Peter Moffatt

Directing

Peter Moffatt

Born April 15, 1922 · Stoke Newington, London, UK

Died October 21, 2007 · aged 85

Peter Moffatt was a director, producer, and actor. Birn in 1922, he started his career as an actor after WWII, but moved into directing in the 1960s, carving out a career in television that endured until the late 80s. Amongst his many credits were episodes of Doctor Who, EastEnders, All Creatures Great and Small, and Juliet Bravo. He died on 2007, aged 85.

Known For

Vacant PossessionVacant Possession · 1966
Vacant Possession
1966
MovieDramaComedy
An estate agent arranges to meet a couple for a viewing at a flat.
K Is for KillingK Is for Killing · 1974
K Is for Killing
8.01974
MovieCrimeDrama
A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows.
Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsDoctor Who: The Five Doctors · 1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
7.81983
MovieScience FictionAction
Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they must battle the Master, Daleks, Cybermen and Yeti in order to reach the Dark Tower and discover the Tomb of Rassilon.
Doctor Who: The Twin DilemmaDoctor Who: The Twin Dilemma · 1984
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
3.21984
MovieScience FictionDrama
A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.
Doctor Who: Mawdryn UndeadDoctor Who: Mawdryn Undead · 1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
7.01983
MovieDramaAction
A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him not in space, but in time, and he has to deal with a treacherous schoolboy named Turlough. But why does the Doctor's old friend, the Brigadier, not remember him at all?
Doctor Who: The VisitationDoctor Who: The Visitation · 1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation
7.21982
MovieDramaAction
In 17th century England, the Doctor and itinerant thespian Richard Mace uncover a plot by a crew of criminal Terileptils to wipe out humanity.
A New Body at LastA New Body at Last · 2007
A New Body at Last
8.02007
MovieDocumentary
The cast and crew discussing the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davison, including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the regeneration.
Doctor Who: State of DecayDoctor Who: State of Decay · 1980
Doctor Who: State of Decay
7.31980
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Still trapped in E-Space, the Doctor, Romana, Adric and K9 encounter a medieval civilisation dominated by the Three Who Rule, vampires who govern from their mighty castle.

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Doctor Who: The Twin DilemmaDoctor Who: The Twin Dilemma · 1984
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
3.21984
MovieScience FictionDrama
A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.

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