Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (P·Q·R)
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Paradise Five |
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aka End Of Term |
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Writer: PJ Hammond |
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Notes: When script editor Eric
Saward rejected “Pinacotheca”, the
planned “future” segment of The Trial Of A Time Lord, former
continuity adviser Ian Levine suggested he contact Hammond, who had
created the cult classic Sapphire & Steel. On February 10th,
1986, Hammond was commissioned to write “End Of Term”, which
soon became known as “Paradise Five”. Although Hammond
worked quickly, producer John Nathan-Turner was unhappy with his work,
and the scripts were abandoned towards the end of the month. The
“future” segment of The Trial Of A
Time Lord was then taken over by Pip and Jane Baker. Had
Hammond's script been retained, it would have been revealed in the
season's final episodes that Gabriel's business partner was in fact the
Valeyard, and Lorelei was the Valeyard's companion cum mistress. In
March 2010, Big Finish Productions released an audio adaptation of
Hammond's scripts under the slightly amended title “Paradise
5”. Written by Andy Lane, it saw Peri replace Mel as the Doctor's
companion.
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Characters: The Sixth Doctor,
Mel |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: The third segment
of The Trial Of A Time Lord
for Season Twenty-Three |
Stage Reached: Full
scripts |
Synopsis: The nine moons of the planet
Paradise form a vast holiday complex. The Doctor's evidence at his trial
depicts his adventure on Paradise Five, where he suspects something is
very wrong. Mel poses as a hostess and befriends Lorelei, an assistant
to the sinister Gabriel who runs Paradise Five. With the help of
holidaymakers Tapp and Aht, they realise that people are disappearing,
and nobody has booked their time on the pleasure world themselves;
rather, the trips are always last-minute surprises. Investigating one of
the collection ships which ferries people away from Paradise Five, the
Doctor discovers that it is a slave vessel, with angelic aliens
kidnapping the holidaymakers. Gabriel uncovers Mel's ruse and Lorelei
reveals herself as one of the alien slavers in disguise. The Doctor, Mel,
Tapp and Aht are trapped on the ship. But Aht, a scientist, deduces that
the aliens are vulnerable to elevated temperatures, and Mel organises
everyone into an aerobics routine to generate body heat. The aliens are
unable to hold their form, allowing the prisoners to escape to the
shuttle port, where they are able to alert the authorities. The Valeyard
accuses the Doctor of failure, because he was unable to uncover the
identity of Gabriel's mysterious business partner.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #203, DWM Special Edition #3 |
Parasites |
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Writer: Bill Lyons |
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Notes: Lyons, who had written for
Blake's 7, was commissioned to provide a storyline for
“Parasites” (also referred to as “The
Parasites”) on September 22nd, 1981. Scripts were commissioned on
February 16th and April 23rd, 1982, but the story ultimately went
unmade.
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Characters: The Fifth Doctor,
Tegan (presumably with Nyssa and/or Turlough) |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty or Twenty-One |
Stage Reached:
Script, possibly complete |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #1, Doctor Who: The
Eighties |
The People Who Couldn't Remember |
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Writers: David Ellis and Malcolm
Hulke |
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Notes: After being submitted in
April 1966, the satirical “The People Who Couldn't Remember”
was rejected by story editor Gerry Davis on June 15th. Davis wanted to
avoid outright comedies in the wake of the poor reception of The Gunfighters.
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Characters: The First Doctor
(with Polly and Ben?) |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Four |
Stage Reached: Complete
script |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #212, DWM Special Edition #7, Doctor Who: The
Handbook: The First Doctor |
Pinacotheca |
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aka The Last Adventure |
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Writer: Christopher H Bidmead |
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Notes: Following the abandonment of
“Attack From The
Mind” and “The
Second Coming”, the two-part stories originally intended to
form the “future” segment of The Trial Of A Time Lord, Bidmead
was approached to fill the gap with a four-episode serial. On October
29th, 1985 he was commissioned to write “The Last
Adventure”, which soon became known as “Pinacotheca”
after the Greek word for a picture gallery. Bidmead worked closely with
script editor Eric Saward, submitting each script and soliciting
feedback before proceeding to the next installment. After submitting his
second draft on January 9th, 1986, Bidmead heard nothing for a month, at
which point he was shocked to learn that Saward had advised producer
John Nathan-Turner on February 2nd to reject “Pinacotheca”
on the grounds of being boring and unusable. The “future”
segment of The Trial Of A Time Lord was
ultimately written by Pip and Jane Baker.
