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* Although the Doctor's solution to the problem of the neutron star, weaving a shell of aluminium around it, has been criticised as silly, the idea was in fact proposed to [[David Fisher]] by members of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. [[Christopher Barry]] and visual effects designer [[Mat Irvine]] were called on the carpet by the BBC management for the appearance of the creature Erato. The phallic appearance of the proboscis in the first episode resulted in uncontrolled laughter in the studio and prompted an overnight change to add a pair of pincers to the creature. | * Although the Doctor's solution to the problem of the neutron star, weaving a shell of aluminium around it, has been criticised as silly, the idea was in fact proposed to [[David Fisher]] by members of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. [[Christopher Barry]] and visual effects designer [[Mat Irvine]] were called on the carpet by the BBC management for the appearance of the creature Erato. The phallic appearance of the proboscis in the first episode resulted in uncontrolled laughter in the studio and prompted an overnight change to add a pair of pincers to the creature. | ||
* This was [[Terry Walsh |Terry Walsh]]'s final appearance in the series having appeared in various roles since 1966 as well as acting as fight arranger and the stunt double for both [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]. | * This was [[Terry Walsh |Terry Walsh]]'s final appearance in the series having appeared in various roles since 1966 as well as acting as fight arranger and the stunt double for both [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]. | ||
* [[Graham Williams]] ordered a model shot of the TARDIS to be reshot because the wires were visible. | |||
* Erato proved to be logistical nightmare. [[Christopher Barry]] claimed it was impossible to realize. While he blamed the special effects initially, in hindsight he realised that the producer and the writer were to blame. | |||
* [[Graham Williams]] called Erato a giant syphillatic phallus and the whole crew burst into laughter upon seeing it, prompting Williams to reprimand them. [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] claimed that there's an outtake of him going, "Oh my, that's a big one". Arms were added to distract from its phallic appearance. | |||
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