Monday 16 November 2015

1984: DWB PREVIEWS THE DOCTOR WHO SEASON THAT NEVER WAS

Back to the winter of 1984 and issue 17-18 (a bulging end-of-year double edition) of DOCTOR WHO BULLETIN (aka DWB and, latterly, DREAMWATCH).

This is early coverage of the DOCTOR WHO season that never was. At least not in the form originally anticipated by the production team.

Whilst the were busy preparing scripts and scouting possible filming locations (including a trip to Singapore... How nice), the management on the sixth floor of TV CENTRE were plotting the show's demise. That didn't exactly go to plan either but it did force John Nathan-Turner to scupper his existing story plans for the much-delayed new season. The replacement, The Trial of a Time lord, hardly played to the show's strengths... Maybe he should have stuck to Plan A. 

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