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Characters: The Sixth Doctor,
Mel |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: The third segment
of The Trial Of A Time Lord
for Season Twenty-Three |
Stage Reached: Full
scripts |
Synopsis: The latest evidence in the
Doctor's trial by the Time Lords is his investigation of Pinacotheca, a
planet which serves as a museum of key times and places in the history
of the universe.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #3 |
The Pirates |
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Writer: John Leekley |
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Notes: This was one of several
storylines which appeared in Leekley's series bible for Philip David
Segal's version of Doctor Who, released on March 21st, 1994. It
was based on Brian Hayles' 1966 serial The Smugglers.
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Characters: A reimagined
version of the First Doctor |
Episodes: 1 (45
minutes) |
Planned For: 1995
series |
Stage Reached:
Story idea |
Synopsis: The Doctor's search for his
father Ulysses takes him to eighteenth-century Spain, where he believes
that his father may be posing as Blackbeard. The Doctor acquires a
treasure map which is supposed to lead to Blackbeard's treasure, and
winds up being pursued by pirates who are also searching for the booty.
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References: Doctor
Who: Regeneration |
The Place Where All Times Meet |
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Writer: Colin Davis |
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Notes: A storyline was commissioned
from Davis -- who had written for Blake's 7 -- on June 10th,
1982. Davis' idea was apparently not pursued beyond this point.
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Characters: Presumably the
Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-One |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #1, Doctor Who: The
Eighties |
Point Of Entry |
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Writer: Barbara Clegg |
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Notes: Clegg, who had written
1983's Enlightenment, submitted
this idea circa early 1985, but it was not taken up by the production
team. In April 2010, Big Finish Productions released an audio adaptation
of “Point Of Entry” by Marc Platt.
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Characters: The Sixth Doctor,
Peri |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-Three |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: In England around 1590, the
Doctor and Peri meet Christopher Marlowe, who is writing The Tragical
History Of Doctor Faustus. Marlowe has been assisted by a Spaniard
named Velez, who claims to be an immortal alchemist. Investigating, the
Doctor learns that Velez has been possessed by an Omn -- a member of the
Omnim, a race whose conscience was preserved in an asteroid when their
planet was destroyed. Part of this asteroid became a meteorite which
fell to Earth in South America, where the Omn inspired the legend of the
Aztec god Quetzacoatl. Velez acquires a knife made from the meteorite
which can inspire rage in anyone nearby, and which will allow him to
bring the remaining Omnim to Earth. The Doctor discovers that the Omnim
are suspectible to sound at a certain frequency, and with Marlowe's help
succeeds in destroying the Omn and the knife, averting the invasion.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #276, DWM Special Edition #3 |
Poison |
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Writer: Rod Beacham |
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Notes: Beacham was commissioned to
write a storyline for “Poison” on April 27th, 1982, with
full scripts contracted exactly a month later, on May 27th.
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Characters: Presumably the
Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-One |
Stage Reached:
Script, possibly complete |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #1, Doctor Who: The
Eighties |
Pompeii |
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Writer: Russell T Davies |
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Notes: In casting about for a
budget-saving storyline for the penultimate adventure of Doctor
Who's first season back on the air, executive producer Davies briefly
considered “Pompeii” after watching the BBC broadcast of the
docudrama Pompeii: The Last Day in October 2003. It was
eventually replaced by Boom
Town, while the notion of setting a story in Pompeii was
ultimately given to James Moran to develop for The Fires Of Pompeii three years
later.
