| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harper_0.jpg]] |
| 2 | ->''Loads of energy!'' |
| 3 | -->--His CatchPhrase, saying something along those lines before every take |
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| 5 | Graeme Harper (born 11 March 1945) is a British televsion director. He is best known for his work on ''Series/DoctorWho'', and is the only person to have directed episodes of both the Classic and Revived series. |
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| 7 | He started out as a child actor, making an appearance as Master Bardell in a TV adaptation of ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'' in 1955 and did other child roles, but that wasn't to be his career. |
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| 9 | He got a job as floor assistant on ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1965 and worked his way up to be a director. There he directed "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]" (1984) and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]" (1985), both considered classics. In 1993, he was slated to direct a 30th anniversary special called "The Dark Dimension", but this was axed before production began. |
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| 11 | When it was announced in 2006 that Harper would return to direct four episodes of Series 2 of the revived show, there was much rejoicing. He directed all four of the Cyberman episodes[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen Rise of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel The Age of Steel]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts Army of Ghosts]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]"[[/note]]. He directed two of the following season[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 42]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]"[[/note]] and five of the season after that[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod Planet of the Ood]]" , "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft Turn Left]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]"[[/note]]), as well as the 2009 autumn special "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars The Waters of Mars]]", which was to be his last work on the main show. He did the "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E7E8WhateverHappenedToSarahJane Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]" two-parter for Series 1 of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' and the two-parters "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E9E10TheTemptationOfSarahJaneSmith The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]", "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E11E12EnemyOfTheBane Enemy of the Bane]]" for Series 2. |
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| 13 | Other shows Harper has also directed for include ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/CoronationStreet'', ''Series/{{Eastenders}}'', ''Series/GrangeHill'', ''Series/RobinHood'', ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'', ''Series/HolbyCity'' and ''Series/InsideNo9''. |
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