According to a certain respected newspaper, Doctor Who was at one point considered as a subject for a Carry On movie!

A series that has had top comedy writers such as Douglas Adams and Steven Moffat writing for it, Doctor Who with all of its wondrous idiosyncrasies, would be perfect Carry On fodder.  Third Doctor Who jon Pertwee meanwhile appeared in Carry On Cowboy and Carry On Screaming before taking the TARDIS controls in 1970.

Carry on Doctor Who was one of 10 unmade Carry On films. Location scouting had been carried out in London in 1990 but finances fell through

Imagine that!

Just two years prior to Carry On Columbus, one suspects that the finances were well to hand, but BBC permission wasn’t. In fact, Carry On regular Jim Dale was once linked to a Doctor Who movie - perhaps this was in fact that project?

You can read more on this item at Doctor Who webzine Kasterborous.com

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