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Characters: The Ninth Doctor,
Rose, Jack |
Episodes: 1
(45-minute) |
Planned For: Eleventh episode
of Season Twenty-Seven |
Stage Reached: Story
idea |
Synopsis: Involved the destruction of
the Roman city of Pompeii following the volcanic eruption of Mount
Vesuvius in AD 79. |
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #11 |
The Pool Of Death |
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Writer: Chris Boucher |
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Notes: Boucher's proposal was
rejected sometime after July 2nd, 1984.
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Characters: Presumably the
Sixth Doctor, Peri |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-Two |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #575 |
Power Play |
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aka Meltdown |
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Writer: Gary Hopkins |
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Notes: Hopkins was working on his
scripts, which would have seen the return of former companion Victoria
Waterfield, when it was announced on February 27th, 1985 that production
of Doctor Who was being suspended until Spring 1986. Together
with the subsequent reduction of Season Twenty-Three to fourteen
episodes, this resulted in the abandonment of all projects considered up
to that point. In June 2012, Hopkins' audio adaptation of “Power
Play” was released by Big Finish Productions.
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Characters: The Sixth Doctor,
Peri |
Episodes: 2
(45-minute) |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-Three |
Stage Reached: Partial
scripts |
Synopsis: Forthcoming
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #3, DWM #575 |
The Prisoner Of Time |
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Writer: Barry Letts |
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Notes: Letts was commissioned to
write this storyline on January 21st, 1975, exactly one day before he was
contracted to direct The Android
Invasion. Letts based “The Prisoner Of Time” on the
audition piece he had written for the purpose of casting the role of Sarah
Jane Smith in 1973. Although scripts were subsequently requested, producer
Philip Hinchcliffe was unhappy with Letts' initial draft of Episode One,
demanding numerous alterations. Letts was unable to develop revisions
acceptable to the production team, and “The Prisoner Of
Time” was abandoned.
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Characters: The Fourth
Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: Season
Thirteen |
Stage Reached: Script for
Episode One |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #8, Doctor Who: The
Seventies |
The Prison In Space |
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aka The Amazons, The Female Of The Species, The
Lady Killers, The Masters Of Zenos, More Deadly Than The Male, The
Revolutionaries, The Strange Suffragettes (whew!) |
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Writer: Dick Sharples |
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Notes: Concerned that Doctor
Who was becoming too serious, producer Peter Bryant asked humour
writer Dick Sharples to contribute to the series. A story breakdown for
“The Amazons” -- intended to be the first outright Doctor
Who comedy since 1965's The
Romans -- was commissioned on April 24th, 1968. It was intended
to be made as Serial WW, replacing an unknown story which had, in turn,
replaced “The
Dreamspinner”. After suggesting a host of alternative titles,
Sharples' adventure became “The Prison In Space” in May; the
scripts were commissioned on June 4th. Sharples was told that Frazer
Hines was leaving Doctor Who and so “The Prison In
Space” should now write out Jamie and introduce a new companion,
Nik, who had been created by producer Peter Bryant and story editor
Derrick Sherwin. In September, Hines changed his mind about how early he
would be leaving Doctor Who, and Sharples agreed to rewrite the
scripts accordingly. However, both the production team and the assigned
director, David Maloney, were now becoming unhappy with “The
Prison In Space”, particularly with scenes such as one in which
Jamie dressed up in drag to masquerade as a Dolly Guard. In
late September, Sharples informed Bryant that he would not perform any
further rewrites on the serial, as he felt that he had already done the
work requested of him, and the production office was now changing their
expectations. On October 7th, The
Krotons was chosen to replace “The Prison In Space”,
despite the fact that Barrie Gosney had already been cast in the latter
(possibly as Albert). Following a series of discussions with Sharples,
Bryant finally elected to abandon “The Prison In Space” on
October 15th. In December 2010, Big Finish Productions released an audio
adaptation of “The Prison In Space” by Simon Guerrier.
