List of working titles
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Several Doctor Who stories have had different working titles than the finished stories.
Doctor Who
Abandoned story titles
Season 1
- An Unearthly Child - 100,000 BC[1], The Tribe of Gum[2]
- The Daleks - The Dead Planet[3], The Mutants[1], Beyond the Sun[4]
- The Edge of Destruction - Inside the Spaceship[1]
- Marco Polo - A Journey to Cathay[5]
- The Keys of Marinus - The Sentence of Death[6]
- The Reign of Terror - Guests of the Guillotine[7]
Season 2
- Planet of Giants - The Planet of Giants, Death in the Afternoon, The Miniscules[8]
- The Dalek Invasion of Earth - The Daleks, The Return of the Daleks, The Invaders, The Daleks in Europe, The Abyss, Earth Rebels[9]
- The Rescue - Tanni[10]
- The Web Planet - The Webbed Planet, Centre of Terror[11]
- The Crusade - The Saracen Hordes, The Lion-heart, Damsel in Distress, Changing Fortunes, The Knight of Jaffa[12]
- The Space Museum - The Four Dimensions of Time, Zone Seven[13]
- The Chase - The Daleks III, The Pursuers, Dalek Three[14]
- The Time Meddler - The Monk, The Paradox[15]
Season 3
- Galaxy 4 - The Chumblies[16]
- Mission to the Unknown - Dalek Cut-away[17]
- The Myth Makers - The Mythmakers, The Myth-Makers, The Trojans, The Trojan War, Deus Ex Machina, A Doctor In The Horse, Is There A Doctor In The Horse?, The Horse of Destruction[18]
- The Celestial Toymaker - The Toymaker, The Trilogic Game[5]
- The Gunfighters - The Gunslingers[5]
- The War Machines - The Computers[19]
Season 4
- The Power of the Daleks - The Destiny of Doctor Who[5]
- The Macra Terror - The Spidermen, The Insect-men, The Macra[5]
- The Faceless Ones - The Chameleons[5]
Season 5
- Fury from the Deep - The Colony of Devils[20]
Season 8
- The Claws of Axos - The Vampire from Space[5]
Season 9
- Day of the Daleks - The Ghost Hunters, Years of Doom[21]
- The Sea Devils - The Sea Silurians[5]
Season 11
- Death to the Daleks - The Exilons, The Exxilons[22]
Season 14
- The Masque of Mandragora - The Catacombs of Death, The Curse of Mandragora, Secret of the Labyrinth[5]
- The Talons of Weng-Chiang - The Foe From the Future or The Talons of Greel[23]
Season 15
- Horror of Fang Rock - Rocks of Doom, The Monster of Fang Rock, The Beast of Fang Rock[24]
Season 16
- The Stones of Blood - The Nine Maidens and The Stones of Time[25]
- The Power of Kroll - Moon of Death, The Horror of the Swamp[26], The Shield of Time[5]
Season 17
- City of Death - The Time of Sephiroth[27], The Gamble With Time[5]
- Nightmare of Eden - Nightmare of Evil[5]
- Shada - Sunburst[28]
Season 18
- Meglos - The Golden Pentangle, The Golden Pentagram, The Last Sol-Fataran, The Last Zolfa-Thuran[29]
- State of Decay - The Vampire Mutations, The Wasting[30]
Season 19
- The Visitation - Invasion of the Plague Men, Plague Rats[31]
- Earthshock - Sentinel[32]
- Time-Flight - Zanadin or Xeraphin[33]
Season 21
- The Caves of Androzani - Chain Reaction[34]
Season 22
- The Two Doctors - The Kraglon Inheritance, The Androgum Inheritance[5]
- Revelation of the Daleks - The End of the Road[35]
Season 23
- The Ultimate Foe - Time Incorporated[36]
Season 24
- Time and the Rani - Strange Matter[37][38]
- Delta and the Bannerman - Flight of the Chimeron[39]
- Dragonfire - Absolute Zero, The Pyramid's Treasure, Pyramid in Space[5]
Season 25
- The Happiness Patrol - The Crooked Smile[5]
- Silver Nemesis - Nemesis[5]
Season 26
- Battlefield - Nightfall, Storm Over Avalon[5]
- Ghost Light - The Bestiary, Life Cycle[5]
- The Curse of Fenric - Wolf-Time, The Wolves of Fenric[5]
- Survival - Cat-Flap, Blood Hunt and The Survival[40]
30th Anniversary
- Dimensions in Time - The Dimensions of Time, 3-Dimensions of Time[41][42]
Working titles of episodes
Series 1
- Rose - Rose Meets the Doctor[43]
- The Unquiet Dead - My Name's Dickens... Charles Dickens[44], The Crippingwell Horror[45], The Angels of Crippingwell[46]
- World War Three - 10 Downing Street[47]
- Dalek - Return of the Daleks, Creature of Lies, Absence of the Daleks[48]
- The Long Game - The Companion Who Couldn't[49]
- Father's Day - Wounded Time[50]
- The Empty Child - An Empty Child[51], World War II[52]
- The Doctor Dances - Captain Jax [53]
- Boom Town - Dining With Monsters[54]
- Bad Wolf - Gameshow World![55]
Series 2
- New Earth - Body Swap[56]
- Tooth and Claw - Queen Victoria[57]
- School Reunion - Old Friends, Black Ops[58]
- The Girl in the Fireplace - Madame de Pompadour, Every Tick of my Heart, Reinette and the Lonely Angel[59]
- Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel - Parallel World[60]
- The Idiot's Lantern - Mr Sandman, Sonic Doom, The One-Eyed Monster[61]
- The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - Satan Pit[62]
- Love & Monsters - I Love the Doctor[63]
- Fear Her - Chloe Webber Destroys The World, You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber[64]
- Army of Ghosts - Torchwood Rises[53]
- Doomsday - Torchwood Falls[53]
Series 3
- Smith and Jones - Martha[65]
- The Shakespeare Code - Love's Labour's Won, Theatre of Death[66]
- The Lazarus Experiment - The Madness of Professor Lazarus[67]
