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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The skit has no opening or closing credits. | * The skit has no opening or closing credits. | ||
* Running just over 3 minutes in length, this was the shortest televised ''Doctor Who''-related production | * Running just over 3 minutes in length, this was, for a time, the shortest televised ''Doctor Who''-related production ever. Since its broadcast, though, several shorter minisodes have been produced for online and DVD/Blu-ray distribution. (The shortest [[DWU]] story broadcast on [[television]] remains [[TV]]: ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'') | ||
* As Tennant does not appear as the Doctor in this skit, it is the first ''Doctor Who'' story since ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the character does not appear. It is also the first and only time a televised story has featured the TARDIS, but no Doctor. Given the acknowledged non- | * As Tennant does not appear as the Doctor in this skit, it is the first ''Doctor Who'' story since ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the character does not appear. It is also the first and only time a televised story has featured the TARDIS, but no Doctor. Given the acknowledged [[NOTVALID|non-DWU]] nature of this skit, ''Mission to the Unknown'' remains as the only [[TV]] story to not feature the Doctor (when viewed as a stand-alone story independent of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.) | ||
* There was no ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' for the episode, but there was a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the skit followed its broadcast (on ''Tonight's The Night''). | * There was no ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' for the episode, but there was a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the skit followed its broadcast (on ''Tonight's The Night''). | ||
* Although it was broadcast after ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' (the first High Definition ''Doctor Who ''episode), the skit was the first time the [[TARDIS]] | * Although it was broadcast after ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' (the first High Definition ''Doctor Who ''episode), the skit was the first time the [[TARDIS control room|TARDIS interior]] was shown in High Definition. | ||
* At the time this was written, Davies believed it would be the final ''Doctor Who'' story he would ever write (as he relates in [[DWM 410]] and ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]] - The Final Chapter''); ultimately, this ended up not being the case as it was announced in April 2010 that he would be writing an episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featuring an appearance by the [[Eleventh Doctor]]; that episode was [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''. | * At the time this was written, Davies believed it would be the final ''Doctor Who'' story he would ever write (as he relates in [[DWM 410]] and ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]] - The Final Chapter''); ultimately, this ended up not being the case as it was announced in April 2010 that he would be writing an episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featuring an appearance by the [[Eleventh Doctor]]; that episode was [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''. | ||
* This sketch marks the second time that a fan of [[Doctor Who]] has been given the honour of being on the show as an in-character figure. The first was as a [[Jim'll Fix It]] segment called [[A Fix with Sontarans]], starring [[Colin Baker]] in-character as [[Sixth | * This sketch marks the second time that a fan of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has been given the honour of being on the show as an in-character figure. The first was as a [[Jim'll Fix It]] segment called [[A Fix with Sontarans]], starring [[Colin Baker]] in-character as the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
* Davies also said in DWM that he was originally going to have this story as "canon" with the Doctor in it, but changed his mind. | * Davies also said in DWM that he was originally going to have this story as "[[canon]]" with the Doctor in it, but changed his mind. | ||
* The complete script for the skit is reproduced in [[REF]]: ''[[ | * The complete script for the skit is reproduced in [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''. | ||
* As he was playing himself, not the Doctor, David Tennant spoke in his natural Scottish accent; he previously used his natural accent in [[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | * As he was playing himself, not the Doctor, David Tennant spoke in his natural Scottish accent; he previously used his natural accent in [[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | ||
*If one takes the dates of TV stories' productions, the TARDIS timeline and the characters' timelines in perspective while looking at the production date of this sketch, it, if it | * If one takes the dates of TV stories' productions, the TARDIS timeline and the characters' timelines in perspective while looking at the production date of this sketch, it, if it indeed took place in the ''Doctor Who'' universe, would likely have taken place between ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and [[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]''. | ||
== Continuity (into canonicity) == | == Continuity (into canonicity) == | ||