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* Sara Kingdom was going to be a replacement companion for Katarina. ''(Not quite true. When it was | * Sara Kingdom was going to be a replacement companion for Katarina. ''(Not quite true. When it was thought that the character of Katarina would not work as a regular, Nation was asked to write her out as soon as he could. It doesn't appear likely that Marsh, who at the time was much in demand for film and TV appearances, would have signed on for an ongoing role.)'' | ||
* The incident at the end of "The Feast of Steven" when the Doctor looks directly into the camera and proposes a toast to everyone at home was an unscripted ad-lib on [[William Hartnell]]'s part and outraged the production team. ''(This action was scripted and rehearsed, and is in the script that exists today. It was, in fact, a tradition in the 1960s for scenes of this kind to be included in special Christmas editions and specials of popular series. Besides which, if the production team had really disliked it they could simply have edited it out. As indicated above, the episode was considered "disposable" by the BBC as well.)'' | * The incident at the end of "The Feast of Steven" when the Doctor looks directly into the camera and proposes a toast to everyone at home was an unscripted ad-lib on [[William Hartnell]]'s part and outraged the production team. ''(This action was scripted and rehearsed, and is in the script that exists today. It was, in fact, a tradition in the 1960s for scenes of this kind to be included in special Christmas editions and specials of popular series. Besides which, if the production team had really disliked it they could simply have edited it out. As indicated above, the episode was considered "disposable" by the BBC as well.)'' | ||
* The Monk's TARDIS was stuck with the appearance of a police box. ''(It clearly takes on the form of a block of ice on the ice planet)'' | * The Monk's TARDIS was stuck with the appearance of a police box. ''(It clearly takes on the form of a block of ice on the ice planet)'' | ||