Jan Spoczynski

 was the designer of Snakedance, his only contribution to ''Doctor Who.

Spoczynski's career both before and after Snakedance was a healthy one. He worked steadily in British television from at least the 1970s to the 1990s, during which time he was a designer on such programmes as Blake's 7, Last of the Summer Wine, Parkinson, Midsomer Murders and The Two Ronnies, with Ronnie Corbett. In the 2000s he transitioned to feature films, where he mostly served as an art director or more junior roles in the art department. His credits during this later phase of his career have included: Wimbledon, Stage Beauty, Match Point, Shanghai