List of working titles

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Doctor Who

Abandoned story titles

Season 1

• An Unearthly Child - The Tribe of Gum
• The Daleks - The Dead Planet, Beyond the Sun, The Mutants
• The Edge of Destruction - Inside the Spaceship
• Marco Polo - A Journey to Cathay

Season 2

• Planet of Giants - Death in the Afternoon and The Miniscules
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth - The Daleks, The Invaders, The Return of the Daleks and The Daleks in Europe
• The Rescue - Doctor Who and Tanni
• The Web Planet - The Centre of Terror and The Zarbi
• The Crusade - The Saracen Hordes
• The Chase - The Pursuers
• The Time Meddler - The Monk

Season 3

• Galaxy 4 - The Chumblies
• The Myth Makers - The Mythmakers, The Myth-Makers, The Trojans and The Trojan Horse
• The Daleks' Master Plan - The Daleks (Part IV), Battle of Wits and The Dalek Master Plan
• The Celestial Toymaker - The Trilogic Game and The Toymaker
• The Gunfighters - The Gun-Fighters and The Gunslingers
• The Savages - The White Savages
• The War Machines - The Computers

Season 4

• The Power of the Daleks - The Destiny of Doctor Who
• The Highlanders - Culloden
• The Underwater Menace - The Fish People, Doctor Who Under the Sea, Under the Sea and Atlanta
• The Moonbase - The Return of the Cybermen
• The Macra Terror - The Spidermen, The Spidermen!, The Insect-Men and The Macra
• The Faceless Ones - The Chameleons

Season 5

• The Tomb of the Cybermen - The Ice Tombs of Telos and The Cybermen Planet
• Fury from the Deep - The Colony of Devils
• The Wheel in Space - The Space Wheel

Season 6

• The Dominators - The Beautiful People
• The Mind Robber - Another World, Man Power and The Fact of Fiction
• The Invasion - Return of the Cybermen
• The Krotons - The Trap and The Space Trap

Season 7

• Spearhead from Space - Facsimile
• Doctor Who and the Silurians - The Monsters
• The Ambassadors of Death - The Invaders from Mars, Invaders from Mars and The Carriers of Death
• Inferno - The Mo-Hole Project, Operation: Mole-Bore, The Mole-Bore and Project Inferno

Season 8

• The Claws of Axos - Doctor Who and the Gift, The Friendly Invasion, The Axons and The Vampire from Space
• Colony in Space - Colony
• The Dæmons - The Demons

Season 9

• Day of the Daleks - The Ghost Hunters, Years of Doom, The Time Warriors and Ghosts
• The Curse of Peladon - The Curse and Curse Of The Peladons
• The Sea Devils - The Sea Silurians
• The Mutants - Independence and The Emergents

Season 10

• The Three Doctors - Deathworld and The Black Hole
• Carnival of Monsters - The Labyrinth and Peepshow
• Frontier in Space - Frontier
• Planet of the Daleks - Destination Daleks

Season 11

• The Time Warrior - The Time Fugitive and The Time Survivor
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Bridgehead from Space and Timescoop
• Death to the Daleks - The Exilons and The Exxilons

Season 12

• The Sontaran Experiment - The Destructors
• Genesis of the Daleks - Genesis of Terror and Daleks: Genesis of Terror
• Revenge of the Cybermen - The Revenge of the Cybermen and Return of the Cybermen

Season 13

• Terror of the Zygons - Loch Ness, The Secret Of The Loch, Secret Of Loch Ness, The Loch Ness Monster and The Zygons.
• The Android Invasion - The Kraals, The Kraal Invasion, The Enemy Within and Return to Sukannan.

Season 14

• The Masque of Mandragora - Catacombs Of Death, Doom Of Destiny, Secret Of The Labyrinth and The Curse Of Mandragora
• The Deadly Assassin - The Dangerous Assassin
• The Robots of Death - The Storm-Mine Murders and Planet Of The Robots

Season 15

• Horror of Fang Rock - The Rocks Of Doom, The Monster Of Fang Rock and The Beast Of Rang Rock
• The Invisible Enemy - The Enemy Within, The Invader Within and The Invisible Invader.

Season 16

• The Stones of Blood - The Nine Maidens and The Stones of Time
• The Androids of Tara - The Androids of Zenda, The Androids of Zend, The Prisoners of Zend and The Seeds of Time
• The Power of Kroll - Moon of Death, Horror of the Swamp

Season 17

• City of Death - The Gamble with Time, The Time of the Sephiroth and Curse of the Sephiroth
• Nightmare of Eden - Nightmare of Evil
• Shada - Sunburst

Season 18

• The Leisure Hive - The Argolins
• Meglos - The Golden Pentangle, The Golden Pentagram, The Golden Star, The Last Sol-Fataran and The Last Zolfa-Thuran
• Full Circle - The Planet that Slept
• State of Decay - The Wasting, The Vampire Mutations and The Witch Lords
• Warriors' Gate - Dream Time

Season 19

• Castrovalva - The Visitor
• Four to Doomsday - Day of Wrath
• The Visitation - The Invasion of the Plague Men and Plague Rats

Season 20

• Arc of Infinity - The Time Of Neman and The Time Of Omega
• The Five Doctors - The Six Doctors

Season 21

• Frontios - The Wanderers
• Resurrection of the Daleks - Warhead, The Return and The Resurrection
• Planet of Fire - The Planet of Fear

Season 22

• Vengeance on Varos - Domain and Planet of Fear
• The Mark of the Rani - Too Clever By Far and Enter The Rani
• Revelation of the Daleks - The End of the Road

