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* This is the last story to have its individual segments titled as "Episode -". After this story they were titled as "Part -", with the sole exception of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. | * This is the last story to have its individual segments titled as "Episode -". After this story they were titled as "Part -", with the sole exception of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* This is Katy Manning's final story. However, she reprised her role thirty-seven years later in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. In that episode, she shows disappointment that the Doctor is now travelling with a married couple in the TARDIS, saying that she only left the Doctor because she got married, suggesting that she would have continued to travel with the Doctor if he had allowed her to bring Professor Jones. | * This is Katy Manning's final story. However, she reprised her role thirty-seven years later in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. In that episode, she shows disappointment that the Doctor is now travelling with a married couple in the TARDIS, saying that she only left the Doctor because she got married, suggesting that she would have continued to travel with the Doctor if he had allowed her to bring Professor Jones. | ||
* Stewart Bevan (Cliff Jones) was Katy Manning's real-life boyfriend at the time of shooting. | * [[Stewart Bevan]] (Cliff Jones) was [[Katy Manning|Katy Manning']]s real-life boyfriend at the time of shooting. [[Michael E. Briant|Michael E. Briant]] was reluctant to invite Bevan to audition, fearing the on-set ramifications -- especially considering how upset [[Jon Pertwee]] had become when he learned that Manning was leaving. However, Bevan ultimately proved to be the only suitable choice for the role. | ||
* The opening scene of the serial, in which Stevens stands before some miners and brandishes a piece of paper while proclaiming "wealth in our time", is a mimicry of Neville Chamberlain's "peace for our time" speech, regarding the 1938 Munich Agreement. | * The opening scene of the serial, in which Stevens stands before some miners and brandishes a piece of paper while proclaiming "wealth in our time", is a mimicry of Neville Chamberlain's "peace for our time" speech, regarding the 1938 Munich Agreement. | ||
* During the party to celebrate Jo and Cliff's engagement, during which the Doctor slips away, the music heard in the background is an instrumental track by the Electric Banana, which was an alias for the famed (and infamous) British band the Pretty Things. | * During the party to celebrate Jo and Cliff's engagement, during which the Doctor slips away, the music heard in the background is an instrumental track by the Electric Banana, which was an alias for the famed (and infamous) British band the Pretty Things. | ||
* The Brigadier takes a phone call from the Prime Minister, who is never seen fully on-screen and named as "Jeremy". This was a joke by the production team intended to suggest that the Liberal Party, then led by [[Jeremy Thorpe]], could win the next General Election; Thorpe, of course, was never Prime Minister. | * The Brigadier takes a phone call from the Prime Minister, who is never seen fully on-screen and named as "Jeremy". This was a joke by the production team intended to suggest that the Liberal Party, then led by [[Jeremy Thorpe]], could win the next General Election; Thorpe, of course, was never Prime Minister. | ||
* Although credited for episode one, Mitzi McKenzie (Nancy) does not actually appear, as her material was not filmed due to her unavailability at short notice. | * Although credited for episode one, [[Mitzi McKenzie]] (Nancy) does not actually appear, as her material was not filmed due to her unavailability at short notice. | ||
* Billie Horrigan and Alan Chuntz (Security Guards) are uncredited on-screen for episode two, but credited in ''Radio Times''. | * [[Billie Horrigan]] and [[Alan Chuntz]] (Security Guards) are uncredited on-screen for episode two, but credited in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* Terry Walsh (Guard) is uncredited on-screen for episode two, but credited in ''Radio Times''. He is credited as "Security Guard" in ''Radio Times'' for episode four. | * [[Terry Walsh]] (Guard) is uncredited on-screen for episode two, but credited in ''Radio Times''. He is credited as "Security Guard" in ''Radio Times'' for episode four. | ||
* The credit for Brian Justice on episode four incorrectly reads "Yate's Guard", instead of the grammatically correct "Yates's Guard" which appears in ''Radio Times''. | * The credit for Brian Justice on episode four incorrectly reads "Yate's Guard", instead of the grammatically correct "Yates's Guard" which appears in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* For episodes two, five and six, the title sequence film over which the closing credits were superimposed was played backwards and upside-down (a result of the film being played backwards through the telecine machine to save time during recording). | * For episodes two, five and six, the title sequence film over which the closing credits were superimposed was played backwards and upside-down (a result of the film being played backwards through the telecine machine to save time during recording). | ||
