Changes: Fiona Cumming

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Fiona Cumming (9 October 1937-1 January 2015^[1]) was involved in several aspects of production extending over three decades of Doctor Who. She was an occasional assistant floor manager and production assistant during the 1960s and early 1970s, before becoming a director during Peter Davison's three seasons in the 1980s.

John Nathan-Turner wanted her to direct the Sixth Doctor television story The Ultimate Evil, but the episode was later abandoned. (INFO: The Mysterious Planet)

She made an uncredited cameo appearance as a tourist at Windsor Castle in Silver Nemesis. (DWM 244)

She was married to floor manager Ian Fraser. (DWMSE 48)

Doctor Who work

Assistant floor manager

The Massacre (with Richard Valentine)

Production assistant

The Highlanders
The Seeds of Death^[2]
The Mutants (uncredited^[3], with Chris D'Oyly-John)

Director

External links

Fiona Cumming at the Internet Movie Database

Footnotes

[1] Doctor Who TV

[2] BBC Official Site

[3] INFO: The Mutants

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 {{Infobox Person
 | image      = Fiona Cumming.jpg
-| name       = Fiona Cumming
-| role       =
 | job title  = [[Director]]
-| birth date = [[9 October]] [[1937]]
+| birth date = [[9 October (people)|9 October]] [[1937 (people)|1937]]
-| death date =
+| death date = [[1 January (people)|1 January]] [[2015 (people)|2015]]
+| non dwu    = ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''Angels'', ''The Omega Factor'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ''[[Emmerdale]]'', ''High Road'', ''Eldorado''
-| aka        =
-| story      =
+| imdb       = 0191821
-| non dwu    =
-| non dwu    =
-| imdb       = nm0191821
 }}
-'''Fiona Cumming''' (born [[9 October]] [[1937]]) was involved in several aspects of production extending over three decades of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Although her only credit was as a [[director]] during [[Peter Davison]]'s three seasons in the [[1980s]], she was an occasional uncredited [[assistant floor manager]] and [[production assistant]] during the [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]].{{fact}}
+'''Fiona Cumming''' ([[9 October (people)|9 October]] [[1937 (people)|1937]]-[[1 January (people)|1 January]] [[2015 (people)|2015]]<ref>[http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/obituaries-fiona-cumming-bernard-kay-70895.htm Doctor Who TV]</ref>) was involved in several aspects of production extending over three decades of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. She was an occasional [[assistant floor manager]] and [[production assistant]] during the 1960s and early 1970s, before becoming a [[director]] during [[Peter Davison]]'s three seasons in the 1980s.
+[[John Nathan-Turner]] wanted her to direct the [[Sixth Doctor]] television story ''[[The Ultimate Evil (TV story)|The Ultimate Evil]]'', but the episode was later abandoned. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'')
-She made an uncredited cameo appearance as a tourist at [[Windsor Castle]] in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''{{fact}}.
+She made an uncredited cameo appearance as a tourist at [[Windsor Castle]] in ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''. ([[DWM 244]])
-== Uncredited Doctor Who work ==
+She was married to floor manager [[Ian Fraser]]. ([[DWMSE 48]])
+== ''Doctor Who'' work ==
 === Assistant floor manager ===
-* ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve]]'' (with [[Richard Valentine]])
+* ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'' (with [[Richard Valentine]])
 === Production assistant ===
 * ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''
-* ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]''
+* ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/seedsofdeath/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref>
-* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' (with [[Chris D'Oyly-John]])
+* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' (uncredited<ref>[[INFO]]: ''The Mutants''</ref>, with [[Chris D'Oyly-John]])
+=== Director ===
-== Doctor Who stories directed ==
 * ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''
 * ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]''
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 == External links ==
 {{imdb name|id=0191821}}
+== Footnotes ==
+{{reflist}}
 {{NameSort}}
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 [[Category:Doctor Who directors]]
 [[Category:Doctor Who uncredited cast]]
+[[Category:Directors interviewed on Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]
+[[Category:Actors interviewed on Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]

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