Film editor was a title applied across the 1963 version of Doctor Who. The title was completely abandoned after Revelation of the Daleks, when the programme began using videotape for all location shooting.

Throughout much of the 1960s, editing of videotape, the primary medium on which Doctor Who was captured, was expensive, and therefore avoided. A "film editor" during the monochromatic era of Doctor Who, would thus have been someone who edited only those portions of episodes actually captured on film stock, such as location shoots and model work.

On a few stories, such as Horror of Fang Rock and The Invisible Enemy, no kind of editor is credited. The term has clearly different applicability with respect to the 1996 movie; Patrick Lussier can be considered the genuine editor of that adventure, as it was recorded entirely on film. This also applies to Spearhead from Space, which was also made completely on film.

The BBC Wales version of the programme does not use the term "film editor"; instead, they employ editors in their digital ecosystem. As would be expected in a theatrical film release, the BBC Wales position is one of the most important in the post-production process. They integrate every visual element into a final cut of an episode, and may incorporate their own artistic touches into episodes. No "film editor" of the 1963 version would have had anything like the amount of creative input a modern BBC Wales editor enjoys.

Season 1[]

• An Unearthly Child - John House (uncredited, INFO: An Unearthly Child)
• The Daleks - Ted Walter
• Marco Polo - Richard Barclay, Elmer Davies, and John House
• The Reign of Terror - Caroline Shields

Season 2[]

• The Dalek Invasion of Earth - John Griffiths
• The Rescue - Jim Latham
• The Romans - Jim Latham
• The Web Planet - Gitta Zadek
• The Crusade - Pam Bosworth
• The Chase - Norman Matthews
• The Time Meddler - Norman Matthews (uncredited, INFO: The Time Meddler)

Season 3[]

• The Myth Makers - Caroline Shields
• The Daleks' Master Plan - Keith Raven
• The Massacre - Bob Rymer
• The Gunfighters - Les Newman
• The War Machines - Eric Mival

Season 4[]

• The Smugglers - Colin Eggleston
• The Power of the Daleks - Jim Latham
• The Underwater Menace - Eddie Wallstab
• The Moonbase - Ted Walter
• The Macra Terror - Eddie Wallstab
• The Faceless Ones - Chris Hayden
• The Evil of the Daleks - Ted Walter

Season 5[]

• The Tomb of the Cybermen - Alan Martin
• The Abominable Snowmen - Philip Barnikel
• The Ice Warriors - Michael Lockey
• The Enemy of the World - Philip Barnikel
• The Web of Fear - Philip Barnikel and Colin Hobson
• Fury from the Deep - Colin Hobson
• The Wheel in Space - Ron Fry

Season 6[]

• The Dominators - Chris Hayden
• The Mind Robber - Martyn Day
• The Invasion - Martyn Day
• The Krotons - Martyn Day
• The Seeds of Death - Martyn Day
• The Space Pirates - Martyn Day
• The War Games - Chris Hayden

Season 7[]

• Spearhead from Space - Adam Dawson and William Symon
• Doctor Who and the Silurians - Bill Huthbert
• The Ambassadors of Death - Don Godden and Chris Wimble
• Inferno - Martyn Day

Season 8[]

• Terror of the Autons - Geoffrey Botterill
• The Mind of Evil - Howard Billingham and John Griffiths
• The Claws of Axos - Bob Rymer
• Colony in Space - William Symon
• The Dæmons - Chris Wimble

Season 9[]

• Day of the Daleks - Dan Rae
• The Curse of Peladon - Michael Sha-Dyan, Bob Rymer, Martyn Day
• The Sea Devils - Martyn Day
• The Mutants - Dave King
• The Time Monster - Martyn Day

Season 10[]

• The Three Doctors - Jim Walker
• Carnival of Monsters - Peter Evans
• Frontier in Space - John Bush
• Planet of the Daleks - Dave Thomas
• The Green Death - Alastair Mackay

Season 11[]

• The Time Warrior - William Symon
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Bob Rymer
• Death to the Daleks - Bob Rymer
• The Monster of Peladon - William Symon
• Planet of the Spiders - Bob Rymer

Season 12[]

• Genesis of the Daleks - Larry Toft
• Revenge of the Cybermen - Sheila S Tomlinson

Season 13[]

• Terror of the Zygons - Ian McKendrick
• Planet of Evil - M A C Adams
• Pyramids of Mars - M A C Adams
• The Android Invasion - Mike Stoffer
• The Seeds of Doom - M A C Adams

Season 14[]

• The Masque of Mandragora - Clare Douglas
• The Hand of Fear - Christopher Rowlands
• The Deadly Assassin - Ian McKendrick
• The Face of Evil - Tariq Anwar and Pam Bosworth
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang - David Lee

Season 15[]

• The Invisible Enemy - Glenn Hyde
• The Sun Makers - Tariq Anwar
• Underworld - Richard Trevor
• The Invasion of Time - Chris Wimble

Season 16[]

• The Pirate Planet - John Dunstan
• The Androids of Tara - David Yates
• The Power of Kroll - Michael Goldsmith

Season 17[]

• Destiny of the Daleks - Dick Allen
• City of Death - John Gregory
• The Creature from the Pit - M A C Adams

Season 18[]

• The Leisure Hive - Chris Wimble
• Full Circle - Mike Houghton
• State of Decay - John Lee
• Logopolis - Paul Humfress

Season 19[]

• Castrovalva - Mike Houghton and Robin Jackman
• The Visitation - Ken Bilton
• Black Orchid - Mike Houghton
• Earthshock - Mike Houghton
• Time-Flight - Mike Houghton

Season 20[]

• Arc of Infinity - Bernard Ashby
• Snakedance - Alastair Mackay
• Mawdryn Undead - Chris Woolley
• Terminus - Frances Parker
• Enlightenment - Michell Boyd and Ian McKendrick
• The King's Demons - Mike Rowbotham
• The Five Doctors - M A C Adams

Season 21[]

• Warriors of the Deep - Alastair Mitchell
• The Awakening - M A C Adams
• Resurrection of the Daleks - Dan Rae
• Planet of Fire - Alastair Mitchell
• The Caves of Androzani - Roger Guertin
• The Twin Dilemma - Ian McKendrick

Season 22[]

• Attack of the Cybermen - M A C Adams
• The Mark of the Rani - Ray Wingrove
• The Two Doctors - Mike Rowbotham
• Revelation of the Daleks - Ray Wingrove

Season 24[]

• Time and the Rani - Alastair Mitchell
• Paradise Towers - Alastair Mitchell
• Delta and the Bannermen - Alastair Mitchell

Television movie[]

• Doctor Who - Patrick Lussier