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* According to Peter Davison in the ''Metal Man'' featurette, any sign of regret shown by him/the Doctor during Kamelion's "death" scene was pure acting. He was in reality gleeful to be done with the troublesome prop. | * According to Peter Davison in the ''Metal Man'' featurette, any sign of regret shown by him/the Doctor during Kamelion's "death" scene was pure acting. He was in reality gleeful to be done with the troublesome prop. | ||
* A box set containing ''The King's Demons'' and ''Planet of Fire'' was released under the title ''[[Kamelion Tales]]''. | * A box set containing ''The King's Demons'' and ''Planet of Fire'' was released under the title ''[[Kamelion Tales]]''. | ||
* In their tongue-in-cheek reference book ''Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia'' (1996), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that "An examination of Kamelion's history reveals the possible existence of a curse of ''Poltergeist'' proportions. Both Terence Dudley and Peter Grimwade, who scripted the robot companion's appearances, have died. So too have Kamelion's human alter-egos, Gerald Flood and Dallas Adams, who played his 'Howard Foster' form for most of 'Planet of Fire'. To say nothing of Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, who was killed shortly after the decision was taken to include the robot in the series. Eric Pringle should thank his lucky stars that a Kamelion sequence was edited out of 'The Awakening' and Missing Adventure scribe Craig Hinton should start worrying." | * In their tongue-in-cheek reference book ''Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia'' (1996), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that "An examination of Kamelion's history reveals the possible existence of a curse of ''Poltergeist'' proportions. Both Terence Dudley and Peter Grimwade, who scripted the robot companion's appearances, have died. So too have Kamelion's human alter-egos, Gerald Flood and Dallas Adams, who played his 'Howard Foster' form for most of 'Planet of Fire'. To say nothing of Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, who was killed shortly after the decision was taken to include the robot in the series. Eric Pringle should thank his lucky stars that a Kamelion sequence was edited out of 'The Awakening' and Missing Adventure scribe Craig Hinton should start worrying." Hinton – who penned the Missing Adventure ''The Crystal Bucephalus'', which featured Kamelion prominently – later died of a heart attack, at the age of 42, in 2006. | ||
** Even Robert Holmes, the writer of ''The Caves of Androzani'', which features an illusory Kamelion, died in 1986. | ** Even Robert Holmes, the writer of ''The Caves of Androzani'', which features an illusory Kamelion, died in 1986. | ||
