Between 1990 and 2005, whenDoctor Whowasnt on TV, the show mostly existed as original novels.
While they both had plenty of TV experience by the mid-90s, their first officialDoctor Whocommissions were in prose.
In 2025, the pattern returned.
Lets retrace the journeys of previous writers who made the leap fromDoctor Whopage to screen.
Unlike his TVDoctor Who, it is astonishingly bleak.
Familiar elements include a family called Tyler in a London housing estate.
Less familiar toDoctor Whowas the cocaine tainted by an ancient Time Lord superweapon.
the central thrust of Moffats entire time on the show).
They were advertised as being Too broad and deep for the screen.
He wasnt the only writer who tried.
Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman also pitched a full reboot.
Gatiss wroteNightshade, published in 1992, with RobertsThe Highest Scienceout the following year.
Roberts regularly worked on soaps for ITV and Channel 4.
Both wrote for Charlie Higsons reboot ofRandall and Hopkirkin 2001.
A Closed Shop?
The notion of whatDoctor Whocould be was expanded.