- Blink - Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels[68], Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angel
Series 4
- Voyage of the Damned - Starship Titanic[69]
- Forest of the Dead - The Doctor Runs, Forest of the Night, River's Run, Return of the Dead[70]
- Midnight - Crusader Five, Crusader 50[71]
2009 Specials
- The Next Doctor - Court of the CyberKing[72]
- The Waters [73]of Mars - Red Christmas[44]
- The End of Time - The Immortality Gate, The Final Days of Planet Earth
Series 5
- The Eleventh Hour - The Doctor Returns
- Vincent and the Doctor - Eyes That See the Darkness
Series 6
- The Impossible Astronaut - The Year of the Moon[74]
- Day of the Moon - Look Behind You[75]
- The Curse of the Black Spot - Siren[76]
- The Doctor's Wife - The TARDIS Trap, The House of Nothing, Bigger On The Inside[77][78]
- The Almost People - Gangers[79]
- A Good Man Goes to War - His Darkest Hour, Demons Run[80]
- Night Terrors - What are Little Boys Made Of?, House Call[81]
- The Girl Who Waited - The Visitors' Room, The Visiting Hour, Kindness[82]
- Closing Time - Three Cybermen and a Baby, The Last Adventure[83]
Series 7
- A Town Called Mercy - The Gunslinger, Mercy[84]
- The Power of Three - Cubed[85]
- The Angels Take Manhattan - The Angels Wept[86]
- Hide - Phantoms of the Hex[87]
- Nightmare in Silver - The Last Cyberman[88][89]
Series 8
- Robot of Sherwood - Robots of Sherwood[90]
- Kill the Moon - Return To Sarn[91]
- In the Forest of the Night - Child's Play[92]
- Dark Water - The Gates of Paradise[93]
Series 9
- Under the Lake/Before the Flood - Ghost in the Machine[94][95][96]
- The Zygon Invasion - Invasion of the Zygons[97]
- The Zygon Inversion - Inversion of the Zygons[98]
- Sleep No More - The Arms of Morpheus[99]
- Face the Raven - Trap Street[100]
- The Husbands of River Song - The Husband of River Song
Series 10
Series 11
- The Witchfinders - The Witchhunters[108], The Witch Finders[109]
K9 & Company
Working titles of episode
- A Girl's Best Friend - One Girl and Her Dog
Torchwood
Working titles of episodes
Series 1
Miracle Day
- The New World - Miracle Day[111]
Class
Working titles of episodes
Series 1
- For Tonight We Might Die - The Prom[112]
- The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo - Skinned[113]
Working titles of novels
Virgin New Adventures
- Cat's Cradle: Warhead - Cat's Cradle: Escape[114]
- Love and War - Heaven[114]
- No Future - Anarchy in the UK[114]
- Set Piece - Butterfly Wings[114]
- Toy Soldiers - Toy Solstice[114]
- Return of the Living Dad - Big Trouble in Little Chalfont[114]
Working titles of audio stories
Unbound
- Sympathy for the Devil - The Last Stand, Big Trouble in Little England[115]
Kaldor City
- Hidden Persuaders - The Rhubarb Conspiracy[116]
Gallifrey
The War Master
- The Heavenly Paradigm - The Unutterable Hell of 24 Marigold Lane[118]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 REF: The Television Companion
- ↑ REF: Doctor Who The Scripts: The Tribe of Gum
- ↑ Title of first episode of story
- ↑ DWM 331
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 Doctor Who Yearbook 1996
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/e.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/h.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/j.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/k.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/l.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/n.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/p.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/q.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/r.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/s.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/t.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ta.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/u.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bb.html
- ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/rr.html&ved=2ahUKEwj2ncmg-tDwAhXaO-wKHe4zAUwQFjAAegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw1qab6z6OeYonzgRiZIGlcG
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- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/xxx.html
- ↑ https://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Talonsofwengchiang.htm
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4v.html
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- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5h.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5m.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5q.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5p.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5x.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6b.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6c.html
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- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7c-2.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7d.html
- ↑ DWI 3
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7f.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7p.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/dit.html
- ↑ DWM 249
