John Leekley

John Leekley is an American television writer who developed a proposed Doctor Who TV reboot to be produced by Amblin Television in the mid-1990s, plans which would ultiamtely evolve into the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.

Leekley first came into contact with Doctor Who in 1993 when he was under contract to Universal's studio division, meeting Philip Segal and noting the Doctor Who memorabilia in his office. When Segal began to work with Universal to produce what would become the Doctor Who TV movie he was pressured by Universal to work with Leekley. In 1994 Leekley worked with Segal to create a for the prospective reboot, later known as the Leekley Bible, which contained PROSE: The Chronicles of Doctor Who? as well as pitches for sample episodes and multiple full-colour illustrations and concept pieces. Although the Bible itself never had a full commercial release, merely being circulated among executives, The Chronicles of Doctor Who? would later get an official release in Doctor Who: Regeneration in 2000.

Off the back of the Leekley Bible, Leekley also began working on full story treatments and scripts for Don't Shoot, I'm the Doctor!, one of the stories listed in the Bible (loosely based on The Gunfighters), as well as the prospective pilot, Fathers and Brothers. Both were ultimately abandoned. (REF: Doctor Who: Regeneration)