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DWMSE 20 places production at Cinecitta Studios and shots of Vesuvius in September 2007.
(What does any of this have to do with The Two Doctors? Removing needlessly pedantic point.) Tag: sourceedit |
(DWMSE 20 places production at Cinecitta Studios and shots of Vesuvius in September 2007.) Tag: sourceedit |
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* James Saxon (Oscar) is credited as "Oscar Botcherby" in ''Radio Times''. | * James Saxon (Oscar) is credited as "Oscar Botcherby" in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part two was accompanied by a black and white publicity shot of Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton as the Sixth and Second Doctors sitting back to back in the hacienda's olive grove, the latter wearing Androgum make-up, the accompanying caption of which read "Double trouble with the two Doctors / BBC1, 5.20 p.m. Doctor Who". | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part two was accompanied by a black and white publicity shot of Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton as the Sixth and Second Doctors sitting back to back in the hacienda's olive grove, the latter wearing Androgum make-up, the accompanying caption of which read "Double trouble with the two Doctors / BBC1, 5.20 p.m. Doctor Who". | ||
* This is the last serial of the 1963-89 series to be filmed on the European continent, ending an occasional tradition that had begun with [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' and continued in [[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]''. The next such occasion was [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'', filmed in [[Italy]] in | * This is the last serial of the 1963-89 series to be filmed on the European continent, ending an occasional tradition that had begun with [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'' and continued in [[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]''. The next such occasion was [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'', filmed in [[Italy]] in 2007. | ||
* This is one of the most violent stories in the series' history, featuring multiple stabbings and knife wounds, blood spillage (human, Time Lord and Sontaran), the attempted cooking and eating of humans and the killing of Shockeye by the Doctor by cyanide poisoning. This is reflected in the serial's mortality rate: Anita is the sole non-Doctor/non-companion character to survive its conclusion. | * This is one of the most violent stories in the series' history, featuring multiple stabbings and knife wounds, blood spillage (human, Time Lord and Sontaran), the attempted cooking and eating of humans and the killing of Shockeye by the Doctor by cyanide poisoning. This is reflected in the serial's mortality rate: Anita is the sole non-Doctor/non-companion character to survive its conclusion. | ||
* The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". | * The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". | ||