David Maloney, former Doctor Who director who originally joined the series as a production assistant on "The Rescue" in 1965, died on 18 July in Hampstead. After working on several of the William Hartnell serials for a time, Maloney became the director for the Patrick Troughton serial "The Mind Robber" and directed many classic Doctor Who stories including "The Krotons," the ten-part "The War Games," "Frontier in Space," "Planet of the Daleks," the landmark "Genesis of the Daleks," "The Deadly Assassin" which would cause considerable trouble with the National Viewers and Listeners Association, and "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," widely considered as Tom Baker's best serial. He also worked as a director on "Juliet Bravo," "Ivanhoe," "Strike It Rich!" and "Play for Today," as well as producing "The Day of the Triffids" and "Blake's 7".
He features on the DVD releases of both 'Genesis of the Daleks' and 'Talons of Weng Chiang'
The BBC's Doctor Who site has the following page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/07/21/34074.shtml
He will be missed!
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