Philip Hinchcliffe
Biography
Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born 1 October 1944) is a retired English television producer, screenwriter and script editor. After graduating from Cambridge University, he began his career as a writer and script editor at Associated Television before joining the BBC to produce Doctor Who in one of its most popular eras from 1974 to 1977. Following Doctor Who, Hinchcliffe remained with the BBC as a producer for several years, working on series such as Private Schulz (1981), before launching a freelance career in the mid-1980s, which included making Bust and The Charmer (both 1987) for London Weekend Television. He finished his career as an executive producer for Scottish Television, with his final credit on Take Me (2001).
Known For
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
30 Years in the TARDIS
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
The Story of Doctor Who
Whose Doctor Who
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
All Movies (24)
- Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter2025 · as Self
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams2024 · as Self
- Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut2021 · as Himself
- Behind the Sofa - Season 142020
- Whose Doctor Who: Revisited2020 · as Self
- Scotch Mist in Sussex2013
- Remembering Douglas Camfield2013
- The Sandmine Murders2012
- Into the Wild: The Making of The Face of Evil2012
- Podshock2010
- The Foe from the Future2010
- The Tin Men and the Witch2010
- Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who2007 · as Self
- A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil2007
- Are Friends Electric?2007
- Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who2006
- The Dalek Tapes2006 · as Self
- Serial Thrillers2004
- The Story of Doctor Who2003
- The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond1995
- The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans1995
- 30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · as Himself
- Whose Doctor Who1977
- Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius1976 · as Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
All TV Shows (1)
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa2018 · as Self