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Century House was an unmade script created by [[Tom MacRae]], the script was to be the tenth episode of the fourth series.
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'''''Century House''''' was an unproduced script written by [[Tom MacRae]]. The script was intended as the tenth episode of the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of the BBC Wales ''Doctor Who''. In it, the Doctor joins a live broadcast of paranormal reality show ''[[Most Haunted]]'', investigating an old house purportedly haunted by the "Red Widow", while Donna watches at home.


The script was dropped due to [[Russell T. Davies]] feeling the script was too close in terms of plot to the seventh episode of the series, [[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]. The script thus was replaced by Russell's [[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]. (''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'')
The script was dropped because [[Russell T Davies]] felt that the story's comedic tone was too similar to that of the seventh episode of the series, ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''; they were originally planned to air back-to-back. He was also unsatisfied with the premise he'd given MacRae. The companion-lite script was replaced by Davies' ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. ([[REF]]: [[DWMSE 20]], ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
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Century House was an unproduced script written by Tom MacRae. The script was intended as the tenth episode of the fourth series of the BBC Wales Doctor Who. In it, the Doctor joins a live broadcast of paranormal reality show Most Haunted, investigating an old house purportedly haunted by the "Red Widow", while Donna watches at home.

The script was dropped because Russell T Davies felt that the story's comedic tone was too similar to that of the seventh episode of the series, The Unicorn and the Wasp; they were originally planned to air back-to-back. He was also unsatisfied with the premise he'd given MacRae. The companion-lite script was replaced by Davies' Midnight. (REF: DWMSE 20, The Writer's Tale)