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* Another title considered for this story during production was ''On His Draconian Majesty's Secret Service''<ref>https://twitter.com/senrab_nala/status/1450840147998674964</ref>. | * Another title considered for this story during production was ''On His Draconian Majesty's Secret Service''<ref>https://twitter.com/senrab_nala/status/1450840147998674964</ref>. | ||
* Barnes was tasked not only with writing a prequel to ''Frontier in Space'' featuring the Draconians but also basing the story on [[Operation Crossbow]], the [[World War II]] initiative by the [[Allies (World War II)|Allies]] to counter [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]'s V-rockets. ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') The Doctor even mentions ''Crossbow'' by name in the story, though he does not elaborate on the details of what the operation contained. | * Barnes was tasked not only with writing a prequel to ''Frontier in Space'' featuring the Draconians but also basing the story on [[Operation Crossbow]], the [[World War II]] initiative by the [[Allies (World War II)|Allies]] to counter [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]'s V-rockets. ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') The Doctor even mentions ''Crossbow'' by name in the story, though he does not elaborate on the details of what the operation contained. | ||
* Barnes did not have a very long time to write the script, so he arranged with Briggs that he would write and send 1,000 words of the script every day for Briggs to check over. They had previously done the same thing in similar circumstances when wirting ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]'' almost 13 years prior. Briggs enjoyed the method, feeling like he was reading serialised | * Barnes did not have a very long time to write the script, so he arranged with Briggs that he would write and send 1,000 words of the script every day for Briggs to check over. They had previously done the same thing in similar circumstances when wirting ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]'' almost 13 years prior. Briggs enjoyed the method, feeling like he was reading serialised instalments each day. ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') | ||
* On the first day of recording, [[Katy Manning]] forgot her glasses and her credit card for the train journey in, so [[Tim Treloar]] was also late arriving as had to buy her a new pair of glasses, while Manning phoned a friend to help order her ticket online. On the second day, Manning's train did not stop at her intended station and she had to wait an hour at the next station for a return train. Briggs joked that she was experiencing her own "Jo Grant catastrophe". ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') | * On the first day of recording, [[Katy Manning]] forgot her glasses and her credit card for the train journey in, so [[Tim Treloar]] was also late arriving as had to buy her a new pair of glasses, while Manning phoned a friend to help order her ticket online. On the second day, Manning's train did not stop at her intended station and she had to wait an hour at the next station for a return train. Briggs joked that she was experiencing her own "Jo Grant catastrophe". ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') | ||
* Tim Treloar enjoyed references to history and music present in the script. He also picked up on the influence of ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' as well as other film references included. ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') | * Tim Treloar enjoyed references to history and music present in the script. He also picked up on the influence of ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' as well as other film references included. ([[BFX]]: ''Conspiracy in Space'') | ||