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* This episode ends with Sarah Jane narrating. This closes the first series, just as a narration by her opened the series in ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. | * This episode ends with Sarah Jane narrating. This closes the first series, just as a narration by her opened the series in ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. | ||
* Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | * Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | ||
* When the inspector questions Sarah Jane, a page of her confidential [[UNIT]] file is visible on screen. The text is taken from the BBC's UNIT website and includes the in-joke that UNIT's activities span "the sixties, the seventies, and some would say the eighties." This is the first on-screen reference in SJA (and indeed the entire ''Doctor Who'' TV franchise) to the [[UNIT dating controversy]]. It was later followed by a similar in-joke spoken by the [[Tenth Doctor]], as he reminisces about working for UNIT in the '70s, "or was it the 80s?" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
* Episode 1 - 465,000 (CBBC) | * Episode 1 - 465,000 (CBBC) | ||