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005a.html
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Nine Christmas-related things you (probably) didn't know about Doctor Who... (4 December 2016). Retrieved on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005c.html
- ↑ REF: The Shooting Scripts
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005de.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005f.html
- ↑ Doctor Who Magazine Series One Special
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005h.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s1_09&action=factfile
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005ij.html
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 DWDVDF 14
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005k.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2005lm.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006a.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006b.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006c.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006d.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006ef.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006g.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2006hi.html
- ↑ Doctor Who Magazine Issue 370
- ↑ Doctor Who Magazine Issue 371
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007a.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007b.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007f.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007j.html
- ↑ REF: The Writer's Tale
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2008hi.html
- ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/doctor-who-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-midnight--17129&ved=2ahUKEwia7_70t4ftAhU2QUEAHc7eByMQFjAHegQIExAB&usg=AOvVaw1WIVilzUGk-JjJe9KFmcnd
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2008n.html
- ↑ Doctor Who Magazine Issue 416
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011c.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011d.html
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- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-autumn-preview-20767.htm
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- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2011l.html
- ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2012c.html
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-cubed-spoilers-33940.html
- ↑ http://www.tvrage.com/news/1523/doctor-who-series-7-episodes-4-5-titles-announced
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/another-series-7-episode-title-revealed-35313.htm
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/gaiman-on-the-last-cyberman-45225.htm
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/doctor-who-7-episode-13-nightmare-in-silver-draft-6-071112.pdf
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-series-8-full-episode-titles-writers-directors-and-guest-stars-revealed-9679152.html
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers/documents/doctor-who-8-episode-7-kill-the-moon-shooting-script-030514.pdf
- ↑ http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm
- ↑ http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-2014-what-we-know-update-60972.htm
- ↑ Cass & Lunn (DWE episode)
- ↑ https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW9-EP3-Under-the-Lake.pdf
- ↑ https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW9-EP4-Before-the-Flood.pdf
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/doctor-who-9-episode-7-invasion-of-the-zygons-shooting-script-010515.pdf
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- ↑ https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/doctor-who-13-things-you-may-not-know-about-sleep-no-more-by-mark-gatiss--18104
- ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW9-EP10-Face-the-Raven.pdf
- ↑ https://twitter.com/d0od/status/767445794781790208
- ↑ https://twitter.com/HDProductions70/status/766751107116896256
- ↑ Fullerton, Huw (13 March 2017). Does this Doctor Who series 10 title change mean a shake-up for the series?. RadioTimes. Retrieved on 16 April 2017.
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- ↑ https://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/bbc/doctor-whooligan-witchfinders-season-12-rumors-time-war-wages-big-finish-louise-jameson-stage/
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- ↑ http://shannonsullivan.com/drwho/torchwood/2006b.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/torchwood-miracle-day-ep1
- ↑ Radio Times staff (30 April 2016). Here's what the very first episode of Doctor Who spin-off Class is called. Radio Times. Retrieved on 22 October 2016.
- ↑ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Class-Script-Season-One-Episode-Two-By-Patrick-Ness-Doctor-Who-Spin-Off-/143614856674
- ↑ 114.0 114.1 114.2 114.3 114.4 114.5 DWM 252 (Licence to Kill p.30)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051216181439/http://muramasaindustries.com/other/interviews/bigfinish/bigfinish.html
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