sentences:  The scripts were delivered on 5 January 1979 and rejected four days later as unacceptable.For Season 17, John Lloyd, a frequent collaborator with script editor Douglas Adams, adapted material from his unpublished science fiction story "GiGax" and in October 1978 submitted "Shylock", a four-part serial written in Adams' light-hearted style.After providing a second draft of the storyline to modify parts of the script to avoid issues such as the rules involving child actors, Lloyd was forced to focus on his commitments as producer of "Not the Nine O'Clock News".