Doctor Who And The Abominable Snowmen
Terrance Dicksworked together with Malcolm Hulke on scripts forThe Avengersas well as other series before becoming Assistant, and later full Script Editor ofDoctor Whofrom 1968. Dicks worked on the entirety of the Jon Pertwee Third Doctor era of the programme, and returned as a writer - scripting Tom Baker's first story as the Fourth Doctor:Robot. His later script writing credits onDoctor Whoincluded the 20th anniversary storyThe Five Doctors.  Terrance Dicks novelised many of the originalDoctor Whostories for Target books, and has written originalDoctor Whonovels for BBC Books.Mervyn HaismanandHenry Lincolnworked together on scripts for various TV series in the 1960s, includingDoctor Finlay's Casebook,Emergency Ward 10, andDoctor Who. Two of theirDoctor Whoscripts featured the Yeti - servants of an alien intelligence - which proved very popular and memorable. Haisman, who had previously been an actor, and managed a theatre company, continued to write television during the 1970s and 1980s. Lincoln, who had also been an actor under his real name of Henry Soskin, co-authored the bookThe Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.