Mervyn Haisman | |
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| Born | Mervyn Oliver Haisman (1928-03-15)15 March 1928 London, England |
| Died | 29 October 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 82) Valencia, Spain |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Notable work | Doctor Who |
Mervyn Oliver Haisman (15 March 1928 – 29 October 2010)[1] was a Britishscreenwriter of film and television. Prior to this career he worked as an actor and managed a theatre company as well as working in insurance.
Haisman was born in 1928 in London. An early television credit was an episode ofDr. Finlay's Casebook (1967) calledThe Forgotten Enemy. At about the same time he formed a writing partnership withHenry Lincoln, and together they were the authors of three 1960sDoctor Who stories during thePatrick Troughton years:The Abominable Snowmen,The Web of Fear andThe Dominators. The latter script was their last contribution to the programme and, after disagreements with the production office, it was cut by an episode and credited to the pseudonym Norman Ashby.[2] Haisman and Lincoln also worked together on episodes ofEmergency Ward 10, but their writing partnership ended in the mid 1970s.[3]
Haisman also wrote for many British television shows includingThe Onedin Line (on which he also worked as script editor),[4]Howards' Way, andSwallows and Amazons Forever!; and on the horror movieCurse of the Crimson Altar, also known asThe Crimson Cult (1968), again with Henry Lincoln.
Haisman provided script for the popular BBC seriesJane (1982), starringGlynis Barber as the wartime comic strip pin up. He was to also write the second seriesJane in the Desert (1984). The success of the TV series lead to Haisman writing for the movieJane and the Lost City (1987), this time featuringKirsten Hughes in the lead role.[5]
Although Haisman died at the end of October 2010, his death was not reported by media until 9 December. He died in Valencia, Spain.[6]
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