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Mervyn Oliver Haisman (15 March 1928 – 29 October 2010) [1] 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.
Mervyn Haisman (15 March 1928-29 October 2010[1]) 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...
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.
Biography. Mervyn Haisman was born in Woolwich, London. As a youth during World War Two, he was evacuated to Deal, Kent and later Machen, Wales. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was then called up for his National Service with the army.
Jan 9, 2020 · 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, who has died of heart failure aged 82, provided a lasting legacy for Doctor Who fans by co-creating the Yeti monsters for the science-fiction series.
We are saddened to report the death of the writer Mervyn Haisman. An actor in his early career, Mervyn Haisman turned his hand to writing, forming a partnership with Henry Lincoln where together they penned three Doctor Who stories for the Patrick Troughton era of the series.
