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* Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | * Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | ||
* When the inspector questions Sarah, a page of her confidential [[UNIT]] file is visible on screen. The text is taken from the BBC's UNIT website and includes the in-joke that UNIT's activities span "the sixties, the seventies and some would say the eighties." This is the first on-screen reference in SJA (and indeed the entire ''Doctor Who'' TV franchise) to the [[UNIT dating controversy]]. It was followed by a similar in-joke spoken by the [[Tenth Doctor]], as he reminisced about working for UNIT in the '70s, "or was it the 80s?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | * When the inspector questions Sarah, a page of her confidential [[UNIT]] file is visible on screen. The text is taken from the BBC's UNIT website and includes the in-joke that UNIT's activities span "the sixties, the seventies and some would say the eighties." This is the first on-screen reference in SJA (and indeed the entire ''Doctor Who'' TV franchise) to the [[UNIT dating controversy]]. It was followed by a similar in-joke spoken by the [[Tenth Doctor]], as he reminisced about working for UNIT in the '70s, "or was it the 80s?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
* This episode marks the last major appearance of the [[Slitheen]]. The [[Slitheen]] would then be featured in part one of [[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]] as a minor appearance but [[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]] would be the last appearance in the show but this would only serve as a cameo. | * This episode marks the last major appearance of the [[Slitheen]]. The [[Slitheen]] would then be featured in part one of [[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]] as a minor appearance but [[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|''The Nightmare Man'']] would be the last appearance in the show but this would only serve as a cameo. | ||
* [[Mr. Smith]] nearly caused the catastrophe that the [[Silurians]] feared: the moon crashing into the Earth. | * [[Mr. Smith]] nearly caused the catastrophe that the [[Silurians]] feared: the moon crashing into the Earth. | ||