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'''Henry Lincoln''' (born [[12 February (people)|12 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]] as '''Henry Soskin'''<ref>1939 England and Wales Register</ref>, died [[February (people)|February]] [[2022 (people)|2022]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/1496953051365707780?cxt=HHwWiMC4gc-3n8YpAAAA Twitter]</ref>) and [[Mervyn Haisman]] wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''. Though due to extensive changes being done to the script for ''The Dominators'' without their consent, Lincoln and Haisman withdrew their names and the pseudonym [[Norman Ashby]] was used. They stopped writing for ''Doctor Who'' after a disagreement with the BBC over who owned the comic-strip rights to characters and races they created. | '''Henry Lincoln''' (born [[12 February (people)|12 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]] as '''Henry Soskin'''<ref>1939 England and Wales Register</ref>, died [[February (people)|February]] [[2022 (people)|2022]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/1496953051365707780?cxt=HHwWiMC4gc-3n8YpAAAA Twitter]</ref>) and [[Mervyn Haisman]] wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''. Though due to extensive changes being done to the script for ''The Dominators'' without their consent, Lincoln and Haisman withdrew their names and the pseudonym [[Norman Ashby]] was used. They stopped writing for ''Doctor Who'' after a disagreement with the BBC over who owned the comic-strip rights to characters and races they created. | ||
With Haisman, Lincoln created the character of Brigadier (originally Colonel) [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | With Haisman, Lincoln created the character of Brigadier (originally Colonel) [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. He was the last surviving writer to have contributed to ''Doctor Who'' in the 1960s. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 24 February 2022
Henry Lincoln (born 12 February 1930 as Henry Soskin[1], died February 2022[2]) and Mervyn Haisman wrote the Doctor Who stories The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and The Dominators. Though due to extensive changes being done to the script for The Dominators without their consent, Lincoln and Haisman withdrew their names and the pseudonym Norman Ashby was used. They stopped writing for Doctor Who after a disagreement with the BBC over who owned the comic-strip rights to characters and races they created.
With Haisman, Lincoln created the character of Brigadier (originally Colonel) Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. He was the last surviving writer to have contributed to Doctor Who in the 1960s.
Career
Away from Doctor Who, Henry Lincoln is best known for his non-fiction book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail which provided the inspiration for the popular Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code.
