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* Together with ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', this story was a sort of "test run" for a format switch. For the next two or three seasons, most stories would feature [[the Doctor]] working with [[UNIT]] to protect [[human]]ity on more-or-less modern-day [[Earth]]. | * Together with ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', this story was a sort of "test run" for a format switch. For the next two or three seasons, most stories would feature [[the Doctor]] working with [[UNIT]] to protect [[human]]ity on more-or-less modern-day [[Earth]]. | ||
* Dialogue places this story four years after the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. This story is also placed "some months" before ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', according to dialogue in that story. | * Dialogue places this story four years after the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. This story is also placed "some months" before ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', according to dialogue in that story. | ||
* The episode was intended to prove that Earth-based stories could be produced cheaply and effectively.{{fact}} Ironically, it was the most expensive ''Doctor Who'' story per episode ever produced when made, and remained so for several years, costing roughly £3151 per episode.<ref name="second doctor handbook">{{Cite book|author=[[David J Howe]], [[Mark Stammers]], [[Stephen James Walker]]|title=''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]''|date=[[6 November (releases)|]] [[1994 (releases)|]]|pages=|publisher=[[Doctor Who Books]]|accessdate=27 May 2024}}</ref> However, adjusting for inflation, {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}'s roughly £3102 per episode<ref name="first doctor handbook">{{Cite book|author=[[David J Howe]], [[Mark Stammers]], [[Stephen James Walker]]|title=''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]''|date=[[17 November (releases)|]] [[1994 (releases)|]]|pages=|publisher=[[Doctor Who Books]]|accessdate=27 May 2024}}</ref> comes to £3,463.19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1965?endYear=1968&amount=3102|title=Value of £3,102 from 1965 to 1968|accessdate=27 May 2024|website name=in2013dollars.com}}</ref>, roughly £300 than ''The Invasion''{{'}}s expenditure. | |||
* It cost £24,796<ref name="second doctor handbook">, being the second most expensive serial at the time, after {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}}, which cost £31,596<ref name="first doctor handbook />. | |||
* While the Cybermen would continue to change their appearance on the series, as they had done since their introduction, this story set the basic design for them, first developed for this story by [[Bobi Bartlett]], through the 1980s. | * While the Cybermen would continue to change their appearance on the series, as they had done since their introduction, this story set the basic design for them, first developed for this story by [[Bobi Bartlett]], through the 1980s. | ||
* It was during filming of this story that [[Frazer Hines]] announced his intention to leave the series. | * It was during filming of this story that [[Frazer Hines]] announced his intention to leave the series. | ||
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* Additionally, the animators got Zoe's costume wrong; for the beginning part of the missing episode one, Zoe would have worn her catsuit from ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' and she would have changed when Isobel got her fixed up with "some proper gear". | * Additionally, the animators got Zoe's costume wrong; for the beginning part of the missing episode one, Zoe would have worn her catsuit from ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' and she would have changed when Isobel got her fixed up with "some proper gear". | ||
** This was a deliberate choice, as the limited budget for the animated reconstruction would not have permitted the creation of a new character model for Zoe that would have only been used briefly. | ** This was a deliberate choice, as the limited budget for the animated reconstruction would not have permitted the creation of a new character model for Zoe that would have only been used briefly. | ||
* Originally, [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]] and his daughter [[Anne Travers|Anne]] were to appear, but they were replaced by Isobel and her uncle when [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]] refused to grant the rights. The DVD's production subtitles claim they ''were'' granted rights to the characters, but as the characters became less involved in the story, they thought it was not worth including them. The characters are mentioned in dialogue, however: Isobel lives in Travers' former house in London, and Professor Watkins mentions that Travers was getting "past it", so he persuaded him to live in America with Anne. | * Originally, [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]] and his daughter [[Anne Travers|Anne]] were to appear, but they were replaced by Isobel and her uncle when [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]] refused to grant the rights. The DVD's production subtitles claim they ''were'' granted rights to the characters, but as the characters became less involved in the story, they thought it was not worth including them. The characters are mentioned in dialogue, however: Isobel lives in Travers' former house in London, and Professor Watkins mentions that Travers was getting "past it", so he persuaded him to live in America with Anne. | ||
* The prologue of the novel ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' opens during the Cybermen invasion in this story. The Cybermen in that novel are said to be from [[Planet 14]], which was first mentioned in ''The Invasion'' by the [[Cyber-Planner]]. The comic story ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'' also picks up on the Planet 14 reference, though it explains it away in a very different way. Since ''The Invasion'' takes place in either in the late 1960s or 1970s (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]) and no other televised Cybermen story had taken place prior to [[1986]] (the date of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''), the Doctor must have met the Cybermen before in an untelevised story. | * The prologue of the novel ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' opens during the Cybermen invasion in this story. The Cybermen in that novel are said to be from [[Planet 14]], which was first mentioned in ''The Invasion'' by the [[Cyber-Planner]]. The comic story ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'' also picks up on the Planet 14 reference, though it explains it away in a very different way. Since ''The Invasion'' takes place in either in the late 1960s or 1970s (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]) and no other televised Cybermen story had taken place prior to [[1986]] (the date of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''), the Doctor must have met the Cybermen before in an untelevised story. | ||