The Doctor Who spin-offs that will never be filmed
- Posted at 4:55pm
- 02 October 2008
- by DavidBrown-RT
- 6 comments
Who'd have thought that when Doctor Who returned in 2005, there'd be so much scope for spin-offs? The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and now even the possibility of a Who movie being mooted. Not bad for a sci-fi show whose only previous stab at a TV offshoot was the creaky K-9 and Company back in 1981. So how long will it be before they milk a winning formula so much that we end up with the following?
The X-terminate Factor
Saturday-night entertainment as Davros and Dalek Caan audition potential allies in their bid to enslave the universe. The X-terminate Factor: You're Fried! will immediately follow with analysis of that week's executions, plus behind-the-scenes footage of Davros reaching near hysteria over relatively trivial matters.
The Long Haul
Sitcom centred on the frustrated attempts of Harwood's Haulage transport manager Rhys Williams, husband of Torchwood's Gwen Cooper, to start a family. Gwen is never actually seen, but can often be heard shouting "Reeeeeeees!!!!" down the phone as she abandons her hubby for work yet again, leaving him eating pies alone on the sofa at home.
The Wilf Files
Alien conspiracy drama starring Bernard Cribbins as newspaper-selling astronomer Wilfred Mott. Armed only with a paint gun and a rolled-up copy of London's Evening Standard, Wilf does battle against extraterrestrial forces, assisted by fellow allotment owners Peter Sallis and Donald Sinden.
Top of the Class
Krillitane headmaster Mr Finch is given one term to turn a failing school around. Can he get the tearaway kids computer literate without bringing in his crack squad of supply teachers to effect a transformation?
Who Do You Think You Are?
One-off special of the hit genealogy show as the Doctor delves into his own history to find out about his past selves. Features moving footage of Christopher Eccleston crying over missed opportunities.
Run Rose Run
Urban adventure featuring a jaded Rose Tyler who, realising she's been lumbered with a sociopathic carbon copy of the man she loves, tries to abandon him at a motorway service station. She soon realises that the cloned Doctor will stop at nothing to get her back and will slaughter anyone who gets in his way in order for them to be reunited.
Life Swap
The Slitheen highlight dietary and health problems when they move in with Britain's most obese families after killing a member and using their skin as a disguise. Might not get beyond the pilot stage once the human participants realise what the trade-off actually involves.
Are You My Mummy?
The gas-masked Empty Child tries to reunite adopted children with their birth parents in a heart-warming Sunday-evening family entertainment series co-hosted by Cilla Black.
Acting Up
Fly-on-the-wall documentary as Martha Jones - having failed to convince anyone that she's a doctor, a scientist or a member of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce - roams the country hoodwinking employers into believing she's capable of work. As disappointments pile up, will Martha resort to acting lessons in order to succeed?
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