A lost radio script for an episode of a planned Doctor Who radio series, to be made in the sixties, with Peter Cushing as the Doctor, has been discovered in the BBC archives.
Journey into Time was written by Malcolm Hulke, who went on to write some scripts for the classic series of Doctor Who. In the radio play, a pilot of which was recorded but never broadcast, the Doctor, accompanied by his granddaughter, ends up in the midst of the American Revolution. The recording has been lost for many years.
The series was proposed as a joint venture between Stanmark Productions and Watermill Productions, who planned for 52 episodes to be made for Australia and other overseas territories. It would star Cushing, who had previously played a character called 'Doctor Who' in
The series was rejected by the BBC with Martin Esslin, head of sound drama, saying: "As a typical commercial production for unsophisticated listeners in Australia or even some parts of the United States, it stands up quite well. As a piece of science fiction, however, it strikes me as extremely feeble."