Peter R. Newman

Peter R. Newman (1926 – 1975) was a 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. 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.

External links

• Peter R. Newman at IMDb