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=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
* On November 23 1986, Ludo from ''Labyrinth'' appeared on a talk show to promote the movie. On that same show, [[Colin Baker]] appeared. At the end of the show [[Colin Baker]], representing ''[[Doctor Who]]'', cut a birthday cake for the series' twenty-third, surrounded by the cast and guests of the show, including Ludo, who all sang "23 today".
* On [[23 November]], [[1986]], Ludo from ''Labyrinth'' appeared on a talk show to promote the movie. On that same show, [[Colin Baker]] appeared. At the end of the show [[Colin Baker]], representing ''[[Doctor Who]]'', cut a birthday cake for the series' [[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|twenty-third]], surrounded by the cast and guests of the show, including Ludo, who all sang "23 today."
* The book ''Doctor Who: Regenerations'', which goes into great detail about the production of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, stated that Tim Curry, who played Long John Silver in ''Muppet Treasure Island'', turned down the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Since both the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and ''Muppet Treasure Island'' entered production around the same time, it is possible that scheduling conflicts with Muppet Treasure Island forced Curry to turn down the role.
* The book ''Doctor Who: Regenerations'', which goes into great detail about the production of the [[1996]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who (TV story)|TV movie]], stated that [[wikipedia:Tim Curry]], who played Long John Silver in ''Muppet Treasure Island'', turned down the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Since both the TV movie and ''Muppet Treasure Island'' entered production around the same time, it is possible that scheduling conflicts with ''Muppet Treasure Island'' forced Curry to turn down the role.
* In one episode of ''The Muppet Show'', they had a puppet soldiers singing "Why Can't We Be Friends" while out fighting war. The war scene was very similar to the war zone concept in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', as they had soldiers from every notable war in history.
* In one episode of ''The Muppet Show'', they had a puppet soldiers singing "Why Can't We Be Friends" while out fighting war. The war scene was very similar to the war zone concept in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', as they had soldiers from every notable war in history.


== Shared ''Doctor Who'' personnel ==
== Shared ''Doctor Who'' personnel ==
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