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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. | ||
*At one point Stephen Wyatt was thinking of including | *At one point Stephen Wyatt was thinking of including Pex from his previous story. Howard Cooke had suggested to him that Pex could’ve been found working in the circus alive and well. It was later decided to remove him from the story. | ||
* 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. | ||
