10 Things You Never Knew About The Doctor Who Specials
5. Planet Of The Dead Could Have Come Alive
As mentioned previously and repeatedly throughout this article, Planet of the Dead presented an unsatisfactory plot, aesthetically displeasing CGI and an annoying one-off companion who predictably succumbed to the Doctors charm. This episode originally had the potential to redeem its already-doomed script, however. Rough drafts of the special were purportedly considering ideas such as a space opera, a desolated hotel overrun by time-freezing centaurs, a Star Trek parody, or an interstellar hotel in which guests were mysteriously disappearing. Imagining the Tenth Doctor in these venues is definitely appealing. Picture him coolly striding into a 1930s-inspired, ostentatious hotel dining room with crystal chandeliers glittering from an ornate ceiling, and muffled jazz music pervading in the background it's Dixon Hill style. Perhaps Planet of the Dead sounded just as intriguing prior to its finalization, but thats highly unlikely, if not impossible.
Anna is an aspiring writer who has an incurable obsession with Doctor Who. When she is not writing about Doctor Who, she's watching favorite episodes and contemplating what to write next. When she's writing about Doctor Who, she anticipates her reward: watching yet another Doctor Who episode. She also manages to read science fiction (especially Ray Bradbury), recite lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and make terrible puns in her free time (she likes to imagine she has great puntential, though)
