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*Mark Gatiss stated in the ''[[Radio Times]]'' that the original script was more bleak and frightening, but that he was advised by Davies to "make it more of a romp." | *Mark Gatiss stated in the ''[[Radio Times]]'' that the original script was more bleak and frightening, but that he was advised by Davies to "make it more of a romp." | ||
*The Doctor calls Rose ''[[Barbarella]]'' for wanting to go out before changing into something more suitable for 1869. | *The Doctor calls Rose ''[[Barbarella]]'' for wanting to go out before changing into something more suitable for 1869. | ||
*When [[Eve Myles]] was cast as [[Gwen Cooper]] in ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', it was noted that the character she played in ''The Unquiet Dead'' had a similar name. [[Russell T Davies]] initially stated that there was no relationship between the two characters. In the fourth season finale episode, ''[[Journey's End]]'', written by Davies, there is a short conversation between the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. [[Russell T Davies]] has explained it as "It's not familial as we understand it. There's no blood tie. Spatial genetic multiplicity means an echo and repetition of physical traits across a Time Rift." | *When [[Eve Myles]] was cast as [[Gwen Cooper]] in ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', it was noted that the character she played in ''The Unquiet Dead'' had a similar name. [[Russell T Davies]] initially stated that there was no relationship between the two characters. In the fourth season finale episode, ''[[Journey's End]]'', written by Davies, there is a short conversation between the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]], which suggests that Gwyneth's physical characteristics remained as an echo in the Time Rift and eventually imprinted themselves into Gwen. [[Russell T Davies]] has explained it as "It's not familial as we understand it. There's no blood tie. Spatial genetic multiplicity means an echo and repetition of physical traits across a Time Rift." | ||
*[[Simon Callow]], who played Charles Dickens in this story, was seriously considered for the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]]. | *[[Simon Callow]], who played Charles Dickens in this story, was seriously considered for the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]]. | ||
*According to Mark Gatiss on this story's commentary, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time lords can change sex. | *According to Mark Gatiss on this story's commentary, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time lords can change sex. | ||
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*There is a modern road sign in a shot early in the episode situated behind Sneed and Gwyneth | *There is a modern road sign in a shot early in the episode situated behind Sneed and Gwyneth | ||
*There is a modern light switch on the wall beside Rose as she tries to escape from the "zombies". | *There is a modern light switch on the wall beside Rose as she tries to escape from the "zombies". | ||
*The Doctor advises Rose to change her clothes as to be less conspicuous in the 1860's, yet he himself did not change his clothing. Does the Doctor need to change his clothing, or does he make people perceive that his outfit is nothing out of the ordinary for the society that he visits (due to his perception filter)? Although this not an error because people | *The Doctor advises Rose to change her clothes as to be less conspicuous in the 1860's, yet he himself did not change his clothing. Does the Doctor need to change his clothing, or does he make people perceive that his outfit is nothing out of the ordinary for the society that he visits (due to his perception filter)? Although this not an error because people ask the Doctor about his clothes several times in the episode like at the start in the TARDIS and when Charles Dickens asks about it - the writer mistakes him for a navvy. | ||
*Dickens says he is going off to catch a mail coach. Mail coaches were no longer used some 30 years earlier in 1830. ''This may however be an in-joke since Dickens himself wrote in Pickwick Papers about how mail coaches' had gone out of service, replaced by the railway.'' | *Dickens says he is going off to catch a mail coach. Mail coaches were no longer used some 30 years earlier in 1830. ''This may however be an in-joke since Dickens himself wrote in ''Pickwick Papers'' about how mail coaches' had gone out of service, replaced by the railway.'' | ||
*Dickens uses the phrase "On with the motley..." which is anachronistically incorrect. The phrase translates from ''vesti la giubba'', a line of dialogue from the opera ''I Pagliacci''. The opera wasn't written until 1892, and wasn't translated into English until 1902 (by Enrico Caruso). | *Dickens uses the phrase "On with the motley..." which is anachronistically incorrect. The phrase translates from ''vesti la giubba'', a line of dialogue from the opera ''I Pagliacci''. The opera wasn't written until 1892, and wasn't translated into English until 1902 (by Enrico Caruso). | ||
*Historically, Dickens had abandoned his "farewell tour" and other charitable performances on doctor's orders in the spring of 1869, six months prior to the timeframe of this episode. | *Historically, Dickens had abandoned his "farewell tour" and other charitable performances on doctor's orders in the spring of 1869, six months prior to the timeframe of this episode. | ||