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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* When first broadcast, this Doctor was advertised by the BBC as the 'Ninth Doctor'.
* When first broadcast, this Doctor was advertised by the BBC as the 'Ninth Doctor'.
* This was the sole performance for [[Richard E Grant]] as the "[[Shalka Doctor]]". His first line in the role was, ''"No! It's not where we're supposed to be. I'm going to take a look around."'', and his last line was, ''"Ship rules. No running, no jumping, no pushing and no slapping."''
* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April 2005 was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice'' ''and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. ([[DWM 336]]) Tennant had several roles in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''Doctor Who'' related audios before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on the [[BBC Wales]]' produced series.
* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April 2005 was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice'' ''and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. ([[DWM 336]]) Tennant had several roles in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''Doctor Who'' related audios before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on the [[BBC Wales]]' produced series.
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays (followed by the final part of the episode).
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays (followed by the final part of the episode).
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]].
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]].
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would laterplay [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
* [[Derek Jacobi]] would later play a ''[[Doctor Who]]''-obsessed character in ''[[Deadline]]'', and a valid incarnation of {{jacobi}} in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''.


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