3. The Prison In Space
The concept: The Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on a strange, alien world, where the gender roles are the opposite of what were used to here on Earth. The planet is ruled over by the sinister Chairman Babs. Why she shouldnt be Chairwoman is left up to the imagination. As the story progressed, Zoe would have wound up leading a sexual revolution on the planet, and Jamie would have dressed in drag, though if he chose a plaid skirt, he could have just stayed dressed as he normally was. The whole thing would have ended with the Doctor spanking Zoe to cure her of being brainwashed.
How far along: Again, a script, by Derek Sharples, was completed. It was never purchased, and was rewritten extensively.
Why it was never made: Did you see the part about the Doctor spanking Zoe? That wasnt a typo. While it would have created much slash fiction, it was perhaps a bit sexist, even by 1960s BBC TV standards. To make things even more difficult, the story was written with Jamie in mind, but Frazier Hines was on the fence about continuing, so it was rewritten to introduce a new character named Nik. Then Hines decided to stay, and it was rewritten again. Two scripts were submitted to the production staff, but certain issues remained, and after Sharples declined yet another rewrite, the serial was dropped from the production list.
Why its on the list: Ok, its sexist as hell, but come on. It would have been a fairly fun, light-hearted story. Plus it would have been a fairly Zoe-heavy episodes, and those didnt happen as often as we mightve liked.
The eventual fate: As with some other stories on this list, Big Finish adapted this one, and put it into The Second Doctor Boxed Set. The audio featured Hines as Jamie and the Second Doctor (his Second Doctor voice has to be heard to be believed), and Wendy Padbury as Zoe, with Susan Brown as Chairman Babs. It was solidly entertaining, if a bit eye-rolling at times, and one imagines both those things would have been true in the TV version.