The Dark Samurai (unproduced TV story): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
Primord123 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Dark Samurai'' was an unproduced story written by Andrew Smith for Season 21. It was submitted around 1983, and later dropped due to budgetary constraints. Th...") Tag: 2017 source edit |
No edit summary |
||
| (10 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''The Dark Samurai'' was an unproduced story written by [[Andrew Smith]] for [[Season 21]]. It was submitted around 1983, and later dropped due to budgetary constraints. | {{title dab away}} | ||
{{real world}} | |||
'''''The Dark Samurai''''' was an unproduced story written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] for [[Season 21 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 21]]. It was submitted around 1983, and later dropped due to budgetary constraints. Elements of this scripts were later used in the Big Finish story ''[[The Barbarians and the Samurai (audio story)|The Barbarians and the Samurai]]''. | |||
The story would have been a pure historical set in 19th century Japan. The Doctor, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Kamelion]] find themselves in the domain of a particularly cruel daimyo, but they manage to | The story would have been a pure historical set in 19th century Japan. The Doctor, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Kamelion]] find themselves in the domain of a particularly cruel and xenophobic daimyo, but they manage to earn his respect over time. One of his allies believes he has become a Western sympathiser and sends word to the Shogun. In response, a force of samurai are deployed to level the domain and seize control. | ||
{{TitleSort}} | |||
[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:12, 19 June 2024
The Dark Samurai was an unproduced story written by Andrew Smith for Season 21. It was submitted around 1983, and later dropped due to budgetary constraints. Elements of this scripts were later used in the Big Finish story The Barbarians and the Samurai.
The story would have been a pure historical set in 19th century Japan. The Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Kamelion find themselves in the domain of a particularly cruel and xenophobic daimyo, but they manage to earn his respect over time. One of his allies believes he has become a Western sympathiser and sends word to the Shogun. In response, a force of samurai are deployed to level the domain and seize control.
