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Mervyn Oliver Haisman (15 March 1928 – 29 October 2010) was a British screenwriter of film and television. Prior to this career he worked as an actor and managed a theatre company as well as working in insurance.
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Mervyn Haisman (15 March 1928-29 October 2010) and Henry Lincoln wrote the Doctor Who stories The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, and The Dominators. Though due to extensive changes being done to the script for The Dominators without their consent, Haisman and Lincoln withdrew their names and the pseudonym Norman Ashby was used.
With Lincoln, he created the character of Brigadier (originally Colonel) Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
His estate is managed by his granddaughter, Hannah Hatt, and in 2017 she appointed Andy Frankham-Allen as the Creative Director of the Haisman Literary Estate, to oversee the use of the Haisman/Lincoln Doctor Who properties across various media, such as books with Candy Jar Books, Titan Comics, and the audio dramas produced by Big Finish.
•Mervyn Haisman at the Internet Movie Database
Mervyn Haisman (15 March 1928-29 October 2010) and Henry Lincoln wrote the Doctor Who stories The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, and The Dominators. Though due to extensive changes being done to the script for The Dominators without their consent, Haisman and Lincoln withdrew their names and the pseudonym Norman Ashby was used.
Mervyn Haisman was born on 15 March 1928 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Jane and the Lost City (1987) and Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (1997). He was married to Vina Lane. He died on 29 October 2010 in Valencia, Spain.
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Jan 9, 2020 · Mervyn Haisman. Born: Thursday 15th March 1928. Died: Friday 29th October 2010 (age: 82) Mervyn Haisman was a television and film script writer. He also worked as an actor and managed a theatre. An early television credit was an episode of Doctor Finlay s Casebook (1967) called The Forgotten Enemy.
Mervyn Haisman. Born: 15th March 1928 (as Mervyn Oliver Haisman) Died: 29th October 2010 (aged 82 years) Episodes Broadcast: 1967-1968
Dec 13, 2010 · Mervyn Haisman, who died of heart failure on 29 October 2010 aged 82, was the co-creator of two enduring monsters for the Doctor Who TV show, the Yeti and the Krang. The actor-turned-writer had been invited to pen the first Yeti series after Who actor Patrick Troughton complained about the lack of Earth-based adventures.
