David Myerscough-Jones (R.I.P.)

One of the most intricate set designers of the 1960's and '70's, David Myerscough-Jones, has passed away at the age at the edge of 75. Between 1968 and and 1972, Myerscough-Jones worked on three stories for the classic Doctor Who series - most notably Patrick Troughton's The Web of Fear.
The six-episode epic, required sets to represent several London Underground stations and Myerscough-Jones built sets so realistic, that London Transport believed that the production had filmed in stations without their permission and filed an official complaint with the BBC.
Although the famed designer also worked on The Ambassadors of Death and Day of the Daleks for the famous science-fiction show, he also contributed to the production of the television version Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and in 1980 Myerscough-Jones won a Bafta for his work on Thérèse Raquin. During the 1990's, Myerscough-Jones went freelance and worked mainly on stage and in opera before retiring to Calais.
(David Myerscough-Jones, 1934-2010)