Mervyn Pinfield was a British Television producer and director working for the BBC during the 1960s. He is well known for being the Associate Producer on the BBC television series Doctor Who from the first episode of 100,000 BC to The Romans, during Verity Lambert's tenure as producer. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... The Doctor Who 2005 television series logo. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Verity Lambert (born November 27, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a British television and film producer, best known for producing the science-fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC for its first two years, from 1963 to 1965. ...

Pinfield was a highly experienced producer and director who had been working for the Corporation since the establishment of its television service in the 1930s. 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. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to...

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. The Space Museum is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from April 24 to March 15, 1965. ... Several specialized usages of the terms compact and compactness exist. ...

Pinfield was also known as the inventor of an early type of Teleprompter, or Autocue, which he called the Piniprompter. A teleprompter is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. ...