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* A preliminary outline for the story, then entitled ''The Trap'', was submitted for [[season 2]]. It was rejected because the robots were deemed too similar to the [[Mechanoid]]s, then set to feature in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. Three years later, Holmes re-submitted the outline as ''The Space-Trap'' to a new, more receptive production team. The script — under the name ''The Space Trap'' (without hyphen, as here) — was actually commissioned for delivery in 1969, probably for the penultimate story of Season 6. However, because Holmes had completed the scripts early, the story went into production in late 1968 when a [[Dick Sharples]] story, ''[[Prison in Space]]'', fell by the wayside. | * A preliminary outline for the story, then entitled ''The Trap'', was submitted for [[season 2]]. It was rejected because the robots were deemed too similar to the [[Mechanoid]]s, then set to feature in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. Three years later, Holmes re-submitted the outline as ''The Space-Trap'' to a new, more receptive production team. The script — under the name ''The Space Trap'' (without hyphen, as here) — was actually commissioned for delivery in 1969, probably for the penultimate story of Season 6. However, because Holmes had completed the scripts early, the story went into production in late 1968 when a [[Dick Sharples]] story, ''[[Prison in Space]]'', fell by the wayside. | ||
* Episode one exists as a 35mm telerecording negative, while the others exist as 16mm negatives<ref>[http://archive.totterslane.co.uk/quick/s6.htm Quick Archive]</ref>. | * Episode one exists as a 35mm telerecording negative, while the others exist as 16mm negatives<ref>[http://archive.totterslane.co.uk/quick/s6.htm Quick Archive]</ref>. | ||
* Robert La'Bassiere — billed as playing one of the Krotons in the closing credits for episodes two to four — was actually a pseudonym for Robert Grant, who had requested that he be credited under this name both on-screen and in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings. | * [[Robert La'Bassiere]] — billed as playing one of the Krotons in the closing credits for episodes two to four — was actually a pseudonym for Robert Grant, who had requested that he be credited under this name both on-screen and in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings. | ||
* This story was repeated on [[BBC Two]] on consecutive evenings from Monday 9 to Thursday 12 November 1981 as part of the repeat season ''[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]'' as it was, at that time, the only complete four-part Patrick Troughton story available in the BBC Archives. | * This story was repeated on [[BBC Two]] on consecutive evenings from Monday 9 to Thursday 12 November 1981 as part of the repeat season ''[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]'' as it was, at that time, the only complete four-part Patrick Troughton story available in the BBC Archives. | ||
* This is the first collaboration between writer [[Robert Holmes]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]]. It was only Dicks's second story in that capacity. In a neat bit of symmetry, ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was one of ''script editor'' Robert Holmes' | * This is the first collaboration between writer [[Robert Holmes]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]]. It was only Dicks's second story in that capacity. In a neat bit of symmetry, ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was one of ''script editor'' Robert Holmes' last stories, written by Terrance Dicks. | ||
* [[David Maloney]] called the story "a disaster", while [[Frazer Hines]] didn't care for it either, calling it "horrible". [[Terrance Dicks]] felt that it worked as a story, but not as a monster, feeling the Krotons themselves were useless and non-threatening. | |||
* The Krotons were written with the intent of replacing [[the Daleks]] as the Doctor's principle nemesis, as [[Terry Nation]] had asked The BBC to stop using them so that he could pitch his own Dalek series to US TV networks. Unfortunately, the Krotons didn't have the same impact the Daleks had, and they faded into obscurity, with Nation eventually allowing the Daleks to return to this series midway through [[Third Doctor|the Third Doctor]]'s era. | |||
* [[Frazer Hines]] would have originally departed in this story (or at least, the one that filled its slot) and been replaced with a male companion named Nik. He ultimately decided to leave along with [[Patrick Troughton]]. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
