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* This was the debut performance for [[Adrienne Hill]] as [[Katarina]]. Her first line in the role was: "But, great priestess, the auguries said that–" | |||
* This is the final story featuring [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]. However, the character's departure had not been discussed with [[Maureen O'Brien]] in advance, and it thus came as a shock to her when she returned from holiday to learn that Vicki was due to be written out at the end of the story. | * This is the final story featuring [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]. However, the character's departure had not been discussed with [[Maureen O'Brien]] in advance, and it thus came as a shock to her when she returned from holiday to learn that Vicki was due to be written out at the end of the story. | ||
* [[Derek Martinus]] was the first choice to direct. | * [[Derek Martinus]] was the first choice to direct. | ||
* Within the context of the [[DWU]], the creation of [[Trojan Horse]] is an ontological [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. The [[First Doctor|Doctor]], Vicki, and [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] all know of the Horse; the Doctor specifically refers to Homer's account of the [[Trojan War]], crediting Homer with "inventing" it for the story. Yet it is the Doctor who gives the idea to the Greeks, whose victory is then recounted by Homer, the ultimate source for the time travellers' knowledge of the Horse. In this context, the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]]'s later claim in ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' that he didn't come up with the idea is technically accurate. | * Within the context of the [[DWU]], the creation of [[Trojan Horse]] is an ontological [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. The [[First Doctor|Doctor]], Vicki, and [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] all know of the Horse; the Doctor specifically refers to Homer's account of the [[Trojan War]], crediting Homer with "inventing" it for the story. Yet it is the Doctor who gives the idea to the Greeks, whose victory is then recounted by Homer, the ultimate source for the time travellers' knowledge of the Horse. In this context, the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]]'s later claim in ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' that he didn't come up with the idea is technically accurate. | ||