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51-671: The river Kyll, personified as a woman named Kelly, is one of the central characters in the fantasy/crime novel "October Man", written by the author Ben Aaronovitch , in the book series Rivers of London . This article related to a river in North Rhine-Westphalia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Rhineland-Palatinate is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ben Aaronovitch Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964)

102-565: A conflict between the space-station staff and the Rosemariners (a group who plan to hold the staff hostage in return for Earth supplying them with sophisticated weapons). Written by Brian Hayles. The story focuses on a faulty communications satellite which causes the release of robotic "sensorspheres", inducing amnesia in their victims. Written by Brian Wright, the Doctor discovers a community of artificially-created humans. The storyline

153-466: A king's favourite story without changing it. Written by Douglas Camfield and Robert Kitts , this six-part storyline was submitted to the production office on 18 September 1967. Camfield and BBC colleague Kitts had developed the outline in 1965 due to Camfield's dismay with another sub-standard script, and it would probably have been directed by Camfield. The Doctor arrives in Normandy just before

204-477: A semi-regular in the New Adventures . He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield , who was originally developed in the New Adventures . He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas. In May 1987, Aaronovitch submitted Knight Fall to

255-547: A series of terrible jobs, the kind you get when you have no qualifications.” These included working as a security guard for Securitas , which he says taught him “to understand shoplifting a lot better... So it did come in quite handy later, for work”. During one of the short-term jobs he submitted some scripts to the BBC, which led to him writing Doctor Who stories, and finally, while working at Waterstones , Aaronovitch published his first Rivers of London novel, which rapidly became

306-412: A spacelane. This four-part Paul Wheeler story was commissioned as a scene breakdown on 23 February 1968. Written by William Emms, the serial was redrafted in early 1970 as The Vampire Planet and considered for the season-7 finale before it was dropped. Written by Malcolm Hulke, the six-part story was commissioned on 5 July 1968 and cancelled on 30 December of that year. Its production budget

357-414: A storyline for all four parts had been established and the first two episodes scripted. The story was rejected on 10 June 1963 as too thin on characterisation , and the giant monsters were considered clichéd and too expensive to produce. Some of the initial opening script was retained for An Unearthly Child when Anthony Coburn was commissioned to write a replacement on 14 June 1963, with details about

408-560: A three-part adventure story for Doctor Who’s 27th Season (which never came to fruition), and was called Bad Destination . The story would feature The Doctor seeing Ace as a captain of a hospital spaceship which is being under attack by the Metatraxi. The story, however, was abandoned when, in September 1989, the BBC cancelled Doctor Who after its 26 Season , due to declining audiences. In July 2011, Big Finish Productions released

459-803: A word-of-mouth success, enabling him to write full-time. He is passionate about diversity in literature, and in 2020 he founded the Future Worlds Prize, then known as the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, aimed at opening up science fiction and fantasy publishing to more diverse writers. In 2023 it was announced that Rivers of London would be adapted for TV as a co-production between Pure Fiction Television, See-Saw Films and Aaronovitch’s own production company, Unnecessary Logo. Aaronovitch lives in Wimbledon, London . Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials, Remembrance of

510-719: Is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the series of novels Rivers of London . He also wrote two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake's 7 . Born in Camden , Aaronovitch is the son of the economist Sam Aaronovitch who was a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain , and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch . He attended Holloway School . Aaronovitch left school with no particular plan. “Instead of going to university I basically faffed about. I had

561-511: Is referred to as Suzanne, and Barbara is referred to as Miss Canning. An idea suggested by Robert Gould when he abandoned work on the "minuscule" storyline in February 1964 involved a planet where plants treated people the way people treat plants. It was rejected by Verity Lambert, who felt that it was too close to the book The Day of the Triffids . Written by Brian Hayles , the story

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612-556: Is wiped out by powerful robots which they created. The robots become so advanced that they create a new race of people, and fear that the new humans will dominate them. When the Doctor arrives on their planet, they interpret it as proof of their fears. In this Roger Dixon storyline, the TARDIS is dragged under the sands of Terunda and encounters people descended from Neanderthals who want to return to Earth in 2016. This six-part Roger Dixon story, submitted on 16 January 1967, involves

663-600: The BBC intended to produce the serials, they were not made. Many have become subjects of features in Doctor Who Magazine or other periodicals and books devoted to the television show. The unmade serials existed during the tenure of each of the previous thirteen incarnations of the Doctor . Reasons include strike action (which caused the partially-filmed Shada to be abandoned), actors leaving roles ( The Final Game , cancelled after Roger Delgado 's death), and

