The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood was a novel on which Charles Dickens was working at the time of his death. In Cardiff on Christmas Eve 1869, Dickens told the Ninth Doctor and Rose that it "lacked an ending". However, he was inspired by their adventure with the Gelth. He intended to introduce characters called "the blue elementals" to help him conclude the novel, and hinted that perhaps he might change the title to The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Blue Elementals. It remained uncompleted due to Dickens' death the following year. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

In 1936, James Whale began production on a film adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood that ultimately went as unfinished as the novel. With Michael Brookhaven as the film's consulting producer, Faction Hollywood used the stage where this film was being filmed as a physical embodiment of Production Hell to imprison actors, producers, and other movie industry individuals. James Whale left a copy of the novel by his bedside when he committed suicide in 1957. The film continued its Production Hell into the early 21st century. (PROSE: The Book of the War)