Rachel Talalay is an American director who has directed several episodes within several shows of the Doctor Who franchise, starting with the Season 46 episode, Brave New Town.
Prior to Doctor Who
Talalay graduated from Yale University where she majored at Mathamatics. She was working as a computer programmer at John Hopkins when she got her first job in film, as a Production Assistant on the 1981 John Walters film, Polyester. A job which got her working at Production company New Line. She most notably worked on New Line's Nightmare On Elm Street franchise, working her way up from accountant on the first Nightmare film, Production Editor on the second, produced the third and fourth, and then given her first directing job on the fifth.
Work on Doctor Who
Talalay was a fan of Doctor Who as a child and identified Tom Baker as “her” Doctor. During the Tony Redston era she actively pursued a job on it through her British agents, she credited her work on such genre films as The Nightmare On Elm Street Series with granting her invaluable experience to working on such a Special Effects- heavy production as Doctor Who.
Talalay was finally given the opportunity to direct the show in 2008 when she directed the Season 46 episode Brave New Town.
Personal Life
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Credits
Director
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The New Renegade
Leftover
Movies
Footnotes
- ↑ Directed episodes one and five of the serial.