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* A brief clip from this story was used in the [[BBC Four]] documentary, {{wi|Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters}}. | * A brief clip from this story was used in the [[BBC Four]] documentary, {{wi|Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters}}. | ||
* At one point, Sarah states she is twenty-three. This would make the date of this story 1974, based on her date of birth given in the ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''. | * At one point, Sarah states she is twenty-three. This would make the date of this story 1974, based on her date of birth given in the ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''. | ||
* From one point of view, Sarah is not really the Doctor's companion until the end of the story. She was merely on her way back to present day London after she stowed away in the TARDIS on its [[The Time Warrior|previous voyage]]. Indeed, she at least feigns discomfort at the idea of travelling in the TARDIS again. The Doctor's offer to take Sarah to [[Florana]] leads into the next story ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. This invitation, which included a long and vivid description of the wonders of Florana, prefigures a penchant of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] selves to describe a wonder of the universe in glorious detail to encourage a companion to stick around. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'', | * From one point of view, Sarah is not really the Doctor's companion until the end of the story. She was merely on her way back to present day London after she stowed away in the TARDIS on its [[The Time Warrior|previous voyage]]. Indeed, she at least feigns discomfort at the idea of travelling in the TARDIS again. The Doctor's offer to take Sarah to [[Florana]] leads into the next story ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. This invitation, which included a long and vivid description of the wonders of Florana, prefigures a penchant of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] selves to describe a wonder of the universe in glorious detail to encourage a companion to stick around. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
* The BBC Classic Who website's ''Party Politics'' states that Operation Golden Age caused the collapse of the Jeremy Thorpe government. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml] | * The BBC Classic Who website's ''Party Politics'' states that Operation Golden Age caused the collapse of the Jeremy Thorpe government.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml] | ||
* There were complaints after airing from some viewers that the Tyrannosaurus Rex more closely resembled an Allosaurus. | * There were complaints after airing from some viewers that the Tyrannosaurus Rex more closely resembled an Allosaurus. | ||
