Timothy Combe | 2 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | The Mind of Evil | 54 years, 182 days | |
Frank Cox | 2 | The Edge of Destruction | The Sensorites | 60 years, 146 days | |
John Crockett | 1 | The Aztecs | The Aztecs | 60 years, 41 days | |
Fiona Cumming | 4 | Castrovalva | Planet of Fire | 42 years, 181 days | |
Hugh David | 2 | The Highlanders | Fury from the Deep | 57 years, 199 days | |
John Davies | 1 | The Macra Terror | The Macra Terror | 57 years, 114 days | |
Tristan DeVere Cole | 1 | The Wheel in Space | The Wheel in Space | 56 years, 67 days | |
Terence Dudley | 1 | Meglos | Meglos | 43 years, 280 days | |
Michael Ferguson | 4 | The War Machines | The Claws of Axos | 58 years, 8 days | |
Sheree Folkson | 1 | "In the Forest of the Night" | "In the Forest of the Night" | 9 years, 252 days | |
Derrick Goodwin | 1 | The Invisible Enemy | The Invisible Enemy | 46 years, 276 days | |
John Gorrie | 2 | The Keys of Marinus | The Reign of Terror | 60 years, 83 days | |
Brian Grant | 1 | "The Long Game" | "The Long Game" | 19 years, 57 days | |
Ken Grieve | 1 | Destiny of the Daleks | Destiny of the Daleks | 44 years, 306 days | |
Peter Grimwade | 4 | Full Circle | Earthshock | 43 years, 252 days | |
Andrew Gunn | 2 | "The Beast Below" | "Victory of the Daleks" | 14 years, 84 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, 117 days |
Michael Hart | 1 | The Space Pirates | The Space Pirates | 55 years, 117 days | |
James Hawes | 4 | "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" | "School Reunion" | 19 years, 43 days | |
Michael Hayes | 3 | The Androids of Tara | City of Death | 45 years, 221 days | |
Toby Haynes | 3 | "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" | "The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon" | 14 years, 14 days | |
Sarah Hellings | 1 | The Mark of the Rani | The Mark of the Rani | 39 years, 152 days | |
Henric Hirsch | 1 | The Reign of Terror | The Reign of Terror | 59 years, 330 days | |
Peter Hoar | 1 | "A Good Man Goes to War" | "A Good Man Goes to War" | 13 years, 29 days | |
Steve Hughes | 1 | "Closing Time" | "Closing Time" | 12 years, 283 days | |
Nick Hurran | 5 | "The Girl Who Waited" | "The Day of the Doctor" | 12 years, 297 days | |
Waris Hussein | 2 | An Unearthly Child | Marco Polo | 60 years, 223 days | |
Michael Imison | 1 | The Ark | The Ark | 58 years, 120 days | |
Ron Jones | 6 | Black Orchid | Mindwarp | 42 years, 124 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, 182 days |
Mat King | 1 | "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" | "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" | 11 years, 67 days | |
Michael Kerrigan | 1 | Battlefield | Battlefield | 34 years, 301 days | |
Michael Leeston-Smith | 1 | The Myth Makers | The Myth Makers | 58 years, 261 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, 193 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, 92 days |
Kenny McBain | 1 | The Horns of Nimon | The Horns of Nimon | 44 years, 194 days | |
Colm McCarthy | 1 | "The Bells of Saint John" | "The Bells of Saint John" | 11 years, 95 days | |
Hettie MacDonald | 2 | "Blink" | "The Magician's Apprentice"/"The Witch's Familiar" | 17 years, 24 days | |
Douglas Mackinnon | 7 | "The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky" | "The Husbands of River Song" | 16 years, 68 days | |
Nicholas Mallett | 3 | The Mysterious Planet | The Curse of Fenric | 37 years, 301 days | |
David Maloney | 8 | The Mind Robber | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 55 years, 293 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, 195 days |
Derek Martinus | 6 | Galaxy 4 | Spearhead from Space | 58 years, 235 days | |
Lennie Mayne | 4 | The Curse of Peladon | The Hand of Fear | 52 years, 156 days | |
Saul Metzstein | 5 | "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" | "The Name of the Doctor" | 11 years, 299 days | |
Gerry Mill | 1 | The Faceless Ones | The Faceless Ones | 57 years, 86 days | |
Peter Moffatt | 6 | State of Decay | The Two Doctors | 43 years, 224 days | |
Justin Molotnikov | 2 | "Sleep No More" | "Face the Raven" | 8 years, 232 days | |
Andrew Morgan | 2 | Time and the Rani | Remembrance of the Daleks | 36 years, 300 days | |
Catherine Morshead | 2 | "Amy's Choice" | "The Lodger" | 14 years, 49 days | |
Paul Murphy | 2 | "Robot of Sherwood" | "The Caretaker" | 9 years, 301 days | |
Daniel Nettheim | 1 | "The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion" | "The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion" | 8 years, 246 days | |
Daniel O'Hara | 1 | "Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood" | "Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood" | 8 years, 274 days | |
Michael Owen Morris | 1 | The Awakening | The Awakening | 40 years, 166 days | |
Charles Palmer | 3 | "Smith and Jones" | "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" | 17 years, 94 days | |
Mervyn Pinfield | 4 | The Sensorites | Galaxy 4 | 60 years, 13 days | |
Jamie Payne | 2 | "Hide" | "The Time of the Doctor" | 11 years, 74 days | |
Mary Ridge | 1 | Terminus | Terminus | 41 years, 139 days | |
Pennant Roberts | 6 | The Face of Evil | Timelash | 47 years, 184 days | |
Matthew Robinson | 2 | Resurrection of the Daleks | Attack of the Cybermen | 40 years, 146 days | |
Paddy Russell | 4 | The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | Horror of Fang Rock | 58 years, 149 days | |
Geoffrey Sax | 1 | Doctor Who | Doctor Who | 28 years, 52 days | |
Bill Sellars | 1 | The Celestial Toymaker | The Celestial Toymaker | 58 years, 92 days | |
Richard Senior | 1 | "Let's Kill Hitler" | "Let's Kill Hitler" | 12 years, 311 days | |
Julian Simpson | 1 | "The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People" | "The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People" | 13 years, 43 days | |
Adam Smith | 2 | "The Eleventh Hour" | "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone" | 14 years, 91 days | |
Julia Smith | 2 | The Smugglers | The Underwater Menace | 57 years, 297 days | |
George Spenton-Foster | 2 | Image of the Fendahl | The Ribos Operation | 46 years, 248 days | |
Norman Stewart | 2 | Underworld | The Power of Kroll | 46 years, 178 days | |
James Strong | 5 | "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" | "Planet of the Dead" | 18 years, 30 days | |
Rachel Talalay | 3 | "Dark Water"/"Death in Heaven" | "Hell Bent" | 9 years, 245 days | |
Colin Teague | 2 | "The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Time Lords" | "The Fires of Pompeii" | 17 years, 10 days | |
Alice Troughton | 2 | "The Doctor's Daughter" | "Midnight" | 16 years, 54 days | |
Rex Tucker | 1 | The Gunfighters | The Gunfighters | 58 years, 64 days | |
Tony Virgo | 1 | The King's Demons | The King's Demons | 41 years, 110 days | |
Alan Wareing | 3 | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Survival | 35 years, 202 days | |
Ashley Way | 1 | "The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood" | "The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood" | 14 years, 42 days | |
Jeremy Webb | 2 | "The Curse of the Black Spot" | "The Wedding of River Song" | 13 years, 57 days | |
Ben Wheatley | 2 | "Deep Breath" | "Into the Dalek" | 9 years, 315 days | |
Paul Wilmshurst | 3 | "Kill the Moon" | "Last Christmas" | 9 years, 273 days | |
Stephen Woolfenden | 1 | "Nightmare in Silver" | "Nightmare in Silver" | 11 years, 53 days | |
Dan Zeff | 1 | "Love & Monsters" | "Love & Monsters" | 18 years, 16 days |
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