Richard Senior

Richard Senior was a Doctor Who editor and director who began his association with the programme during Steven Moffat's executive producership. He is notable for being the only Doctor Who editor in BBC Wales history to direct an episode. He's perhaps even more remarkable for being the first person in the whole of Doctor Who history to make his television directorial debut on Doctor Who.

He was an additional editor for all the episodes of series 5, but was not credited on any of them upon original transmission. In fact, as of the start of series 6, his only actual credit for editing was for doing the screen sequences seen in the 2010 Doctor Who at the Proms.

His first directorial gig was for the 2011 National Television Awards sketch, but it's somewhat unclear whether he actually got on-screen credit for this project, as credits were given only at the end of the evening, and not over the Doctor Who segment itself. He did, however, receive unambiguous credit at the time of transmission for Time and Space, two mini-episodes broadcast during the 2011 Comic Relief fundraiser. His first full episode of Doctor Who — and indeed of any television series — was Let's Kill Hitler.

Prior to his involvement with Doctor Who, Senior was largely a runner, and was uncredited on the films Batman Begins and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.