The Harvesters (Doctor Who)

The Harvesters is an unproduced 1968 Doctor Who adventure serial written by William Emms for the Second Doctor Jamie and Zoe,[1] and was considered as the third serial for the show’s 6th season.[1]

Story

The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe land on desolated purple planet conquered by “The Masters”, whom plan on taking the purple planet to a solar system, and dispatch their robots known as ‘Roboes’ to invade Earth. The Doctor, eventually, defeats “The Masters” by frightening them with a film of nuclear explosions.

Production

When failing submit The Harvesters for Season 6 unexpectedly, Emms redrafted the story in early 1970 as The Vampire Planet,[2][3] and was considered as the final serial of Season 7,[3] but was soon dropped in favor of Inferno.[3]

References
  1. Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition #2-The Complete Guide to the Second Doctor- Pixley, Andrew- retrieved in 2002
  2. Doctor Who Magazine #299
  3. A brief history of Doctor Who stories- The Lost Stories (The Second Doctor)- Patrick Sullivan, Shannon


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