714-634: The British Raj in India (probably as the eighth serial). The story was abandoned; the Daleks were a success, and demand for further science-fiction adventures grew. Farewell Great Macedon (also known as Alexander the Great in the script's early stages) was a six-part story for Season 1 written by Moris Farhi . The Doctor and his companions are framed for murder as part of a conspiracy to kill Alexander

765-587: The D-Day landings, and the story includes a plan to stop the Nazis from using a form of matter teleportation . Only a draft script for episode one was written. It went through several rewrites until 1967, when it was abandoned after producer Innes Lloyd left and the writers had other commitments. The serial was given individual episode titles, although this practice had ended with The Savages in 1966. Episode titles were "The Secret Army", "Chateau of Death", "Lair of

816-515: The Doctor Who production office for Season 25 . The story concerned privatization. Script editor Andrew Cartmel liked the story ideas, but felt that the script was inappropriate for the series and had too many supporting characters. After failing to feature Aaronovitch's Knight Fall storyline to production, Aaronovitch submitted a story in June 1987, entitled Transit . The story would see

867-460: The Doctor Who story Fury from the Deep , which aired in 1968. Written by David Whitaker as he planned to leave as story editor. He submitted The New Armada in late February 1964 for season 2, but was rejected in the wake of The Dalek Invasion of Earth . Whitaker resubmitted it for season 3 in late 1965, but it was rejected by story editor Gerry Davis on 17 January 1966. The six-part story

918-699: The Fifth Doctor . Also written by Hulke, the story involved the departure of the Romans from Britain around the beginning of the fifth century amid clashes with the Celts and the Saxons; the time travellers brought the indigenous savages back to the safety of the TARDIS. Britain 408 AD was first submitted on 2 September 1963. Story editor David Whitaker asked Hulke to revise his original storyline because he felt that

969-562: The Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989), for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former. He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on the science fiction series Jupiter Moon . He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became

1020-588: The Doctor and Ace in the future, land in a metro station, and discover transportation portals that could lead any body throughout the Solar System, but one of the portals leads a gate way to hell. Even though Aaronovitch's scripts of Transit never came to fruition, he would adapt the story as a book for Virgin New Adventures series in December 1992. During Summer of 1988, Aaronovitch submitted

1071-530: The Doctor's home removed. Around early September 1963, the idea was given to Robert Gould to develop. Known as the "minuscule" storyline, it was expected to be the season's fourth serial. The story was dropped from this slot in January 1964, and Gould abandoned work on it altogether a month later. In March 1964, the story idea was offered to writer Louis Marks and eventually became Planet of Giants . The Masters of Luxor , originally entitled The Robots ,

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1122-614: The Great and must endure several trials, including walking on hot coals, to gain the trust of their bodyguard Ptolemy . The script was published by Nothing at the End of the Lane in October 2009. The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance , the first script sent by Moris Farhi, was one episode long and was never seriously pitched for production. It was included in the 2009 publication of Farhi's script for Farewell Great Macedon . The Living World

1173-487: The Lane", the four main characters (then the Doctor, Cliff, Lola, and Biddy) are shrunk to a miniature size and attacked by giant animals. The serial established the Doctor's original backstory; the Time Lord escaped from "his own galaxy" in the year 5733, seeking a perfect society in the past. He was pursued by agents from his own time who sought to prevent him from stopping their society from originating. By May 1963,

1224-618: The Second Doctor. A mad scientist kidnaps humans from points in Earth's history. The scientist works for an alien warlord who wants to study humanity to determine the best time to invade. Brian Hayles was commissioned to write a storyline for The Nazis on 8 March 1966. Hayles was hired to write The Smugglers shortly afterwards, which he was told had a higher priority. The Nazis was abandoned on 15 June of that year because its events were considered too recent. Written by David Ellis,

1275-429: The TARDIS crew's arrival on a far-future Earth where a community of youths depends on unseen Elders who live in the mountains. This Roger Dixon story was submitted in early 1967. This Barry Letts story, submitted around November 1966, is about a sinister organisation operating on Earth as an amusement park. In this Roger Dixon story, submitted on 16 January 1967, the Doctor and his companions must perpetually enact

1326-687: The Werewolf", "Friend Or Foe", "Village of the Swastika", and "Crossfire". Big Finish adapted the storyline into an audio drama scheduled for release in July 2024. The four-part adventure serial was written by Brian Hayles. The Doctor encounters the evil Hecuba, a relative of the Celestial Toymaker. This Robert Holmes story, submitted on 22 October 1968, is set in the 22nd century and deals with an outbreak of mutants with ESP which disrupt

