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* This episode marks the start of the first 3-part story since ''[[Survival]]'' which also featured the Master. In terms of actual screen time, it is actually more the equivalent of an old-style 6-part episode. The episode was not originally promoted as being connected to the finale two-parter, and there remains some debate as to whether it should actually be considered a three-parter. | * This episode marks the start of the first 3-part story since ''[[Survival]]'' which also featured the Master. In terms of actual screen time, it is actually more the equivalent of an old-style 6-part episode. The episode was not originally promoted as being connected to the finale two-parter, and there remains some debate as to whether it should actually be considered a three-parter. | ||
* This episode shows flashbacks from [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'', and ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]].'' | * This episode shows flashbacks from [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'', and ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]].'' | ||
* Each sentence heard from the watch were spoken by [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Roger Delgado]] respectively, the latter taken from an audio clip from classic series episode ''[[The Dæmons]]'', and the chuckle is [[Anthony Ainley]]'s trademark laugh from his classic series appearances, though it is not (currently) known which specific episode the audio clip is taken from. Delgado and Ainley (both now deceased) portrayed the two best known incarnations of the Master. | * Each sentence heard from the watch were spoken by [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Roger Delgado]] respectively, the latter taken from an audio clip from classic series episode ''[[The Dæmons]]'', and the chuckle is [[Anthony Ainley]]'s trademark laugh from his classic series appearances, though it is not (currently) known which specific episode the audio clip is taken from. Delgado and Ainley (both now deceased) portrayed the two best known incarnations of the Master. [[Eric Roberts]] gave permission to use audio of him from [[TV]]: [[Doctor Who|film]] but Fox refused permission, so the clip was cut | ||
[[File:MagnifiedMaster.jpg|thumb|The distorted main character: a [[Graeme Harper]] signature]] | [[File:MagnifiedMaster.jpg|thumb|The distorted main character: a [[Graeme Harper]] signature]] | ||
* [[Graeme Harper]]'s penchant for including a distorted image of a main character is present in this story. Though not included in every single story he's directed for [[BBC Wales]], it's seen often enough to be considered something of a directorial "signature." Similar distortion is achieved through the use of other magnifying glasses in ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' and ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', a curved window in ''[[Journey's End]]'', and with mirrors in ''[[Turn Left]]''. This time, it's the Master that's under the magnifying glass. | * [[Graeme Harper]]'s penchant for including a distorted image of a main character is present in this story. Though not included in every single story he's directed for [[BBC Wales]], it's seen often enough to be considered something of a directorial "signature." Similar distortion is achieved through the use of other magnifying glasses in ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' and ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', a curved window in ''[[Journey's End]]'', and with mirrors in ''[[Turn Left]]''. This time, it's the Master that's under the magnifying glass. | ||
