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Several Doctor Who stories have had different working titles than the finished stories.

Doctor Who

Abandoned story titles

Season 1

An Unearthly Child - 100,000 BC^[1]The Tribe of Gum ^[2]
The Daleks - The Dead Planet^[3], The Mutants^[1]
The Edge of Destruction - Inside the Spaceship^[1]

Season 2

Planet of Giants - Death in the Afternoon and The Miniscules^[4]
The Dalek Invasion of Earth - The Daleks^[5]
The Web Planet - The Zarbi^[5]
The Time Meddler - The Monk^[6]

Season 3

The War Machines - The Computers^[7]

Season 9

Day of the Daleks - The Ghost Hunters, Years of Doom^[8]

Season 11

Death to the Daleks - The Exilons and The Exxilons^[9]

Season 15

Horror of Fang Rock - Rocks of Doom, The Monster of Fang Rock, The Beast of Fang Rock^[10]

Season 16

The Power of Kroll - Moon of Death, The Horror of the Swamp^[11]

Season 17

City of Death - The Time of Sephiroth^[12]

Season 18

Meglos - The Golden Pentangle, The Golden Pentagram, The Last Sol-Fataran, The Last Zolfa-Thuran^[13]
State of Decay - The Vampire Mutations, The Wasting^[14]

Season 19

The Visitation - Invasion of the Plague Men, Plague Rats^[15]

Season 22

Revelation of the Daleks - The End of the Road^[16]

Season 23

The Ultimate Foe - Time Incorporated^[17]

Season 24

Time and the Rani - Strange Matter^[18]
Delta and the Bannerman - Flight of the Chimeron^[19]

Working titles of episodes

Series 1

Rose - Rose Meets the Doctor^[20]
The Unquiet Dead - The Crippingwell Horror^[21]
World War Three - 10 Downing Street^[22]
Dalek - Return of the Daleks or Creature of Lies or Absence of the Daleks^[23]
The Long Game - The Companion Who Couldn't^[24]
Father's Day - Wounded Time^[25]
The Empty Child - World War II^[26]
The Doctor Dances - Captain Jax ^[27]
Boom Town - Dining With Monsters^[28]
Bad Wolf - Gameshow World^[29]

Series 2

New Earth - Body Swap^[30]
Tooth and Claw - Queen Victoria^[31]
School Reunion - Old Friends and Black Ops^[32]
The Girl in the Fireplace - Madame de Pompadour or Every Tick of my Heart or Reinette and the Lonely Angel^[33]
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - Parallel World^[34]
The Idiot's Lantern - Mr Sandman or Sonic Doom or The One-Eyed Monster^[35]
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - Satan Pit^[36]
Love & Monsters - I Love the Doctor^[37]
Fear Her - Chloe Webber Destroys The World and You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber^[38]
Army of Ghosts - Torchwood Rises^[27]
Doomsday - Torchwood Falls^[27]

Series 3

Smith and Jones - Martha^[39]
The Shakespeare Code - Love's Labour's Won or Theatre of Death^[40]
The Lazarus Experiment - The Madness of Professor Lazarus^[41]
Blink - Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels^[42]

Series 4

Forest of the Dead - The Doctor Runs or Forest of the Night or River's Run or Return of the Dead^[43]

2008-2010 Specials

The Next Doctor - Court of the CyberKing^[44]
The End of Time - The Immortality Gate and The Final Days of Planet Earth^[45]

Series 6

The Impossible Astronaut - The Year of the Moon ^[46]
Day of the Moon - Look Behind You ^[47]
The Curse of the Black Spot - Siren^[48]
The Doctor's Wife - The TARDIS Trap or The House of Nothing or Bigger on the Inside ^[49]
The Almost People - Gangers^[50]
A Good Man Goes to War - His Darkest Hour and Demons Run ^[51]
Night Terrors - What are Little Boys Made Of? and House Call ^[52]
The Girl Who Waited - The Visitors' Room or The Visiting Hour or Kindness^[53]
Closing Time - Three Cybermen and a Baby and The Last Adventure ^[54]

Series 7

The Power of Three - Cubed ^[55]
The Angels Take Manhattan - The Angels Wept ^[56]
Hide - Phantoms of the Hex ^[57]
Nightmare in Silver - The Last Cyberman ^[58]

Series 8

In the Forest of the Night - Child's Play ^[59]
Dark Water - The Gates of Paradise ^[60]

Series 9

Under the Lake - Ghost in the Machine^{[source needed]}
Face the Raven - Trap Street^{[source needed]}

Working titles of novels

Virgin New Adventures

Set Piece - Butterfly Wings^[61]

Footnotes

[TVCompanion-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 REF: The Television Companion

[2] REF: Doctor Who The Scripts: The Tribe of Gum

[Firstepname-3] Title of first episode of story

[4] REF: The First Doctor Handbook

[Secondname-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Title of second episode of story

[6] ttp://homepages.bw.edu//~jcurtis/Pixley_3.htm

[7] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bb.html

[8] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/kkk.html

[9] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/xxx.html

[10] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4v.html

[11] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5e.html

[12] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5h.html

[13] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5q.html

[14] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5p.html

[15] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5x.html

[16] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6z.html

[17] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7c-2.html

[18] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7d.html

[19] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7f.html

[20] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005a.html

[21] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005c.html

[22] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005de.html

[23] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005f.html

[24] Doctor Who Magazine Series One Special

[25] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005h.html

[26] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005ij.html

[DWDVDF14-27] 27.0 ^27.1 ^27.2 DWDVDF 14

[28] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005k.html

[29] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005lm.html

[30] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006a.html

[31] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006b.html

[32] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006c.html

[33] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006d.html

[34] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006ef.html

[35] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006g.html

[36] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006hi.html

[37] Doctor Who Magazine Issue 370

[38] Doctor Who Magazine Issue 371

[39] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007a.html

[40] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007b.html

[41] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007f.html

[42] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007j.html

[43] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2008hi.html

[44] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2008n.html

[45] Doctor Who Magazine Issue 416

[46] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm

[47] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm

[48] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011c.html

[49] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011d.html

[50] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011ef.html

[51] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm

[52] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-autumn-preview-20767.htm

