List of Doctor Who producers

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This is a series of lists of those who have received a producer credit (executive, associate, etc.) on the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The definition of producer has changed over the years, as has the nature of television production. Therefore, the list is just of those receiving a producer credit on-screen and not those who have effectively fulfilled producers' roles for the show, such as Terrance Dicks' brief tenure as producer before the arrival of Barry Letts, and a brief spell by David Maloney in 1978 when Graham Williams was incapacitated. It also excludes those who have produced Doctor Who outside the regular series only, such as animated or charity episodes, and in other media, such as the audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.

Producer credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of episodes
Classic series
Verity Lambert 1963–1965 86
  • Programme's first producer
John Wiles 1965–1966 24
  • First male producer
Innes Lloyd

1966–1967, 1967–1968

77
Peter Bryant

1967, 1968–1969

56
Derrick Sherwin 1969–1970 14
  • First to produce the programme in colour
  • Former story editor and writer of The Invasion
Barry Letts 1970–1975 128
  • Director and writer (often uncredited) of several serials
  • First producer to simultaneously serve as director on a serial
  • Executive producer (28 episodes, 1980–1981)
Philip Hinchcliffe 1975–1977
  • The Ark in SpaceThe Talons of Weng Chiang
70
  • The only surviving producer from the Classic Era
Graham Williams 1977–1980 72
  • Co-writer of The Invasion of Time and City of Death (as "David Agnew")
  • Also produced the incomplete serial Shada (6 episodes, 1980)
John Nathan-Turner 1980–1989 170
TV film
1996
  • Doctor Who
1
  • One-off producer for sole television movie
Revived series
Phil Collinson 2005–2008 48
  • First producer of the revived series
  • Executive producer (7 episodes, 2007–2008)
  • Executive producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (11 episodes, 2007)
Susie Liggat 2007–2008 8
  • Holiday relief for Collinson in 2007
  • First female producer since Verity Lambert
  • Producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (1 episode, 2007)
Tracie Simpson 2009–2010
  • "Planet of the Dead"
  • "The End of Time" – "The Eleventh Hour"
  • "The Time of Angels" – "Amy's Choice"
  • "Vincent and the Doctor" – "The Lodger"
10
Nikki Wilson 2009, 2014–2020 30
  • † Indicates Series Producer credit
  • †† Indicates Co-Executive Producer credit
  • Script editor (2 episode, 2008)
  • Producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (16 episodes, 2008–2009)
  • Executive producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (18 episodes, 2010–2011)
Peter Bennett 2010, 2014–2017 26
Patrick Schweitzer 2010
  • "The Vampires of Venice"
  • "Vincent and the Doctor"
2
Sanne Wohlenberg 2010–2011 3
Marcus Wilson 2011–2013 25
  • † Indicates Series Producer credit
Denise Paul 2011–2013 5
  • Associate producer (12 episodes, 2011–2013)
  • Script producer (6 episodes, 2012–2013)
Paul Frift 2014 2
Derek Ritchie 2015 4
  • Script editor (4 episodes, 2013–2014)
Alex Mercer 2018 – 2021 9
Pete Levy 2021 3
Sheena Bucktowonsing 2022 1
  • Series Script Editor (2018-2021)
  • Associate Producer (2021)

