David John Lee Maloney (14 December 1933 – 18 July 2006) was a British television director and producer, best known for his work on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and The Day of the Triffids.
[1] Maloney was born in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, educated at King Edward VI Five Ways and served in the Royal Air Force[2] before becoming an actor in repertory theatre.
[1] Maloney joined the BBC as a television production assistant and trained to be a director at the corporation.
After his work in television drama, Maloney moved to factual programme-making and travelled the world making various documentaries for the ITV contractor Central.
He also provided DVD commentaries for three of the serials he directed, The Mind Robber (1968), Genesis of the Daleks (1975) and The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977).