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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 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>


As of February 27, 2018, this story has been turned into an official full-length book, 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 book]], adapted by [[James Goss]].


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== Footnotes ==

Revision as of 00:23, 15 March 2019

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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 ideas into his book Life, the Universe, and Everything.[1]

On 18 January 2018, this story was released as an official full-length book, adapted by James Goss.

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