10 Awesome Doctor Who Ideas That Nearly Happened

Like the creation of any new show, the inception of Doctor Who in late 1963 was, to say the least, a difficult time, and there were many interesting ideas and concepts that were scrapped along the way.

One of these concepts was put forward by writer C. E. Webber in the original briefing describing the character of the Doctor. It posited that the Doctor was a sinister character who had an ulterior motive for his travels in time and space. This motive was that the Doctor was searching for a perfect society in the past, and would go so far as destroying the future in order to achieve his goals.

This idea (along with the idea of naming the companions "Biddy, Lola, and Cliff") was vetoed by Sydney Newman, who sought to make the Doctor more of a kind figure, rather than an evil genius.

A malicious Doctor is an intriguing concept, and is something we've seen flashes of over the years. It would've definitely been an intriguing way to kick-start the show.