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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* This is the most recent story from which [[missing episode|episodes are still missing]] in their entirety.  A number of later Pertwee episodes are missing in that their original [[2" quad]] tapes were wiped, but copies exist. Episode 6 of ''Pirates'' is the last episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to be ''completely'' missing.  
* A rumoured working title for this story is ''The Pirates'', but this does not appear on any contemporary BBC paperwork.
* The story title, episode number and writer's caption credits for each episode are shown in black against a white background following (except in Episode 1's case) the reprise from the previous episode.
* This is the most recent story from which [[missing episode|episodes are still missing]] in their entirety.  A number of later Pertwee episodes are missing in that their original [[2" quad]] tapes were wiped, but copies exist. Episode six is the last episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to be ''completely'' missing.  
* The [[serial]] features a brief, [[diegetic]] rendition of "[[Over the Rainbow]]" in episode 2.
* The story title, episode number and writer's caption credits for each episode are shown in black against a white background following (except in episode one's case) the reprise from the previous episode.
* The [[serial]] features a brief, [[diegetic]] rendition of "[[Over the Rainbow]]" in episode two when Milo Clancey prepares a boiled egg for his breakfast aboard the ''LIZ 79''. This was an unscripted ad-lib by Gordon Gostelow.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
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=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{discontinuity}}
{{discontinuity}}
* In the cliffhanger to Episode 3, the screams of the Doctor and the others can be heard for ages: in the next episode they've only fallen a few feet.
* In the cliffhanger to episode three, the screams of the Doctor and the others can be heard for ages, whereas in the next episode they are shown to have only fallen a few feet.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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