Script

In Earth-33⅓, scripts were sometimes used in Doctor Who.

The cast of Sesame Street playing Daleks in Earth-33⅓ and holding scripts, which were mixed up with those of Doctor Who. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 225 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 225 comic story)"])

History

During the filming of the first programme, Ian Chesterton lost his place in the script on several occasions. (COMIC: An Unearthly Child: The Unscreened Edition ^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child: The Unscreened Edition (comic story)"])

When Tom Baker was cast as the Fourth Doctor, all the scripts were thrown out of a window at the BBC Television Centre because Baker didn't need them. (COMIC: Ever Wondered What Happened At.. The Auditions For The Seven Doctors? ^[+]Loading...["Ever Wondered What Happened At.. The Auditions For The Seven Doctors? (comic story)"])

John Nathan-Turner once congratulated Tom Baker on nicely underplaying a scene with a script in hand. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 203 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 203 comic story)"])

After he took over Doctor Who, the director from Blake's 7 held a script as he told the companion of his plans to set the Doctor's TARDIS on fire in the final episode. (GAME: So You Think You'd Make A Good Companion For Dr Who! ^[+]Loading...["So You Think You'd Make A Good Companion For Dr Who! (game)"])

Nathan-Turner was working on rewrite 570 of a script when he briefed Colin Baker on how he would portray the Sixth Doctor. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 87 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 87 comic story)"])

The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown held scripts when the BBC put them in the same radio studio as The Archers on their eighteen month holiday. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 104 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 104 comic story)"])

During the time in which Melanie Bush co-starred with the Seventh Doctor and the Rani, Mel's script consisted entirely of screams. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 133 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 133 comic story)"])

The scripts for Doctor Who and Sesame Street were once accidentally swapped. It led to the cast of Sesame Street portraying Daleks while the Doctor and Ace learnt about letters and numbers. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 225 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 225 comic story)"])

At a gathering in 2004 where he vocalised some things that one would not usually hear him say, the First Doctor claimed he was word perfect on the script for Carry On Whoing. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 350 ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 350 comic story)"])