[53] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011j.html

[54] ttp://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011l.html

[55] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-cubed-spoilers-33940.html

[56] ttp://www.tvrage.com/news/1523/doctor-who-series-7-episodes-4-5-titles-announced

[57] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/another-series-7-episode-title-revealed-35313.htm

[58] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/gaiman-on-the-last-cyberman-45225.htm

[59] ttp://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm

[60] ttp://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm

[61] DWM 252 (Licence to Kill p.30)

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 ==== Series 1 ====
 * ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' - ''Rose Meets the Doctor''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005a.html</ref>
-* ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'' - ''The Crippingwell Horror''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005c.html</ref> or ''The Angels of Crippingwell''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref>
+* ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'' - ''The Crippingwell Horror''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005c.html</ref>
 * ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'' - ''10 Downing Street''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005de.html</ref>
 * ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' - ''Return of the Daleks'' or ''Creature of Lies'' or ''Absence of the Daleks''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005f.html</ref>
-* ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'' - ''The Companion Who Couldn't''<ref>Doctor Who Magazine Series One Special</ref>
+* ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'' - ''The Companion Who Couldn't''<ref>[[DWMSE 11|Doctor Who Magazine Series One Special]]</ref>
 * ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'' - ''Wounded Time''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005h.html</ref>
 * ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' - ''World War II''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005ij.html</ref>
@@ Line 64: / Line 64: @@
 ==== Series 2 ====
-* ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' - ''Body Swap''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006a.html</ref> or ''The Sunshine Camp''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref>
+* ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' - ''Body Swap''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006a.html</ref>
 * ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' - ''Queen Victoria''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006b.html</ref>
 * ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' - ''Old Friends'' and ''Black Ops''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006c.html</ref>
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 * ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'' - ''Satan Pit''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006hi.html</ref>
 * ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' - ''I Love the Doctor''<ref>[[DWM 370|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 370]]</ref>
-* ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'' - ''Chloe Webber Destroys The World, You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber, ''and ''Chloe Webber Draws The World''<ref>[[DWM 371|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 371]]</ref>
+* ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'' - ''Chloe Webber Destroys The World'' and ''You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber''<ref>[[DWM 371|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 371]]</ref>
 * ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' - ''Torchwood Rises''<ref name="DWDVDF14">''[[DWDVDF 14]]''</ref>
 * ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' - ''Torchwood Falls''<ref name="DWDVDF14" />
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 ==== Series 3 ====
 * ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' - ''Martha''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007a.html</ref>
-* ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'' - ''Love's Labour's Won'' or ''Theatre of Death''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007b.html</ref> or ''Theatre of Doom''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref>
+* ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'' - ''Love's Labour's Won'' or ''Theatre of Death''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007b.html</ref>
-* ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'' - ''Chasing Fumes''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref>
-* ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'' - ''Daleks in New York''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref>
 * ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'' - ''The Madness of Professor Lazarus''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007f.html</ref>
 * ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' - ''Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007j.html</ref>
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 * ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' - ''Court of the CyberKing''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2008n.html</ref>
 * ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' - ''The Immortality Gate'' and ''The Final Days of Planet Earth''<ref>[[DWM 416|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 416]]</ref>
-==== Series 5 ====
-* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' - ''The Doctor Returns''<ref>http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tsamporado/doctor-who-working-titles</ref> and ''The Crack In Time''
-* The Lodger - Don't go up the stairs
 ==== Series 6 ====
 * '' [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' - ''The Year of the Moon'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm</ref>
-* '' [[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'' - ''Look Behind You'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm</ref> and ''Silence''
+* '' [[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'' - ''Look Behind You'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm</ref>
 * ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'' - ''Siren''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011c.html</ref>
 * '' [[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' - ''The TARDIS Trap'' or ''The House of Nothing'' or ''Bigger on the Inside'' <ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011d.html</ref>
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 * ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' - ''Cubed'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-cubed-spoilers-33940.html</ref>
 * ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'' - ''The Angels Wept'' <ref>http://www.tvrage.com/news/1523/doctor-who-series-7-episodes-4-5-titles-announced</ref>
-* ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'' - ''Phantoms of the Hex'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/another-series-7-episode-title-revealed-35313.htm</ref> and ''The Hidden''
+* ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'' - ''Phantoms of the Hex'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/another-series-7-episode-title-revealed-35313.htm</ref>
 * '' [[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' - ''The Last Cyberman'' <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/gaiman-on-the-last-cyberman-45225.htm</ref>
 ==== Series 8 ====
-* ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'' - ''Robots of Sherwood'' <ref>https://troughtonismydoctor.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/series-8-titles.jpg</ref>
-* ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'' - ''Coal Hill Disaster'' <ref>http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?p=72054294</ref>
-* ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'' - ''Return to Sarn ''and'' Moon Killers''
 * ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' - ''Child's Play'' <ref>http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm</ref>
 * ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' - ''The Gates of Paradise'' <ref>http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm</ref>
 ==== Series 9 ====
-* ''[[Under the Lake (TV story)|Under the Lake]]'' - ''Ghost in the Machine''
+* ''[[Under the Lake (TV story)|Under the Lake]]'' - ''Ghost in the Machine''{{fact}}
-* ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'' - ''Trap Street''
+* ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'' - ''Trap Street''{{fact}}
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