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{{Infobox Actor
|name = David Burton
|role =  
|role = The Doctor
|job title = Actor
|job title = Actor
|story = ''Doctor Who and the Monsters of Ness''
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|image = David-Burton.jpg
|image = David-Burton.jpg
}}{{real world}}'''David Burton''' is a stage actor who had been cast ([[DWM 209]]) as [[the Doctor]], in 1991.
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'''David Burton''' was a stage actor who claimed he had been cast ([[DWM 209]]) as [[the Doctor]], in 1991.


He was filmed by a company in an independently-made pilot called ''[[Doctor Who and the Monsters of Ness (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Monsters of Ness]]''. The pilot was sent to the [[BBC]], and if they liked it, a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reboot would have been made. The BBC have refused to state whether the episode exists or not whereas Burton says it does and had, making it more of a "missing episode" than an unmade one. Burton is mentioned in [[DWM 209]] in 1994, interviewed by [[Marcus Hearn]].
He states he was filmed by a company in an independently-made pilot called ''Doctor Who and the Monsters of Ness''. The pilot was sent to the [[BBC]], and if they liked it, a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reboot would have been made.
 
Though he has appeared on camera to state his account of events, ([[DOC]]: ''[[Lost in the Dark Dimension (documentary)|Lost in the Dark Dimension]]'') no record of any such pilot ever having been made is known to exist. As of August 2020, despite [[Richard Bignell]]'s best attempts at researching the matter, no independent evidence of Burton's claims has ever been produced.<ref>http://www.endofthelane.co.uk/burton.html</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 9 March 2023

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David Burton was a stage actor who claimed he had been cast (DWM 209) as the Doctor, in 1991.

He states he was filmed by a company in an independently-made pilot called Doctor Who and the Monsters of Ness. The pilot was sent to the BBC, and if they liked it, a Doctor Who reboot would have been made.

Though he has appeared on camera to state his account of events, (DOC: Lost in the Dark Dimension) no record of any such pilot ever having been made is known to exist. As of August 2020, despite Richard Bignell's best attempts at researching the matter, no independent evidence of Burton's claims has ever been produced.[1]

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