List of Doctor Who directors

This is a list of directors for the science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It is sortable by a number of different criteria. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by writer's last name.

Director	Number of Stories	First Story	Last/Latest Story	Notes	Since first episode's broadcast date
Joe Ahearne	4	"Dalek"	"Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways"		10 years, 273 days
Christopher Barry	10	The Daleks	The Creature from the Pit	Directed episodes 1,2,4, & 5 of The Daleks with Richard Martin taking on the other episodes.	52 years, 38 days
Morris Barry	3	The Moonbase	The Dominators		48 years, 351 days
Ed Bazalgette	1	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"		102 days
Rodney Bennett	3	The Ark in Space	The Masque of Mandragora		41 years, 3 days
Paul Bernard	3	Day of the Daleks	Frontier in Space		44 years, 27 days
Lovett Bickford	1	The Leisure Hive	The Leisure Hive		35 years, 151 days
John Black	2	The Keeper of Traken	Four to Doomsday		34 years, 362 days
Farren Blackburn	2	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"	"The Rings of Akhaten"		4 years, 34 days
Darrol Blake	1	The Stones of Blood	The Stones of Blood		37 years, 92 days
Gerald Blake	2	The Abominable Snowmen	The Invasion of Time		48 years, 120 days
Keith Boak	2	"Rose"	"Aliens of London"/"World War Three"		10 years, 308 days
Michael E. Briant	6	Colony in Space	The Robots of Death		44 years, 293 days
Alan Bromly	2	The Time Warrior	Nightmare of Eden		42 years, 44 days
Douglas Camfield	9	Planet of Giants	The Seeds of Doom	Directed only episode 3 of Planet of Giants. Directed only the first two episodes of Inferno before falling ill. Producer Barry Letts took over directing duties but Camfield retained credit on all episodes.	51 years, 89 days
Jonny Campbell	2	"The Vampires of Venice"	"Vincent and the Doctor"		5 years, 265 days
Richard Clark	4	"Gridlock"	"Night Terrors"		8 years, 289 days
Chris Clough	6	Terror of the Vervoids	Silver Nemesis		29 years, 88 days
Timothy Combe	2	Doctor Who and the Silurians	The Mind of Evil		46 years, 25 days
Frank Cox	2	The Edge of Destruction	The Sensorites		51 years, 354 days
John Crockett	1	The Aztecs	The Aztecs		51 years, 250 days
Fiona Cumming	4	Castrovalva	Planet of Fire		34 years, 24 days
Hugh David	2	The Highlanders	Fury from the Deep		49 years, 42 days
John Davies	1	The Macra Terror	The Macra Terror		48 years, 323 days
Tristan DeVere Cole	1	The Wheel in Space	The Wheel in Space		47 years, 276 days
Terence Dudley	1	Meglos	Meglos		35 years, 123 days
Michael Ferguson	4	The War Machines	The Claws of Axos		49 years, 217 days
Sheree Folkson	1	"In the Forest of the Night"	"In the Forest of the Night"		1 year, 95 days
Derrick Goodwin	1	The Invisible Enemy	The Invisible Enemy		38 years, 119 days
John Gorrie	2	The Keys of Marinus	The Reign of Terror		51 years, 292 days
Brian Grant	1	"The Long Game"	"The Long Game"		10 years, 266 days
Ken Grieve	1	Destiny of the Daleks	Destiny of the Daleks		36 years, 149 days
Peter Grimwade	4	Full Circle	Earthshock		35 years, 95 days
Andrew Gunn	2	"The Beast Below"	"Victory of the Daleks"		5 years, 293 days
Graeme Harper	11	The Caves of Androzani	"The Waters of Mars"	Graeme Harper, as of 2016 is the only director to direct an episode or a story from both the classic era and the 2005 revival.	31 years, 326 days
Michael Hart	1	The Space Pirates	The Space Pirates		46 years, 326 days
James Hawes	4	"The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"	"School Reunion"		10 years, 252 days
Michael Hayes	3	The Androids of Tara	City of Death		37 years, 64 days
Toby Haynes	3	"The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang"	"The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon"		5 years, 223 days
Sarah Hellings	1	The Mark of the Rani	The Mark of the Rani		30 years, 360 days
Henric Hirsch	1	The Reign of Terror	The Reign of Terror		51 years, 173 days
Peter Hoar	1	"A Good Man Goes to War"	"A Good Man Goes to War"		4 years, 238 days
Steve Hughes	1	"Closing Time"	"Closing Time"		4 years, 126 days
Nick Hurran	5	"The Girl Who Waited"	"The Day of the Doctor"		4 years, 140 days
Waris Hussein	2	An Unearthly Child	Marco Polo		52 years, 66 days
Michael Imison	1	The Ark	The Ark		49 years, 329 days
Ron Jones	6	Black Orchid	Mindwarp		33 years, 333 days
Paul Joyce	1	Warriors' Gate	Warriors' Gate	When Joyce was not available, the role of director on Warriors' Gate was taken by production assistant Graeme Harper.	35 years, 25 days
