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* This is the first episode of ''Doctor Who ''to air on a Sunday. | * This is the first episode of ''Doctor Who ''to air on a Sunday. | ||
* David Tennant is credited as "The Doctor", as opposed to [[Christopher Eccleston]] who was credited as "Doctor Who". The change in the credit was done at Tennant's request. | * David Tennant is credited as "The Doctor", as opposed to [[Christopher Eccleston]] who was credited as "Doctor Who". The change in the credit was done at Tennant's request. | ||
** This occurrence parallels [[Peter Davison|Peter Davison's]] request for an identical change in credit when he succeeded [[Tom Baker]]. Like Tennant, [[Castrovalva (TV story)|Davison's first episode]] would begin this new billing. | |||
** This story was effectively the first since 1989's ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' to credit the role as "The Doctor". | |||
* The "middle eight" section of [[Doctor Who theme|the theme tune]] is restored in this episode and is heard for the first time in the revived series. | * The "middle eight" section of [[Doctor Who theme|the theme tune]] is restored in this episode and is heard for the first time in the revived series. | ||
* Before this episode was broadcast, a fictional tie-in website for the ''[http://www.guinevere.org.uk Guinevere One]'' project was created and launched by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. The site includes an introduction by Harriet Jones and an interview with the project director, [[Professor]] [[Daniel Llewellyn]]. The site claims that the probe was developed by the [[British Rocket Group]]. The organisation's logo partially appears in this episode, in the televised press conference with Professor Llewellyn. The name of the organisation was first mentioned in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and is a reference to the British Experimental Rocket Group from the ''[[Bernard Quatermass|Quatermass]]'' science fiction serials of the 1950s. David Tennant had previously starred in the 2005 BBC live remake of {{wi|The Quatermass Experiment (2005)|The Quatermass Experiment}} as Doctor Gordon Briscoe, and Quatermass' first line to Briscoe was changed by actor Jason Flemyng during the broadcast from "Good to have you back, Gordon" to "Good to have you back, ''Doctor''" — Tennant's casting as the Doctor was announced two weeks after ''Quatermass'' went to air, and his castmates would have been aware of the speculation during rehearsals. | * Before this episode was broadcast, a fictional tie-in website for the ''[http://www.guinevere.org.uk Guinevere One]'' project was created and launched by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. The site includes an introduction by Harriet Jones and an interview with the project director, [[Professor]] [[Daniel Llewellyn]]. The site claims that the probe was developed by the [[British Rocket Group]]. The organisation's logo partially appears in this episode, in the televised press conference with Professor Llewellyn. The name of the organisation was first mentioned in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and is a reference to the British Experimental Rocket Group from the ''[[Bernard Quatermass|Quatermass]]'' science fiction serials of the 1950s. David Tennant had previously starred in the 2005 BBC live remake of {{wi|The Quatermass Experiment (2005)|The Quatermass Experiment}} as Doctor Gordon Briscoe, and Quatermass' first line to Briscoe was changed by actor Jason Flemyng during the broadcast from "Good to have you back, Gordon" to "Good to have you back, ''Doctor''" — Tennant's casting as the Doctor was announced two weeks after ''Quatermass'' went to air, and his castmates would have been aware of the speculation during rehearsals. | ||