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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The skit has no opening or closing credits. | * The skit has no opening or closing credits. | ||
* Running just over 3 minutes in length, this is the shortest televised ''Doctor Who''-related production of all time. (The shortest canonical television story remains as [[TV]]:''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'') | * Running just over 3 minutes in length, this is the shortest televised ''Doctor Who''-related production of all time. (The shortest canonical television story remains as [[TV]]:''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'') Since its broadcast, several shorter minisodes have been produced for online and DVD/Blu-ray distribution. | ||
* As Tennant does not appear as the Doctor in this skit, it is the first ''Doctor Who'' story since ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the character does not appear. It is also the first and only time a televised story has featured the TARDIS, but no Doctor. Given the acknowledged non-canon nature of this skit, ''Mission to the Unknown'' remains as the only [[TV]] story to not feature the Doctor (when viewed as a stand-alone story independent of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.) | * As Tennant does not appear as the Doctor in this skit, it is the first ''Doctor Who'' story since ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the character does not appear. It is also the first and only time a televised story has featured the TARDIS, but no Doctor. Given the acknowledged non-canon nature of this skit, ''Mission to the Unknown'' remains as the only [[TV]] story to not feature the Doctor (when viewed as a stand-alone story independent of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.) | ||
* There was no ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' for the episode, but there was a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the skit followed its broadcast (on ''Tonight's The Night''). | * There was no ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' for the episode, but there was a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the skit followed its broadcast (on ''Tonight's The Night''). | ||
* Although it was broadcast after ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' (the first High Definition ''Doctor Who ''episode), the skit was the first time the [[TARDIS]] interior was shown in High Definition. | * Although it was broadcast after ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' (the first High Definition ''Doctor Who ''episode), the skit was the first time the [[TARDIS]] interior was shown in High Definition. | ||
* At the time this was written, Davies believed it would be the final ''Doctor Who'' story he would ever write (as he relates in [[DWM 410]] and ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]] - The Final Chapter''); ultimately, this ended up not being the case as it was announced in April 2010 that he would be writing an episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featuring an appearance by the [[Eleventh Doctor]]; that episode was [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''. | * At the time this was written, Davies believed it would be the final ''Doctor Who'' story he would ever write (as he relates in [[DWM 410]] and ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]] - The Final Chapter''); ultimately, this ended up not being the case as it was announced in April 2010 that he would be writing an episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featuring an appearance by the [[Eleventh Doctor]]; that episode was [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''. | ||
* This sketch marks the second time that a fan of [[Doctor Who]] has been given the honour of being on the show as an in-character figure. The first was as a [[Jim'll Fix It]] segment called [[A Fix with Sontarans]], starring [[Colin Baker]] in-character as the Doctor]]. | * This sketch marks the second time that a fan of [[Doctor Who]] has been given the honour of being on the show as an in-character figure. The first was as a [[Jim'll Fix It]] segment called [[A Fix with Sontarans]], starring [[Colin Baker]] in-character as [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]]. | ||
* Davies also said in DWM that he was originally going to have this story as "canon" with the Doctor in it, but changed his mind. | * Davies also said in DWM that he was originally going to have this story as "canon" with the Doctor in it, but changed his mind. | ||
* The complete script for the skit is reproduced in [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''. | * The complete script for the skit is reproduced in [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''. | ||
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