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'''''The Krikkitmen''''' was an unproduced serial written by [[Douglas Adams]] and featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. It was to feature a race of [[android]]s called the Krikkitmen, heralding from the planet Krikkit and aiming to destroy all life in the universe. The [[Time Lord]]s used a temporal prison to lock Krikkit away, but the Fourth Doctor stumbled across a group of Krikkitmen trying to free Krikkit using a key built from parts from the Earth game of [[cricket]]. | '''''The Krikkitmen''''' was an unproduced serial written by [[Douglas Adams]] and featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. It was to feature a race of [[android]]s called the Krikkitmen, heralding from the planet Krikkit and aiming to destroy all life in the universe. The [[Time Lord]]s used a temporal prison to lock Krikkit away, but the Fourth Doctor stumbled across a group of Krikkitmen trying to free Krikkit using a key built from parts from the Earth game of [[cricket]]. | ||
This script was rejected by editor [[Robert Holmes]] in 1976. In 1980, Adams retooled the script as a feature film called ''Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen'' and submitted it to [[Paramount Pictures]]; after nothing came of this plan, he put many of ideas into his book ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Life, the Universe, and Everything]]''.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/lost/lost4.html The Lost Stories]</ref> | This script was rejected by editor [[Robert Holmes]] in 1976. In 1980, Adams retooled the script as a feature film called ''Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen'' and submitted it to [[Paramount Pictures]]; after nothing came of this plan, he put many of the ideas from the story into his book ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Life, the Universe, and Everything]]''.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/lost/lost4.html The Lost Stories]</ref> | ||
On [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], this story was released as an [[Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (novelisation)|official full-length novelisation]], adapted by [[James Goss]]. | On [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], this story was released as an [[Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (novelisation)|official full-length novelisation]], adapted by [[James Goss]]. | ||
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The Krikkitmen was an unproduced serial written by Douglas Adams and featuring the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith. It was to feature a race of androids called the Krikkitmen, heralding from the planet Krikkit and aiming to destroy all life in the universe. The Time Lords used a temporal prison to lock Krikkit away, but the Fourth Doctor stumbled across a group of Krikkitmen trying to free Krikkit using a key built from parts from the Earth game of cricket.
This script was rejected by editor Robert Holmes in 1976. In 1980, Adams retooled the script as a feature film called Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen and submitted it to Paramount Pictures; after nothing came of this plan, he put many of the ideas from the story into his book Life, the Universe, and Everything.[1]
On 18 January 2018, this story was released as an official full-length novelisation, adapted by James Goss.
