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* The character of Helen A was intended to satirise then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The character would say, "I like your initiative, your enterprise" while her secret police rounded up dissidents. In the story, the Doctor persuades "the drones", who toil in the factories and mines, to down tools and rise up in revolt, an echo of the miners’ strikes and printers' disputes during Thatcher's first two terms in office. {{fact}} | * The character of Helen A was intended to satirise then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The character would say, "I like your initiative, your enterprise" while her secret police rounded up dissidents. In the story, the Doctor persuades "the drones", who toil in the factories and mines, to down tools and rise up in revolt, an echo of the miners’ strikes and printers' disputes during Thatcher's first two terms in office. {{fact}} | ||
* According to Sylvester McCoy in an interview for [[DWM 425]], this story was originally planned to be filmed in black-and-white. Sylvester said that he'd only known this after it was filmed and said that he would've begged the Production Team to film in black and white, as he thought the sets were lacking. | * According to Sylvester McCoy in an interview for [[DWM 425]], this story was originally planned to be filmed in black-and-white. Sylvester said that he'd only known this after it was filmed and said that he would've begged the Production Team to film in black and white, as he thought the sets were lacking. | ||
* {{w|Rowan Williams}}, Archbishop of Canterbury, referred to this story in his 2011 Easter sermon, on the subject of happiness and joy.<ref>[http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/1926/archbishop-of-canterburys-2011-easter-sermon Archbishop of Canterbury's 2011 Easter Sermon]</ref> | |||
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