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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The story originated from recent problems Robert Holmes was experiencing with UK tax authorities, and contains many references to the British tax system. These include the [[Inner Retinue]] (cf. | * The story originated from recent problems Robert Holmes was experiencing with UK tax authorities, and contains many references to the British tax system. These include the [[Inner Retinue]] (cf. [[Inland Revenue]]) and "the P45 return route" (cf. the {{w|P45 (tax)|P45}} form). ([[INFO]]: ''The Sun Makers'') | ||
* The name of the Collector's home planet, [[Usurius]], is a pun on the term "usurious" which describes unusually high or unfair interest rates. | * The name of the Collector's home planet, [[Usurius]], is a pun on the term "usurious" which describes unusually high or unfair interest rates. | ||
* Hade's epithets for the Collector gradually go from flattering ("Your Highest", "Your Sublimity", "Your Eminence" and so on) to insulting ("Your Corpulence" and "Your Grossness"). | * Hade's epithets for the Collector gradually go from flattering ("Your Highest", "Your Sublimity", "Your Eminence" and so on) to insulting ("Your Corpulence" and "Your Grossness"). | ||
* This story marks the last appearance of Leela's darker outfit. For the next two serials — her last — she would continue to wear the lighter (and more revealing) one. | * This story marks the last appearance of Leela's darker outfit. For the next two serials — her last — she would continue to wear the lighter (and more revealing) one. | ||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a black and white photograph of the Doctor in one of the tunnels of the Megropolis underworld, with the accompanying caption "A new adventure for ''Dr. Who'' when he lands on a distant planet: 6.5 p.m." | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a black and white photograph of the Doctor in one of the tunnels of the Megropolis underworld, with the accompanying caption "A new adventure for ''Dr. Who'' when he lands on a distant planet: 6.5 p.m." | ||