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Sylvia James
Sylvia James was an often-used make-up supervisor during the 1963 version of Doctor Who. After a period as a junior artist during the Hartnell era, she had three major periods of…
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Sylvia James was an often-used make-up supervisor during the 1963 version of Doctor Who. After a period as a junior artist during the Hartnell era, she had three major periods of continuous work as the lead artist, or roughly what is classed as a make-up designer by the BBC Wales team. By far her longest stint was during the Troughton era, where she served continuously from The Abominable Snowmen to The War Games, spanning all but one serial of seasons 5 and 6. She returned for a brief stretch in the Pertwee era, heading the make-up department for The Curse of Peladon and The Sea Devils. She then did the majority of work for the season 12 production block, doing every episode from The Ark in Space to Terror of the Zygons — except for Revenge of the Cybermen.
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2025
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
Movie Self
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2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Movie Makeup Artist
- 2022
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2018
Remembering Deborah Watling
Movie Self
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2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie Assistant Camera
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2010
Warriors of Mars
Movie
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1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Movie Makeup Artist
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1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Movie Makeup Artist
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1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Movie Makeup Artist
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1975
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
Movie Makeup Artist
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1972
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Movie Makeup Artist
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1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
Movie Makeup Artist
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1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Movie Makeup Artist
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1969
Doctor Who: The Krotons
Movie Makeup Artist
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1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Movie Makeup Artist
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1968
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Movie Makeup Artist
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1968
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Movie Makeup Artist
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1968
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Movie Makeup Artist
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1968
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Movie Makeup Artist
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1967
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Movie Makeup Artist
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1967
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Movie Makeup Artist
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Makeup Artist
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1962
Steptoe and Son
TV show Makeup Artist
