Peter R. Newman
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Peter R. Newman was an English television screenwriter in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Essex
. He wrote a television play, Yesterday's Enemy
, which he later turned into a screenplay for Val Guest
; the film version was released in 1959. As a three-act play, it was published by Samuel French
in 1960.
He wrote The Sensorites
for the first season of Doctor Who
in 1963-64. This would be Newman's only contribution to Doctor Who, and indeed his last credit for British television. He died in 1975 after an accident.
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. He wrote a television play, Yesterday's Enemy
Yesterday's Enemy
Yesterday's Enemy is a 1959 Hammer Films British war film directed by Val Guest and starring Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern and Gordon Jackson set in the Burma Campaign during World War II. It is based on a 1958 BBC teleplay by Peter R. Newman who turned it into a three act play in 1960. ...
, which he later turned into a screenplay for Val Guest
Val Guest
Val Guest was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.-Early life and career:He was born Valmond Maurice...
; the film version was released in 1959. As a three-act play, it was published by Samuel French
Samuel French
Samuel French was a U.S. entrepreneur who, together with British actor, playwright and theatrical manager Thomas Hailes Lacy, pioneered in the field of theatrical publishing and the licensing of plays....
in 1960.
He wrote The Sensorites
The Sensorites
The Sensorites is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from June 20 to August 1, 1964. The story is notable for its early demonstration of Susan's telepathy and references to the Doctor and her home planet.-Plot:The...
for the first season of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
in 1963-64. This would be Newman's only contribution to Doctor Who, and indeed his last credit for British television. He died in 1975 after an accident.