Hannah Haisman To Recall Her Doctor Who Scriptwriter Grandfather In New Interview

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Coming tomorrow on the Type 40 blog, Chris McKeon, co-author of the Doctor Who charity novel, Time’s Champion, conducts a follow-up interview with Hannah Haisman, granddaughter of 1960s scriptwriter Mervyn Haisman and Executor of the Haisman Literary Estate, and licensor for Candy Jar Books’ forthcoming Lethbridge-Stewart novels.

You may recall we mentioned the first interview, and we’ve been given a sneak peak segment at the second, to give you a flavour of the conversation and let you know what you can enjoy reading on Christmas Eve…

Type 40: First, how does it feel knowing that Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, a character your grandfather helped to create almost forty-seven years ago, is about to make a grand literary return for a new generation of Doctor Who fans?



Hannah: It is very exciting indeed! I am extremely proud that Lethbridge-Stewart is held in such high regard with Doctor Who fans. There has been a lot of positive feedback on social media over the release of these novels and I am truly humbled that fans old and new cannot wait for a character my grandfather co-created to make a literary comeback.



Type 40: In your previous interview with Type 40 you talked a lot about your early memories of your grandfather. Can you share with us some your earliest memories of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart?



Hannah: To be honest, I never really had early memories of Lethbridge-Stewart. Doctor Who was a snapshot in time of my grandfather’s writing career, one that only spanned a period of a few years. The first memory I have is when organising his literary estate and compiling a record of all the works and characters he created.



Type 40: In your earlier interview you also mentioned your grandfather’s deep love for books and literature. Did he have any particularly favourite stories in his collection? Do you know of any stories that may have inspired him to help craft the character of Lethbridge-Stewart?



Hannah: Most of the books in his study were for research purposes, ranging from historical to spiritual, travel to black magic! As for stories that inspired the creation of Lethbridge-Stewart, I think that was more down to his time in the army than any book on his shelf, but I feel he based the character, as he usually did, on someone he knew or had met. Certainly when the Brigadier barks orders, I reminded of my grandfather.



Keep an eye on type40doctorwho.blogspot.co.uk throughout Christmas Eve and beyond for the full interview.

(With huge thanks to Andy.)

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