 The original plans for the series after the infamous Moldavian  Massacre was for Alexis to end up being made Queen of the country  after the rebel forces were defeated. This was aborted though when  Joan Collins (I) (qv) refused to show up for filming as part of a  plan to try and renegotiate her contract with the network. Also,  John Forsythe (I) (qv) routinely vetoed doing any storyline that  involved Blake and Alexis getting together due to him not wanting to  personally involve himself in a storyline that involves adultery.  This included a planned storyline, designed during the shows dying  days to try and revive interest in the series, to have Blake develop  amnesia and fall in love with Alexis.