Before the original
Doctor Who series reached its conclusion, some tentative plans had been made for a proposed 27th series under the assumption that it would maintain the then-current pattern of two four-part and two three-part stories. As noted in each entry, Big Finish Productions has produced audio adaptations of several scripts as part of their
The Lost Stories releases. The
safecracking companion introduced in
Crime of the Century (see below), who was never named during the planning, has now been given a name, that of
Raine Creevey, and she is portrayed by Beth Chalmers.
[174]
Earth Aid[edit]
The opening three-part, studio-bound story
[175] was to be by Ben Aaronovitch; a
space opera featuring a race of
samurai insect-like aliens called the Metatraxi.
[176] Earth Aid was to open with
Ace in the captain's chair of a starship,
[176] and the story would concern the politics of
humanitarian aid.
[176] The Metatraxi were originally conceived as part of a stage play entitled
War World.
[176] The Metatraxi were later used in
Lawrence Miles'
spin-off novel Alien Bodies.
[177] Earth Aid (a title invented by
Dave Owen for his "27 up" article in DWM
[178]) was later
adapted by Aaronovitch and Cartmel for Big Finish's
The Lost Stories range in July 2011. Cartmel is on record as preferring the title
Bad Destination.
[179]
Thin Ice[edit]
This four-parter, the second story of the proposed series,
[178] was to have been written by Marc Platt and was due to feature
Ice Warriors in a London of 1968.
[180] It would have seen the departure of
Ace[178] to the Prydonian Academy to become a
Time Lord.
[180][181] The story was to introduce a character with underworld connections who was intended to become a recurring character similar to
the Brigadier.
[178] The character would have a daughter born at the conclusion of the adventure who would be named by the Doctor.
[180] The plot would have featured an Ice Warrior's armour in the
London Dungeon[178] and two reincarnated Warriors continuing a long rivalry.
[178] Platt also intended to have bikers being controlled by the Ice Warriors (and wearing similar helmets), scenes on a terraformed pastoral Mars, and a more mystical bent to the aliens while deepening their history.
[182] Marc Platt has revealed that the name
Ice Time was "only ever invented for an article in
Doctor Who Magazine" (Dave Owen's "27 up" article).
[183] It was later
adapted by Platt for Big Finish's
The Lost Stories range in April 2011.
Crime of the Century[edit]
Was to have been written by Andrew Cartmel, and would have introduced a
cat burglar/safecracker as the next companion.
[180] The character with underworld connections from
Thin Ice would be featured as an older individual and the father of the new companion.
[180] Crime of the Century (another title invented by Owen for "27 up") was later
adapted by Cartmel for Big Finish's
The Lost Stories range in May 2011. Cartmel would have preferred to call the story
Action at a Distance.
[179]
Animal[edit]
Cartmel had wanted to pen a story of his own.
[171] Animal (another title invented by Owen for "27 up") was later
adapted by Cartmel for Big Finish's
The Lost Stories range in June 2011. Cartmel would have preferred to call the story
Blood and Iron.
[179]
Hostage[edit]
Written by
Neil Penswick, this was a three-part
[184] futuristic thriller in which a group of soldiers are hunting down two shape-changing criminals called Butler and Swarfe.
[184] The cliffhanger to part one had Swarfe changing into a monster who then went on the hunt in part two.
[184] Penswick later adapted some material from this for his Virgin New Adventures novel
The Pit in March 1993.
Night Thoughts[edit]
Written by
Edward Young, this is a horror story set in an isolated house.
[171] It would feature a group of university staff, one who was a cripple, trapped in the house during winter.
[171] One of the characters would turn out to be a murderer.
[171] The story took its name and theme from the poem
Night-Thoughts by
Edward Young, namesake of the story's writer. It was later
adapted by Young for Big Finish in February 2006. The adaptation featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace, as well as Big Finish-original companion
Hex.
A School for Glory[edit]
Written by
Tony Etchells & an unidentified writer, this was to be set during
the Great War.
[172] The narrative was planned to alternate between the trenches and a British country house doubling as an army academy.
[172]