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*This story had the working titles; ''The Rocks Of Doom'', ''The Monster Of Fang Rock'' and ''The Beast Of Rang Rock''. | *This story had the working titles; ''The Rocks Of Doom'', ''The Monster Of Fang Rock'' and ''The Beast Of Rang Rock''. | ||
*'''Horror of Fang Rock''' was in fact a late replacement for the scripts [[Terrance Dicks]] had originally submitted, a vampire-based tale entitled ''The Witch Lords'', which was canceled close to production as it was feared it could detract from the BBC's high-profile adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel ''Count Dracula'', which was due for transmission close to when the serial would have aired. A re-written version did, however, eventually see production in [[1980]] as ''[[State of Decay]]'', part of [[Season 18]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | *'''Horror of Fang Rock''' was in fact a late replacement for the scripts [[Terrance Dicks]] had originally submitted, a vampire-based tale entitled ''The Witch Lords'', which was canceled close to production as it was feared it could detract from the BBC's high-profile adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel ''Count Dracula'', which was due for transmission close to when the serial would have aired. A re-written version did, however, eventually see production in [[1980]] as ''[[State of Decay]]'', part of [[Season 18]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
*At the end of the final episode, as the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] leaves the island, the Doctor recites some lines from "[[Wikipedia:The Ballad of Flannan Isle|The Ballad of Flannan Isle]]" by [[Wikipedia:Wilfred Gibson|Wilfred Gibson]]. | *At the end of the final episode, as the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] leaves the island, the Doctor recites some lines from "[[Wikipedia:The Ballad of Flannan Isle|The Ballad of Flannan Isle]]" by [[Wikipedia:Wilfred Wilson Gibson|Wilfred Gibson]]. | ||
*The "pigment dispersal" scene at the end of the story when [[Leela]]'s eyes change from brown to blue was a practical (rather than story) motivated event, it was so [[Louise Jameson]] did not have to continue wearing brown contact lenses. | *The "pigment dispersal" scene at the end of the story when [[Leela]]'s eyes change from brown to blue was a practical (rather than story) motivated event, it was so [[Louise Jameson]] did not have to continue wearing brown contact lenses. | ||
*The story's exact year is never made explicit, but a reference to the beast being seen "eighty years ago" in the "twenties" suggests the early 20th century, as does a reference to King Edward, who reigned from 1901-1910. Lance Parkin's unofficial chronology A History dates it to c.1902. Colonel Skinsale also refers to his feeling uneasy in the presence of Balfour, Salisbury and Bonar Law while Lord Palmerdale makes him feel uneasy when he is not in his presence - Lord Salisbury died in [[1903]], Balfour was PM in the second half of the first decade of the [[20th century]] and had been First Lord of the Treasury under Salisbury, and Bonar Law was a notable MP already in that decade and early that decade was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, although yet to be in the cabinet. All three were prominent Conservatives who became Prime Minister. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph prominently featured in the story and was the latest thing in the first decade of the 20th century most notably being used on the [[Titanic]]. Electric lamps in lighthouses started to replace oil at the turn of the 20th century. | *The story's exact year is never made explicit, but a reference to the beast being seen "eighty years ago" in the "twenties" suggests the early 20th century, as does a reference to King Edward, who reigned from 1901-1910. Lance Parkin's unofficial chronology A History dates it to c.1902. Colonel Skinsale also refers to his feeling uneasy in the presence of Balfour, Salisbury and Bonar Law while Lord Palmerdale makes him feel uneasy when he is not in his presence - Lord Salisbury died in [[1903]], Balfour was PM in the second half of the first decade of the [[20th century]] and had been First Lord of the Treasury under Salisbury, and Bonar Law was a notable MP already in that decade and early that decade was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, although yet to be in the cabinet. All three were prominent Conservatives who became Prime Minister. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph prominently featured in the story and was the latest thing in the first decade of the 20th century most notably being used on the [[Titanic]]. Electric lamps in lighthouses started to replace oil at the turn of the 20th century. | ||
