Doctor Who script reveals deleted Tenth Doctor and Donna scene
The scene takes place inside the TARDIS, with the Doctor declaring: "Beaches! People never stop loving beaches!" before telling Donna about a beach with "intelligent sand".
It all sounds lovely – until he reveals that the beach in question dissolves all living matter into a protein slime when it gets hungry once a year.
The scene then shows the Doctor receiving a worrying message on his psychic paper, before changing tact and declaring: "Books, yes. People never stop loving books!"
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Also included in the Whoniverse collection on the BBC Script Library is Ncuti Gatwa's audition scene, which had never been read by fans before.
The eight-page script was written by showrunner Russell T Davies and sees the Doctor encountering a monster named the Spikemaster.
It includes various monologues from the Doctor, a mention of the TARDIS, and even a nod to Chris Chibnall's Timeless Child arc.
It was Gatwa's one and only audition, with Davies previously saying: "I was very lucky that I did the audition with Ncuti, and it was one of the most astonishing afternoons of my life, because you were just so amazing – to actually be in a room with you and to see you face-to-face.
"He did one audition. Normally there's, like, 27 auditions – one! He just got it."
You can read more Doctor Who scripts in the Whoniverse collection in the BBC Script Library.
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