1377-504: The commissioning of what became The Krotons . John Lucarotti's storyline about Leif Eriksson was turned down by Donald Tosh because Vikings had already appeared in The Time Meddler . Lucarotti used the plot in "Who Discovered America?", a 1992 short story for issue 184 of Doctor Who Magazine . The Brian Hayles storyline was submitted in mid-1966, around the time Hayles completed The Smugglers , and may have required

1428-524: The crashed ship. The Doctor and his companions are taken captive and trained by the robots as replacement crew members. Only three additional crew members are required, so the least-useful member of the Doctor's party will be killed by the human crew. The serial was rejected primarily due to the robots' similarity to the Mechanoids in the previous season's The Chase . Holmes resubmitted the story idea to producer Peter Bryant on 20 May 1968, which led to

1479-444: The loss of Ben and Polly . Its place in the schedule was taken by The Underwater Menace , and on 4 January 1967 the story was dropped. Written by Barry Letts , the story outline (submitted around November 1966 to story editor Gerry Davis) involved a race of beings undergoing a butterfly-like cycle of mutations which included a chrysalis stage. Written by Roger Dixon, the story was submitted in early 1967. A race of people

1530-644: The new laird. Written by Brian Hayles, the story would have been about the origins of the Ice Warriors after their debut story . It was dropped c.  May 1968 . Dick Sharples ' The Prison in Space , originally The Amazons , had six other working titles during its development. Sharples returned to the idea of a female-dominated planet last attempted with The Hidden Planet . The four-part story, commissioned on 4 June 1968, would feature Jamie in drag and deprogramming Zoe by spanking her. The serial

1581-468: The plot in The Faceless Ones . Written by William Emms and planned as the fourth serial of Series 4, The Imps was a four-part story about a spaceship overrun by imp -like aliens and aggressive alien vegetation. The script was commissioned on 17 October 1966 and had to be rewritten to accommodate a new companion, Jamie . Due to Emms' illness, further rewrites were needed to explain

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1632-402: The plot, with its many opposing factions, was too complicated and its conclusion echoed that of An Unearthly Child . It was hoped that an amended version of Britain 408 AD directed by Christopher Barry would fill the sixth slot of Season One (Serial F), but on 23 September it was decided that the production block did not need another historical story and Hulke's serial was abandoned. The spot in

1683-421: The production block. It was further postponed in January 1964 when it was realised that substantial rewriting would be needed. The story would have concerned a planet in an orbit opposite Earth's, with a society parallel but opposite to it; women were the dominant sex, and all clovers had four leaves. The original script was sent back for rewrites which, due to a pay dispute, were not made until after Susan had left

1734-487: The production staff in early 1968 to gauge their interest, the story originally featured Jamie and Victoria . By the time Tosh delivered the first materials for the story, Patrick Troughton had decided to leave the series. When it was turned down by the production team, Tosh had finished a script for the first episode and notes for the next three episodes. He completed a full storyline for Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) in 1994. Set on an Earth space station, it deals with

1785-405: The schedule was ultimately occupied by The Aztecs , and Hulke began work on The Hidden Planet . After Whitaker's departure, Hulke resubmitted Britain 408 AD . It was rejected on 2 April 1965 by Dennis Spooner, Whitaker's successor, because Romans had already appeared in his own story . Terry Nation had intended his second seven-part serial, commissioned on 24 September 1963, to be set during

1836-470: The series' going on hiatus twice—in 1985 and 1989. The plots of the unmade serials varied. The theme of a civilization in which women are dominant was proposed twice, for The Hidden Planet and The Prison in Space . In some cases, elements of an unmade series were adapted or moved from one project to another. Song of the Space Whale was intended to be the introduction of Vislor Turlough until it

1887-405: The series; this necessitated further rewriting. A third submission was rejected because Ian and Barbara were due to leave, and the script was dropped. The story was the subject of a 1983 April Fool's Day prank, when issue 76 of Doctor Who Magazine reported that one episode had been filmed, rediscovered, and would be integrated into The Phoenix Rises : a twentieth-anniversary special co-starring

1938-601: The story as Earth Aid , by Aaronovitch and Cartmel. Novelizations: Virgin New Adventures : The short stories below are published in Tales from the Folly : Transit (Doctor Who story) During the long history of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who , a number of stories were proposed but never fully produced. Below is a list of unmade serials submitted by recognized professionals. Although

1989-638: The story focuses on a sentient form of mud which tries to take over the minds of British townsfolk. Script editor David Whittaker rejected it as derivative of the Quatermass serials of the 1950s, and Pemberton later submitted it to BBC Radio after removing the Doctor Who elements from it. The Slide was commissioned as a seven-part serial which premiered on the BBC Light Programme on 13 February 1966. This inspired Pemberton to adapt it as

