Cast & creator
David Maloney
Best known for Doctor Who, Play for Today, Z-Cars
David John Lee Maloney (14 December 1933 – 18 July 2006) was a British television director and producer, best known for his work on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and The Day of the Triffids. Maloney joined the BBC as a television production assistant and trained to be a director at the corporation. His directing credits included the police series Z-Cars, Softly, Softly: Taskforce and Juliet Bravo, and an adaptation of the Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe (1970). He first worked on Doctor Who as a production assistant to Christopher Barry on the serial The Rescue (1965). He directed eight Doctor Who serials between 1968 and 1977. He became, along with Douglas Camfield, one of producer Philip Hinchcliffe's two favourite directors. He then became the producer of the first three seasons of Blake's 7 (1978–80), which included directing three episodes himself. He left Blake's 7 to produce the last series of When the Boat Comes In (1981). He also produced the BBC's adaptation of John Wyndham's novel The Day of the Triffids (1981). After his work in television drama, Maloney moved to factual programme-making and travelled the world making various documentaries for the ITV contractor Central. Towards the end of his life, he appeared in a number of TV and DVD documentaries about his work on Doctor Who. He also provided DVD commentaries for three of the serials he directed, The Mind Robber (1968), Genesis of the Daleks (1975) and The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977).
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film credits
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television credits
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1962–2024 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
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Doctor Who
Director
1963
Play for Today
Director
1970
Z-Cars
Director
1962
Blake's 7
Director
1978Blake's 7
Producer
1978
Angels
Director
1975
The Play on One
Director
1988
Softly, Softly
Director
1966
Paul Temple
Director
1969
Juliet Bravo
Director
1980
When the Boat Comes In
Producer
1976
The Day of the Triffids
Producer
1981
Bedtime Stories
Director
1974
Ivanhoe
Director
1970
The Last of the Mohicans
Director
1971
Rough Justice
Director
1977
Maelstrom
Director
1985Owen, M.D.
Director
1971The Newcomers
Director
1965
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Director
1977
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Director
1968Sentimental Education
Director
1970
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Director
1973
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Producer
1985
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Director
1975
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Director
2024Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
Director
1973
Doctor Who: The War Games
Director
1969The Witch's Daughter
Director
1971
Kim & Co.
Director
1975Strike it Rich!
Director
1986
Doctor Who: The Krotons
Director
1969
Blake's 7: Duel
Producer
1986
Blake's 7: Orac
Director
1986Blake's 7: Orac
Producer
1986
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Producer
1986Blake's 7: Aftermath
Director
1986
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Director
1973Woodstock
Director
1973
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Producer
1979
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Production Assistant
1965Family Pride
Director
1991
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Director
1975
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
Director
1976
Clowns
Director
1989
Doctor Who: The Ark
Production Assistant
1966
End of the Line
Director
1984
The Dalek Tapes
Self
2006
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
Carnival of Monsters
1999
Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Rolling
Director
1982
Serial Thrillers
2004
Aliens
Director
1982