The Masters of Luxor (unproduced TV story)

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The Masters of Luxor, (also known as The Robots) was an unmade Doctor Who serial by Anthony Coburn, the writer of the first-ever Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child, it was inspired by the reports Coburn had read about computers that were just beginning to be used within the television industry.[1]

It would have aired during Season 1 after An Unearthly Child and instead of The Daleks, the story ultimately commissioned. In September 1992, Titan Books published the script in book form as part of its Doctor Who: The Scripts line.

Fan production

In 2001, TS Entertainment made a fan production of Masters of Luxor as a four-part serial, starring Anthony Sarlo as The Doctor.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Howe, David J., Stammers, Mark, Walker, Stephen James, 1992, Doctor Who: The Sixties, Doctor Who Books, an imprint of Virgin Publishing Ltd, London, p.8
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