Peter R. Newman
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Peter R. Newman (born 1926 in Essex. Died 1975 of a tragic accident) was a television screenwriter in the 1950s and 1960s. 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 passed away in 1975 after a tragic accident.