* The function (and lines) of Elgin is taken up by James, as played by Roy Skelton, in episode five. Tony Adams, who plays Elgin, was taken ill with peritonitis during production and had to be taken to hospital. The scene had to be hastily rewritten so as not to involve Elgin. | * The function (and lines) of Elgin is taken up by James, as played by [[Roy Skelton]], in episode five. Tony Adams, who plays Elgin, was taken ill with peritonitis during production and had to be taken to hospital. The scene had to be hastily rewritten so as not to involve Elgin. | ||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for the 90-minute compilation repeat of the story on Thursday 27 December 1973 was accompanied by two black and white photographs with comic strip-style speech balloons: the first was a close-up of the Doctor's face ("THE MAGGOTS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE!"); and the second was of Cliff and Jo encountering a maggot (with Cliff saying "... COME ON LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!"), the latter of which was actually a publicity shot taken as part of a ''Radio'' ''Times'' photo-shoot for a special publication to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 10th anniversary and not a deleted scene from the story itself. The accompanying caption read, "The full story of the battle against ''The Green Death'' at 4.0. But Dr. Who has survived many trials in his many times. What and when was the first story? It all began in November, 1963, when the first Dr. Who met ''An Unearthly Child.''" | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for the 90-minute compilation repeat of the story on Thursday 27 December 1973 was accompanied by two black and white photographs with comic strip-style speech balloons: the first was a close-up of the Doctor's face ("THE MAGGOTS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE!"); and the second was of Cliff and Jo encountering a maggot (with Cliff saying "... COME ON LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!"), the latter of which was actually a publicity shot taken as part of a ''Radio'' ''Times'' photo-shoot for a special publication to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 10th anniversary and not a deleted scene from the story itself. The accompanying caption read, "The full story of the battle against ''The Green Death'' at 4.0. But Dr. Who has survived many trials in his many times. What and when was the first story? It all began in November, 1963, when the first Dr. Who met ''An Unearthly Child.''" | ||
* The party scene at the end of episode six marks one of the few times the Doctor is shown consuming what is presumably alcohol on screen. He also drinks Elderberry wine in episode three, and asks for a bottle to take with him. | * The party scene at the end of episode six marks one of the few times the Doctor is shown consuming what is presumably alcohol on screen. He also drinks Elderberry wine in episode three, and asks for a bottle to take with him. | ||
* For the scene in which the Doctor and Benton are attacked by the giant fly, Michael Briant took inspiration from an idea [[Hugh David]] came up with for the opening scene of ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' (on which Briant served as a Production Assistant) and wanted to have the fly suspended from a helicopter. But adverse weather conditions on the day of filming meant that and only one or two successful shots were obtained and so Briant had to use [[CSO]] for the majority of the scene. | * For the scene in which the Doctor and Benton are attacked by the giant fly, Michael Briant took inspiration from an idea [[Hugh David]] came up with for the opening scene of ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' (on which Briant served as a Production Assistant) and wanted to have the fly suspended from a helicopter. But adverse weather conditions on the day of filming meant that and only one or two successful shots were obtained and so Briant had to use [[CSO]] for the majority of the scene. | ||
* It was briefly thought that Yates' role in the latter stages of the serial might be given to Benton instead, but this idea was not pursued. | |||
* [[Robert Sloman]] claimed that the slightly stereotypical portrayal of the Welsh were there because of his bad experience of playing rugby against Welsh teams when he lived in the West Country. | |||
* Global Chemicals was originally named Universal Chemicals. It was then United Chemicals, until it was discovered that a real company with that name existed. | |||
* Ralph Fell was originally named Charles. This was changed to avoid confusion with a real-life petroleum company executive. | |||
* A Wholeweal member nicknamed “Face” was excised from the script and the relevant dialogue instead allocated to Nancy. | |||
* The reference to the Prime Minister as “Jeremy” came at [[Barry Letts]]' instigation -- partly to avoid offending [[Edward Heath]], and partly because the producer hoped that Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party, would win the next UK General Election. | |||
* [[John Levene]] ad-libbed Benton's reference to two UNIT soldiers as “Dicks” and “Betts” in honour of the production team. | |||
* Originally, [[Mitzi McKenzie]] was intended to appear as Nancy in the scene where Jo met Clifford Jones, but the material had to be rewritten at the last minute when she proved unavailable. | |||
* Amongst the members of Wholeweal, Jessie was played by a real flautist named [[Jessica Stanley Clarke]]. She was also a member of the prog-rock band Marsupilami, who had once toured with [[Deep Purple]]; later known as Jekka McVicar, she became a well-known expert on organic gardening. | |||
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