Michael Imison

Michael Imison (pronounced EYE-miss-on) was born on 9th February 1935 and directed the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark. Because of this, he was involved in casting Jackie Lane for the part of Dodo Chaplet. He also claims to have been responsible for the general visual style of the Monoids. In an interview conducted in about 2010, he said that he hoped that the BBC would have been able to have marketed the Monoids as they had done the Daleks, perhaps suggesting that he had a financial interest in their success. His contract with the BBC was not renewed during the recording of "The Bomb", which effectively meant that he was fired as he recorded the last episode of The Ark. (DOC: Riverside Story)