In Starburst Magazine issue 389, J.R. Southall conjectures that the almighty turkey that was Dimensions In Time (the BBC’s attempt at a 30th anniversary celebration for Doctor Who) may have sewn the seeds for the show’s ultimate and royal return in 2005. This, along with Steven Moffat’s Curse Of The Fatal Death for Comic Relief in 1999, worked to renew the public’s affinity with the show rather than allowing it to become something else entirely that may never have been resurrected.

When you’re asked to create an illustration of the show being placed “on ice” for its hiatus from 1999 to 2005, it helps to have a certain rubber-faced actor playing the Doctor…and sure enough, I came across an image of Rowan Atkinson with his nose placed up against a window…