Mervyn Haisman

At about the same time he formed a writing partnership with Henry Lincoln, and together they were the authors of three 1960s Doctor Who stories during the Patrick Troughton years: The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and The 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 of Emergency Ward 10, but their writing partnership ended in the mid 1970s.

[3] Haisman also wrote for many British television shows including The Onedin Line (on which he also worked as script editor),[4] Howards' Way, and Swallows and Amazons Forever!

Haisman provided script for the popular BBC series Jane (1982), starring Glynis Barber as the wartime comic strip pin up.