Doctor Who has now been lighting up our screens for more than half a century (prolonged hiatuses aside) and it's now become one of the most formidable franchises that the world has ever known. In fact, it's so formidable that the ongoing escapades of the nation's favourite Time Lord are now just the tip of the timey-wimey iceberg. The show has spawned its fair share of spin offs over the years which have all helped to establish the 'Who'-niverse as one of the most far reaching fictional landscapes in televisual history. With such a never ending breadth of characters and monsters to its name, the possibilities for spin offs are literally endless. It's no mean feat to determine which of the show's icons should be given the chance to spread their wings but, thus far, all of the attempts have been executed brilliantly. Well, almost all of them, at least. Sometimes characters come close to landing their own tie-in adventures but, for whatever reason, the plans ultimately fall through at the last minute. You might not even realise that some of your favourite characters have been in the running so here are 10 characters who almost became the stars of their very own show. These are the spin off shenanigans you didn't see...
Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.