2040-537: The story was submitted on 16 January 1967. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and his companions to the Nevada desert, where they discover that they have been shrunk to one-tenth of an inch. They learn that local ants have become super-intelligent from atomic-bomb tests and plan to take over Earth. Written by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke, the story was submitted on 15 November 1966 about faceless aliens infiltrating department stores as display mannequins. Ellis and Hulke reused

2091-459: The storyline was submitted as a spy thriller in January 1966 and was rejected by Gerry Davis in April of that year. Written by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke, the story was submitted to the production office in April 1966. Script editor Gerry Davis rejected it on 15 June of that year because he wanted to avoid comic serials after the poorly-received The Gunfighters . Written by Roger Dixon ,

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2142-491: The text of Coburn's script was amended to fit accepted conventions – for example, consistent use of the name "Susan" rather than the "Suzanne" and "Sue" used by Coburn. It was adapted by Nigel Robinson for Big Finish's The Lost Stories in August 2012. Malcolm Hulke 's The Hidden Planet , commissioned in December 1963, was to be the fourth or fifth serial of Series 1 after the insertion of The Edge of Destruction into

2193-467: Was Hayles' first submission to the series. It focuses on the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki landing the TARDIS on the planet Numir, whose sun is extinguished, and encountering surface-dwelling "light people" and subterranean "shadow people". The story was rejected in favour of Bill Strutton 's The Web Planet by story editor Dennis Spooner on 8 February 1965 because of its similarity to Malcolm Hulke's The Hidden Planet . Written by Victor Pemberton ,

2244-516: Was a six-part story submitted by Anthony Coburn while he was part of the BBC Script Department. It was considered for the second serial of Season 1, in which the Doctor faces a self-aware robot which is trying to gain a soul . The story was rejected by the production team in mid-September 1963 in favour of Terry Nation 's first Dalek serial , but Titan Books published the unused scripts in August 1992. Edited by John McElroy,

2295-611: Was allocated to The War Games (which Hulke co-wrote with Terrance Dicks), allowing that story to be expanded to 10 episodes. Written by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln , the storyline was considered in early 1968. It would be set in Scotland in Jamie's ancestral home, Castle McCrimmon, where the Doctor's old foe (the Great Intelligence ) plans to use Jamie's body. At the end of the story, Jamie would remain behind as

2346-406: Was cancelled, but a pay dispute with the writers led to its replacement by Inferno . Written by Brian Hayles, the story was submitted to the production office in the spring of 1971. An Ice Warrior plans to invade the Earth with a Z beam which reduces the temperature of what it strikes to absolute zero , and turns humans into zombie -like slaves. Script editor Dicks rejected the storyline, but

2397-406: Was repeatedly postponed, making Mawdryn Undead Turlough's first appearance. Some unused stories have been adapted for other media. Shada was animated, and several unmade serials were compiled into an audio series released by Big Finish entitled The Lost Stories . The series' first serial, The Giants , was to be written by C. E. Webber . In the first episode, "Nothing at the End of

2448-408: Was rewritten to accommodate Frazer Hines ' desire to leave by introducing a new companion named Nik, and again when he decided to stay. Scripts for the first two episodes were delivered on 27 August 1968. The production team was unhappy with the serial, and when Sharples refused further rewrites it was replaced by The Krotons . Written by Donald Tosh as The Rosacrutians after Tosh contacted

2499-411: Was set in sixteenth-century Spain. Robert Holmes ' first story submission for the series was submitted to story editor Donald Tosh on 25 April 1965. The four-part story idea involved the Doctor and his three companions arriving on an uninhabited planet to discover a spacecraft controlled by robots while its human occupants are in suspended animation waiting for additional crew members to again operate

2550-464: Was submitted on 9 May 1969, and was commissioned by script editor Terrance Dicks. It was scheduled to be the season-7 finale, but Wright accepted an academic writing post in Bristol and was unable to write it. Written by Charlotte and Dennis Plimmer , the seven-part story was submitted to the production office on 10 November 1969. It was considered for the season-7 finale after The Mists of Madness

2601-502: Was written by Alan Wakeman , one of several writers contacted by David Whitaker in mid-1963. The story, commissioned on 31 July 1963, involved a planet ruled by sentient rocks and trees who could control humans with an inaudible sound. A four-part breakdown of the story featured in the third volume of the magazine, Nothing at the End of the Lane , with the episode titles "Airfish", "What Eats What", "The Living Planet" and "Just in Time". Susan

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