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Leela was first conceived by producer [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] and script editor [[Robert Holmes]]. They wanted someone in the mould of {{w|Eliza Doolittle}} from [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play {{wi|Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion}}: a bright but unsophisticated primitive who would learn from the Doctor. Writer [[Chris Boucher]] had submitted a story proposal entitled ''The Mentor Conspiracy''. It featured a character named Leela which fitted Hinchcliffe and Holmes's ideas. |
Leela was first conceived by producer [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] and script editor [[Robert Holmes]]. They wanted someone in the mould of {{w|Eliza Doolittle}} from [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play {{wi|Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion}}: a bright but unsophisticated primitive who would learn from the Doctor. Writer [[Chris Boucher]] had submitted a story proposal entitled ''The Mentor Conspiracy''. It featured a character named Leela which fitted Hinchcliffe and Holmes's ideas. |
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− | Although ''The Mentor Conspiracy'' was not produced, Boucher reused the character of Leela for ''The Day God Went Mad'' (later renamed ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''), seeing her as a mixture of [[Emma Peel]] from |
+ | Although ''The Mentor Conspiracy'' was not produced, Boucher reused the character of Leela for ''The Day God Went Mad'' (later renamed ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''), seeing her as a mixture of [[Emma Peel]] from {{wi|The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers}} and {{w|Leila Khaled}}. Boucher was asked to write two endings to the story, in one, Leela left with the Doctor and in the other she stayed behind. The decision to have Leela become a companion was made soon after. |
Initially, Leela was to have only appeared in three stories. It was decided later she would stay for the remainder of season 15. One consequence of this decision was a plot contrivance added to ''Horror of Fang Rock'' to allow the character's eye colour to change, so actress [[Louise Jameson]] would not have to wear uncomfortable coloured contact lenses. |
Initially, Leela was to have only appeared in three stories. It was decided later she would stay for the remainder of season 15. One consequence of this decision was a plot contrivance added to ''Horror of Fang Rock'' to allow the character's eye colour to change, so actress [[Louise Jameson]] would not have to wear uncomfortable coloured contact lenses. |