Mat King	1	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"		2 years, 276 days
Michael Kerrigan	1	Battlefield	Battlefield		26 years, 144 days
Michael Leeston-Smith	1	The Myth Makers	The Myth Makers		50 years, 104 days
Barry Letts	5	The Enemy of the World	The Android Invasion	Directed Episodes 3-7 of Inferno after Douglas Camfield fell ill. However, Camfield retained credit on all episodes.	48 years, 36 days
Euros Lyn	9	"The End of the World"	The End of Time	Euros Lyn is the only director to direct from the beginning of Russell T Davies era until the end. Also did some directing for the episode The Beast Below	10 years, 301 days
Kenny McBain	1	The Horns of Nimon	The Horns of Nimon		36 years, 37 days
Colm McCarthy	1	"The Bells of Saint John"	"The Bells of Saint John"		2 years, 304 days
Hettie MacDonald	2	"Blink"	"The Magician's Apprentice"/"The Witch's Familiar"		8 years, 233 days
Douglas Mackinnon	7	"The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky"	"The Husbands of River Song"		7 years, 277 days
Nicholas Mallett	3	The Mysterious Planet	The Curse of Fenric		29 years, 144 days
David Maloney	8	The Mind Robber	The Talons of Weng-Chiang		47 years, 136 days
Richard Martin	4	The Daleks	The Chase	Directed episodes 3, 6, & 7 of The Daleks with Christopher Barry taking on the other episodes.	52 years, 38 days
Derek Martinus	6	Galaxy 4	Spearhead from Space		50 years, 78 days
Lennie Mayne	4	The Curse of Peladon	The Hand of Fear		43 years, 364 days
Saul Metzstein	5	"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"	"The Name of the Doctor"		3 years, 142 days
Gerry Mill	1	The Faceless Ones	The Faceless Ones		48 years, 295 days
Peter Moffatt	6	State of Decay	The Two Doctors		35 years, 67 days
Justin Molotnikov	2	"Sleep No More"	"Face the Raven"		75 days
Andrew Morgan	2	Time and the Rani	Remembrance of the Daleks		28 years, 143 days
Catherine Morshead	2	"Amy's Choice"	"The Lodger"		5 years, 258 days
Paul Murphy	2	"Robot of Sherwood"	"The Caretaker"		1 year, 144 days
Daniel Nettheim	1	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"		89 days
Daniel O'Hara	1	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"		117 days
Michael Owen Morris	1	The Awakening	The Awakening		32 years, 9 days
Charles Palmer	3	"Smith and Jones"	"Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"		8 years, 303 days
Mervyn Pinfield	4	The Sensorites	Galaxy 4		51 years, 222 days
Jamie Payne	2	"Hide"	"The Time of the Doctor"		2 years, 283 days
Mary Ridge	1	Terminus	Terminus		32 years, 347 days
Pennant Roberts	6	The Face of Evil	Timelash		39 years, 27 days
Matthew Robinson	2	Resurrection of the Daleks	Attack of the Cybermen		31 years, 354 days
Paddy Russell	4	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	Horror of Fang Rock		49 years, 357 days
Geoffrey Sax	1	Doctor Who	Doctor Who		19 years, 261 days
Bill Sellars	1	The Celestial Toymaker	The Celestial Toymaker		49 years, 301 days
Richard Senior	1	"Let's Kill Hitler"	"Let's Kill Hitler"		4 years, 154 days
Julian Simpson	1	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"		4 years, 252 days
Adam Smith	2	"The Eleventh Hour"	"The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone"		5 years, 300 days
Julia Smith	2	The Smugglers	The Underwater Menace		49 years, 140 days
George Spenton-Foster	2	Image of the Fendahl	The Ribos Operation		38 years, 91 days
Norman Stewart	2	Underworld	The Power of Kroll		38 years, 21 days
James Strong	5	"The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit"	"Planet of the Dead"		9 years, 239 days
Rachel Talalay	3	"Dark Water"/"Death in Heaven"	"Hell Bent"		1 year, 88 days
Colin Teague	2	"The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Time Lords"	"The Fires of Pompeii"		8 years, 219 days
Alice Troughton	2	"The Doctor's Daughter"	"Midnight"		7 years, 263 days
Rex Tucker	1	The Gunfighters	The Gunfighters		49 years, 273 days
Tony Virgo	1	The King's Demons	The King's Demons		32 years, 319 days
Alan Wareing	3	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Survival		27 years, 45 days
Ashley Way	1	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"		5 years, 251 days
Jeremy Webb	2	"The Curse of the Black Spot"	"The Wedding of River Song"		4 years, 266 days
Ben Wheatley	2	"Deep Breath"	"Into the Dalek"		1 year, 158 days
Paul Wilmshurst	3	"Kill the Moon"	"Last Christmas"		1 year, 116 days
Stephen Woolfenden	1	"Nightmare in Silver"	"Nightmare in Silver"		2 years, 262 days
Dan Zeff	1	"Love & Monsters"	"Love & Monsters"		9 years, 225 days