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name: "Timothy Combe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-combe"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 October 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.822396+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Timothy Combe

Director. Born 17 October 1936 in Guildford, Surrey, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 October 1936, Guildford, Surrey, England
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

Timothy Combe (born 17 October 1936) is a retired British television director and actor's agent. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London before joining the BBC in 1962 as an assistant floor manager. He was promoted to director in 1968 and became one of the most prolific directors on the long-running series *Z-Cars*.

Combe directed two serials for *Doctor Who* during the Third Doctor era: *Doctor Who and the Silurians* (1970) and *The Mind of Evil* (1971). His other credits include episodes of *The Brothers*, *The Doctors* and the classic serial *Ballet Shoes* (1975), which won Emmy and BAFTA awards. He gave up directing in 1976 to work as an actor's agent.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, shannonsullivan.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Director

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