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Characters: The Second
Doctor, Jamie, Zoe |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: Fourth story of
Season Six |
Stage Reached: Complete
script |
Synopsis: The TARDIS materialises on a
planet where women have ruled for the past five centuries; they have
disenfranchised men, banned war, and developed a way to extend their
lifespans so that procreation is no longer imperative. The Doctor and
Jamie are arrested and sentenced by President Babs to a prison satellite
controlled by the Dolly Guards. They quickly recruit their cellmates --
Albert, Garth and Mervyn -- into helping them foment a resistance
movement. Meanwhile, Babs brainwashes Zoe and sends her to the satellite
as an ostensible ambassador. Once there, though, Zoe betrays the Doctor
and Jamie, and they and their collaborators are put on a rocket destined
for a remote planet. However, prior to her conditioning, Zoe told other
women about the way males and females coexist on Earth, and this incites a
revolution against Babs. The newly enlightened women rescue the Doctor;
Jamie frees Zoe from her brainwashing by spanking her.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #198, DWM #199, DWM Special Edition #4,
The Doctor Who Chronicles: Season Six |
Project Zeta-Sigma |
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aka Project “4G”, Project Zeta Plus,
Zeta Plus One, Incident On Zeta Minor |
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Writers: John Flanagan and Andrew
McCulloch |
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Notes: After completing Meglos, Flanagan and McCulloch began
developing “Project ‘4G’”, which was
commissioned as a storyline on August 15th, 1980. The writers envisaged
the new adventure as a parable on nuclear disarmament, with the detente
between the Hawks and the Doves serving as a parallel for the Cold War.
Around this time, it was decided that “Project
‘4G’” would be the first story for the Fifth Doctor,
and hence the conclusion of a trilogy of adventures featuring the
Master. Flanagan and McCulloch were asked to incorporate the Master into
their plot, and it was decided that he would replace Sergo,
orchestrating the situation between the Hawks and the Doves in order to
take over the solar system. The scripts were commissioned on October
7th; shortly thereafter, the title was changed to “Project Zeta
Plus”. By early 1981, the story had become “Project
Zeta-Sigma”, but concerns were mounting over scenes such as one
involving a room full of invisible people. On February 19th, the
decision was made to drop “Project Zeta-Sigma” from the
production schedule. Consideration may have been given to deferring it
to be made second (after Four To
Doomsday), but ultimately Castrovalva was developed as the new
season premiere. It was thought that “Project Zeta-Sigma”
might be reworked to serve as the Season Nineteen finale, but this slot
was taken by Time-Flight.
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Characters: The Fifth Doctor,
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: First (later
seventh) story of Season Nineteen |
Stage Reached: Complete
script |
Synopsis: Two hostile planets are verging
on war after one planet -- that of the Doves -- establishes an
impregnable defense shield. In retaliation, the planet of the Hawks
threatens to fire a super-missile which will destroy their solar
system's sun and annihilate both worlds. This manoeuvre is advocated by
Sergo, the Hawks' chief scientist, who secretly wants to use the
political instability to allow the Hawk scientists to become the new
ruling power. The Doctor is too late to prevent the Hawks' missile from
being launched, but convinces both planets to fire their entire nuclear
arsenals after it, in the hope of destroying the missile. These melt in
proximity to the sun, but the missile fails to detonate anyway. It turns
out that this was the Doctor's plan all along, and by engineering the
destruction of the Hawks' and Doves' nuclear stockpiles, he has incited
a new concordance between the two peoples.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #258, DWM Special Edition #1, DWM Special
Edition #9 |
The Psychonauts |
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Writer: David Fisher |
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Notes: Fisher discussed this idea
with script editor Douglas Adams shortly before Adams left Doctor
Who in late 1979. The name Nephilim was drawn from the Old Testament
and from various Jewish writings, where it refers to a kind of demon.
