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Waris Hussein
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He was producer
John Nathan-Turner
's first choice to direct the 20th anniversary special
The Five Doctors (1983)
.
He originally was hired to direct
The Fan (1981)
but left three weeks before filming began due to reported "artistic differences".
Was the first non-Caucasian director at the BBC in the early 1960s.
Directed the first episode of Dr.Who in 1963, when the original director quit.
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