Fiona Cumming

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. There, she first met her husband-to-be Ian Fraser but it would be a number of years before they became a couple.

Career After training, Cumming appeared on stage, primarily at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, as well as appearing on radio and television. and The Omega Factor, a short-lived series which aired in 1979.

Cumming was booked to direct The Ultimate Evil during Doctor Who's 23rd season in 1986, but the production was cancelled when the show was put on hiatus. The couple moved to Denmark in the mid-1990s, where they spent five years teaching directing at a film college.

Returning to the UK, Cumming successfully battled cancer. By 2009, the disease was in remission, enabling her to enjoy her retirement for another five years. Unfortunately, her health deteriorated quickly in late 2014. A resident in Dumfries and Galloway, Cumming died on New Year's Day 2015, at the age of 77.