Here are fifteenDoctor Whoepisodes and spin-offs that never happened… One of these attempts was a script for aDoctor Whospin-off titledThe Destroyers.
The principal characters were agent Jack Corey, David and Sara Kingdom, and an android named Mark Seven.
Aspects of the script were adapted for the twelve partDoctor Whoserial,The Daleks Masterplan.
The storys ending was supposed to imply that the Master died trying to save the Doctor.
Eventually, the production was abandoned.
However, Robert Holmes dropped out at an early stage and Terrance Dicks was hired to rewrite the episode.
Consequentially, the original plans for series twenty-three were abandoned.
John Nathan-Turner carried out some limited location scouting in Singapore before the series was put on hiatus.
Very little is known about this story.
The first story was calledEarth Aidand was written by Ben Aaronovitch (writer ofRemembrance Of the Daleks).
The second story was written by Marc Platt and titledIce Time.
At the end of the story, she would leave to study at the academy.
The next story was written by script editor, Andrew Cartmel.
It would be set on Earth in the present day and was calledThe Crime Of The Century.
It would feature the Doctor meeting an aristocratic cat burglar named Kate Tollinger (Sam Tollingers daughter.
The Doctor and Kate would then investigate instances of drug smuggling.
The Doctor first words, upon the safe being opened, were intended to be What kept you?
The story was intended to culminate in the Doctors seventh regeneration.
Kate Tollinger was renamed Raine Creevey.
This one never even came close to getting off the ground.
The writers intended to cast Rik Mayall as Hawkspur, the films villain.
All I can say is thank sonic screwdrivers this was dropped as quickly as it was.
The Master is the Doctors brother and becomes president of the Time Lords after Borusas death.
One rather interesting concept amongst this steaming pile of horse manure is the reimagined Cybermen.
That said, he did eventually bring Rose Tyler back for his fourth series run ofWho.
The creatures (called Vorlax) are coming to London through a portal in abandoned building.
The Doctor and Penny travel through the portal, ending up on a planet infested by Vorlax.
Davies abandoned this story and began to write one about cosmetic injections that mutate people.
This story eventually evolved to becomePartners In Crime.
He replaced it with his own episode,Midnight.
Fox were initially interested but for undisclosed reasons, abandoned the project.
