Background
He was born in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge.
He was born in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge.
As a three-act play, it was published by Samuel French in 1960. He wrote The Sensorites for the first season of Doctor Who in 1963-1964. This would be Newman"s only contribution to Doctor Who, and indeed his last cr for British television
He subsequently developed writer"s block and took a job as a porter at the Tate Gallery.
He died in 1975 after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage following an accident at the Gallery in which he fell down some stairs and hit his head on an iron radiator.