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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (1976) — Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
2. 30 Years in the TARDIS (1993) — Himself
3. The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)
4. Whose Doctor Who (1977)
5. Serial Thrillers (2004)
6. The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
7. The Dalek Tapes (2006) — Self
8. The Sandmine Murders (2012)
9. Scotch Mist in Sussex (2013)
10. The Foe from the Future (2010)
11. Remembering Douglas Camfield (2013)
12. Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who (2006)
13. The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (1995)
14. Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut (2021) — Himself
15. Behind the Sofa - Season 14 (2020)
16. A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil (2007)
17. Into the Wild: The Making of The Face of Evil (2012)
18. The Tin Men and the Witch (2010)
19. Are Friends Electric? (2007)
20. Podshock (2010)
21. Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter (2025) — Self
22. Whose Doctor Who: Revisited (2020) — Self
23. Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams (2024) — Self
24. Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who (2007) — Self
25. Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa (2018) — Self