March 17th, 2012
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Memoir – Who is Michael E. Briant?
Who is Michael E. Briant?: A Memoir by the Doctor Who Director
Michael E. Briant directed numerous episodes of classic TV series throughout the 1970s such as Blake’s 7, Secret Army, Warship and most famously Doctor Who.
Many of his Doctor Who stories (The Sea Devils, The Green Death and Robots of Death) are regarded as all-time greats by fans of the series.
Briant reminisces about his career, including his early years on Doctor Who in the Sixties, while he was working his way up in the TV profession, and William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton were at the TARDIS controls.
Illustrations: B&W photos.
Categorised under: Autobiographies and biographies, Books
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Doctor Who Crazy Ross Muscroft
April 13th, 2012 - 1:27pmI have the Voc robot, and both of the Cybermen. I got the Ice Warrior figure yesterday 😀
thedoctorwhositeisamazin
April 13th, 2012 - 8:17ami have all of them but the voc robot
thedoctorwhositeisamazin
March 25th, 2012 - 6:11pmi got all the figures on there
cyber robert
March 19th, 2012 - 5:33pmhun????????????
cyberking3
March 17th, 2012 - 9:33pmHe directed two of my favourite story’s the sea devils and the robots of death.
McGann is the Doctor
March 19th, 2012 - 9:11amAnd the Green Death ?
I dislike the sea devils purely because of the music, which ruins it. 🙁
Scott
March 19th, 2012 - 7:39pmI love the Sea Devils but I agree the music drives me mad two keys being repeated over and over again
The Monitor
March 24th, 2012 - 6:53amOver the last 3 months or so, I am surprised at how many, presumably younger fans have The Sea Devils as their favourite. However, I think this a good thing. Recently watching it, I would put it in the Pertwee top 5 along Inferno and Spearhead. I am always mindful of the experimental music but it always turns out ok for me. There is so much action in some of the Pertwee stories that we certainly need some sort of music.
There are five key areas of incidentental music in classic Who and Sea Devils is the start of one.
The Monitor
March 17th, 2012 - 5:36pmThanks Booboo. I have a lot of regard for Michael E Briant. I agree with your write-up on his classic stories; he helped to make Robots of Death the superb piece of television it is.
I am a particular fan of Revenge of the Cybermen, and whilst there are some budget-limiting moments in it (rolling planet) there are some truly superb bits of direction throughout.
booboo
March 17th, 2012 - 5:38pmI like all of his stories, they are some of the best
Joe
March 17th, 2012 - 2:10pmhave you seen on the master figure his skin tone is quite bright compared to the ‘actual one’?
The Silent Silent
March 17th, 2012 - 2:12pmMaybe light of camera or customized
Joe
March 18th, 2012 - 10:06amprobably the first version/prototype.
The Silent Silent
March 17th, 2012 - 2:07pmI wish I had those figures 🙂 🙁
Joe
March 25th, 2012 - 6:42pmthey’re all from the stories he directed.