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* 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 character would be more appropriately credited as "the Doctor" (though the Revival Series would switch back to the "Doctor Who" credit for [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|its first season]], only switching to "The Doctor" again from [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]-onwards at the request of [[David Tennant]]). | * 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 character would be more appropriately credited as "the Doctor" (though the Revival Series would switch back to the "Doctor Who" credit for [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|its first season]], only switching to "The Doctor" again from [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]-onwards at the request of [[David Tennant]]). | ||
* 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]]'s machines from ''[[The Invasion]]''. In addition, one of the original studio models of the [[Cyber-ship]] from ''The Invasion'' appears as a large piece of lab equipment in this story. | * 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]]'s machines from ''[[The Invasion]]''. In addition, one of the original studio models of the [[Cyber-ship]] from ''The Invasion'' appears as a large piece of lab equipment in this story. | ||
* This was the first of two occasions that a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; and this was the first of three occasions the Autons appeared in a season opener (along with the following season's ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' and [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|the first season of the 2005 revival's]] ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''). The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started at least three seasons (''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 9]], ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 17]], ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 25]], and arguably ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' for Series 7 and ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'' | * This was the first of two occasions that a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; and this was the first of three occasions the Autons appeared in a season opener (along with the following season's ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' and [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|the first season of the 2005 revival's]] ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''). The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started at least three seasons (''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 9]], ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 17]], ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 25]], and arguably ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' for Series 7 and ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' and ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'' for [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|Series 9]] should be counted as being separate from the start of the "regular" series). | ||
* This serial is the first time it is established that the Doctor has [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]]. | * This serial is the first time it is established that the Doctor has [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]]. | ||
* Despite its 1970 airdate, this serial and [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|the one immediately following]] were the final ones filmed during the 1960s (filming of Season 7 having begun in September of 1969), and, by extension, are the only stories made in the 1960s that were shot in colour.<ref>''Spearhead from Space'' DVD production subtitles, 2011</ref> | * Despite its 1970 airdate, this serial and [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|the one immediately following]] were the final ones filmed during the 1960s (filming of Season 7 having begun in September of 1969), and, by extension, are the only stories made in the 1960s that were shot in colour.<ref>''Spearhead from Space'' DVD production subtitles, 2011</ref> | ||
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* The TARDIS materialisation in episode one has a disjointed cut from model footage to location footage. The model appears to have the St. John Ambulance badge, while it had been removed from the full-size prop in 1966, and would not appear on it again until 2010. | * The TARDIS materialisation in episode one has a disjointed cut from model footage to location footage. The model appears to have the St. John Ambulance badge, while it had been removed from the full-size prop in 1966, and would not appear on it again until 2010. | ||
* Episode two's reprise of the cliffhanger from episode one features a different actor delivering different lines addressed at the private that accidentally shoots the Doctor - in episode two the line is "Stop! Stop firing you fool!" as opposed to episode one, where the line is "Who told you to fire you stupid-". | |||
* At the beginning of episode one, the Doctor almost pulls the TARDIS's doors off when he faints. | * At the beginning of episode one, the Doctor almost pulls the TARDIS's doors off when he faints. | ||
* In episode three, when the Doctor fails to dematerialise in the TARDIS, an arm (likely belonging to a crew member) can be seen retracting just before the smoke wafts from behind the TARDIS prop. Their knee can still be seen for the remainder of the shot, and the person is clearly crouching behind the TARDIS for much of the scene; it is only when the camera pans away after the Doctor emerges from the TARDIS that they completely disappear from view (before then, a small amount of white - likely a knuckle or finger - can still be seen). | * In episode three, when the Doctor fails to dematerialise in the TARDIS, an arm (likely belonging to a crew member) can be seen retracting just before the smoke wafts from behind the TARDIS prop. Their knee can still be seen for the remainder of the shot, and the person is clearly crouching behind the TARDIS for much of the scene; it is only when the camera pans away after the Doctor emerges from the TARDIS that they completely disappear from view (before then, a small amount of white - likely a knuckle or finger - can still be seen). | ||