10 Times Doctor Who REFUSED To Give Fans What They Wanted
6. A Rose Tyler Spin-Off
When Doctor Who's 2005 relaunch proved to be a massive hit, the BBC began thinking about spin-offs. This led to the creation of both The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, but those discussions with RTD led to some other potential projects. One of these was a kid's show about the Doctor's youth on Gallifrey. RTD rightly vetoed this idea on the basis it would have removed the "Who" from Doctor Who.
Another spin-off that would have fared much better with fans was the mooted Rose Tyler: Earth Defence. Set in the parallel Earth from season 2, it would have focused on the Tylers' new lives as they protected the parallel world from all manner of baddies. RTD had already planned to bring the more action hero version of Rose back for season 4, so a spin-off show would have been the perfect way to build toward it.
In the end, however, RTD decided not to take the project further, believing that if the Doctor wasn't able to see what Rose was up to, then the general audience shouldn't either. Years later, Big Finish decided that if fans couldn't see these adventures, then they could hear them instead in a series of boxed sets starring Billie Piper and Camille Coduri.