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** By extension, this is the only story featuring William Hartnell and the first for Patrick Troughton to still exist on the original master video tapes they were shot on. (Their runs as the stars of the show only exist as [[telerecording]]s.) | ** By extension, this is the only story featuring William Hartnell and the first for Patrick Troughton to still exist on the original master video tapes they were shot on. (Their runs as the stars of the show only exist as [[telerecording]]s.) | ||
* This is the first production in which the First Doctor's species is acknowledged as [[Time Lord]], as all previous depictions of the character had been produced before the term was brought into use in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | * This is the first production in which the First Doctor's species is acknowledged as [[Time Lord]], as all previous depictions of the character had been produced before the term was brought into use in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | ||
* This is the first appearance of Omega. Originally Omega's name was supposed to be [[Ohm|OHM]], the word resulting from turning "WHO" upside-down. "Ohm" was later used as the name of an ancient [[Gallifreyan]] god in the novel ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. | * This is the first appearance of Omega. Originally Omega's name was supposed to be [[Ohm|OHM]], the word resulting from turning "WHO" upside-down. "Ohm" was later used as the name of an ancient [[Gallifreyan]] god in the novel ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]''. | ||
* The original script, entitled ''Deathworld'', had the [[Time Lord]]s enlisting the three Doctors to battle a Federation of Evil led by Death.{{source}} The idea of Death as an actual entity was later used in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels and [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] with [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] as an [[Eternal]] who purposely arranges for the [[Seventh Doctor]] to be shot and die in [[1999]] [[San Francisco]] at the beginning of the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|television movie]]. | * The original script, entitled ''Deathworld'', had the [[Time Lord]]s enlisting the three Doctors to battle a Federation of Evil led by Death.{{source}} The idea of Death as an actual entity was later used in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels and [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] with [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] as an [[Eternal]] who purposely arranges for the [[Seventh Doctor]] to be shot and die in [[1999]] [[San Francisco]] at the beginning of the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|television movie]]. | ||
* Original plans were for [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] to appear in the story. However, [[Frazer Hines]] was unable to take time out from ''Emmerdale Farm'' for filming, and the idea of additional companions received objections from [[Jon Pertwee]], who felt too many characters would detract from the story. | * Original plans were for [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] to appear in the story. However, [[Frazer Hines]] was unable to take time out from ''Emmerdale Farm'' for filming, and the idea of additional companions received objections from [[Jon Pertwee]], who felt too many characters would detract from the story. | ||