Darrol Blake (born 15 May 1937[1]) directed the Doctor Who television story The Stones of Blood.
He was later interviewed on the documentaries Getting Blood from the Stones and Darkness & Light, as well as sharing his memories of The Stones of Blood on the original audio commentary and the two-part edition of Big Finish's charitable podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round (THWR 196 and THWR 197).
Career[]
Blake began as a design assistant on the BBC science fiction series Quatermass II, and then worked as a designer on The World of Wooster and Adam Adamant Lives!.
He later became a director and worked on several episodes of Doomwatch and the Thames Television children's programme Rainbow. Blake asked a puppeteer with whom he worked on that show, John Thirtle, and another, unidentified, puppeteer to provide the movements of the Megara in The Stones of Blood.[2]
His other television directing credits include The Tomorrow People, EastEnders, Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale and Crossroads.
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Footnotes[]
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ DVD Commentary on The Stones of Blood