20 Cancelled Doctor Who Episodes You Need To Know About

Little is known about the cancelled stories of the most recent eras.

We know that Orphan 55 originally started life as a Series 11 episode, set on an outer space safari park, and that Legend of the Sea Devils emerged out of a desire to include a pirate story in Flux. And then... there's this one.

Ptings would've brought back one of the era’s most iconic creations: the Pting. Yes, they were going to do a sequel to The Tsuranga Conundrum. God have mercy on our souls.

The idea was to pull an Alien/Aliens style stunt, with this second story featuring the endlessly-hungry creatures en masse.

It’s not clear why the story was abandoned, with Chris Chibnall merely saying “we had it all worked out, and we couldn’t do it for one reason or another”. Which probably means another case of the budget not quite stretching far enough. And considering the fairly impressive CGI of the Pting itself, you can see why.

Is The Tsuranga Conundrum the most obvious story for a sequel? No, but the Pting was undeniably Series 11’s most merchandisable monster, perfectly straddling the line between cute and scary.

And hey, given how big Labubus are now, they were probably onto something here.