Quote: Godot Taxis @ May 6 2010, 5:22 AM BSTSaward came to his senses just before the end. He fell out with JNT over theTrial scripts didn't he? I remember reading an interview where he said he went down into the BBC archives and watched some old tapes for the first time. He couldn't believe how much better stuff like Talons of Weng Chiang was. This was the time that Robert Holmes died. He'd got close to the writer and that capped it all for him.
Yes, the ailing Bob Holmes had written the outline for the final part of Trial and then died, so Saward was determined to honor his memory by not messing with the story, but JNT insisted on changing the ending, so Saward quit (if I recall correctly) and took away the script (wouldn't let the BBC use it), leaving JNT to recruit Pip and Jan Baker to hastily write the final episode. Trial wasn't too bad apart from Bonnie Langford, the Vervoids and carrot juice.
And yes, Terrance Dicks really should be commissioned to write a new episode.
