I seem to remember, at some point, some suggestion that the Judoon would be Sontaran substitutes - and then they went and bought back the Sontarans anyway.
I think that was based purely on the perceived similarity of the costumes in the season three trailer!
I'd agree with your point about Philip Hinchcliffe, and I'd say that the same goes for Graham Williams (one pair of new characters (the Guardians) and one return appearance each for the Sontarans, the Daleks and Davros, although there are two Time Lord stories if you count Shada).
Over the whole of Doctor Who there are at most four seasons with no returning characters or monsters at all of which one was produced by Hinchcliffe and one by Williams: 1, 16 and 7 and 13 (depending on whether you count UNIT as a regular part of the format at those times or as recurring characters).
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I think that was based purely on the perceived similarity of the costumes in the season three trailer!
I'd agree with your point about Philip Hinchcliffe, and I'd say that the same goes for Graham Williams (one pair of new characters (the Guardians) and one return appearance each for the Sontarans, the Daleks and Davros, although there are two Time Lord stories if you count Shada).
Over the whole of Doctor Who there are at most four seasons with no returning characters or monsters at all of which one was produced by Hinchcliffe and one by Williams: 1, 16 and 7 and 13 (depending on whether you count UNIT as a regular part of the format at those times or as recurring characters).