Mervyn Pinfield was a British Television producer and director working for the BBC during the 1950s and 1960s. He is well known for being the associate producer on the BBC television series Doctor Who from the first episode of An Unearthly Child to The Romans, during Verity Lambert's tenure as producer. Pinfield was a highly experienced producer and director.

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  • Mervyn Pinfield was a British Television producer and director working for the BBC during the 1950s and 1960s. He is well known for being the associate producer on the BBC television series Doctor Who from the first episode of An Unearthly Child to The Romans, during Verity Lambert's tenure as producer. Pinfield was a highly experienced producer and director. 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. He was therefore appointed to support the less experienced Lambert, as Doctor Who was her first production as a producer. In the event, she proved so adept at the job that his assistance was rarely needed, and he performed more of an advisory role. He also directed Episodes 1 to 4 of The Sensorites, The Space Museum and Episodes 1 & 2 of Planet of Giants for the series, and worked as director on other BBC series such as Compact (Day Of Deliverance and Fare Thee Well For I Must Leave Thee), The Monsters, and The Franchise Affair. Pinfield was also known as the inventor of an early type of Teleprompter, or Autocue, which he called the Piniprompter. He died on 20 May 1966.
  • Mervyn Pinfield var en britisk produsent og regissør, som jobbet for BBC i 1950- og 1960-årene. Han er mest kjent for å ha hatt stillingen som «associate producer» i TV-serien Doctor Who fra den første episoden av An Unearthly Child til The Romans, mens Verity Lambert var produsent. Pinfield var en meget erfaren produsent og regissør. Før han ble ansatt i BBC, jobbet han fire år som regissør og teatersjef for Royalty Theatre i Morecambe. Han ble ansatt i BBC for å jobbe med direktesendt drama. På grunn av sin erfaring, ble han utpekt til å støtte den mindre erfarne Lambert siden Doctor Who var hennes første serie, som produsent. Hun viste seg å være så dyktig at hun sjeldent trengte hans assistanse, og han jobbet derfor mere som en rådgiver. Han regisserte også episode 1–4 av The Sensorites, The Space Museum og episode 1 og 2 av Planet of Giants for Doctor Who. Han regisserte også episoder av Compact, The Monsters og The Franchise Affair. Pinfield var også kjent som oppfinneren av en tidlig versjon av teleprompteren, et system med en skjerm som viser programlederen hva han eller hun skal si foran kamera under sending. Han kalte sitt system for Piniprompter.
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  • Mervyn Pinfield was a British Television producer and director working for the BBC during the 1950s and 1960s. He is well known for being the associate producer on the BBC television series Doctor Who from the first episode of An Unearthly Child to The Romans, during Verity Lambert's tenure as producer. Pinfield was a highly experienced producer and director.
  • Mervyn Pinfield var en britisk produsent og regissør, som jobbet for BBC i 1950- og 1960-årene. Han er mest kjent for å ha hatt stillingen som «associate producer» i TV-serien Doctor Who fra den første episoden av An Unearthly Child til The Romans, mens Verity Lambert var produsent. Pinfield var en meget erfaren produsent og regissør. Før han ble ansatt i BBC, jobbet han fire år som regissør og teatersjef for Royalty Theatre i Morecambe.
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