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What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Leftover (2003)
In a way to spice up the series, new showrunner Paul Cornell has the team of Leftover find an alien spaceship that transports them back to 1912. They spend a lot of time there but get embroiled by the primitive nature of the time, as well as strange goings on in the year as well. Episodes this season include: The Past is the Past, Rapscallions, Sister Suffragettes, The Fainéant Professor (Parts I and II), The Entity, The Churchyard Murderer, Shattered, and Temple (Parts I and II).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Leftover (2002)
In the second series of the Doctor Who spin-off series, Katie Tollinger, Sarah Jane Smith, Jo Jones, and Liz Shaw continue to protect the town of Newcastle from disastrous threats. Episodes this season include: Michelle, Sweet Dreams, No More Worries, Test of Nerve, Forever Young (Parts I and II), The Beaten Generation, Parallel, and Call Me Ally (Part I and II).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Leftover (2001)
In 2001, the TV series Leftover was introduced. It follows the adventures of Katie Tollinger, Sarah Jane Smith, Jo Jones, and Liz Shaw trying to save the town of Newcastle from various threats. The show would be eight 45 minute episodes featuring the Leftover team. Episodes this season include: The Forgotten Boy (Parts I and II), The Inhuman Advantage, The Memory Sphere, We Are the Human Race (Parts I and II), Everlasting Death, Space, Time, and The Doctored Papers.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Fourteenth Doctor (2015-2016)
This is the second and final season of the Fourteenth Doctor's tenure. In the second half of the season, the Doctor is joined by two more companions, as well as a familiar face earlier on. The stories featured this season are: Queen of the Daleks, The God Complex, The Poisoned Sea (Parts I and II), The Battle of Fisher's Hill, The Trial of the Damned, The Echo From Tomorrow, The Slave Master, The Dimensions of Space and Time, Under the Lake (Parts I and II), The Greenhouse Effect, Reservoir Frogs, Remembrance of the Gaians, and The Third Planet (Parts I and II).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Fourteenth Doctor (2014-2015)
This is the first season in the Fourteenth Doctor's tenure. This time, the Doctor is joined by punk rock rebel from 1977, Erin Stevenson. The story count goes from 10 to 16 with the season being split into two 8 episode halves between 2 years. Also the length goes from 90 minutes to 60 minutes. The stories featured this season are: God Save the Queen, The Darnley Conspiracy, At the Tip of Your Fingers, Tomahawk, The Food of Love, Flatline, Fire and Fury, Those Who Lead (Parts I and II), The Lady with the Lamp, One Giant Leap, The Waters of Mars, Queen of Nine, Remnants, and Destiny of the Gaians (Parts I and II).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: Genesis (2013)
After her resurrection, by the Rogue, the Doctor is left stranded and alone on Earth in 2013. With her body failing, she has little time to for once, save her own life... With the help of UNIT, the Doctor is sent back in time to retrieve the DNA of her first self... but what old demons lay dormant in 1963?

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: Endgame (2012)
The Valeyard has joined forces with the Daleks and is seeking to build an Ancient "Omega Machine" which will set him up above the gods. The Doctor, Zenla and Chris answer a distress call which leads them straight into the heart of the Valeyard's plan and he must be fought - to the death...

