Also submitted for original season 23 List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films

1 submitted original season 23

1.1 dark labyrinth
1.2 doomwraiths
1.3 flipback
1.4 gallifrey
1.5 iceberg
1.6 league of tancreds
1.7 meltdown
1.8 point of entry
1.9 space sargasso
1.10 valley of shadows
1.11 untitled storyline (pritchard)
1.12 untitled storyline (wolfman)

also submitted original season 23
dark labyrinth

written david banks, story involved sixth doctor , peri encountering master in ancient crete, contingent of cybermen. david banks, had played cyber leader in 3 serials in 1980s, submitted storyline around time ‘attack of cybermen’ entered production in 1984. script editor eric saward liked idea, felt prove expensive film.

doomwraiths

written philip martin, story submitted on 28 december 1983 , dealt alien race returning earth discover humanity experiment has failed. story involved tardis alerting doctor fact regeneration in progress nearby, suggesting presence of fellow timelord. doctor instead find elite of doomwraiths emerging, reconstituted, shimmering metal columns many moving strips , deadly purpose. wraiths find human evolution has failed, , mankind has not taken on form; release plague destroy humanity, relocate missing section of genetic code , repopulate earth themselves. doctor , peri discover doomwraiths have genetic flaw gives them impulse destroy. doctor manages destroy discovered code block, says doomwraiths may have left legacy on other worlds. on 9 march 1984, saward noted story idea need further development before assess commissioning.

flipback

written david banks.

gallifrey

gallifrey pip & jane baker script 4 25-minute episodes commissioned on 11 march 1985 in wake of hiatus announcement, reportedly have dealt destruction of doctor s aforementioned home planet. concept of gallifrey s destruction briefly revived proposed interregnum feature film version of doctor (see proposed films below) before being incorporated doctor s backstory beginning in 2005 series.

iceberg

written david banks, writer proposed story around time engaged play cyberleader in attack of cybermen. story set in 2006, human scientists in antarctica race construct device undo imminent reversal of earth s magnetic field. however, cybermen present in antarctica , plotting sabotage device, giving them opportunity conquer planet in confusion caused reversal. device activated prematurely, crippling cybermen, , giving doctor opportunity stop cyber forces. banks later adapted story novel virgin new adventures range in september 1993 featuring seventh doctor.

league of tancreds

written peter grimwade, two-part story commissioned on 13 august 1984 , abandoned due budgetary concerns on 8 november 1984 after completion of scene breakdown. nothing exists of story.

meltdown

written gary hopkins, story reunites doctor former companion victoria waterfield, crusading against nuclear waste. later adapted power play hopkins big finish s lost stories range in june 2012.

point of entry

written barbara clegg, storyline involved doctor , peri in elizabethan london alien race, omnim, return via aztec knife. feature christopher marlowe. later adapted marc platt big finish part of lost stories series in april 2010.

space sargasso

written philip martin, story submitted on 28 december 1983 , had tardis pulled spaceship graveyard controlled master. on 9 march 1984 saward felt story idea needed further work before considered commissioning.

valley of shadows

written philip martin, story submitted on 28 december 1983 , had doctor travel egyptian underworld save peri. on 9 march 1984 saward felt story idea needed further work before considered commissioning.

untitled storyline (pritchard)

written bill pritchard.

untitled storyline (wolfman)

written jonathan wolfman.