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*There was originally a fourth victim of the Avatar, a middle-aged man named Martin who would leave behind a holiday magazine which would later serve as an additional clue that the Avatar is targetting people who want to get away. | *There was originally a fourth victim of the Avatar, a middle-aged man named Martin who would leave behind a holiday magazine which would later serve as an additional clue that the Avatar is targetting people who want to get away. | ||
*The script originally lifted scenes from the original comic strip, such as the Doctor beating Craig in a first-person-shooter videogame by making peace with their intended targets, and the Doctor annoying the participants in a [[pub]] quiz by getting every answer right (the latter sequence was dropped to reduce the number of locations). Having been conceived to take Mickey's place, Craig initially retained a lot of the mistrust of the Doctor which had been part of Mickey's character when the comic was published. This trait was dropped when Gareth Roberts realised that it no longer had a justification. | *The script originally lifted scenes from the original comic strip, such as the Doctor beating Craig in a first-person-shooter videogame by making peace with their intended targets, and the Doctor annoying the participants in a [[pub]] quiz by getting every answer right (the latter sequence was dropped to reduce the number of locations). Having been conceived to take Mickey's place, Craig initially retained a lot of the mistrust of the Doctor which had been part of Mickey's character when the comic was published. This trait was dropped when Gareth Roberts realised that it no longer had a justification. | ||
*Gareth Roberts originally pitched the idea for [[Series 2 (Doctor Who | *Gareth Roberts originally pitched the idea for [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]. Rose and [[Jackie Tyler]] would be the ones trapped in the future with the TARDIS, and stuck in the present day, the Doctor would be forced to live with [[Mickey Smith]] until his scheme to plant instructions for Rose in old nursery rhymes helped her pilot the TARDIS back to him. Roberts ultimately decided to use the flat-sharing core of this narrative for a comic strip. Steven Moffat subsequently suggested to [[Russell T Davies]] that it might be worthy of developing for television, but by this stage, the Tylers were being written out of the show. | ||
*Another character present in early drafts was a woman who regularly appeared outside Craig's house, commenting on the action. | *Another character present in early drafts was a woman who regularly appeared outside Craig's house, commenting on the action. | ||
*At one stage, the climax saw Craig rescue Sophie while the Doctor shut down the rogue time machine; it was Steven Moffat who suggested combining these two elements. | *At one stage, the climax saw Craig rescue Sophie while the Doctor shut down the rogue time machine; it was Steven Moffat who suggested combining these two elements. |