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Thirteenth Doctor (2011)
This is the second and final season of the Thirteenth Doctor's tenure. Zenla and Chris continue their adventures with The Doctor, along with a new face. The stories this season include: Checkmate (Part Three), Broken Shackles, The Silver Turk, The Phantom Doctor, Now These Days Are Gone, Bigger on the Inside, The Doctor with No Name, The Man at the End of the Street, and Evil of the Gaians (Parts I and II).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Thirteenth Doctor (2010)
This is the first season of the Thirteenth Doctor's tenure. He is joined by companions Zenla and Chris Parsons from DW: V. This season also includes a Christmas special, in addition to its 10 episodes. The stories this season include: Masters of All, The Shakespeare Code, The Camera Never Lies, The Great White Hurricane, Wirrn Isle, The Book of Kells, The Ties In Between Us, Too Smart to Play, The Harsh Light of Day, The First Game (Part One), and Hark! The Weeping Angels Sing (Part Two).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: Vengeance (2010)
The Rogue has been comfortably in office as Lord President of Gallifrey for the past few years, but one day suddenly everything changes. The long lost former Lord President, Gregori, is found in an old Gallifreyan ship, drifting in space, with his crew. Now returned to Gallifrey, Gregori wants his title back, and the only way to claim legitimacy is from an Ancient Gallifreyan Law, which the only evidence of resides in a book... which happens to have disappeared. Now Gregori embarks on a quest to find this book. The Rogue, fearful of Gregori, calls upon the Doctor to find this book before him and destroy it. A remake of Douglas Adams' unfinished story, Shada.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Twelfth Doctor (2009)
This is the third and final season of the Twelfth Doctor's tenure. The stories featured this season are: Cannon Fodder, The Whitechapel Murderer, Inquisition, The Façade, Delayed Indefinitely, The Impossible Planet, Brave New Town, The Fight For Survival, The Eternity Trap, and Mad World.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Twelfth Doctor (2008)
The second season in the Twelfth Doctor's tenure. This season we are joined by companion Lizzie Clarke. The story count goes from 8 to 10, as well as an additional Christmas Special. The stories this season include: The Abbey of Felsecar, The Death of Jensen, Confess, Hot Air, Vengeance of the Nimon, Storm Warning, In Thy Image, Burning Books, Operation Salvation, and Cold Star. The Christmas Special would be entitled The One Doctor.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Twelfth Doctor (2007)
This is the first season of the Twelfth Doctor's tenure. After the events of DW: R, The Doctor is doing what he does best, travelling around the universe, saving people from various threats. He gains a new companion, in Prime Minister Angela Jensen. The stories this season include: The Silurian Awakening, The Empty Child, Miasima Goria, You Can Only Time Travel Twice, Wirrn Dawn, Jubilee, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and The Scream.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: Revelation (2007)
The Master has escaped his imprisonment on Karn, and has taken over the Sisterhood. Now he wants the Sash of Rassilon for himself and will do anything to get it. Meanwhile, the Lord President of Gallifrey, the Doctor, comes to terms with taking back his freedom and leaving Gallifrey, for better or for worse. With tensions rising, the Doctor and the Master must have one final battle — this time, to the death.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Eleventh Doctor (2006)
This is the third and final season of the Eleventh Doctor's tenure. The stories this season include: The Winner's Protector, May Fortune Favour the Bad, Behind the Looking Glass, The Sharper the Knife, Demons of the Past, The Noble Sacrifice, May the Truth Be Damned, and The Confrontation of the Wicked.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Eleventh Doctor (2005)
This is the second season of the Eleventh Doctor's tenure. The stories this season include: The Resistance, Peace of Our Time, The Oncoming Storm, In the Mouths of Men, Evolution of the Matrix, Return to Earth, Everlasting War, and Auribus Teneo Lupum.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Eleventh Doctor (2004)
Taking place after the events of the film, the Doctor is regenerated into his eleventh incarnation, and forced to become the new President of Gallifrey by The Keeper. It would be the first season of the Eleventh Doctor's tenure, as well as abandoning the serial format, in favor of one 90-minute episode. The episodes this season would include: Lord President of Gallifrey, The Order of Rassilon, War of the Poplne, Forgotton in Time, The Siege, Trust is a Lie, The Enemy Uncovered, and The Battle of the Strong.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who (2003)
The Doctor and Commander Sandra Armstrong are brought to Gallifrey by the Keeper who requests their help in repairing the Time Distortions which threaten the entire web of time, caused by Rassilon. The Doctor summons his previous incarnations to help repair the time distortions. While his predecessors deal with the unfolding chaos, the Doctor and Sandra travel back in time and end up involved in Omega's dangerous time travel experiments.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Tenth Doctor (2003)
The third and final season of the Tenth Doctor's tenure. To celebrate the 40 year anniversary of Doctor Who, every living Doctor gets a brand new story, alongside the Tenth this season. The stories include: The Curse of the Tower (Tenth), The Sands of Time (Fourth), Creatures of Beauty (Fifth), The Horrors of War (Sixth's regeneration story), Live 34 (Seventh), The Societal Step (Eighth), Spare Parts (Ninth), and The Other (All).

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Tenth Doctor (2002)
The second season of the Tenth Doctor's tenure. The Doctor meets his new companion, Commander Sandra Armstrong, a Bellonsion, on Space Station Exotract 42. The serial count goes from 7 to 8. The stories featured this season are: No Sky in Space, MoneyPuzzle, Illusions of Life, Outer-Space Takes Manhattan, Logged In, Past Tense, The Name's Shakespeare William Shakespeare, and Shattered Lives.