List of Doctor Who producers

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 of the regular series, 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
Verity Lambert	1963–1965	An Unearthly Child – Mission to the Unknown	86	Programme's first producer First female producer
John Wiles	1965–1966	The Myth Makers – The Ark	24	First male producer
Innes Lloyd	1966–1968	The Celestial Toymaker – Evil of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen – The Enemy of the World	77
Peter Bryant	1967–1969	The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Web of Fear – The Space Pirates	56	Former story editor
Derrick Sherwin	1969–1970	The War Games – Spearhead from Space	14	First to produce the programme in colour Former story editor and writer of The Invasion Along with Philip Hinchcliffe he is one of the two surviving producers from the Classic Era
Barry Letts	1970–1975	Doctor Who and the Silurians – Robot	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 Space – The Talons of Weng Chiang	70	Along with Derrick Sherwin he is one of the two surviving producers from the Classic Era
Graham Williams	1977–1980	Horror of Fang Rock – The Horns of Nimon	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	The Leisure Hive – Survival	170	Last producer for the original series Served the longest tenure as producer Former unit production manager
Peter V. Ware	1996	Doctor Who	1
Phil Collinson	2005–2008	"Rose" – "42", "Blink" – "The Fires of Pompeii", "The Doctor's Daughter", "Silence in the Library" – "Midnight", "The Stolen Earth" – "Journey's End"	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	"Human Nature" – "The Family of Blood", "Planet of the Ood" – "The Poison Sky", "The Unicorn and the Wasp", "Turn Left", "The Next Doctor"	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	Former production manager
Nikki Wilson	2009, 2014-2015	"The Waters of Mars", "Deep Breath" - "Robot of Sherwood", "The Caretaker", "Flatline", "Sleep No More" – "Face the Raven", "The Husbands of River Song"	9	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, 2014-2015	"The Beast Below" – "Victory of the Daleks", "The Hungry Earth" – "Cold Blood", "The Pandorica Opens" – "The Big Bang", "Listen" - "Time Heist", "Kill the Moon" - "Mummy on the Orient Express", "Dark Water" – "Death in Heaven", "The Magician's Apprentice" – "The Witch's Familiar", "The Zygon Invasion" – "The Zygon Inversion", "Heaven Sent" – "Hell Bent"	18	First assistant director Producer, Torchwood: Children of Earth (5 episodes, 2009)
Patrick Schweitzer	2010	"The Vampires of Venice", "Vincent and the Doctor"	2	Produced with Tracie Simpson due to overseas filming demands Also line producer and former location manager
Sanne Wohlenberg	2010–2011	"A Christmas Carol", "The Doctor's Wife", "Night Terrors"	3
Marcus Wilson	2011–2013	"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 Snowmen", "Cold War" – "The Crimson Horror", "The Day of the Doctor" – "The Time of the Doctor"	23	Series producer (5 episodes, 2011–2013)
Denise Paul	2011–2013	"Closing Time", "The Bells of Saint John" – "The Rings of Akhaten", "Nightmare in Silver" – "The Name of the Doctor"	5	Associate producer (12 episodes, 2011–2013) Script producer (6 episodes, 2012–2013)
Paul Frift	2014	"In the Forest of the Night", "Last Christmas"	2
Derek Ritchie	2015	"Under the Lake" – "The Woman Who Lived"	4	Script editor (4 episodes, 2013–2014)

Executive producer credits

Producer	Tenure			Notes
	Years	Stories	# of Episodes
Barry Letts	1980–1981	The Leisure Hive – Logopolis	28	Programme's first executive producer See producer list
Alex Beaton	1996	Doctor Who	1	Represented Universal Pictures
Philip Segal	1996	Doctor Who	1	Served as the main executive producer
Jo Wright	1996	Doctor Who	1	Credited as executive producer for the BBC First female executive producer
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	2005–2010	"Rose" – The End of Time	60	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	"Human Nature" – "The Family of Blood", "Planet of the Ood" – "The Poison Sky", "The Unicorn and the Wasp", "Turn Left"	7	Regular producer, served as executive producer when production was covered by Susie Liggat
Steven Moffat	2010–	"The Eleventh Hour" – Present	44	Russell T Davies' replacement as head writer (showrunner)
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	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" – "The Name of the Doctor"	15
Faith Penhale	2013	"The Day of the Doctor"	1
Brian Minchin	2013–	"The Time of the Doctor" – Present		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)

Associate producer credits

Producer	Tenure			Notes
	Years	Stories	# of Episodes
Mervyn Pinfield	1963–1964	An Unearthly Child – The Romans	57	Programme's first associate producer Also director
Peter Bryant	1967	The Faceless Ones – The Evil of the Daleks ep. 3	9	Last associate producer of the original series
Helen Vallis	2005–2006	"Rose" – "The Age of Steel"	20	First female associate producer First associate producer of the revived series
Catrin Lewis Defis	2008–2010	"The Next Doctor", The End of Time	5	Producer, "Music of the Spheres" (BBC Proms mini-episode, 2008) Associate producer and production manager on Torchwood
Debbi Slater	2009	"Planet of the Dead" – "The Waters of Mars"	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)

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	First line producer Producer (2 episodes, 2010) Production manager (6 episodes, 2007) Location manager (1 episode, 2006)
Diana Barton	2010–2013	"A Christmas Carol" – "The Angels Take Manhattan", "Hide", "The Crimson Horror"	22
David Mason	2011–2012	"The Impossible Astronaut" – "Day of the Moon", "The Angels Take Manhattan"	3	US location filming
Des Hughes	2012–2013	"The Snowmen" – "The Rings of Akhaten", "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS", "Nightmare in Silver" – "The Time of the Doctor"	8
Phillipa Cole	2013	"Cold War"	1
Tracie Simpson	2014	"Deep Breath" – present	13	Producer (10 episodes, 2009–2010)

Series producer credits

Series producer	Tenure			Notes
	Years	Stories	# of Episodes
Marcus Wilson	2011–2013	"Closing Time", "The Bells of Saint John" – "The Rings of Akhaten", "Nightmare in Silver" – "The Name of the Doctor"	5	Producer (21 episodes, 2011–2013)

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)

See also

• List of Doctor Who script editors