A true rising star talent of the BBC during the early sixties, despite the cultural snobbery of its senior management and creatives towards him, the young and pioneering Waris Hussein would be assigned the difficult trials and tribulations task of helming the very first Doctor Who adventure to be made, An Unearthly Child, a complex endeavour that needed an additional reshoot after a relatively unsuccessful but nonetheless promising pilot episode trial, yet one that resulted in ultimately positive rewards and launched an iconic British institution, setting the standard for everything to follow in the series with regards to its overall tone, alongside the well-cast introductions of the four main characters who would soon become household names in a ratings-winning series.
One further adventure with the William Hartnell era would follow for Hussein in that critical first year for the series, the acclaimed historical journey drama Marco Polo, before he was involved in further work not just for his then friend Verity Lambert and the BBC, but by branching out to become a famed and accomplished UK and international film and TV movie director from the seventies onwards, cementing his status as a visualist of great talent and accomplishment...
The 1963 Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part two | Radio Times
The 1963 Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part one | Radio Times
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