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David Maloney
Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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, Blak…
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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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2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Movie Director
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2006
The Dalek Tapes
Movie Self
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2004
Serial Thrillers
Movie
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1999
Adventures in Space and Time
Movie Himself
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1999
Carnival of Monsters
Movie
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- 1995
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1991
Family Pride
TV show Director
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1989
Clowns
Movie Director
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1988
The Play on One
TV show Director
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1986
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Movie Producer
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1986
Blake's 7: Orac
Movie Director
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1986
Blake's 7: Duel
Movie Producer
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1986
Strike it Rich!
TV show Director
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1985
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Movie Producer
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1985
Maelstrom
TV show Director
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1984
End of the Line
Movie Director
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1982
Aliens
Movie Director
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1982
Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Rolling
Movie Director
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1981
The Day of the Triffids
TV show Producer
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1980
Juliet Bravo
TV show Director
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1979
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie Producer
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Director
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1977
Rough Justice
TV show Director
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1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Movie Director
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1976
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
Movie Director
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1976
When the Boat Comes In
TV show Producer
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1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Movie Director
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1975
Angels
TV show Director
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1975
Kim & Co.
TV show Director
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1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Movie Director
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1974
Bedtime Stories
TV show Director
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1973
Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
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1973
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
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1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie Director
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1973
Woodstock
TV show Director
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1971
The Witch's Daughter
TV show Director
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1971
Owen, M.D.
TV show Director
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1971
The Last of the Mohicans
TV show Director
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1970
Play for Today
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