List of Doctor Who directors

This is a list of directors for the science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It is sortable by a number of different criteria. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by writer's last name.

Director	Number of Stories	First Story	Last/Latest Story	Notes	Since first episode's broadcast date
Joe Ahearne	4	"Dalek"	"Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways"
Christopher Barry	10	The Daleks	The Creature from the Pit	Directed episodes 1,2,4, & 5 of The Daleks with Richard Martin taking on the other episodes.
Morris Barry	3	The Moonbase	The Dominators
Ed Bazalgette	1	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"	"The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived"
Rodney Bennett	3	The Ark in Space	The Masque of Mandragora
Paul Bernard	3	Day of the Daleks	Frontier in Space
Lovett Bickford	1	The Leisure Hive	The Leisure Hive
John Black	2	The Keeper of Traken	Four to Doomsday
Farren Blackburn	2	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"	"The Rings of Akhaten"
Darrol Blake	1	The Stones of Blood	The Stones of Blood
Gerald Blake	2	The Abominable Snowmen	The Invasion of Time
Keith Boak	2	"Rose"	"Aliens of London"/"World War Three"
Michael E. Briant	6	Colony in Space	The Robots of Death
Alan Bromly	2	The Time Warrior	Nightmare of Eden
Douglas Camfield	9	Planet of Giants	The Seeds of Doom	Directed only episode 3 of Planet of Giants. Directed only the first two episodes of Inferno before falling ill. Producer Barry Letts took over directing duties but Camfield retained credit on all episodes.
Jonny Campbell	2	"The Vampires of Venice"	"Vincent and the Doctor"
Richard Clark	4	"Gridlock"	"Night Terrors"
Chris Clough	6	Terror of the Vervoids	Silver Nemesis
Timothy Combe	2	Doctor Who and the Silurians	The Mind of Evil
Frank Cox	2	The Edge of Destruction	The Sensorites
John Crockett	1	The Aztecs	The Aztecs
Fiona Cumming	4	Castrovalva	Planet of Fire
Hugh David	2	The Highlanders	Fury from the Deep
John Davies	1	The Macra Terror	The Macra Terror
Tristan DeVere Cole	1	The Wheel in Space	The Wheel in Space
Terence Dudley	1	Meglos	Meglos
Michael Ferguson	4	The War Machines	The Claws of Axos
Sheree Folkson	1	"In the Forest of the Night"	"In the Forest of the Night"
Derrick Goodwin	1	The Invisible Enemy	The Invisible Enemy
John Gorrie	2	The Keys of Marinus	The Reign of Terror
Brian Grant	1	"The Long Game"	"The Long Game"
Ken Grieve	1	Destiny of the Daleks	Destiny of the Daleks
Peter Grimwade	4	Full Circle	Earthshock
Andrew Gunn	2	"The Beast Below"	"Victory of the Daleks"
Graeme Harper	11	The Caves of Androzani	"The Waters of Mars"	Graeme Harper, as of 2016 is the only director to direct an episode or a story from both the classic era and the 2005 revival.
Michael Hart	1	The Space Pirates	The Space Pirates
James Hawes	4	"The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"	"School Reunion"
Michael Hayes	3	The Androids of Tara	City of Death
Toby Haynes	3	"The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang"	"The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon"
Sarah Hellings	1	The Mark of the Rani	The Mark of the Rani
Henric Hirsch	1	The Reign of Terror	The Reign of Terror
Peter Hoar	1	"A Good Man Goes to War"	"A Good Man Goes to War"
Steve Hughes	1	"Closing Time"	"Closing Time"
Nick Hurran	5	"The Girl Who Waited"	"The Day of the Doctor"
Waris Hussein	2	An Unearthly Child	Marco Polo
Michael Imison	1	The Ark	The Ark
Ron Jones	6	Black Orchid	Mindwarp
Paul Joyce	1	Warriors' Gate	Warriors' Gate	When Joyce was not available, the role of director on Warriors' Gate was taken by production assistant Graeme Harper.
