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Originally Posted by towny
I don't know whether Nation's rights deal with the BBC over the Daleks was unique due to his already being an established fantasy/sci fi writer or common, in which case a lot of other people could make claims on their own monsters. Somehow I doubt they would be so stupid, however. Where exactly are they going to earn royalties off the cybermen or the sea devils if not in Dr Who?
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One of the strange things about Doctor Who is that for at least a very long period of time (and perhaps the entire run, I`m not sure) the creators of any creatures or enemies actually retained all rights to those creations, irrespective of whether they were an established writer or not.
It would be very easy to do a spin-off with any of the creatures without featuring any of the established Who continuity. There would be plenty of scope to do Cybermen stories with a different protagonist.