Paddy Russell

Paddy Russell is a television director. In the 1950s, she worked as a BBC production assistant to famed director Rudolph Cartier. Her first major production as a director was a BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

In 1965, she directed Out of the Unknown, a science-fiction series. In 1966, she directed her first Doctor Who story, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. Following this, she directed Pere Goriot, Little Women and The Moonstone before returning to Doctor Who with Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Pyramids of Mars and Horror of Fang Rock, in 1974, 1975 and 1977 respectively, to direct the Third and Fourth Doctors. She went on to direct The Omega Factor, her last major production.

Russell was not only the first woman to direct a Doctor Who story, but also the first woman to work as a director for the BBC.

Doctor Who stories directed

 * The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
 * Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * Pyramids of Mars
 * Horror of Fang Rock