“The Psychonauts” was not taken forward by new producer John
Nathan-Turner, who instead asked Fisher to develop The Leisure Hive.
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Characters: The Fourth
Doctor, Romana, K·9 |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Eighteen |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: The Doctor battles the
Nephilim, creatures who travel through time in sleeping units shaped
like sarcophagi.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #9 |
Psychrons |
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Writer: Terence Greer |
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Notes: This storyline was
commissioned on June 13th, 1980. It was finally rejected sometime after
April 1981, but it is not known if the idea's development extended to
the point that Greer modified it to include the Fifth Doctor.
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Characters: The Fourth
Doctor (original submission; possibly later the Fifth Doctor) |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: Season
Nineteen |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #9 |
The Queen Of Strangers |
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Writer: Alan McDonald |
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Notes: Reference to “The
Queen Of Strangers” was found in the archives of producer John
Nathan-Turner after his death.
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Characters: The Fifth or
Sixth Doctors |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Unknown |
Stage Reached:
Unknown |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #575 |
The Queen Of Time |
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Writer: Brian Hayles |
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Notes: “The Queen Of
Time” was discovered by Mark Hayles amongst his late father's
files.
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Characters: The Second
Doctor, Jamie, Victoria |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: Season
Five |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: The TARDIS is captured by
Hecuba, the Queen of Time, brethren of the Celestial Toymaker, who has
romantic designs on the Doctor. She challenges him to a series of
contests against figures from history (including Copernicus and
Nostradramus) while her servants, Snap and Drag, bedevil Jamie and
Victoria with a variety of time-themed perils (such as being trapped
inside a giant hourglass). The companions survive the last of these
challenges and save the Doctor from being trapped for eternity in a time
loop. Hecuba threatens to destroy the TARDIS in her Grand Chronometer --
the source of her power -- but has not reckoned with the time machine's
invulnerability. The Grand Chronometer grinds to a halt, giving the
Doctor the chance to trap Hecuba in her own time loop even as he and his
friends make their escape.
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References: Nothing
At The End Of The Lane #3 |
The Red Fort |
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Writer: Terry Nation |
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Notes: The scripts were
commissioned on September 24th, 1963. It appears that Nation, who had
not particularly enjoyed writing The
Daleks, did little work on “The Red Fort”, and may
have even forgotten about it entirely. “The Red Fort” was
intended to be the eighth story of Season One (then pushed back to ninth
when Inside The Spaceship was added
to the schedule in November), but was dropped altogether on January
21st, 1964. At this time, Nation was asked to write The Keys Of Marinus instead.
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Characters: The First Doctor,
Susan, Ian, Barbara |
Episodes: 7 |
Planned For: Season
One |
Stage Reached: Storyline,
possibly partial script |
Synopsis: The time travellers become
embroiled in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, when Indian troops rose up
against the colonial officers of the British East India Company.
Presumably, the assault on the Red Fort -- a Moghul palace in Delhi --
on May 11th, 1857, would have featured prominently.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #310, Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First
Doctor |
The Return Of The Neanderthal |
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Writer: Roger Dixon |
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Notes: Dixon submitted this
storyline on January 16th, 1967; the use of Polly without Ben was
reflective of the fact that the pair would shortly be replaced by a
single, as-yet-unknown female companion.
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Characters: The Second
Doctor, Jamie, Polly |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Five |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: The TARDIS lands on the planet
Terunda, where the Doctor learns that the highly-advanced Terundans have
nurtured a Neanderthal culture. Some of the Neanderthals now wish to
return to Earth, and the Terundans ask for the Doctor's help to
facilitate this. The Doctor is reluctant because the Neanderthals are
telepathic and he is suspicious of their motives, but the Terundans
assure him that the Neanderthals are conditioned such that they will all
die should any one of them commit an act of violence. However, once
arriving on an island on 2016 Earth, the Neanderthals reveal that they
intend to use their telepathy to force the humans to do their dirty work
for them. They take over the island, and only the Doctor and his
companions -- shielded from the Neanderthal telepathy thanks to Terundan
technology -- are safe. They are cornered on a cliff edge by the
Neanderthals, but one of the Neanderthals has been befriended by Jamie.
