Tristan de Vere Cole

Tristan de Vere Cole (born Tristan John de Vere Cole on 16 March 1935 ) directed the Doctor Who television story The Wheel in Space. He was earlier an uncredited production assistant for The Dalek Invasion of Earth with Jane Shirley (INFO: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) and The Gunfighters with Angela Gordon.

Though fan myth has claimed that de Vere Cole went overbudget in his directorial work on The Wheel in Space - as a result of Peter Bryant's allegations at the time - he actually delivered the story within budget.

His other credits included the Verity Lambert produced soap opera, espionage drama and Terry Nation's post-apocalyptic drama.