10 Insane Doctor Who Episodes That Almost Happened
6. The Battle TARDIS
Doctor Who wouldn't be the show we know and love without the TARDIS. Companions come and go, but that loyal old time machine has been with the Doctor through thick and thin, and it's impossible to imagine an episode without it.
Most of the time though, the TARDIS isn't used all that much. We normally see the main console room at the start of an episode (before the Doctor heads out on a new adventure), and then at the end, when he flies away. Some episodes (like The Doctor's Wife) show us other corridors and rooms, but overall, we haven't really seen many different dimensions - pardon the pun - to this integral part of the show.
But a few years ago, writer James Henry wanted to do something with the TARDIS that we've never really seen before: he wanted to turn it into a full-on battle machine.
During the Peter Capaldi era, Henry was invited to pitch some ideas for an episode. One concept that he played with was a story involving Strax the Sontaran being put on trial and sentenced to death, but even better was his desire to write an episode about a "Battle TARDIS" - a TARDIS built specifically for war.
If the Doctor's current TARDIS excels at time and space traversal, just think what a combat-focused TARDIS would be capable of: lasers, missiles, weapons that mess with time. It sounds like a wild and brilliant idea, but unfortunately, it didn't get made, and to add insult to injury, Henry didn't even get to write an episode at all. Bummer.