Mat King	1	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"
Michael Kerrigan	1	Battlefield	Battlefield
Michael Leeston-Smith	1	The Myth Makers	The Myth Makers
Barry Letts	5	The Enemy of the World	The Android Invasion	Directed Episodes 3-7 of Inferno after Douglas Camfield fell ill. However, Camfield retained credit on all episodes.
Euros Lyn	9	"The End of the World"	The End of Time	Euros Lyn is the only director to direct from the beginning of Russell T Davies era until the end. Also did some directing for the episode The Beast Below
Kenny McBain	1	The Horns of Nimon	The Horns of Nimon
Colm McCarthy	1	"The Bells of Saint John"	"The Bells of Saint John"
Hettie MacDonald	2	"Blink"	"The Magician's Apprentice"/"The Witch's Familiar"
Douglas Mackinnon	7	"The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky"	"The Husbands of River Song"
Nicholas Mallett	3	The Mysterious Planet	The Curse of Fenric
David Maloney	8	The Mind Robber	The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Richard Martin	4	The Daleks	The Chase	Directed episodes 3, 6, & 7 of The Daleks with Christopher Barry taking on the other episodes.
Derek Martinus	6	Galaxy 4	Spearhead from Space
Lennie Mayne	4	The Curse of Peladon	The Hand of Fear
Saul Metzstein	5	"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"	"The Name of the Doctor"
Gerry Mill	1	The Faceless Ones	The Faceless Ones
Peter Moffatt	6	State of Decay	The Two Doctors
Justin Molotnikov	2	"Sleep No More"	"Face the Raven"
Andrew Morgan	2	Time and the Rani	Remembrance of the Daleks
Catherine Morshead	2	"Amy's Choice"	"The Lodger"
Paul Murphy	2	"Robot of Sherwood"	"The Caretaker"
Daniel Nettheim	1	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"	"The Zygon Invasion"/"The Zygon Inversion"
Daniel O'Hara	1	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"	"Under the Lake"/"Before the Flood"
Michael Owen Morris	1	The Awakening	The Awakening
Charles Palmer	3	"Smith and Jones"	"Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"
Mervyn Pinfield	4	The Sensorites	Galaxy 4
Jamie Payne	2	"Hide"	"The Time of the Doctor"
Mary Ridge	1	Terminus	Terminus
Pennant Roberts	6	The Face of Evil	Timelash
Matthew Robinson	2	Resurrection of the Daleks	Attack of the Cybermen
Paddy Russell	4	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	Horror of Fang Rock
Geoffrey Sax	1	Doctor Who	Doctor Who
Bill Sellars	1	The Celestial Toymaker	The Celestial Toymaker
Richard Senior	1	"Let's Kill Hitler"	"Let's Kill Hitler"
Julian Simpson	1	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"	"The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People"
Adam Smith	2	"The Eleventh Hour"	"The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone"
Julia Smith	2	The Smugglers	The Underwater Menace
George Spenton-Foster	2	Image of the Fendahl	The Ribos Operation
Norman Stewart	2	Underworld	The Power of Kroll
James Strong	5	"The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit"	"Planet of the Dead"
Rachel Talalay	3	"Dark Water"/"Death in Heaven"	"Hell Bent"
Colin Teague	2	"The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Time Lords"	"The Fires of Pompeii"
Alice Troughton	2	"The Doctor's Daughter"	"Midnight"
Rex Tucker	1	The Gunfighters	The Gunfighters
Tony Virgo	1	The King's Demons	The King's Demons
Alan Wareing	3	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Survival
Ashley Way	1	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"	"The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"
Jeremy Webb	2	"The Curse of the Black Spot"	"The Wedding of River Song"
Ben Wheatley	2	"Deep Breath"	"Into the Dalek"
Paul Wilmshurst	3	"Kill the Moon"	"Last Christmas"
Stephen Woolfenden	1	"Nightmare in Silver"	"Nightmare in Silver"
Dan Zeff	1	"Love & Monsters"	"Love & Monsters"