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*Due to a scene-shifters' strike, this story is completely shot on film and almost completely on location. Discounting the 1996 TV movie, it is the only ''Doctor Who'' story in franchise history to be shot completely on film; the 2005-present revival is actually shot on videotape, which is digitally remastered to look like film. | *Due to a scene-shifters' strike, this story is completely shot on film and almost completely on location. Discounting the 1996 TV movie, it is the only ''Doctor Who'' story in franchise history to be shot completely on film; the 2005-present revival is actually shot on videotape, which is digitally remastered to look like film. | ||
*The actor playing the Doctor is credited for the first time as 'Doctor Who' in the closing credits as opposed to 'Dr. Who' which had been the norm since 1963. This form of credit would continue until the end of the [[Tom Baker]] era in 1981, after which the credit became the correct form, 'The Doctor'. | *The actor playing the Doctor is credited for the first time as 'Doctor Who' in the closing credits as opposed to 'Dr. Who' which had been the norm since 1963. This form of credit would continue until the end of the [[Tom Baker]] era in 1981, after which the credit became the correct form, 'The Doctor'. | ||
*Among the props seen on the Doctor's workbench is the [[Morok]] freezing machine from ''[[The Space Museum]]'' (which was recycled previously as an x-ray laser in ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''), and a control panel from one of [[Tobias Vaughn|Tobias Vaughn's]] machines, from [[The Invasion]], in addition to which | *Among the props seen on the Doctor's workbench is the [[Morok]] freezing machine from ''[[The Space Museum]]'' (which was recycled previously as an x-ray laser in ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''), and a control panel from one of [[Tobias Vaughn|Tobias Vaughn's]] machines, from [[The Invasion]], in addition to which one of the original studio models of [[Cyber Ship]] from [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Invasion The Invasion] would later appear as a large piece of lab equipment in this story. | ||
*This was the first of two times a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; also, this was the first of three times the Autons appeared in a season opener. The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started three seasons/series'. | *This was the first of two times a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; also, this was the first of three times the Autons appeared in a season opener. The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started three seasons/series'. | ||
*This serial first establishes that the Doctor has two hearts. Before this, it was only suggested that he only had one. | *This serial first establishes that the Doctor has two hearts. Before this, it was only suggested that he only had one. | ||