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'''''Network''''' was a story that was to have been a part of Season 28, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', probably written by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Marc Platt]]. | '''''Network''''' was a story that was to have been a part of Season 28, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', probably written by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Marc Platt]]. | ||
According to the DWM | According to the [[DWM 255]] article, the story would have featured the return of {{O'Mara}} and would have been set in a university where she was posing as vice chancellor.<ref name="DWM 255 What if?">[[DWM 255]] - Article: ''What if?''</ref> A similar plot would later appear in the [[Sixth Doctor]] audio story, ''[[The Rani Elite (audio story)|The Rani Elite]]''. In DWM 255, it mentioned that the episode would have concerned stopping "A Biological Computer Virus" from taking over the world's computer systems. Other characters thought have been featured in the story were Brigadier Winifred Bambera and Sam Tollinger. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | [[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 30 October 2020
Quite how much do we know about this? How much of it is DWM's speculation? How much is the author's imperfect memories? Someone needs to dig up DWM 255 and check.
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Network was a story that was to have been a part of Season 28, had Doctor Who continued to be produced beyond Survival, probably written by Ben Aaronovitch and Marc Platt.
According to the DWM 255 article, the story would have featured the return of the Rani and would have been set in a university where she was posing as vice chancellor.[1] A similar plot would later appear in the Sixth Doctor audio story, The Rani Elite. In DWM 255, it mentioned that the episode would have concerned stopping "A Biological Computer Virus" from taking over the world's computer systems. Other characters thought have been featured in the story were Brigadier Winifred Bambera and Sam Tollinger.
