Season 31 (1994)
Season 31 would've aired in July 23rd to December 17th, 1994, being the fourth season with Robert Lindsay as the Eighth Doctor, the fifth/last season with Julia Sawalha as Kate Tollinger and the first season with Toby Whithouse and Debra Stephenson as Pearce and Riana Anderson.
It would've been the first season for the show's Americanization.
THE DYING DAYS
by LANCE PARKIN
On the Mare Sirenum, British astronauts are walking on the surface of Mars for the first time in over twenty years. The National Space Museum in London is the venue for a spectacular event where the great and the good celebrate a unique British achievement.
In Adisham, Kent, the most dangerous man in Britain has escaped from custody while being transported by helicopter. In Whitehall, the new Home Secretary is convinced that there is a plot brewing to overthrow the government. In west London, MI5 agents shut down a publishing company that got too close to the top secret organisation known as UNIT. And, on a state visit to Washington, the British Prime Minister prepares to make a crucial speech, totally unaware that dark forces are working against him.
As the Doctor and Kate discover, all these events are connected. However, soon all will be overshadowed.
This time, the Doctor is already too late.
This would've had a change of focus to Kate Tollinger. It went back to the Doctor shortly in the next episode.
SLEEP NO MORE
by MARK GATTIS
The Le Verrier space station fell silent only a day ago. No-one really knows what happened, except for two nosy time travellers: the Doctor and Kate.
As they wander the ship, they discover a deadly virus turning its passengers into its own kind.
Be warned, as this might be the Doctor and Kate's last day of existence.
This would've been the first appearance of the Sandmen, an eye mucus that kills all life as we know it.
THE HIGHEST SCIENCE
by GARETH ROBERTS
Sakkrat. Many legends speak of this world, home of an ancient empire destroyed by its own greatest achievement: the Highest Science, the pinnacle of technological discovery.
When the TARDIS alerts the Doctor and Kate to the presence of an enormous temporal fluctuation on a large, green, unremarkable planet, they are not to know of any connection with the legend.
But the connection is there, and it will lead them into conflict with the monstrous Chelonians, with their contempt for human parasites; into adventure with a group of youngsters whose musical taste has suddenly become dangerously significant; and will force them to face Sheldukher, the most wanted criminal in the galaxy.
This would've been the last story with Kate Tollinger. At the ending, the Doctor and Kate meet up in a field during a sunset.. Kate tells the Doctor goodbye and to be careful out there. He says that he will. Kate, then begins to walk away from the Doctor as the camera cuts to him, with a year in his eye, saying "Goodbye, Kate." It then cuts to her walking into the sunset as "We'll Meet Again" plays and the credits roll, similar to those in part 4 of Earthshock.
THE ENEMY WITHIN
by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Fear. It drives man mad. After the loss of his dear companion, Kate, the Doctor isolates himself in the TARDIS living in shame, despair and fear.
But somewhere hidden inside the TARDIS is the one being the Doctor feared above all others, and the psychic tension between the two of them produced the energy to move through space and time.
Now, the Doctor has to confront and ultimately defeat this fear, so he can live in peace once more.
This would've been the first time we ever see what is inside the Doctor's TARDIS, as it is an octopus-like creature.
CYBER CITY
by PAUL CORNELL
The Doctor visits a dystopian future where Cybermen rule all and destroy everything in their path. There, he meets two orphans stranded behind a building in the cold weather.
So, it's up to the Doctor to save them and stop the Cybermen from their tyranny.
Will the Doctor prevail? Or will the Cybermen stop him in his tracks?
This would've been the return of the Cybermen after one year. I know, I know. It's pretty much obvious. It also would've introduced two orphans named Pearce and Riana Anderson.
CONUNDRUM
by STEVE LYONS
A killer is stalking the streets of the village of Arandale. The victims are found one each day, drained of blood. And if that seems strange, it's nothing compared to the town's inhabitants.
The Doctor, Pearce and Riana think they're investigating a murder mystery. But it's all much more bizarre than that. And much more dangerous.
Someone has interfered with the Doctor's past again, and he's landed in a place he knows he once destroyed. This time there can be no escape.
This would've took us back to the Land of Fiction after 26 years. Talk about a family reunion!
PARASITE
by JIM MORTIMORE
The TARDIS has arrived in the Elysium system, lost colony of distant Earth and site of the Artifact: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.
For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.
With the members of one expedition murdered, those of another fighting for their lives and a solar system on the brink of civil war, can the Doctor, Ace and Benny survive a journey to the heart of the Artifact in their search for the truth?
This would've been the first time the TARDIS Trio visits the Elysium system, one important part of them being the Doctor.
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