Doctor Who: 14 Cool Details Steven Moffat Just Revealed About The Day Of The Doctor
7. Peter Cushing Movie Posters Were Included In The Script, But Had To Be Cut Due To Copyright Issues
Something that a lot of Doctor Who fans often forget - or simply don't know - is that the show has been given the movie treatment on multiple occasions.
There are also countless examples of failed movie ideas, too, but that's a rabbit hole you could get lost in for hours.
A successful big-screen endeavour arrived in the 1960s, when Peter Cushing (most familiar to modern audiences thanks to his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars) played a character called "Dr. Who" - yes, that's how they spelt it - in two movies: Dr. Who and the Daleks, and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
These movies weren't recognised as official parts of the show's canon, but still, they happened, and Moffat originally wanted to acknowledge their existence in The Day Of The Doctor.
During the scene where Clara and Kate enter the Black Archive, Moffat tweeted that he initially wanted some Peter Cushing movie posters to be included as background easter eggs, but unfortunately, copyright issues meant that this was not possible.