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23skidoo wrote:
That helps, though it being Wikipedia some might not treat it as a verifiable source. I recently discovered that Vincent Terrace the TV historian has published several volumes listing aired and unbroadcast TV pilots. The books are hellish expensive but that's the sort of resource. I agree with the OP's suggestion of a sub-category for pilots though it might require discussion as to what to include and allow. For example, some pilots have been retooled as movies (random example: Manchester Prep had new scenes filmed and was released as Cruel Intentions II). Some have not been officially/legally shown but have turned up on bootleg VHS or DVD or online. Some are nonexistent: for example, the script for the pilot for a mid-1960s spin-off of Doctor Who was published by its writer Terry Nation about 25 years ago; no evidence it was ever filmed, but someone could potentially enter it anyway.
There is quite a lot of Dr Who poss related (Nation's problem was he retained rights to Daleks rather than assigning them to the BBC , which was clever but it meant for money he was chasing Dalek spin offs and inventing more space adversaries). YT chanel Dalek 63-88 has quite a bit of info on the 1960s spin off - part trailed in the UK comics of the time and other similar items - I think one was going to be aimed at the US ) it was timing and lack of studio time that meant pilots didnt get made - but the gist of some scripts were in the comic pages as referenced in the vids.
I suppose some of the "Armchair Theatre" airings were pilots - some became later series others did not , but some just written on their own with requests for more coming from TV producers from those they liked
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