Season 23

• Terror of the Vervoids - The Ultimate Foe and The Vervoids

Season 24

• Time and the Rani - Strange Matter
• Paradise Towers - Paradise Tower
• Delta and the Bannermen - Flight of the Chimeron and The Flight of the Chimeron
• Dragonfire - Absolute Zero, Pyramid In Space and The Pyramid's Treasure

Season 25

• Remembrance of the Daleks - Nemesis of the Doctor
• The Happiness Patrol - The Crooked Smile
• Silver Nemesis - The Harbinger and Nemesis

Season 26

• Battlefield - Storm Over Avallion
• Ghost Light - The Bestiary and Life-Cycle
• The Curse of Fenric - The Wolves of Fenric and Wolf-Time
• Survival - Cat-Flap, The Survival and Blood Hunt

Working titles of episodes

Season 1

• An Unearthly Child; episode two, three and four - The Fire-Maker (Ep 2), The Cave of Skulls (Ep 3) and The Dawn of Knowledge (Ep 4)
• The Daleks; episode six and seven - The Caves of Terror (Ep 6) and The Execution (Ep 7)
• Marco Polo (TV story); episode three - The Cave of Five Hundred Eyes
• The Reign of Terror; episode two - Guests of the Guillotine

Season 2

• The Crusade; episodes two, three and four - Damsel in Distress (Ep 2), Changing Fortunes (Ep 3) and The Knight of Jaffa (Ep 4)
• The Time Meddler; episode one - The Paradox

Season 3

• Mission to the Unknown - Dalek Cutaway

Season 4

• The Power of the Daleks; episodes three and four - Servants of Masters (Ep 3) and The Destiny of Doctor Who (Ep 4)
• The Evil of the Daleks; episodes one, two, three, four, five, and seven - To Set A Trap... (Ep 1 ), The Net Tightens (Ep 2), A Trail of Strength (Ep 3), A Test of Skill (Ep 4), The Human Factor (Ep 5) and The End of the Daleks (Ep 7)

Season 5

• The Mind Robber; episode one - Manpower (originally planned to have aired as a stand-alone episode)

Season 10

• Planet of the Daleks; episode one, two, three, four, five and six - Destinus (Ep 1), Mission Survival (Ep 2), Pursued (Ep 3), Escape or Die (Ep 4), The Day Before Eternity (Ep 5) and Victory (Ep 6)

Season 12

• Revenge of the Cybermen; episodes one, two, three and four - The Beacon in Space (Ep 1), The Plague Carriers (Ep 2), The Gold Miners (Ep 3) and The Battle for the Nerva (Ep 4)

Series 1

• The Unquiet Dead - The Crippingwell Horror and The Angels of Crippingwell
• Aliens of London - Aliens of London Part One
• World War Three - Aliens of London Part Two and World War 3
• The Long Game - The Companion Who Couldn't
• Father's Day - Wounded Time
• The Doctor Dances - Captain Jax (DWDVDF 5)
• Boom Town - Dining with Monsters
• Bad Wolf - Gameshow World

Series 2

• New Earth - The Sunshine Camp
• School Reunion - Black Ops
• The Girl in the Fireplace - Madame de Pompadour, Every Tick of My Heart and Reinette and the Lonely Angel.
• The Idiot's Lantern - Mr Sandman, Sonic Doom and The One-Eyed Monster.
• Love & Monsters - I Love the Doctor
• Army of Ghosts - Torchwood Rises (DWDVDF 14)
• Doomsday - Torchwood Falls (DWDVDF 14)

Series 3

• The Shakespeare Code - Theatre of Doom
• Gridlock - Chasing Fumes
• Daleks in Manhattan - Daleks in New York
• Voyage of the Damned - Starship Titanic

Series 4

• Forest of the Dead - River's Run

2009 Specials

• The Waters of Mars - Red Christmas
• The End of Time - The Nightmare Reigns, The Final Days of Planet Earth

Series 5

• The Eleventh Hour - The Doctor Returns
• Victory of the Daleks - The Dalek Project, The Dalek Tea Party

Series 6

• The Impossible Astronaut - The Year of the Moon
• Day of the Moon - Look Behind You
• The Doctor's Wife - Bigger on the Inside
• A Good Man Goes to War - Demons Run, His Darkest Hour
• Night Terrors - What are Little Boys Made of?, House Call
• The Girl Who Waited - The Visitors' Room, The Visiting Hour, Kindness. (For the working title The Green Anchor see: The Girl Who Waited myths section)

Working titles of novels

Virgin New Adventures

• Set Piece - Butterfly Wings

K9 and Company

Working titles of episodes

• A Girl's Best Friend - Sarah And K9 and One Girl And Her Dog.

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The series had the working title Sarah Jane Investigates.

Torchwood

Before conceiving of Torchwood as a Doctor Who spin-off, Russell T Davies had envisioned calling the fictional organisation and the series named after it Excalibur. Series 4 had the working title The New World.

Working titles of episodes

Series 1

• Everything Changes - Flotsam and Jetsam
• Day One - New Girl
• Cyberwoman - The Trouble With Lisa
• They Keep Killing Suzie - They Keep Killing

K9

The series had the working title The K9 Adventures.

Working titles of Episodes

Series 1

• Regeneration - The Feast of the Merons Part One
• Liberation - The Feast of the Merons Part Two
• The Last Oak Tree - The Last Oak Tree in England

See also

• Disputed story titles