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[[Robert Holmes]] was tasked with writing a second serial for the season (having already written ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', the season opener) after [[Ted Lewis]]' ''Shield of Zarak'' was not completed. Holmes was asked to create a monster of epic proportions. This worried many crew members, due to cost restrictions. ''The Power of Kroll'' was to be the fourth story of the season until it was swapped with ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'', originally fifth.  
[[Robert Holmes]] was tasked with writing a second serial for the season (having already written ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', the season opener) after [[Ted Lewis]]' ''Shield of Zarak'' was not completed. Holmes was asked to create a monster of epic proportions. This worried many crew members, due to cost restrictions. ''The Power of Kroll'' was to be the fourth story of the season until it was swapped with ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'', originally fifth.  


The [[K9]] prop would not work on swampy ground and so does not appear in this story. However, [[John Leeson]] appears in the role of [[Dugeen]]. He took the part after the actor originally cast became unavailable.
Aware that the [[K9]] prop would not work on swampy ground, Robert Holmes wrote out K9 from the story. However, [[John Leeson]] took the role of [[Dugeen]] after the actor originally cast, [[Martin Jarvis]], became unavailable. ([[DWM 312]])


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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