I swear I can vaguely recall an article in one of the aviation magazines in the early 80s by someone contemplating putting the TSR.2 back into production
You can indeed. I remember reading the articles in my school library (probably when I should have been revising). They were, IIRC, in Air Pictorial magazine; they ran a series over 2 or 3 (or was it 4?) months. I found a copy of the magazines in the Shrivenham library a while ago, I may even have a copy of the articles somewhere.