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'''Ice Time''', written by [[Marc Platt]], was a story that would have been a part of Season 27, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
'''''Ice Time''''', written by [[Marc Platt]], was a story that would have been a part of Season 27, had ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continued to be produced beyond ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.


This was to have been [[Ace]]'s final story with the program.
This was to have been [[Ace]]'s final story with the programme. The story was to have been a four part story featuring two rival factions of [[Ice Warrior]]s battling in [[1960s]] [[London]]. The setting at first was to have been a terraformed [[Mars]], but [[Andrew Cartmel]] requested it be changed to [[1960s]] London.<ref name="DWM 255 27 Up">[[DWM 255]] - Article: ''27 up?''</ref>
The story was to have been a four part story featuring two rival factions of [[Ice Warrior]]s battling in [[1960s]] [[London]]. The setting at first was to have been a terraformed [[Mars]], but [[Andrew Cartmel]] requested it be changed to [[1960s]] London.<ref name="DWM 255 27 Up">[[DWM 255]] - Article: ''27 up?''</ref>


[[File:Ice Time1.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor meets an [[Ice Warrior]]. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Endgame]]'')]]
[[File:Ice Time1.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor meets an [[Ice Warrior]]. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Endgame (documentary)|Doctor Who: Endgame]]'')]]
Ideas that Platt had proposed included the use of hippies, a more mystical bent to the Ice Warriors, and a mind-controlled biker gang with helmets resembling those of the Warriors'. Due to [[John Nathan-Turner]] wanting to use the [http://www.the-dungeons.co.uk/london/en/index.htm London Dungeon] tourist attraction as a location, it was going to revealed that one of the exhibitions there was an Ice Warrior's armour. <ref>[[DWM 306]]</ref>
Ideas that Platt had proposed included the use of hippies, a more mystical bent to the Ice Warriors, and a mind-controlled biker gang with helmets resembling those of the Warriors'. Due to [[John Nathan-Turner]] wanting to use the [http://www.the-dungeons.co.uk/london/en/index.htm London Dungeon] tourist attraction as a location, it was going to revealed that one of the exhibitions there was an Ice Warrior's armour. <ref>[[DWM 306]]</ref>


This story would have also introduced Sam Tollinger, a friend of the Doctor's who would reappear in several stories, and through him lead directly in the next story, ''[[Crime of the Century (TV story)|Crime of the Century]]''.
This story would have also introduced Sam Tollinger, a friend of the Doctor's who would reappear in several stories, and through him lead directly in the next story, ''[[Crime of the Century (unproduced TV story)|Crime of the Century]]''.


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==

Latest revision as of 14:43, 9 April 2024

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Ice Time, written by Marc Platt, was a story that would have been a part of Season 27, had Doctor Who continued to be produced beyond Survival.

This was to have been Ace's final story with the programme. The story was to have been a four part story featuring two rival factions of Ice Warriors battling in 1960s London. The setting at first was to have been a terraformed Mars, but Andrew Cartmel requested it be changed to 1960s London.[1]

The Doctor meets an Ice Warrior. (DOC: Doctor Who: Endgame)

Ideas that Platt had proposed included the use of hippies, a more mystical bent to the Ice Warriors, and a mind-controlled biker gang with helmets resembling those of the Warriors'. Due to John Nathan-Turner wanting to use the London Dungeon tourist attraction as a location, it was going to revealed that one of the exhibitions there was an Ice Warrior's armour. [2]

This story would have also introduced Sam Tollinger, a friend of the Doctor's who would reappear in several stories, and through him lead directly in the next story, Crime of the Century.

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The reason for Ace's departure was to have been that the Doctor wished to enrol her in the Prydonian Academy on Gallifrey to become a Time Lord. Ideas like this appeared in Death Comes to Time.
  • In Set Piece, the Doctor mentioned to Ace that he considered taking her to Gallifrey to learn to become a Time Lord.
  • There was to have been a "hippy character" living in a canal boat[1]. Both the setting and a character such as this appeared in Marc Platt's Downtime.
  • The lost story was later adapted into the Big Finish Productions story Thin Ice.

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 1.0 1.1 DWM 255 - Article: 27 up?
  2. DWM 306