Fiona Cumming

Cumming was raised in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. There, she first met her husband-to-be Ian Fraser but it would be a number of years before they became a couple. ==Career==

After training, Cumming appeared on stage, primarily at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, as well as appearing on radio and television. and The Omega Factor, a short-lived series which aired in 1979. Cumming was booked to direct The Ultimate Evil during Doctor Who's 23rd season in 1986, but the production was cancelled when the show was put on hiatus. While she did not direct additional episodes on Doctor Who, she maintained a working relationship with the show's producer, John Nathan-Turner, and collaborated with him at Teynham Productions, a company focussing mainly on pantomime productions. In 1988, Cumming made a cameo appearance as a tourist at Windsor Castle in Silver Nemesis for Doctor Who's 25th season. She also oversaw the re-edit of her 1983 serial, Enlightenment, for its re-release as part of the Black Guardian Trilogy DVD box set in 2009 as well as the re-edit of her 1984 serial, Planet of Fire for its re-release as part of the Kamelion Tales DVD box set in 2010. ==Personal life==

Cumming and Fraser were reunited years later while working on The Omega Factor, where he was working as a production assistant. On 15 August 1980, they were married at Martha Street Registry Office. The couple moved to Denmark in the mid-1990s, where they spent five years teaching directing at a film college. Returning to the UK, Cumming successfully battled cancer. By 2009, the disease was in remission, enabling her to enjoy her retirement for another five years. Unfortunately, her health deteriorated quickly in late 2014. A resident in Dumfries and Galloway, Cumming died on New Year's Day 2015, at the age of 77. ==References==