Peter Grimwade

Peter Grimwade (8 June 1942-15 May 1990) directed the Doctor Who story Sealed Orders.

Robophobia, an irrational fear of robots, was at one point referred to in-universe as Grimwade's Syndrome. This was an in-joke reference (ad-libbed by Tom Baker from the originally scripted "Gimwol's Syndrome") made after Grimwade — who was at that time a production assistant — bemoaned the fact that the stories on which he was assigned to work almost always involved robots.

As Production Assistant

 * Spearhead from Space (uncredited)
 * The Dæmons (uncredited)
 * Robot
 * Pyramids of Mars
 * The Robots of Death

As Director

 * Sealed Orders