# Movies and Pilots that were supposed to be a series but weren't

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**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-pilots-that-were-supposed-to-be-a-series-but-werent/924650 "2020-11-03T15:08:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-pilots-that-were-supposed-to-be-a-series-but-werent/924650/88 "2020-11-21T00:49:07Z")

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I did:

> [@What is a show/movie theory that you came up with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-show-movie-theory-that-you-came-up-with/920922/22):
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> Speak of Doctor Who: Gallifreyans/Time Lords are humans. To start with the obvious, Time Lords are externally indistinguishable from Earth humans. But there’s more. In the Fox Doctor Who TV movie, The Doctor says he’s half-human. Even though it was Fox, that Doctor has now been firmly established in the continuity of the BBC series. We all know that The Doctor lies, but it would be really out of character for him to lie just to get into a companion’s pants, so there must be something to that s…

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