Hettie MacDonald
Episodes Broadcast: 2007, 2015
Hettie MacDonald studied English at Bristol University before embarking
on a career as a theatre director. Her work on the stage led to her
recruitment for the acclaimed 1996 film Beautiful Thing. The
following year, MacDonald made her television debut with two episodes of
Casualty. She subsequently worked on programmes such as Where
The Heart Is, Servants and Poirot. Amongst the many
fans of Beautiful Thing was Doctor Who producer Phil
Collinson; his long-held desire to work with MacDonald came to pass on
2007's chilling Blink, an
adventure for David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. But although Blink and its monsters, the
Weeping Angels, proved enormously popular, MacDonald did not immediately
return to Doctor Who. Instead, she moved on to shows like The
Fixer, Law & Order: UK, Hit & Miss and The
Tunnel.
It would be the combination of the Master -- in her Missy incarnation --
and the Daleks which would lure MacDonald back to Doctor Who
after eight years, directing Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor in the 2015
season premiere, The Magician's
Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar. MacDonald's subsequent
work included episodes of Fortitude, Howards End and
Normal People.
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