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- Michael Ferguson was born on June 14, 1937 in New Malden, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Sandbaggers (1978), ITV Playhouse (1967) and Casualty (1986). He was married to Jana Shelden and Susan Harris. He died on October 4, 2021.
- SpousesJana Shelden(1986 - October 4, 2021) (his death)Susan Harris(1964 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
- Much of his early work as a director in television has been wiped, including all four of his episodes of the science fiction series Out of the Unknown (1965). Surprisingly, though, all four of his Doctor Who (1963) serials (broadcast between 1966 and 1971) have survived either on 16mm black-and-white film or 525-line NTSC colour tapes recovered from Canada.
- As well as one of British television's most successful directors and producers, he was also the first ever Dalek. As the assistant floor manager on the first Dalek serial, he held the plunger that approaches Jacqueline Hill for the first cliffhanger.
- He directed serials starring the first three actors to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee.
- [on Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)] By far the best actor of them all, certainly from the early period. He was a thinking, caring actor, with an enormous amount of experience.
- Drama is sometimes described as life with the boring bits taken out. The challenge is to create the interesting bits that are left in.
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