Executive producer credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of episodes
Classic series
Barry Letts 1980–1981 28
TV film
Alex Beaton 1996
  • Doctor Who
1
  • Represented Universal Pictures
Philip Segal
  • Served as the main executive producer
Jo Wright
  • Credited as executive producer for the BBC
  • First female executive producer
Revived series
Russell T Davies 2005–2010
  • "Rose" – "The End of Time"
60
  • Head writer (or showrunner)
  • Creator and executive producer, "Torchwood"
  • Creator and executive producer, "The Sarah Jane Adventures"
Julie Gardner
  • Executive producer, "Torchwood"
  • Executive producer, "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (35 episodes, 2007–2009)
Mal Young 2005
  • "Rose" – "The Parting of the Ways"
13
Phil Collinson 2007–2008 7
  • Regular producer, served as executive producer when production was covered by Susie Liggat
Steven Moffat 2010–2017 84
  • Russell T Davies' replacement as head writer (showrunner)
  • Executive Producer, An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
  • Executive Producer, Class (8 episodes, 2016)
Piers Wenger 2010–2011
  • "The Eleventh Hour" – "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
28
  • Executive producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (12 episodes, 2009)
Beth Willis 2010–2011
  • "The Eleventh Hour" – "The Wedding of River Song"
27
  • Joined the team as part of a remit to work alongside Wenger on a range of BBC Wales dramas
Caroline Skinner 2011–2013 15
  • Executive Producer, An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Faith Penhale 2013
  • "The Day of the Doctor"
1
Brian Minchin 2013–2017 41
  • Script editor (8 episodes, 2007–2010)
  • Script editor, Torchwood (20 episodes, 2006–2008)
  • Associate producer, Torchwood (5 episodes, 2009)
  • Producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures (18 episodes, 2010–2011)
  • Producer, Torchwood (6 episodes, 2011)
  • Executive Producer, Class (8 episodes, 2016)
Chris Chibnall 2018–2022 24
  • Steven Moffat's replacement as head writer (showrunner)
Matt Strevens 2018–2022 24
  • Executive producer
  • Producer An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

Associate producer credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Classic series
Mervyn Pinfield 1963–1964 57
  • Programme's first associate producer
  • Also director
Peter Bryant 1967 9
  • Last associate producer of the original series
Revived series
Helen Vallis 2005–2006 20
  • First female associate producer
  • First associate producer of the revived series
Catrin Lewis Defis 2008–2010 5
  • Producer, "Music of the Spheres" (BBC Proms mini-episode, 2008)
  • Associate producer and production manager on Torchwood
Debbi Slater 2009 2
  • Production manager on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
Denise Paul 2011–2012
  • "The Impossible Astronaut" – "The Curse of the Black Spot"
  • "The Rebel Flesh" – "Let's Kill Hitler"
  • "The Girl Who Waited" – "The God Complex"
  • "The Wedding of River Song" – "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
  • "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
12
  • Producer (5 episodes, 2011–2013)
  • Script producer (6 episodes, 2012–2013)
Sheena Bucktowonsing 2021 6
  • Series Script Editor (2018-2021)
  • Producer (2022)

Co-producer credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Matthew Jacobs 1996
  • Doctor Who
1
  • First co-producer
  • Writer (1 episode, 1996)

Line producer credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Patrick Schweitzer 2010
  • "The Eleventh Hour" – "The Big Bang"
13
Diana Barton 2010–2013 22
David Mason 2011–2012
  • "The Impossible Astronaut" – "Day of the Moon"
  • "The Angels Take Manhattan"
3
  • US location filming
Des Hughes 2012–2013 8
Phillipa Cole 2013
  • "Cold War"
1
Tracie Simpson 2014-2015 26
  • Producer (10 episodes, 2009–2010)
  • Production Executive (2016-present)
Steffan Morris 2016-present 55
  • Second assistant director
  • First assistant director
  • Production Manager

Script producer credits[]

Series producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Denise Paul 2012–2013
  • "Asylum of the Daleks"
  • "A Town Called Mercy" – "The Snowmen"
  • "Hide"
6
  • Associate producer (12 episodes, 2011–2012)
  • Producer (8 episodes, 2011–2013)

Co-executive producer credits[]

Series producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Sam Hoyle 2018–2019 11
  • Co-executive producer alongside Chris Chibnall and Matt Strevens
Nikki Wilson 2021 – present 7
  • Co-executive producer alongside Chris Chibnall and Matt Strevens

Showrunner/headwriter credits[]

Producer Tenure Notes
Years Stories # of Episodes
Russell T Davies 2005–2010
  • "Rose" – "The End of Time"
60 (written 31)
  • Original showrunner
  • Creator and executive producer, Torchwood
  • Creator and executive producer, The Sarah Jane Adventures
Steven Moffat 2010–2017 84 (written 42)
  • Russell T Davies' replacement as head writer (showrunner)
  • Executive producer, Class
Chris Chibnall 2018–2022 31 (written 24)
  • Head writer for Torchwood (2008)
  • Steven Moffat's replacement as head writer (showrunner)
Russell T Davies 2023– TBA TBA
  • Original showrunner (2005–2010)
  • Chris Chibnall's replacement as head writer (showrunner)

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References[]

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