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'''''The Automata''''' was an unproduced story for [[Season 11]], to be written by [[Robert Holmes]].
'''''The Automata''''' was an unproduced story for [[Season 11]] to be written by [[Robert Holmes]]. It would have been the opening episode of the season.


Holmes was commissioned to write a storyline for ''The Automata'' on [[16 January (production)|16 January]] [[1973 (production)|1973]]. It did not find favour with [[producer]] [[Barry Letts]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]], however, and was rejected [[26 January (production)|ten days later]]. Holmes was commissioned to write ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'' instead. ([[REF]]: [[DWM 246]], [[DWMSE 2]])
Holmes was commissioned to write a storyline for ''The Automata'' on [[16 January (production)|16 January]] [[1973 (production)|1973]]. It did not find favour with [[producer]] [[Barry Letts]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]], however, and was rejected [[26 January (production)|ten days later]]. Holmes was commissioned to write ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'' instead. ([[REF]]: [[DWM 246]], [[DWMSE 2]])

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The Automata was an unproduced story for Season 11 to be written by Robert Holmes. It would have been the opening episode of the season.

Holmes was commissioned to write a storyline for The Automata on 16 January 1973. It did not find favour with producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks, however, and was rejected ten days later. Holmes was commissioned to write The Time Warrior instead. (REF: DWM 246, DWMSE 2)