Peter Grimwade

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 08, 1942 (83 years old)
Death date
May 15, 1990

Peter Grimwade

Known For

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years Behind The Scenes
5h 15m
Movie 2022

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years Behind The Scenes

Presented by “voice of the Daleks” Nicholas Briggs and Robert Dick, these six documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with Stephen Gallagher (Writer), Barbara Clegg (Writer), Peter Grimwade (Writer/Director), Graeme Harper (Director), Margot Hayhoe (Production Manager) and Dick Mills (Special Sound) ever undertaken!

Myth Makers 14: Peter Grimwade
0h 57m
Movie 1988

Myth Makers 14: Peter Grimwade

Peter Grimwade started his career at the BBC as a production assistant during the early 1970s and worked on three of Jon Pertwee’s Doctor Who stories. He went on to direct Doctor Who in the early 1980’s with Logopolis and Earthshock winning major fan awards. He then moved on successfully to script-writing with Mawdryn Undead and Planet of Fire which he successfully turned into novels for Virgin Publishing. Peter died in 1990, cutting short his life and a promising career. This Myth Makers release is dedicated to him.

Biography

Peter Grimwade (8 June 1942 – 15 May 1990) was a British television director and screenwriter, known for his work as a director and writer of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who in the 1980s. After joining the BBC in the late 1960s, Grimwade first worked on Doctor Who as a production assistant on Jon Pertwee's first serial, Spearhead from Space (1970). He occupied this position on a further five serials. He got his first chance to direct when he was asked to film some model shots for the serial The Robots of Death (1977). George Gallaccio, producer of The Omega Factor (1979), gave Grimwade his full directorial debut on the episode "Out of Body, Out of Mind" in the series. Grimwade was also around this time a production assistant on the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small (1978) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). After directing the Doctor Who serial Full Circle (1980) from John Nathan-Turner's first season as producer, Grimwade was given the task of directing Tom Baker's final serial, Logopolis (1981). When Peter Davison became the Doctor, Grimwade first directed him in the serial Kinda (1982) and then directed Earthshock, featuring the return of the Cybermen after seven years and the death of the Doctor's companion Adric. Grimwade had also written two serials, Time-Flight (1982) and Mawdryn Undead (1983), and had been asked to write Davison's penultimate story, which became Planet of Fire (1984). Because the story's requirements were in constant flux, mainly due to uncertainty over the filming location and cast changes, he eventually became frustrated and allowed script editor Eric Saward to finish the serial.

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