David Maloney

Right.

I mean, this is directed by David Maloney.

One of his last Doctor Who directing things.

He does two more after this, I think, if I'm remembering correctly.

And directors at this time, they had their usual little company of actors who they knew and trusted.

And so, OK, we can sort of cast them.

So people who have appeared in other Doctor Who stories directed by David Maloney are in here.

Like Graham Weston.

One, a golden snap, Dougie Canfield, obviously.

My list is five, Christopher Barry, four, Michael E. Bryant, three, Paddy Russell, two, David Maloney, and one, Dougie Canfield.

Honorable mentions to Graham Harper, Chris Clough, and Peter Grimwade.

Yeah, very solid list there.

I was coming up to my 8th birthday.

Written by Terry Nation, directed by David Maloney.

And starring Clegg, better known as Michael Sheard, who was Mr Bronson in Grange Hill.

Harmon, Doyne Bird.

Certainly not

Tarrant anyway.

And him, and I think it was David Maloney.

And David Maloney said, look, if you don't let him do that, we've got no show.

Philip was leaving at the same time, so it seemed like a kind of natural break.

And then one of the directors there was David Maloney, who I always loved working with.

He was a really lovely guy, imaginative and a delight to work with and very relaxed.

and easy to work for.

You know what I like, to do it that way and just bring them around.

Thank you very much, David.

David Maloney was more known for director.

How did he work as a producer? He was great.

The, the dialogue in this, the dialogue that he gives, you know, these, these characters that are, you know, wonderfully brought to life by the actors, it's, it's next level.

You can see why, you know, um, David Maloney looked and said, "That's my script editor for Blake's 7." You know, uh, that is, that is the guy that I want to write, you know, to polish the scripts.

You know, it, it...

Blake's gain is Doctor Who's loss, essentially.

Callie and Avon Avon prepares to attempt the hold-off of the Andromedans single-handedly until Cerberland's ship arrives.

So that is Star 1, which was transmitted Tuesday 3rd April 1979, written by Chris Boucher, directed by David Maloney, and cast, not quite a thousand, but quite a few cast.

Lorena was played by Jenny Twigg, Stop was played by David Webb, Parton by Gareth Armstrong, Durkan by John Brown, Mark Hall by Paul Tootle, Leith by Michael Mayard.

Searchers were Derek Broom and David Kahn.

And when they got to that scene, they had a minute and a half left to film.

And 30 seconds of that was for the stuntman changeover, for the stuntman falling down the actual hole.

Basically, it was such a nightmare for David Maloney.

The line that he delivers when he comes in as well, where he says, I am Travis, was deliberately given to him by Chris Boucher because he wanted him to, it was almost an opportunity for Brian Croucher to say, this is me, this is my character now, you know, and it was a deliberate line given to him.