Chris Lawson

Chris Lawson (died 22 October 2021DWM 572) was the visual effects designer for the Doctor Who television stories Arc of Infinity, Planet of Fire and Attack of the Cybermen. He was also an uncredited effects assistant on The Invasion of Time (INFO: The Invasion of Time), The Pirate Planet (INFO: The Pirate Planet), Nightmare of Eden, (INFO: Nightmare of Eden) The Leisure Hive (DWM 572) and State of Decay. (INFO: State of Decay)
== Career ==
His career began around 1981 with a few episodes of , starring June Whitfield and he remained active through at least 2011. Arc of Infinity was one of his earliest jobs and it was soon followed by a stint on . On that Richard Curtis/Rowan Atkinson project, he effectively replaced John Brace and Simon Taylor, who had been the visual effects designers on the unaired pilot episode. He was a longtime visual effects designer on the Verity Lambert-produced , as well as the Richard Wilson/Annette Crosbie vehicle . He went on to work with Lee Evans on and Ardal O'Hanlon on . He also designed the visual effects for . He had a very long association with , working on over forty episodes from 1982 to 2007.
== External links ==
Category:Doctor Who visual effects designers
Category:Doctor Who visual effects assistants