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* This story had a working title of ''The Destiny of Doctor Who''. | * This story had a working title of ''The Destiny of Doctor Who''. | ||
* [[Dennis Spooner]] wrote the final version of the scripts, but received no on-screen credit. | * [[Dennis Spooner]] wrote the final version of the scripts, but received no on-screen credit. | ||
* A specially taken photo of William Hartnell is used to achieve the scene in episode one of the new Doctor "seeing" his old face in a hand mirror. | * A specially taken photo of [[William Hartnell]] is used to achieve the scene in episode one of the new Doctor "seeing" his old face in a hand mirror. | ||
* Polly is absent from episode four and Ben from episode five as Anneke Wills and Michael Craze were on holiday during the respective weeks in which they were recorded. | * Polly is absent from episode four and Ben from episode five as [[Anneke Wills]] and [[Michael Craze]] were on holiday during the respective weeks in which they were recorded. | ||
* This is the first story to show full-body shots of the [[Kaled mutant|mutants]] from inside the Daleks' casings. The living Dalek creatures are seen clearly for the first time as amorphous blobs covered in a multitude of tentacles, which are capable of independent movement without their shells. | * This is the first story to show full-body shots of the [[Kaled mutant|mutants]] from inside the Daleks' casings. The living Dalek creatures are seen clearly for the first time as amorphous blobs covered in a multitude of tentacles, which are capable of independent movement without their shells. | ||
* Less than five minutes of footage survive of this story, but there are full [[telesnap]]s and audio recordings of the story. | * Less than five minutes of footage survive of this story, but there are full [[telesnap]]s and audio recordings of the story. | ||
* In one scene, the Doctor is able to determine the power dynamic of the colony by observing the officials' faces. This is based on an event that happened during production when the staff were discussing how to portray the new Doctor in comparison to William Hartnell's. Gerry Davis noticed Patrick Troughton silently observing a meeting between various staff members, and dismissed everyone else so that Troughton could tell him what he had observed about the staff's power dynamic. Davis found this event interesting enough to incorporate into David Whittaker's writing. | * In one scene, the Doctor is able to determine the power dynamic of the colony by observing the officials' faces. This is based on an event that happened during production when the staff were discussing how to portray the new Doctor in comparison to [[William Hartnell]]'s. [[Gerry Davis]] noticed [[Patrick Troughton]] silently observing a meeting between various staff members, and dismissed everyone else so that Troughton could tell him what he had observed about the staff's power dynamic. Davis found this event interesting enough to incorporate into [[David Whitaker|David Whittaker]]'s writing. | ||
* This is the first Dalek story not to be written (or co-written) by [[Terry Nation]]. | * [[Michael Craze ]]and [[Anneke Wills ]]greeted [[Patrick Troughton ]]on his first day on set by wearing t-shirts bearing the legend “Come back Bill Hartnell -- all is forgiven”. | ||
* The original script revealed that the Doctor had been renewed several times in the past; he was to open a drawer in the console which contained relics from his previous incarnations, including an earring and a metal bracelet. The scripts also specified the Doctor's age as 750, included various references to his granddaughter Susan (the Doctor no longer being able to recall where he left her), and also hinted that it might have been the Daleks who destroyed his homeworld. | |||
* This is the first Dalek story not to be written (or co-written) by [[Terry Nation]], as he was busy working on [[The Baroness|''The Baroness'']]. | |||
* This is the first Dalek story to use the title format "...of the Daleks", the most commonly used title format for stories featuring the creatures. | * This is the first Dalek story to use the title format "...of the Daleks", the most commonly used title format for stories featuring the creatures. | ||
* The chilling incidental soundtrack is reused from ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. | * The chilling incidental soundtrack is reused from ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. | ||
* Peter Hawkins (Dalek Voices) is credited as "Daleks' Voices" in ''Radio Times'' for episode three. | * [[Peter Hawkins]] (Dalek Voices) is credited as "Daleks' Voices" in ''Radio Times'' for episode three. | ||
* This is the only story during the [[Second Doctor]]'s original televised run not to feature [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. | * This is the only story during the [[Second Doctor]]'s original televised run not to feature [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. | ||
* This is the only story introducing a new Doctor in the classic series to run longer than four episodes. | * This is the only story introducing a new Doctor in the classic series to run longer than four episodes. |