Gerry Mill

Gerry Mill was a production assistant for the Doctor Who television story The Massacre. He later directed The Faceless Ones.

After directing Doctor Who, Mill embarked on a successful directing career, helming episodes of, Coronation Street, Z-Cars, , , , , , Bergerac, and. He also produced almost two hundred episodes of Heartbeat between 1996 and 2004.

He is the godfather of Benedict Cumberbatch and Mill had directed Cumberbatch's mother Wanda Ventham in The Faceless Ones.