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* The rap song heard during the serial was the first original song commissioned for ''Doctor Who'' since "[[The King's Song]]" in ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]''. The next original song for the series would be "[[Song for Ten]]" in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. | * The rap song heard during the serial was the first original song commissioned for ''Doctor Who'' since "[[The King's Song]]" in ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]''. The next original song for the series would be "[[Song for Ten]]" in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. | ||
* Part three was originally going to have featured a short scene where two of the robot clowns unload the newly-repaired Bus Conductor from the hearse near the bus, and the Bus Conductor then walks back to the vehicle. However, because part three was overrunning, this sequence had to be edited out of the finished programme and was moved forward to part four, which was running slightly under-length. Because of the last-minute nature of this edit, [[Dean Hollingsworth]] (Bus Conductor) was still credited on-screen for part three, even though he did not appear. | * Part three was originally going to have featured a short scene where two of the robot clowns unload the newly-repaired Bus Conductor from the hearse near the bus, and the Bus Conductor then walks back to the vehicle. However, because part three was overrunning, this sequence had to be edited out of the finished programme and was moved forward to part four, which was running slightly under-length. Because of the last-minute nature of this edit, [[Dean Hollingsworth]] (Bus Conductor) was still credited on-screen for part three, even though he did not appear. | ||
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a black and white publicity shot of the Doctor and the Stallslady with the accompanying caption "The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) discovers mysterious forces at work on Segonax. Will the stallslady (Peggy Mount) help him? / BBC1, 7.35 p.m. Doctor Who". ''(original published text)'' | * The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a black-and-white publicity shot of the Doctor and the Stallslady with the accompanying caption "The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) discovers mysterious forces at work on Segonax. Will the stallslady (Peggy Mount) help him? / BBC1, 7.35 p.m. Doctor Who". ''(original published text)'' | ||
* At six words, this story had the longest title until the release of ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' in 2011. | * At six words, this story had the longest title until the release of ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' in 2011. | ||
* When filming the explosion of the arena in part four, [[Sylvester McCoy]] was told that he wouldn't need to walk too far of a distance, as the bulk of the explosion would be supplied by special effects. However, the pyrotechnicians over-rigged the arena: the resulting explosion was much larger than the crew anticipated, catching McCoy in the heat blast and even setting fire to some of his clothes. Yet he continued to walk away unfazed because he knew that there wouldn't be a retake. | * When filming the explosion of the arena in part four, [[Sylvester McCoy]] was told that he wouldn't need to walk too far of a distance, as the bulk of the explosion would be supplied by special effects. However, the pyrotechnicians over-rigged the arena: the resulting explosion was much larger than the crew anticipated, catching McCoy in the heat blast and even setting fire to some of his clothes. Yet he continued to walk away unfazed because he knew that there wouldn't be a retake. | ||
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* The crew couldn't afford to move the bus from the quarry after the shoot and they had permission to leave it there. | * The crew couldn't afford to move the bus from the quarry after the shoot and they had permission to leave it there. | ||
* The cast had a skittles match with the cast of ''Rockcliffe's Babies. ''This allowed the frosty relationship between [[Sophie Aldred]] and [[John Nathan-Turner]] to improve. | * The cast had a skittles match with the cast of ''Rockcliffe's Babies. ''This allowed the frosty relationship between [[Sophie Aldred]] and [[John Nathan-Turner]] to improve. | ||
*Model shots were originally created for this story to be used during | *Model shots were originally created for this story to be used during part one when the TARDIS is infiltrated by the advertising drone. They were never being used in the final programme but still exist in the BBC Archives on their original 35mm elements. Thus they were included on the DVD release as a bonus feature. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
