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Decades later, in a nursery home, he started having dreams with his characters and settings from ''Doctor Who''. He was contacted by Sydney Newman again to write a new script for the series, which would be brought back by the [[BBC]] 40 years after the failed pilot. He started receiving visits from his son and his grandson, whom he tried to get in touch with, without success. Martin started to have daydreams of himself as his character, [[Doctor Who (Deadline)|Doctor Who]], and believed his wardrobe to be [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. His stories got increasingly darker, with [[Barbara (Deadline)|Barbara]] and [[Ian (Deadline)|Ian]] getting ultimately killed by radiation sickness, with only him and his granddaughter [[Susan (Deadline)|Susan]] being left alive. Ultimately, he decided to lock himself in the wardrobe and go off in travels with Susan, instead of confronting reality. In reality, Martin died of suffocation inside the wardrobe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'') | Decades later, in a nursery home, he started having dreams with his characters and settings from ''Doctor Who''. He was contacted by Sydney Newman again to write a new script for the series, which would be brought back by the [[BBC]] 40 years after the failed pilot. He started receiving visits from his son and his grandson, whom he tried to get in touch with, without success. Martin started to have daydreams of himself as his character, [[Doctor Who (Deadline)|Doctor Who]], and believed his wardrobe to be [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. His stories got increasingly darker, with [[Barbara (Deadline)|Barbara]] and [[Ian (Deadline)|Ian]] getting ultimately killed by radiation sickness, with only him and his granddaughter [[Susan (Deadline)|Susan]] being left alive. Ultimately, he decided to lock himself in the wardrobe and go off in travels with Susan, instead of confronting reality. In reality, Martin died of suffocation inside the wardrobe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'') | ||
== Behind the Scenes == | |||
[[Ian McKellen]] was considered for the role of Martin Bannister.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2021-11-07-jenny-jacobi The Big Finish Podcast 2021-11-07 Jenny Jacobi]</ref>. | |||
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