Phil Collinson

Collinson as he appeared on CON: End of an Era

David Tennant interviews Russel T Davies - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC

Collinson alongside Tennant and RTD in CON: Do You Remember the First Time?

Phil Collinson (born 26 August 1970) was the main producer of Doctor Who from Rose to Journey's End, save for a handful of episodes produced by Susie Liggat.

Towards the end of his run on Doctor Who, he was occasionally credited as executive producer, typically on those episodes produced by Liggat. He was also "series producer", receiving executive producer credit, of the initial run of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Career

Collinson initially entered the TV industry as an actor, but feeling uncomfortable with screen-acting as opposed to stage performance, he opted to instead take up production roles. Immediately prior to Doctor Who, he worked on the BBC Scotland paranormal drama Sea of Souls and was responsible for bringing several other crew members over from this production to work on Doctor Who.

In 2008 he left BBC Wales to become Head of Drama at BBC Manchester, but then swiftly moved on to helm Coronation Street.

Personal life

Collinson grew up in the north of England. He is also gay.

Credits

Producer

• 42
• The Age of Steel
• Aliens of London
• Army of Ghosts
• Bad Wolf
• Blink
• Boom Town
• Children in Need Special
• The Christmas Invasion
• Dalek
• Daleks in Manhattan
• The Doctor Dances
• The Doctor's Daughter
• Doomsday
• The Empty Child
• The End of the World
• Evolution of the Daleks
• Father's Day
• Fear Her
• The Fires of Pompeii
• Forest of the Dead
• The Girl in the Fireplace
• Gridlock
• The Idiot's Lantern
• The Impossible Planet
• Journey's End
• Last of the Time Lords
• The Lazarus Experiment
• The Long Game
• Love & Monsters
• Midnight
• New Earth
• The Parting of the Ways
• Partners in Crime
• Rise of the Cybermen
• Rose
• The Runaway Bride
• The Satan Pit
• School Reunion
• Series 1 (Doctor Who)
• Series 14 (Doctor Who)
• Series 2 (Doctor Who)
• Series 3 (Doctor Who)
• Series 4 (Doctor Who)
• The Shakespeare Code
• Silence in the Library
• Smith and Jones
• The Sound of Drums
• The Stolen Earth
• Tooth and Claw
• The Unquiet Dead
• Utopia
• Voyage of the Damned
• World War Three

Executive producer

• Eye of the Gorgon
• The Family of Blood
• Human Nature
• Invasion of the Bane
• The Lost Boy
• The Poison Sky
• Revenge of the Slitheen
• The Sontaran Stratagem
• Turn Left
• The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Warriors of Kudlak
• Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?

External links

• Phil Collinson at the Internet Movie Database
• Phil Collinson on producing Doctor Who at the 50th anniversary celebration, via DoctorWho.tv