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[[File:Network VHS.jpg|thumb|right|The VHS cover]]
|companions = [[Ace]], Sam Tollinger
'''''Network''''' was a story that was part of [[Season 28 (in-universe)|Season 28]]. It was written by [[Ben Aaronovitch (in-universe)|Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Marc Platt (in-universe)|Marc Platt]].
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|year = [[Earth]]
|writer = [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and [[Marc Platt]]
|featuring = [[Winifred Bambera|Bambera]]}}
'''''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 255]] article ''What If?'', 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> Other ideas posed by Aaronovitch and Platt included the Rani creating a "biological computer virus" to take control of the world's computer systems as well as [[Winifred Bambera]] returning. A similar plot would later appear in the [[Sixth Doctor]] audio story, ''[[The Rani Elite (audio story)|The Rani Elite]]''.
It starred [[Richard Griffiths (in-universe)|Richard Griffiths]] as the [[Eighth Doctor (What If?)|Eighth Doctor]], [[Julia Sawalha (in-universe)|Julia Sawalha]] as [[Kate Tollinger]], [[Angela Bruce (in-universe)|Angela Bruce]] as [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Kate O'Mara (in-universe)|Kate O'Mara]] as [[the Rani]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What If? (feature)|What If?]]'')
 
Another thing of note mentioned by the ''What If?'' article is that Network was envisioned as potentially being the final story of Doctor Who.
 
== Footnotes ==
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{{Unproduced stories}}
[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]]

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The VHS cover

Network was a story that was part of Season 28. It was written by Ben Aaronovitch and Marc Platt.

It starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Julia Sawalha as Kate Tollinger, Angela Bruce as Winifred Bambera and Kate O'Mara as the Rani. (PROSE: What If?)

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