Julia Smith

Julia Smith (26 May 1927-19 June 1997) directed the Doctor Who serials The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace. She was the second woman to direct a Doctor Who story, following Paddy Russell's direction of The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. She was one of the most important women in the BBC from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Indeed, her most recognisable contribution to British television was her co-creation and early producership of EastEnders.