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'''Mervyn Pinfield''' was [[Associate Producer]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from "[[An Unearthly Child]] to "[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]." He also directed the stories "[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]," "[[Planet of Giants]]," and "[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]." His non-''Doctor Who'' directing credits include ''The Monsters,'' ''The Franchise Affair,''and ''Compact.'' | '''Mervyn Pinfield''' was [[Associate Producer]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from "[[An Unearthly Child]] to "[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]." He also directed the stories "[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]," "[[Planet of Giants]]," and "[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]." His non-''Doctor Who'' directing credits include ''The Monsters,'' ''The Franchise Affair,''and ''Compact.'' | ||
Before joining the [[BBC]] early in the [[1950s]] to work on live drama at Alexandra Palace, he spent over four years in 'weekly rep' as Director/Theatre Manager at the Royalty Theatre, Morecambe. Pinfield was also known as the inventor of an early type of Teleprompter, or Autocue, which he called the Piniprompter. | Before joining the [[BBC]] early in the [[1950s]] to work on live drama at Alexandra Palace, he spent over four years in 'weekly rep' as Director/Theatre Manager at the Royalty Theatre, Morecambe. Pinfield was also known as the inventor of an early type of Teleprompter, or Autocue, which he called the Piniprompter. | ||
Apparanetly, he died around [[1965]]/[[1966]]. | |||
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Revision as of 09:17, 1 May 2007
Mervyn Pinfield was Associate Producer for Doctor Who from "An Unearthly Child to "The Romans." He also directed the stories "The Sensorites," "Planet of Giants," and "The Space Museum." His non-Doctor Who directing credits include The Monsters, The Franchise Affair,and Compact.
Before joining the BBC early in the 1950s to work on live drama at Alexandra Palace, he spent over four years in 'weekly rep' as Director/Theatre Manager at the Royalty Theatre, Morecambe. Pinfield was also known as the inventor of an early type of Teleprompter, or Autocue, which he called the Piniprompter.
Apparanetly, he died around 1965/1966.
