Doctor Who: 10 Great Ideas That Went Absolutely Nowhere
9. The Minister Of War
Who'd have thought that a throwaway line would've caused so much trouble.
In the two-part story Under the Lake/Before the Flood, the Doctor encounters a number of underwater miners who he must protect from an army of ghosts. One of the miners is a woman named O'Donnell, and she is a big fan of the Doctor.
She reels off all of his greatest hits, recounting the times he has saved the Earth from danger. She tells him about Harold Saxon, the moon being an egg, and The Minister of War.
The Doctor is just as confused by this as we are, and asks O'Donnell who that is. However, he stops himself, realising that this is an adventure he is yet to have.
Under the Lake/Before the Flood came out in 2015, and fans are still waiting to find out who The Minister of War is. Some have theorised it could be the Master, Omega, or the War Lords, but those are just guesses for now.
At this point, it feels unlikely that we'll ever get a follow-up to this. Or maybe there were never any plans for one and we all need to get a life.