10 Doctor Who Deleted Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything
4. More Than Meets The Eye (Survival)
Survival is perhaps the most ironically named Doctor Who serial of all time, as it was the final one to air during the show's original run.
At one point in time, the serial was also set to drop this massive bombshell. Thank heavens it didn't, as fans would've been waiting almost two decades for a followup.
The revelation in question would've come from the Seventh Doctor, while in conversation with the Master at the very end of the serial.
After a battle on the planet of the Cheetah People (yep, that's a thing), both characters were originally supposed to transport back to Earth, where the Master would accuse the Doctor of not being a Time Lord anymore. Shockingly, the Doctor would've revealed that his nemesis was right.
He would go on to say that he had "evolved" into something new, and that he was now "multi-talented". However, producer John Nathan-Turner decided not to include these lines, feeling they were too explicit in how they hinted at a different past for the Doctor.
It goes without saying that meddling with the Doctor's backstory would've had huge ramifications for the show. That said, considering how little an impact the Timeless Child has had, maybe not.