Doctor Whohas thousands of unproduced story concepts.
Indeed, the first ever story An Unearthly Child was based on a completely different idea: C.E.
The history ofDoctor Whois littered with alternate takes, concepts and roads not travelled.
Here are some of the most memorable.
Zoe is brainwashed to support the regime but only after accidentally inciting revolution.
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At any rate, Jamie undoes the brainwashing by spanking her.
Big Finishadapted the story in 2010, which was certainly a choice.
The story was rejected and so Pemberton adapted it for BBC radio.
The Slide was then adaptedbackinto aDoctor Whostory that swapped the mud for seaweed in 1968s Fury from the Deep.
Alan Wakeman reportedly resubmitted spurned 1960s story idea The Living Planet toDoctor Whoin 2005.
The Doctor IS the Master?
The Final Game, by Robert Sloman, was to have beenRoger Delgados final story as the Master.
Perhaps there was a sign up in the mid-Seventies production office that simply read Better Immolate Than Never.
Sarah Jane and the Brig would return toDoctor Whoand its spin-offs, their characters only passing with their actors.
The third segment proved especially tricky.
Story, though, struggled with his two episodes and Halliwells werent popular with the production team.
A cynical person would say that there was more drama offscreen than on it.
Steven Spielberg, Segals boss at the time, thought it lacked comedy.
Robert DeLaurentis (recently a producer/writer onFargo) was brought on to rewrite Leekleys draft.
The Enemy Within was abandoned after Priest was asked to revise his scripts to kill off companion Adric.
Lost Stories
These stories are the tip of the iceberg, there are many more out there.
