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* An observant viewer would know the identity of the murderer as early as part two, from the scene in which Capel delivers a corpse marker to a robot. While only his legs and feet are shown, the distinctive grey and black stripes of Dask's trousers are visible. | * An observant viewer would know the identity of the murderer as early as part two, from the scene in which Capel delivers a corpse marker to a robot. While only his legs and feet are shown, the distinctive grey and black stripes of Dask's trousers are visible. | ||
* The precise setting of this story is disputed. The novel ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' places it on [[Japetus]], one of the moons of [[Saturn]], despite the fact the story suggests the atmosphere outside the sandminer is breathable and the presence of a vast sandy desert is somewhat integral to the plot (neither of which would be the case on Japetus). The comic story ''[[Crisis on Kaldor (comic story)|Crisis on Kaldor]]'' places it on the planet [[Kaldor]], as does the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series. Regarding the year the story takes place (which is never given onscreen), ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' places it circa [[Far future|30,000]], but ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' (by the same author) redates it to the [[51st century]]. [[Timelink]] places it in [[28th century|2777]]. ''[[A History of the Universe]]'' and the first two editions of ''[[aHistory]]'' arbitrarily place the story in [[29th century|2877]], but the third edition redates it to 2881, based on evidence from the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series. | * The precise setting of this story is disputed. The novel ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' places it on [[Japetus]], one of the moons of [[Saturn]], despite the fact the story suggests the atmosphere outside the sandminer is breathable and the presence of a vast sandy desert is somewhat integral to the plot (neither of which would be the case on Japetus). The comic story ''[[Crisis on Kaldor (comic story)|Crisis on Kaldor]]'' places it on the planet [[Kaldor]], as does the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series. Regarding the year the story takes place (which is never given onscreen), ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' places it circa [[Far future|30,000]], but ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' (by the same author) redates it to the [[51st century]]. [[Timelink]] places it in [[28th century|2777]]. ''[[A History of the Universe]]'' and the first two editions of ''[[aHistory]]'' arbitrarily place the story in [[29th century|2877]], but the third edition redates it to 2881, based on evidence from the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series. | ||
* It was during production of this story that Louise Jameson "nearly killed a cameraman". In the scene where Leela throws her knife, on one take Jameson wasn't holding it correctly which caused it to fly off in the wrong direction and very nearly stab a cameraman in the back. In future stories, the knife had to be blunt to prevent this from happening again ([[DCOM]]: [[Horror of Fang Rock|''Horror of Fang Rock'']]) | * It was during production of this story that Louise Jameson "nearly killed a cameraman". In the scene where Leela throws her knife, on one take Jameson wasn't holding it correctly which caused it to fly off in the wrong direction and very nearly stab a cameraman in the back. In future stories, the knife had to be blunt to prevent this from happening again. ([[DCOM]]: [[Horror of Fang Rock|''Horror of Fang Rock'']]) | ||
* Decades later, the episodes ''[[The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'' also featured subservient creatures (albeit living ones this time) turning on their masters after being manipulated; like the robots, the [[Ood]]s' eyes also glowed red when under this influence. | * Decades later, the episodes ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'' also featured subservient creatures (albeit living ones this time) turning on their masters after being manipulated; like the robots, the [[Ood]]s' eyes also glowed red when under this influence. | ||
* The [[Heavenly Host]] in the television story ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' bear many similarities to the robots in this story. Not only do they look vaguely similar, they also have a habit of chanting, "Kill, kill, kill!", and one even has to remove its hand after getting it trapped in a door. | * The [[Heavenly Host]] in the television story ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' bear many similarities to the robots in this story. Not only do they look vaguely similar, they also have a habit of chanting, "Kill, kill, kill!", and one even has to remove its hand after getting it trapped in a door. | ||
* A sound clip from this serial is used in ''[[The Almost People]]'', when the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor (Ganger)|ganger]] at one point blurts out, "Would you like a jelly baby?" in the voice of the Fourth Doctor. {{Fact}} | * A sound clip from this serial is used in ''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'', when the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor (Ganger)|ganger]] at one point blurts out, "Would you like a jelly baby?" in the voice of the Fourth Doctor. {{Fact}} | ||
* This story also exists in the BBC Archives as 2 x 50 minute compiled episodes as broadcast Saturday 31 December 1977 and Sunday 1 January 1978. (See ''BBC Repeat'' below.) | * This story also exists in the BBC Archives as 2 x 50 minute compiled episodes as broadcast Saturday 31 December 1977 and Sunday 1 January 1978. (See ''BBC Repeat'' below.) | ||
