Philip Hinchcliffe
| Philip Hinchcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Philip Michael Hinchcliffe 1 October 1944 |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Spouse(s) | Deirdre (née Hanefey) |
| Children | Celina Hinchcliffe (born 1976) |
Philip Hinchcliffe (born 1 October 1944) is a British television producer, who brought shows including Private Schulz and The Charmer to the screen, probably best known for producing BBC television series Doctor Who from 1974-1977. With the death of Barry Letts in October 2009, he and Derrick Sherwin are the only producers of the classic series of Doctor Who still alive.
Hinchcliffe was educated at Slough Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied English Literature. After a brief period working for a travel company and then as a teacher, he joined Associated Television in 1968, writing episodes for shows including the soap Crossroads (1970), then script editing the sit-com Alexander the Greatest (1971-2), children's adventure series The Jensen Code (1973), and children's drama series The Kids from 47A (1973).
In Spring 1974, at the age of 29, he was approached by the BBC's head of serials to take over as producer on Doctor Who, his first full production job, initially trailing and then succeeding long-serving producer Barry Letts. Although he trailed Letts on Tom Baker's first story Robot, he was first credited on The Ark in Space. Throughout his first year he was mostly producing scripts that had been commissioned by the previous production team prior to their departure and it was not until a year later that Hinchcliffe's full influence came to bear, with Planet of Evil in late 1975 — Tom Baker's second season in the title role of the Doctor.
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