The Masters of Luxor (unproduced TV story)

The Masters of Luxor (also known as The Robots) was an unmade Doctor Who serial by Anthony Coburn, the writer of the first-ever Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child. It was inspired by the reports Coburn had read about computers that were just beginning to be used within the television industry.

It would have aired during Season 1 after An Unearthly Child and instead of The Daleks, the story ultimately commissioned. In September 1992, Titan Books published the script in book form as part of its Doctor Who: The Scripts line. David Whitaker was still trying to get the script in working order for production in 1964.

Fan production
In 2001, TS Entertainment made a fan production of Masters of Luxor as a four-part serial, starring Anthony Sarlo as the Doctor. The professional company Big Finish Productions is currently (2010) producing a series of audio dramas adapting unproduced Doctor Who teleplays; in 2011, they announced that Masters will feature in the third series of the Lost Stories as its seventh release.