Post by Paul McDermott on Jan 8, 2015 10:11:33 GMT
This is getting really uncool. Only a little while after Bernard Kay, now it's Fiona Cumming who's gone. 
Yep, she was a director during the Davison run on four stories - and it's a testament to the quality of the DVD releases that we get alternate director's cuts alongside the broadcast versions of Enlightenment and Planet Of Fire.
However, the reason I posted this one here (no b*ll!) is that FC worked on what are still missing episodes of Doctor Who... She served as an AFM on The Massacre, and later moved on to PA work, which she did on The Highlanders!
She wasn't in front of the camera, but the success of those stories is partly down to Fiona Cumming - and clearly her fondness for the experience she got working on the show in the 60s must have influenced her desire to direct some rather nice ones in the 80s, and to review that work for DVD a little more recently! As with many of us, I can't help but wish to see those two historicals - and will be sure to spare a thought for her the next time I give them a listen!
Yep, she was a director during the Davison run on four stories - and it's a testament to the quality of the DVD releases that we get alternate director's cuts alongside the broadcast versions of Enlightenment and Planet Of Fire.
However, the reason I posted this one here (no b*ll!) is that FC worked on what are still missing episodes of Doctor Who... She served as an AFM on The Massacre, and later moved on to PA work, which she did on The Highlanders!
She wasn't in front of the camera, but the success of those stories is partly down to Fiona Cumming - and clearly her fondness for the experience she got working on the show in the 60s must have influenced her desire to direct some rather nice ones in the 80s, and to review that work for DVD a little more recently! As with many of us, I can't help but wish to see those two historicals - and will be sure to spare a thought for her the next time I give them a listen!
