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* Arabic prints of all three episodes are also held by the BBC. | * Arabic prints of all three episodes are also held by the BBC. | ||
* [[Richard Martin (director)|Richard Martin]] was the original choice to direct. | * [[Richard Martin (director)|Richard Martin]] was the original choice to direct. | ||
* The request to compress this [[serial]] into three parts came from [[Donald Wilson]], [[BBC]] [[Head of Serials]], who felt the story simply didn't work in four parts. The third episode was entitled "Crisis" and the fourth episode was to be called "The Urge to Live". In the end, the edited story retained the original title of the third episode, "Crisis", but the end credits for "The Urge to Live" because that required the fewest edits at a time when editing was a very expensive proposition. Thus [[Douglas Camfield]], who was, in fact, the director of "The Urge to Live", came to be the credited director of the transmitted version of "Crisis". | * The request to compress this [[serial]] into three parts came from [[Donald Wilson]], [[BBC]] [[Head of Serials]], who felt the story simply didn't work in four parts. The third episode was entitled "Crisis" and the fourth episode was to be called "The Urge to Live". In the end, the edited story retained the original title of the third episode, "Crisis", but the end credits for "The Urge to Live" because that required the fewest edits at a time when editing was a very expensive proposition. Thus [[Douglas Camfield]], who was, in fact, the director of "The Urge to Live", came to be the credited director of the transmitted version of "Crisis". No full version of the original two episodes are known to exist. A reconstruction based on the original scripts directed by Ian Levine was made for the 2012 DVD release of the story, featuring new recordings by [[Carole Ann Ford]], [[William Russell]] and other actors impersonating the rest of the cast. | ||
* The story was originally developed under the title ''The Miniscules''. The working title of "Dangerous Journey" was "Death in the Afternoon". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | * The story was originally developed under the title ''The Miniscules''. The working title of "Dangerous Journey" was "Death in the Afternoon". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | ||
* The story was filmed as part of the first block of stories but a decision was made to hold it over as the opener for the second series. | * The story was filmed as part of the first block of stories but a decision was made to hold it over as the opener for the second series. | ||
