Hugh David

Hugh David (17 July 1925 - 11 September 1987) directed DW: The Highlanders and DW: Fury from the Deep. Before becoming a director, David had been an actor as well as an associate of Rex Tucker, who was involved in pre-production on Doctor Who in 1963. In this capacity, Tucker offered David the opportunity to play the First Doctor but David declined. Furthermore, the series' original producer Verity Lambert deemed the then thirty-eight-year-old David as being too young for the part.