Person
Raymond Cusick
Art · 1928–2013
Biography
Raymond Patrick Cusick (28 April 1928 – 21 February 2013) was an English designer for the BBC. He is best known for designing the Daleks, for the science fiction television series Doctor Who. Cusick joined the BBC in 1960 as a staff designer and was responsible for the set design of many Doctor Who stories, creating not just futuristic settings but also historical sets and dioramas. Another BBC in-house designer, future filmmaker Ridley Scott, had been assigned to design the Daleks in 1963, but scheduling conflicts saw the job handed to Cusick. Cusick worked on other BBC television programmes including The Pallisers, The Duchess of Duke Street, On Giant's Shoulders, When the Boat Comes In, Rentaghost and Miss Marple. As Cusick was a salaried BBC employee at the time he designed the Daleks, he was not paid royalties. Given the large revenue generated by merchandise featuring Cusick's Dalek design, he felt that he should have been paid a royalty (as was script writer Terry Nation, who created the concept of the Daleks but did not design them). When Cusick left Doctor Who in 1966, unhappy with the lack of recognition he had received for his work on the series, the show's producer and head designer did arrange for the BBC to recognise his contribution with an ex-gratia payment of around £100. In the late 1970s, he was a designer for the James Burke BBC programme Connections.
Known for
Doctor Who
Production Design
Out of the Unknown
Production Design
The Jazz Age
Production Design
To Serve Them All My Days
Production Design
Madame Bovary
Production Design
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Production Design
The Gathering Seed
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Chase
Production Design
Too Many Cooks
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Production Design
Filmography
- 2023Doctor Who: The Daleks in ColourProduction Design
- 2010Cusick in CardiffSelf
- 2010Daleks! Beyond the ScreenSelf (As Ray Cusick)
- 2010Daleks! Conquer and DestroySelf (As Ray Cusick)
- 2010Shawcraft: The Original Monster MakersSelf
- 2009The Sets of MarinusHimself
- 2009What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?Self
- 2009Mounting the RescueSelf
- 2006Creation of the DaleksHimself
- 2006Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDISSelf
- 2006Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'Self
- 1999Carnival of Monsters
- 1992Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early YearsSelf
- 1987Miss Marple: 4.50 from PaddingtonProduction Design
- 1983The Gathering SeedProduction Design
- 1982Rolling HomeArt Direction
- 1981London Is DrowningProduction Design
- 1980To Serve Them All My DaysProduction Design
- 1979On Giant's ShouldersProduction Design
- 1975Madame BovaryProduction Design
- 1969Get Off My CloudProduction Design
- 1968The Jazz AgeProduction Design
- 1966Too Many CooksProduction Design
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanProduction Design
- 1965Out of the UnknownProduction Design
- 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseProduction Design
- 1965Doctor Who: The RomansProduction Design
- 1965Doctor Who: The RescueProduction Design
- 1964Doctor Who: Planet of GiantsProduction Design
- 1964Doctor Who: The Edge of DestructionArt Designer
- 1964Doctor Who: The DaleksProduction Design
- 1963Doctor WhoProduction Design
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