
Directing
Michael Ferguson
Born 1937-06-14 · New Malden, Surrey, England, UK
Michael Ferguson (14 June 1937 — 4 October 2021) was an English director who worked primarily in television. He is best known for his work on such series as Doctor Who (serving as one of few to work on three consecutive eras, directing one First Doctor serial, one Second Doctor serial, and two Third Doctor serials), Casualty, and EastEnders. Ferguson served as executive producer of the latter from 1989 to 1991, and is credited with revitalising the show.
Acting credits
NRBringing together key Out of the Unknown actors, directors and production team members for the very first time in order to explore the legacy and impact of the legendary series.
Return of the Unknown
2014
NRA brief history of the Ice Warriors in Doctor Who by the people who designed and brought them to life.
Warriors of Mars
2010
NRSpearhead 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
NRThe cast and crew look back at the making of The Claws of Axos.
Axon Stations!
2012
Behind the camera
First in a trilogy of plays. An assassin is out to kill Major Hastings in his isolated country home.
Killer Waiting
1984
NRThe population of the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century is static, thanks to computerised population control, but the wife of the Population Officer becomes pregnant for the second time.
1+1=1.5
1969
NRStephen Chambers, a new master of Warby Stones school for the 'ultra-intelligent boys', finds strange things happening to him. Reason tells him that they must be linked with the boys' Psychic Phenomena Club.
Taste of Evil
1971
6.8A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in exchange for fuel. The Doctor, however, isn't fooled, uncovering the Axons' true nature and once again facing his archenemy the Master...
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
NRA man, Harris, wakes up in a hotel on a small island after a shipwreck. He keeps recognising flashes of what he sees, until he realises his visions are of actions yet to come, culminating in murder.
The Last Witness
1971
7.2Astronauts rescued from a mission to mars are kidnapped when they arrive back on earth. They seem to have been irradiated, and can now kill people merely by touching them. But the Doctor discovers the astronauts have been replaced with Alien ambassadors who are being forced to behave in a hostile manner. With The Doctor traveling to the alien mother ship, and Liz kidnapped, The Brigadier is left wondering who to trust.
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
7.4The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer.
Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966
9.0A murderer is examined by psychiatrist John Frame, who is surprised to find the criminal knows many details of his private life.
The Yellow Pill
1969
7.8The TARDIS lands in a space museum on Earth in the late 21st century, where the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe learn that contact has been lost between Earth and the Moon. In this era, instant travel — T-Mat — has revolutionised the Earth. Its people have lost interest in space travel. The Doctor and his companions travel to the Moon in an old-style rocket and reach the Moonbase, control centre for T-Mat, only to find a squad of Ice Warriors have commandeered the base and plan to use the T-Mat network to their advantage.
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death
1969
Play by Michael Ferguson and Howard Lawrence about an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Too Close to the Edge
1980
Play by Michael Ferguson and Howard Lawrence about an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Too Close to the Edge
1980
Play by Michael Ferguson and Howard Lawrence about an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Too Close to the Edge
1980
NRIn the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy
Stargazy on Zummerdown
1978
