Doctor Who: 13 Cool Details Russell T Davies Just Revealed About The Stolen Earth & Journey's End

10. The Shadow Proclamation Was Almost HUGE (And The Slitheen Nearly Had A Small Role)

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After discovering that the Earth has been stolen, the Doctor and Donna pay a visit to the Shadow Proclamation (basically the galactic police) seeking help and information.

Upon arriving, the pair are greeted by a small group of aliens, including the Shadow Architect - the Proclamation's leader - as well as some Judoon. It's a small scene with very few characters, but Davies had originally planned to make the Proclamation a much bigger entity, with countless alien species present on the screen.

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Davies even shared a sketch of this potential scene on Twitter, while adding that Annette Badland - who played a Slitheen disguised as politician Margaret Blaine in Series 1 of the revival - actually recorded some dialogue for it.

Unfortunately, this whole idea was yet another victim of the show's budget constraints, and it never went before cameras.

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