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'''''The Krikkitmen''''' was an unproduced serial written by [[Douglas Adams]] and featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]. It was to feature a race of [[android]]s called the | '''''The Krikkitmen''''' was an unproduced serial written by [[Douglas Adams]] and featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]. It was to feature a race of [[android]]s called the Krikkitmen, heralding from the planet Krikkit and aiming to destroy all life in the universe. The [[Time Lord]]s used a temporal prison to lock Krikkit away, but the Fourth Doctor stumbled across a group of Krikkitmen trying to free Krikkit using a key built from parts from the Earth game of [[cricket]]. | ||
This script was rejected by editor [[Robert Holmes]] in | This script was rejected by editor [[Robert Holmes]] in 1976. In 1980, Adams retooled the script as a feature film called ''Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen'' and submitted it to [[Paramount Pictures]]; after nothing came of this plan, he put many of ideas into his book ''Life, the Universe, and Everything''.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/lost/lost4.html The Lost Stories]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:53, 27 September 2017
The Krikkitmen was an unproduced serial written by Douglas Adams and featuring the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane. It was to feature a race of androids called the Krikkitmen, heralding from the planet Krikkit and aiming to destroy all life in the universe. The Time Lords used a temporal prison to lock Krikkit away, but the Fourth Doctor stumbled across a group of Krikkitmen trying to free Krikkit using a key built from parts from the Earth game of cricket.
This script was rejected by editor Robert Holmes in 1976. In 1980, Adams retooled the script as a feature film called Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen and submitted it to Paramount Pictures; after nothing came of this plan, he put many of ideas into his book Life, the Universe, and Everything.[1]
