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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.
   
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 ''[[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.
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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 {{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.
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