Fiona Cumming

Fiona Cumming
Born
Fiona Margaret Cumming

(1937-10-09)9 October 1937
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedJanuary 1, 2015(2015-01-01) (aged 77)
OccupationsTelevision director, actress
Known forFemale director of Doctor Who

Fiona Cumming (9 October 1937 – 1 January 2015) was a Scottish television director, noted for her work on the BBC television series Doctor Who during the show's Fifth Doctor era.

Her credits included the 1982 serial, Castrovalva, the Season 19 premiere, which marked the debut of Peter Davison as the show's fifth Doctor. Her other work with the show included Snakedance in January 1983 and Enlightenment in March 1983 for season 20. Cumming shot much of the 1984 serial, Planet of Fire, on location in Lanzarote, Canary Islands.