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* James Saxon (Oscar) is credited as 'Oscar Botcherby' in ''Radio Times''. | * James Saxon (Oscar) is credited as 'Oscar Botcherby' in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* James Saxon (Oscar) would go on to appear as Darcey de Farcey, Roland Rat's dodgy manager, in the first season of ''Roland Rat - The Series'' (1986-87). | * James Saxon (Oscar) would go on to appear as Darcey de Farcey, Roland Rat's dodgy manager, in the first season of ''Roland Rat - The Series'' (1986-87). | ||
* This is the last serial of the 1963-89 series to be filmed on the European continent, ending an occasional tradition that had begun with ''[[City of Death]]'' and continued in ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire]]''. | * This is the last serial of the 1963-89 series to be filmed on the European continent, ending an occasional tradition that had begun with ''[[City of Death]]'' and continued in ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire]]''. The next such occasion was [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'', filmed in [[Italy]] in [[2008]]. | ||
* This is one of the most violent stories in the series' history, featuring multiple stabbings and knife wounds, blood spillage (human, Time Lord and Sontaran), the attempted cooking and eating of humans and the killing of Shockeye by the Doctor by cyanide poisoning. This is reflected in the serial's mortality rate: Anita is the sole non-Doctor/non-companion character to survive its conclusion. | * This is one of the most violent stories in the series' history, featuring multiple stabbings and knife wounds, blood spillage (human, Time Lord and Sontaran), the attempted cooking and eating of humans and the killing of Shockeye by the Doctor by cyanide poisoning. This is reflected in the serial's mortality rate: Anita is the sole non-Doctor/non-companion character to survive its conclusion. | ||
* The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". | * The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". |
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