She is injured trying to save them and, in a fit of rage, shoots her
leader. This triggers the Terundan conditioning, and all the
Neanderthals die.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #4, The Doctor Who Chronicles:
Season Five |
Return To Suknan |
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Writer: Terry Nation |
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Notes: Nation was contracted to
provide the storyline for “Return To Suknan” on February
13th, 1975. It was not taken further, and was presumably dropped when it
was decided that Nation should expand The
Android Invasion into full scripts.
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Characters: The Fourth
Doctor, Sarah Jane |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Thirteen |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine Special Edition #8 |
The Rogue TARDIS |
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Writer: Barbara Clegg |
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Notes: Clegg submitted this idea in
late 1982 after completing Enlightenment, but it was not pursued.
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Characters: The Fifth
Doctor |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Twenty-One |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: The Time Lords ask the Doctor
to find a missing Time Lord named Ajon. Locating Ajon's TARDIS, the
Doctor discovers it has transformed into a nightmare world where cause
follows effect. Eventually, it emerges that Ajon is half-human and, in
response to the suppression of his human characteristics, he has
regenerated into a computer which is corrupting his TARDIS. The Doctor
induces Ajon to regenerate again, ending the terror.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #267, DWM Special Edition #3 |
Romanoids |
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Writer: Geoff Lowe |
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Notes: Lowe offered this idea to
script editor Christopher H Bidmead around the summer of 1980. On
December 9th, Bidmead submitted the proposal to producer John
Nathan-Turner for his consideration, but it was not developed further.
(It is not known if the development of “Romanoids” took into
account Tom Baker's decision to leave Doctor Who at the end of
Season Eighteen.)
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Characters: The Fourth Doctor
or the Fifth Doctor |
Episodes: Unknown |
Planned For: Season
Nineteen |
Stage Reached:
Storyline |
Synopsis: Unknown
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References: Doctor
Who: The Eighties |
The Rosemariners |
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aka The Rosicrutians |
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Writer: Donald Tosh |
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Notes: Tosh, Doctor Who's
former story editor, submitted the storyline for “The
Rosicrutians” around March 1968. The idea came from research he
was doing while planning his own rose garden, while the title was a
variant of Rosicrucian, a secret religious society which flourished in
the seventeenth century. Many of Tosh's character names were derived
from rose-related terminology, such as Rugosa (from rosa rugosa,
an oriental type of rose). After turning in his storyline, Tosh
continued to work on a draft script of Episode One -- with the title
changing slightly to “The Rosemariners” -- but he then
became busy on other work and did not maintain contact with the
Doctor Who production team. By the time he was able to make
significant progress on the story, it was already known that Patrick
Troughton would be leaving Doctor Who and that the programme
would be overhauled for Season Seven. Since it would not fit the new
Earthbound format, “The Rosemariners” was abandoned without
ever being formally commissioned. Tosh would later adapt his script for
audio, which was released in September 2012 by Big Finish Productions.
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Characters: The Second
Doctor, Jamie, Victoria |
Episodes: 4 |
Planned For: Season
Six |
Stage Reached: Script for
episode one |
Synopsis: The TARDIS materialises on an
Earth space station, which has been virtually abandoned as a result of
subterfuge by Rugosa, leader of the Rosemariners, whose spaceship, the
Rosemarinus, is nearby. The Rosemariners are using a venom
secreted by their special roses to brainwash people. It transpires that
the Rosemarinus is actually a prison ship; Rugosa was an inmate
who managed to overthrow the wardens. He now plans an invasion of Earth,
but the Doctor manages to inject Rugosa with the venom, thereby
incapacitating him and returning control of the Rosemarinus to
the wardens.
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References: Doctor
Who Magazine #211, DWM #212, The Doctor Who Chronicles:
Season Six |
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