Doctor Who: The Cancelled Years

By 1989, Doctor Who was a far cry away from the success it had once been. Once a firm viewing for families around the UK, the show was now seen by both audiences & those at the BBC as a relic from another time, which had long since passed its prime. The past five years have been troubled times for the show, with a hard decline in viewers & respect from the powers that be at the BBC. With Part One of the Season 26 premiere, Battlefield, gaining a total of 3.1M viewers, the lowest ever rating for a Doctor Who story on initial broadcast, as well as BBC One controller, Jonathan Powell, having a distaste for Doctor Who in particular, it seemed there was nothing preventing Head of Series, Peter Cregeen, from ordering the death of Doctor Who. As 1989 came to a close, and a new decade began, the question as to whether Doctor Who would return for a twenty-seventh season hung over both the fans & the production team. With the show being in the condition it currently was, being seen a