How The Beatles almost met the Daleks in Doctor Who crossover episode

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26 May 2022, 14:25

It’s the crossover we never knew we needed.

According to a new Doctor Who exhibition, the legendary rock group The Beatles almost made a cameo in the series and they could have gone head-to-head with the Daleks.

Doctor Who: Worlds Of Wonder is currently running at the National Museums Liverpool and take a deep dive into the science behind the scenes of the iconic BBC series- as well as looking at its links to the city with costumers and props.

The exhibition also highlighted the exciting cameo that never got made.

Back in 1965, when William Hartnell was the Doctor, there were plans for The Beatles to make an appearance during one if his adventures.

The idea was, the iconic band would be playing elderly versions of themselves in 1996 in an episode called The Chase, which would feature the Doctor’s one true enemy, the Daleks.

However, the plans were not approved by their manager Brian Epstein at the time, so we never got the crossover of the century.

The Beatles still did feature in that episode of Doctor Who, just in a different way. As the Doctor and his companions are hanging out in the TARDIS a clip of their Top Of The Pops performance plays on the time-space visualiser and we hear them sing Ticket To Ride.

This is just one of the many stories featured in the new exhibition, which includes reference to Liverpudlians like Tom Baker and Paul McGann, Elisabeth Sladen and Ken Dodd, who all starred in the show

The exhibition also features interactive aspects, original props and costumes, such as the serial Arc Of Infinity owned by the fifth doctor, and cameos from fan favourites including Mark Gatiss and Zoe Wannamaker, who voiced the character Lady Cassandra.

It comes as Doctor Who gears up to celebrate its 60th anniversary next year.