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 * 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]]''.
 * This story marked the first time that the First and Second Doctors were seen on-screen in colour.
-* 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.
+* [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] was supposed to return and have a romance with Jo. [[Frazer Hines]] was busy with <em>[[Emmerdale]]</em> and his lines were given to Benton. To try and salvage the idea of Jamie appearing, they even tried to write a cameo for him in the last scene calling the Second Doctor back to his own timeline. Even that was scrubbed due to <em>Emmerdale</em> commitments.
+* [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] was considered to return, but [[Jon Pertwee]] felt that too many returning characters would be distracting.
 * This story featured a new redesigned TARDIS console room set by [[Roger Liminton]]. The one used in the previous story, ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', warped in storage and had a design which [[Barry Letts]] disliked.
 * This story marks the end of the Doctor's exile on [[Earth]]. This also marks the beginning of the gradual phasing out of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] on the series, as the Doctor spends more and more time away from [[20th century]] Earth.
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 * This was one of the stories chosen to be shown as part of [[BSB's Doctor Who Weekend]] in September 1990.
 * Footage from this episode would later be used in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' as a flashback of Jo's time with the Doctor. This marks the first and only appearance of Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''.
-* This story marked the first time Jon Pertwee and William Hartnell appeared in a production together since the 1953 film ''Will Any Gentleman...?''
+* This story marked the first time [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[William Hartnell]] appeared in a production together since the 1953 film ''Will Any Gentleman...?''
 * The story was repeated on [[BBC2]] on consecutive evenings from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 November 1981 as part of the repeat season ''[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]'', in order to tie-in with the programme's eighteenth anniversary. The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for the repeat transmission of episode two was accompanied by a black and white head-and-shoulders publicity shot of the Second, Third and First Doctors, with the accompanying caption "Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and William Hartnell - ''The Three Doctors'' called in to save the Time Lords and the Universe from doom: 5.35".
 * Though intended to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Doctor Who, this story aired roughly eleven to ten months ahead of the actual tenth anniversary, which occurred during the hiatus between [[Season 10|Seasons 10]] and [[Season 11|11]].
+* In the original version, ''Deathworld'', the Time Lords are in conflict with a Federation of Evil led by a personification of Death. To avert all-out war, the Time Lords manage to convince the Federation to allow them to send the three Doctors into the Federation's Underworld domain. There, the Doctors will do battle against various realisations of Death — including zombies, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Hindu goddess Kali, and the cyclops Polyphemus from Greek mythology — with the victor in the contests determining whether the Time Lords or the Federation of Evil will prevail.
+* [[Terrance Dicks]] was once asked how [[Patrick Troughton]] and [[Jon Pertwee]] got on and he jokingly replied "Not at all". Initially, the two clashed over differing acting styles and working methods — Troughton was fond of ad-libbing and goofing around, while Pertwee insisted on sticking to the script. After Pertwee questioned Troughton on one of his ad-libs, Troughton replied, "Instead of worrying about what I'm going to say, worry about what you're going to say." The two also quarreled over Pertwee's habit of moving [[Stephen Thorne]] slightly to get better camera angles for himself, something that Troughton objected to as he felt the camera was rightfully focusing on the monsters. The two eventually did become good friends and would play up a mock rivalry at conventions. This had knock-on effects ten years later during the making of[[The Five Doctors (TV story)| ''The Five Doctors,'']] with Dicks deliberately writing the script so that the Second and Third Doctors would not meet until everybody came together at the climax, which ended up disappointing both Troughton and Pertwee.
+* The Brigadier's line about Cromer was improvised by [[Nicholas Courtney]].
+* [[Patrick Troughton]] referring to Omega as a "bloke" in an echo of the previous line delivered by[[ John Levene ]]was improvised.
+* The serial was originally scripted to end with the first mention of [[Metebelis Three]] (though originally scripted as [[Metebelis Four]]), as the Doctor was to invite Jo on a trip to see the planet. This would have originally set up the story arc that would weave all the way through the season to [[The Green Death|''The Green Death'']]'','' and beyond to ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. Due to time constraints, the line was cut, and the first mention of the attempts to travel to the Blue Planet would be in the next story.
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