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Timothy Combe

Timothy Combe

Directing

Biography

Timothy Combe is a retired director and agent. He is perhaps best known for the BBC serial Ballet Shoes (1975), as well as his work on Doctor Who. Combe retired from directing in 1980, taking up a new job as an actor's agent, also serving as a lecturer at Guildford School of Acting.

Known For

Doctor Who
7.9

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Doctor Who

1963
Z-Cars
7.3

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Z-Cars

1962
Angels
4.5

Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.

Angels

1975
The Brothers
4.0

The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976.

The Brothers

1972
Ballet Shoes
8.0

Ballet Shoes is British television adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's novel Ballet Shoes first broadcast on BBC One in 1975. Adapted by John Wiles and directed by Timothy Combe, the series was aired in six parts on Sunday evenings. It was aired by PBS in the United States on 27 December 1976.

Ballet Shoes

1975
The Dalek Tapes
7.5

A look at the appearances of the Daleks and Davros in the classic Doctor Who era.

The Dalek Tapes

2006
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
7.5

Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old enemy the Master is responsible for the machine.

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

1971
Doctor Who and the Silurians
7.3

Investigating mysterious power failures and a death at an underground research centre, The Doctor discovers a colony of Silurians - prehistoric, intelligent reptiles who went into hibernation before man evolved. But now they have woken up, and they are prepared to wipe out mankind with a killer plague to get their planet back.

Doctor Who and the Silurians

1970
Shades of Grey
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The War Games saw the end of black-and-white Doctor Who. This documentary examines the artistic limitations - and advantages - of monochrome.

Shades of Grey

2009
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
6.3

The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

1964
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
8.3

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor. Once implanted, it will make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as the Doctor appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks.

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

1967
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
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Don't Lose Your Head is a documentary about the making of Doctor Who story The Reign of Terror.

Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

2012
Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour
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Spearhead from Space marked not only the arrival of a new Doctor but also the transition from black and white to colour as the show moved into a new decade. This documentary looks at the challenges faced by programme makers during this period.

Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour

2011
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
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A look at an extraordinary era of musical experimentation within Doctor Who, with special emphasis on the musical scores for Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils. Featuring producer Barry Letts, composer Mark Ayres and directors Timothy Combe, Christopher Barry and Michael Briant, with an archive appearance from Radiophonic composer Malcolm Clarke.

Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation

2008
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Doctor Who directors Michael Briant, Graeme Harper and Tim Combe take an epic road trip to all the filming locations from Season 8 as they discuss directing the show in the early 1970s.

The Direct Route

2021