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* The design of the Dalek city and the sliding doors in it pays homage to the set of the first Dalek story, [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''. | * The design of the Dalek city and the sliding doors in it pays homage to the set of the first Dalek story, [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''. | ||
* The title (which formed an interesting dichotomy with ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') was not the first time the Doctor's companion was compared to a "magician's apprentice", as this had already been the object of a sequence in the novel ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', between the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]]. Referring to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as a magician, as the title does, may also be an allusion to the common wisdom that this Doctor's outfit resembles a classic stage magician's. | * The title (which formed an interesting dichotomy with ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') was not the first time the Doctor's companion was compared to a "magician's apprentice", as this had already been the object of a sequence in the novel ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', between the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]]. Referring to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as a magician, as the title does, may also be an allusion to the common wisdom that this Doctor's outfit resembles a classic stage magician's. | ||
* In the "Showrunner Showdown" interview for DWM 551, Steven Moffat revealed he had wanted former showrunner [[Russell T Davies]] to write this episode and sent him an early draft of the pitch. The story behind this original pitch was "almost unrecognizable" from the final episode, focusing on Davros once again on trial as in [[TV]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (TV story)|War of the Daleks]]''. Moffat suggested the plot would have given the Doctor and Davros' conversations an audience, with the Doctor winning over the Dalek crowd but in the process sympathizing with his longtime enemy. Ultimately, Davies was not interested, and Moffat wrote the episode himself. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
* [[BBC One]] Overnight: 4.58 million<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34307519</ref> | * [[BBC One]] Overnight: 4.58 million<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34307519</ref> | ||
