10 Doctor Who Mistakes Confirmed By The Creators
4. RTD’s Shelved Sequel
RTD’s first era as showrunner saw at least one classic villain return each year.
In 2005 we had the Autons and the Daleks; in 2006 we had the Cybermen; in 2007 we had the Macra and the Master; in 2008 we had the Sontarans and Davros; and in 2009 we had Rassilon and the Time Lords.
But as RTD has since lamented, he never wrote an out-and-out classic series sequel, as Chris Chibnall did for the Silurians and Steven Moffat did for the Great Intelligence.
“I’d have run the old episodes on BBC Three all week, then shown the sequel on the Saturday,” he said in 2020, citing 1977’s Image of the Fendahl as a story ripe for revisiting:
“Imagine, Return of the Fendahl! Back in the ruins of Fetch Priory. Ancient evil stirs. Wanda Ventham reincarnated. I was so determined not to look back too much, I think I missed a trick there.”
Of course, it’s entirely possible that Return of the Fendahl (or another sequel), will become a reality in Russell’s second era. The Fendahl could even be “The Boss” or “The One Who Waits”. You heard it here first!