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*[[First Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Vicki]] never appear and never get a mention in this adventure. We experience the story through [[Marc Cory]]. | *[[First Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Vicki]] never appear and never get a mention in this adventure. We experience the story through [[Marc Cory]]. | ||
*Mission to the Unknown is the only Doctor Who story that does not feature the character of the Doctor or the TARDIS at all. Despite this, William Hartnell is still credited as "Dr. Who" — this was because his contract specified he would be credited for all episodes | *Mission to the Unknown is the only Doctor Who story that does not feature the character of the Doctor or the TARDIS at all. Despite this, William Hartnell is still credited as "Dr. Who" — this was because his contract specified he would be credited for all episodes. While the revived series frequently would do "doctor-lite" episodes, to date these have all featured the Doctor in cameos. | ||
*The Doctor's companions Vicki ([[Maureen O'Brien]]) and Steven Taylor ([[Peter Purves]]) do not appear either. Unlike Hartnell, their contracts did not guarantee they would be credited, though they were in the BBC listings magazine Radio Times (and episode guides taking their information from here). | *The Doctor's companions Vicki ([[Maureen O'Brien]]) and Steven Taylor ([[Peter Purves]]) do not appear either. Unlike Hartnell, their contracts did not guarantee they would be credited, though they were in the BBC listings magazine Radio Times (and episode guides taking their information from here). | ||
*[[Terry Nation]] wrote this partially as an attempt to create a story about the Daleks that did not involve the Doctor or his companions so that he could eventually develop and sell the idea of a Dalek series, divorced from the Doctor Who universe. In the proposed series, the [[Space Security Service]] was tasked with hunting Daleks, and it would follow their adventures — an approach that can be seen in short stories and comic strips written for the 1965 Dalek [[Outer Space Book]] (cover dated 1966). An unmade pilot titled "[[The Destroyers (unproduced spin-off)|The Destroyers]]" was written, but the series concept was never sold. | *[[Terry Nation]] wrote this partially as an attempt to create a story about the Daleks that did not involve the Doctor or his companions so that he could eventually develop and sell the idea of a Dalek series, divorced from the Doctor Who universe. In the proposed series, the [[Space Security Service]] was tasked with hunting Daleks, and it would follow their adventures — an approach that can be seen in short stories and comic strips written for the 1965 Dalek [[Outer Space Book]] (cover dated 1966). An unmade pilot titled "[[The Destroyers (unproduced spin-off)|The Destroyers]]" was written, but the series concept was never sold. | ||
