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* The Doctor and Peri were originally headed to the [[Kew Gardens]]. | * The Doctor and Peri were originally headed to the [[Kew Gardens]]. | ||
* The scientists [[Thomas Telford]], [[Michael Faraday]], [[Humphry Davy]] and [[Marc Brunel]] are expected to attend the meeting. | * The scientists [[Thomas Telford]], [[Michael Faraday]], [[Humphry Davy]] and [[Marc Brunel]] are expected to attend the meeting. | ||
* The Doctor quotes ''[[Julius Caesar]] - ''"Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once". | |||
* The Doctor paraphrases ''[[Hamlet]]'': "Now perhaps you'll accept there are more things in heaven and earth than are ever dreamed of in your barren philosophy". | |||
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* The Rani was conceived as a new, ongoing villain, but the character only appeared once more in the series, two years later in [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. Kate O'Mara reprised the role for the charity special [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' (which is considered to be a non-legitimate story by many fans and this wikia) and the spin-off audio production [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]''. The possibility of the Rani returning to the revival series has been a source of fan speculation since 2005, with virtually every female character from [[Rose Tyler]] to [[Donna Noble]] to [[Lucy Saxon]] to {{Gomez}} being considered possible Ranis-in-disguise. | * The Rani was conceived as a new, ongoing villain, but the character only appeared once more in the series, two years later in [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. Kate O'Mara reprised the role for the charity special [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' (which is considered to be a non-legitimate story by many fans and this wikia) and the spin-off audio production [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]''. The possibility of the Rani returning to the revival series has been a source of fan speculation since 2005, with virtually every female character from [[Rose Tyler]] to [[Donna Noble]] to [[Lucy Saxon]] to {{Gomez}} being considered possible Ranis-in-disguise. | ||
* With the appearances of [[George Stephenson]] and [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]], this was the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story to feature an historical figure as an on-screen character since [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' in 1966. | * With the appearances of [[George Stephenson]] and [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]], this was the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story to feature an historical figure as an on-screen character since [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' in 1966. | ||
* [[Colin Baker]] and [[Kate O'Mara]] had previously costarred in the BBC drama series <em>[[The Brothers]]</em>. | |||
* [[Eric Saward]] found the script to be workmanlike. He also greatly disliked [[Pip and Jane Baker]]. | |||
* [[Pip and Jane Baker]] took the blame for the tree scene, saying that they would have changed it if they knew it wouldn't work on the budget. | |||
* [[Colin Baker]] did his own stunts in this serial. | |||
* The Rani's experimentation with the sleep centres of the human brain came from an article [[Pip and Jane Baker]] read in ''The New Scientist''. | |||
* The cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to [[Colin Baker]] needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. | |||
* [[Joss Ackland]], [[Harry Andrews]], [[Bernard Archard]], [[Robin Bailey]], [[George Baker]], [[Ian Bannen]], [[Geoffrey Bayldon]], [[John Carson]], [[Peter Cushing]], [[Allan Cuthbertson]], [[James Ellis]], [[Frank Finlay]], [[Robert Flemyng]], [[Michael Gough]], [[Jeremy Kemp]], [[Dinsdale Landen]], [[T. P. McKenna|T.P. McKenna,]] [[Donald Pickering]], [[Peter Sallis]], [[John Standing]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[Peter Vaughan]] were considered for Lord Ravensworth. | |||
* [[Nicola Bryant]] injured her neck while sleeping. As a result, she would have to wear a brace for the remainder of the shoot -- except while the cameras were actually rolling -- and was in some discomfort. | |||
* [[Colin Baker]] accidentally smeared dog excrement on his face during the scene where the Doctor applies mud. | |||
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