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==Behind the Scenes==
==Behind the Scenes==
The name "Grimwade's Syndrome" was an in-joke reference to production assistant [[Peter Grimwade]] (later to become a director and writer on the series) who had bemoaned the fact that the stories on which he was assigned to work almost always involved robots. However, the description of robophobia given by the Doctor in fact coincides with a real-life phenomenon called the [[:Wikipedia:Uncanny valley|Uncanny Valley]].
The name "Grimwade's Syndrome" was an in-joke reference to production assistant [[Peter Grimwade]] (later to become a director and writer on the series) who had bemoaned the fact that the stories on which he was assigned to work almost always involved robots. However, the description of robophobia given by the Doctor in fact coincides with a real-life phenomenon called the [[:Wikipedia:Uncanny valley|Uncanny Valley]].
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