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* Part fourteen is around half an hour long; when editing of it was completed it was discovered that it had considerably overrun, but John Nathan-Turner was able to gain permission for the series' slot to be extended by five minutes for the week of its transmission so that most of the recorded material could be retained. | * Part fourteen is around half an hour long; when editing of it was completed it was discovered that it had considerably overrun, but John Nathan-Turner was able to gain permission for the series' slot to be extended by five minutes for the week of its transmission so that most of the recorded material could be retained. | ||
* A brief clip of Peri is seen towards the story's conclusion, when it is revealed that she has not in fact been killed but has escaped to become the consort of King Yrcanos. According to commentary by Colin Baker on the 2008 DVD release, this conceit was the result of him idly asking a production team member if Peri had "really" died in ''Mindwarp'', coupled with negative audience reaction to the character's apparent death. The same commentary also includes [[Nicola Bryant]]'s generally unfavourable reaction as she watches the scene for the very first time. | * A brief clip of Peri is seen towards the story's conclusion, when it is revealed that she has not in fact been killed but has escaped to become the consort of King Yrcanos. According to commentary by Colin Baker on the 2008 DVD release, this conceit was the result of him idly asking a production team member if Peri had "really" died in ''Mindwarp'', coupled with negative audience reaction to the character's apparent death. The same commentary also includes [[Nicola Bryant]]'s generally unfavourable reaction as she watches the scene for the very first time. | ||
{{quote|I was very happy with my original exit – that is to say, I loved the shaved head, the mind transplant and Yrcanos blowing my body to smithereens. It was dramatic, poignant and shocking. So of course I hated it when they retconned ( | {{quote|I was very happy with my original exit – that is to say, I loved the shaved head, the mind transplant and Yrcanos blowing my body to smithereens. It was dramatic, poignant and shocking. So of course I hated it when they retconned (I'm told this is the word!) my exit.|[http://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/23 Nicola Bryant, Vortex 23]}} | ||
* At the very end, the Valeyard breaks the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera and laughing. | * At the very end, the Valeyard breaks the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera and laughing. | ||
* This is the last on-screen appearance of the [[Time Lord]]s as a civilisation for twenty-three years. They would be perceived as killed off prior to the events of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] of the revived series, in the aftermath of the [[Last Great Time War]], apparently leaving the Doctor as the sole survivor. They returned four years later in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and were later revealed to have been sent to a pocket universe at the end of the war in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' and remain stranded there as of ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. | * This is the last on-screen appearance of the [[Time Lord]]s as a civilisation for twenty-three years. They would be perceived as killed off prior to the events of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] of the revived series, in the aftermath of the [[Last Great Time War]], apparently leaving the Doctor as the sole survivor. They returned four years later in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and were later revealed to have been sent to a pocket universe at the end of the war in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' and remain stranded there as of ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. | ||
