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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
| | |image = Crime of the Century.jpg | ||
| | |adapted into = Crime of the Century (audio story) | ||
|series = | |series = | ||
|season number = | |season number = | ||
|story number = | |story number = | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions = Kate | |companions = Kate Tollinger, Sam Tollinger | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Earth]] | |setting = [[Earth]] | ||
|writer = [[Ben Aaronovitch]] | |writer = [[Ben Aaronovitch]] | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|producer = | |producer = | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = | ||
|format = Unproduced TV story | |format = Unproduced TV story | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|prev = Ice Time | |prev = Ice Time (unproduced TV story) | ||
|next = Illegal Alien (unproduced TV | |next = Illegal Alien (unproduced TV story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Crime of the Century''' was a story that was to have been a part of Season 27, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival]]'' | '''''Crime of the Century''''' was a story that was to have been a part of a theoretical Season 27, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. It was written by [[Ben Aaronovitch]]. | ||
''Crime of the Century'' would have continued straight on from ''[[Ice Time]]'' with | ''Crime of the Century'' would have continued straight on from ''[[Ice Time (unproduced TV story)|Ice Time]]'' with Sam Tollinger, a character introduced in that story, calling for the Doctor's help. This story would have featured "drug smuggling, armed assaults and hardly any science fiction content."<ref name="DWM 255 What if?">[[DWM 255]] - Article: ''What if?''</ref>. This story would also have introduced Kate Tollinger, Sam's "safe-cracking, lock-picking daughter, - and a new locale, Sam's mansion house." This would have given the Doctor and Kate a base and a set of contacts to draw upon when they visited Earth.<ref name="DWM 255 What if?" /> | ||
The planned opening was for Kate to sneak off from a garden party to crack a safe, only to find the Doctor waiting inside it for her, remarking "what kept you?" [[Andrew Cartmel]] has admitted, however, that they didn't really have an idea of what the story would include beyond that. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Endgame]]'') | |||
The planned opening was for Kate to sneak off from a garden party to crack a safe, only to find the Doctor waiting inside it for her, remarking "what kept you?" | |||
== Casting == | == Casting == | ||
One of the actors suggested | One of the actors suggested for the role of Kate, the Doctor's new companion, was [[Julia Sawalha]], while [[Tom Georgeson]], who had previously played [[Kavell]] in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and the [[Detective Inspector]] in ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', was suggested for the role of Sam Tollinger.<ref name="DWM 255 27 Up">[[DWM 255]] - Article: ''27 up?''</ref> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
* Julia Sawalha later played | * Julia Sawalha later played the ''Doctor Who'' companion [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] in the [[Comic Relief]] [[mini-episode|minisode]] ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. | ||
* The idea of a 'base' for the Doctor has featured in the [[BBC Wales]] revival of the series with the [[Powell Estate]], [[Jackie Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]]. Also furthering the idea of 'contacts' for the Doctor in later series such as Captain [[Jack Harkness]], [[Torchwood | * The idea of a 'base' for the Doctor has featured in the [[BBC Wales]] revival of the series with the [[Powell Estate]], [[Jackie Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]]. Also furthering the idea of 'contacts' for the Doctor in later series such as Captain [[Jack Harkness]], [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who stories]] | {{Unproduced stories}} | ||
[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | |||