Peter R. Newman

Peter Richard Newman
Peter Richard Newman
Born	4 June 1926; Ilford, Essex, England
Died	22 February 1975 (aged 48); Ilford, London, England
Nationality	British

Peter Richard Newman (4 June 1926 – 22 February 1975) was an English television screenwriter in the 1950s and 1960s.

Early life

He was born in Ilford, Essex.

Writing

He wrote a television play,

Almeria, Spain, an area which would be often used in later Spaghetti Westerns during the next two decades.^[2]

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 subsequently developed severe writer's block and took a job as a porter at the Tate Gallery.

Personal life

In an attempt to join the army before he was of age, Newman fled his school and exchanged clothes with a
deserter he subsequently met, not knowing at the time that the soldier was a deserter. This resulted in some trouble with the police, who sought out his family under the belief that it was Newman who had deserted. Unable to return to school as he was expelled, he did eventually join the army legally and was deployed to Burma, where he met and befriended a Japanese soldier. It is likely his experiences there greatly influenced his writing in both Yesterday's Enemy and The Sensorites.^[3]

Death

He died in 1975 after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage following an accident at work in which he fell down a flight of stairs and hit his head on an iron radiator.[3]

References

^ "Peter R Newman - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.

^ Viñas, Ernesto Garret (July 2005). "El spaghetti western: La historia de un género cinematográfico que inspiraría a Stephen King para escribir su saga". Insomnia (in Spanish). Magazine film Mabuse. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

^ ^a ^b "Looking for Peter", documentary on the official BBC DVD of The Sensorites

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[1] "Peter R Newman - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.

[Viñas,_Ernesto_Garret_2005-2] Viñas, Ernesto Garret (July 2005). "El spaghetti western: La historia de un género cinematográfico que inspiraría a Stephen King para escribir su saga". Insomnia (in Spanish). Magazine film Mabuse. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[dvd-3] "Looking for Peter", documentary on the official BBC DVD of The Sensorites

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