He wrote the script for the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Kinda'' in 1982. This script drew heavily on his own Buddhist faith and incorporated classic Buddhist terms such as ''dukkha'', ''panna'', ''karuna'', ''devaloka'' and ''Mara'' — indeed, "the Mara" was the name of the villain of the piece.
The strength of his script led to Bailey writing a second story for ''Doctor Who'' in 1983. This serial, ''Snakedance'', was a sequel to ''Kinda''. New script editor Eric Saward requested that Bailey devise another story idea, but neither the submitted outlines for ''May Time'' (later renamed ''Manwatch'') nor ''Children's Seth'' were taken further. As a result, the two Mara scripts were Bailey's final broadcast work for both ''Doctor Who'' and television in general and he returned to a career in academia.
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